He is trying to spin it as, hey were not the bad guys here, it d’antoni who played foul. If we had known he was gonna jump the gun or that he wanted a response asap then we wouldve done something. But he led us onto believe that he didnt care (the quotes about how after meeting with d’antoni, d’antoni said he didnt care about the money and he understood that it was gonna take a little longer)

I think d’antoni’s agent did the smart thing, which is telll d’antoni “hey, the knicks RIGHT NOW are offering to make you the third most paid coach in the nba (and that means im gonna get alot of money) so you should accept that. I know those bulls people, they arent gonna give you much more then what kerr gave you, and paxson is alot like kerr too, trust me new york, you can do what you want there, its a crappy team so anything you do will be great, but chicago will put alot pressure on you. Take the easy and high paying job.” Okay so i dont know if that is what was said, but i can see the agent doing a push like that. In this world, enough money can overpower any man on any subject, its the sad truth.

Also, D’antoni was a far more intresting prospect then any of the coaches paxson has interviewed as of yet…so how many coaches is that??? Once the playoffs are over there should be a few more names that will come out (thib being the big one) and paxson will have more interviews. Personally a guy like Thibadeau should be the next coach just because right now he seems to be carrying an aura with him, it seems every team that has a need for a coach has at least considered his name as an adequate prospect, i just hope he can live up to the hype. I hope the players arent moping about the coaching selection but instead thinking “screw this organization, they wont fix anything, im gonna have to improve alot and get us back” because despite how weak they proved to be this last season, none of them are those who take losing lightly….

....thats all i got…someone also show glimpses of hope so that the light can carry on

it’s unbecoming.

but he talked about how “drew gooden could be a star” thus, i’d assume…. less tyrus.

Collins has recently said he’s not coming back to coach (when he was mentioned as a candidate for the Suns), why would he an assistant for the Bulls?

Maybe he meant someone like Collins. Although Collins was pretty much a disaster in Washington.

Or maybe Reinsdorf was just floating out that name because he’s a ‘chicago guy’ and further wanted to get everyone against D’Antoni.

If Reinsdorf literally said to D’Antoni, “how about hiring Doug Collins as your defensive coach?”, my ‘gut’ would tell me go to NY too.

He likes [Kirk] Hinrich and said he’d tell him he’s playing 35 minutes and not coming out if he makes mistakes. He said he doesn’t believe in pulling a guy when he makes a mistake. He did feel you can defend and play uptempo.

I think im gonna go cry now….

The top level post is just another spin on the events.

the new coach employs.

the bulls were the team that first used it, and like phil said, when run properly, its a flawless system. hmmm, phil has won 9 rings with the triangle, working on his 10th, he may be on to something.

All of this “we wanted d’antoni” talk is just a message to the team that jerry and pax were trying to get him, but he didn’t even wait for an offer, so its basically out of there hands. which i agree with. what can you do if the guy doesn’t even wait to hear what you have to offer. fuck that guy, i hate to break to everyone, he went for the cash and the opportunity to blow up the knicks and recreate them in his image. That was his motivation, cash and total control. he basically gets to do what he wants with no expectations for the next two years. the more i think about this d’antoni thing, the more i am happy he is not coming to chicago. the guy seems like a slime-ball. he totally screwed phoenix. it would have been a seriously risky hirer for a lot of dough. and he can talk about how much he loves teaching defense, but that was clearly not the case in phoenix. the suns were totally lost on defense, hence them never have any real, big time sucess in the playoffs. hire thibidaue or shaw if you want a a man with a plan, and a guy who will be motivated by the challenge of getting our youngs guys to reach their potential.

to bring Marbury back. Not.

But actually, my point is not that Reinsdorf is a bad negotiator per se on a microlevel, or that Pax does or does not negotiate specific provisions.

My point is that in the aggregate, various negotiations have ended in pure acrimony. The result is that Reinsdorf seems to lack credibility. And then has this pattern of declaring himself, and the organization, victim—in other words, sometimes whining to the press about the fact that he did things the right way whereas the opposing party was being irrational. Not always, but I’m just saying it does sometimes come across that way.

because he wants to do his thing (whatever it is) without a boss bossing him around. The Bulls would have been a safer choice as far as getting the next big contract goes.