Kurt Rambis, Brian Shaw, and Tyrone Corbin as potential candidates. Yes, it would have been nice to hire Carlisle or D’Antoni and gotten this over with. But, at least we now have something else to speculate on!

I have a feeling the eventual winner is not yet among the front runners.

I like him. He got screwed in MIL.

deserves a second chance.

1. Former FANTASTIC player. Guts. Played best in big games. Thus, instantly commands respect from the likes of Deng, Noah, and Thomas.

2. He’s a point guard. Better to tutor young master Rose.

3. Local guy.

4. Steady. Steady Eddie is this guy. He’s not too much of a player friendly coach, but he also doesn’t seem to be a massive ball buster. The question is, how would he be after an 5 game losing streak, which we are sure to have?

Let’s face it. We are gambling with any of the guys listed on this poll. Let’s get a guy with experience (retread, yes), took a marginal team to the playoffs before being fired by a clueless owner, was a great player, played the same position as our future #1 pick, and has paid his dues as an assistant. Most importantly, he is a WINNER.

i hope he interviews well.

He would flourish with our team

Not Utah. Ty Corbin is the guy who’s been with Sloan the last 4 seasons.

That said, I want Corbin or Shaw.

rodman and pippen as assistant coaches. hell if the team sucks this
team will have the most entertaining press conferences in the league

Nothing highly revelatory, but he does seem to fit a Paxson mold as a no-nonsense, “Play the game the way it was meant to be played” kind of guy. As a scrappy player in his heydey with championship experience, he could re-ignite that defensive intensity and hustle that was obviously non-existent this season.

I like Shaw in this one.

The link to thibs thoroughly impressed me. “In his now 17 NBA seasons, Thibodeau has helped his team finish in the NBA’s Top 10 in team defense 14 times.”
Talk about assistants finally getting there due… It’d be a mistake to cast him off as too similar to Skiles simply because he can coach D. Skiles’s problem was the fact that he’d burn teams out. If you’re in the league 17 seasons and can do what Thibodeau has done, you can connect with players very well. Especially with the signing of Rose (which is a given), our offense can definitely survive being an up-tempo free-flow type of style which Thibs can allow Rose to facilitate.
Defense is what has and will be the anchor of this team. Let’s also not forget Rose’s potential on D. Thibs would undoubtedly maximize this given his track record as a teacher/preacher of defense as well as the D of Tyrus/Deng/Sefolosha/Noah. Our team is built for solid, suffocating D. With Rose running the point we got all the offense we need. Rose driving to the hole and/or dishing to an open Deng/Hughes/Gordon is all we need. Even our bigs would improve offensively. Look at what paul did for chandler in NO. If he can play O with a talented pg, anyone can. Is it that big a stretch to think tyrus thomas won’t thrive off Rose’s dishes a la Amare Stoudemire?
No.
And as far as Thibs is concerned, to make a cross-league reference, he reminds me an awful lot of Lovie Smith: a defensive schemer finally getting his due. Aside from the superbowl hangover, Smith has elevated the Bears above their previous level of play into a talented, capable team. Thibs it is. No doubt.

per Hoopshype

Shaw, Avery, and Thibs.

will the Bulls still require Detroit’s permission in order to talk to Michael Curry?

In other words, is the permission issue strictly about the fact he’s an employee of the Pistons, or is it that the Pistons get to make the call only as long as they’re still involved in the play-offs?

Here’s a nice little Curry story, titled, Curry wants shot as head coach, from mlivedotcom.

http://www.mlive.com/pistons/index.ssf/2007/10/curry_wants_shot_as_head_coach.html