If Thibodeau’s desire is to drastically slow things down and play a half court D, he’s not going to do very well with this team as currently constructed. If he is hired, I’m sure he’d have to express to Paxson that he’s amenable to working his “system” to the players’ strengths.

“So, in other words, Thibodeau was responsible for some of the most ugly, boring, and downright unwatchable basketball in the NBA’s last 25 years.”

Thibedeau was an assistant coach on those teams so he cant be soley responsible, and given his credit as a defensive mastermind, i would imagine he was only brought in to teach defense not to teach offense. Not saying your theory is completely wrong, but just looking at his resume doesnt really give us a good look at his abilities, and just because the teams were poor offensively the blame cannot soley fall on the assistant. Afterall we didnt blame boylan for the suckitude until after he became (interim) head coach. If we get thibedeau then we should land a few offensive minded assistants (just like if we had gotten d’antoni we should have landed defensive minded coaches to keep the whole offense defense balance thing).

Ron Adams and Pete Myers, for starters (what is with Reinsdorf’s loyalty to these guys?)

Seriously, in a perfect world hiring Thibodeau along with an “offensive coordinator” assistant would be ideal. But I think most head coaches, especially new ones, want to bring aboard their buddies rather than have the modesty to hire assistants who complement them. In theory, it could be useful that Reinsdorf/Paxson insist on some control over assistant coach hiring. Based on their statements so far, though, seems like they just want a defensive guy as head coach and leadership (whatever that means) in the locker room. Since the demise of the triangle, the Bulls haven’t had any sort of coherent offensive philosophy, and I haven’t heard Pax or Reinsdorf acknowledge that once.