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Frank makes the most sense to me.

get it done tonight.

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uhhhhh ohhhhhhhhh

by SoulEater7 on Dec 11, 2009 3:08 PM CST reply actions

What has Frank done?

Inherited a team that went to back-to-back Finals, and led them to… a losing record over 6 seasons.

He’s consistently buried young guys on his bench in favor of crappy veterans (Dooling, Simmons, Hayes). This year, he’s inactived Terrence Williams. As in, 0 minutes per game, playing Dooling and Alston instead.

I kinda thought that Frank was a crazy choice for coach when he came into the league. He had never been a head coach at any level and never played even high school ball. Six years later, he hasn’t done anything to change my opinion.

by YaoPau on Dec 11, 2009 4:39 PM CST up reply actions

well, he had more experience than VDN

didn’t they win like 12 straight when he was hired? maybe we’d get a similar bump :)

It’s pretty unfair to compare his teams to the finals teams, especially since the finals teams weren’t that great in the first place. Frank’s certainly competent.

But yes, he has long buried young players. Luckily we have nobody to bury them for.

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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Dec 11, 2009 4:52 PM CST up reply actions

Perhaps the 16 straight losses when he was fired

was karma’s way of kicking him back in the ass?

This Harris/Lopez roster came aboard recently. He had Kidd/Carter/Jefferson, all in their primes, for 5 of his 6 years as coah. I agree he’s an improvement over Vinny, but I really hope we can do better.

by YaoPau on Dec 11, 2009 5:06 PM CST up reply actions

i agree

Frank has done nothing to merit the respect he gets around the league

by Basketball Smurf on Dec 11, 2009 9:46 PM CST up reply actions

sounds like he qualifies then

by sin on Dec 11, 2009 10:51 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs

If he got that much respect he probably would have been better

But I have heard stories he was an amazing and tireless worker at Indiana U. That counts for something

BullsTwo

by Sports2 on Dec 12, 2009 6:47 AM CST up reply actions

I didn't know people respected him.

Seems like he got along relatively well with Jason Kidd, who’s not an easy guy to handle.

I’m still gung-ho for Avery, Van Gundy, or Byron Scott. But, Frank seems like the cheapest hire, and that’s all that really matters.

The 2009 White Sox....like a 40 degree day.

by Ozzie Montana on Dec 12, 2009 10:31 AM CST up reply actions

I'd love this.

Devin Harris exploded under Frank and was getting to the free throw line at a ridiculous rate. This is exactly what I want to see happen with Derrick, and it’s really about the only thing I care about right now with this team. But will JR shell out the cash needed? Highly doubtful.

by Illini15 on Dec 11, 2009 3:09 PM CST reply actions

not sure but I have always had a strange respect for Frank. Kinda like skiles lite.

Well VDN is getting canned after the season anyways.. why not get ahead of the game and bring in Frank now?

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uhhhhh ohhhhhhhhh

by SoulEater7 on Dec 11, 2009 3:14 PM CST up reply actions

Money is a concern?!? Really?

When you’re thinking about hiring a guy who just got fired for going 0-16?!?

I dunno what’s crazier. To think that this team is that concerned about the money that it’s setting it’s sights on that guy in the first place. Or that it’s concerned he’d be too pricey.

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by Sports2 on Dec 11, 2009 3:15 PM CST reply actions

that's kinda my issue

he upped devin harris’ game for sure, but he did just go 0-16. :/

i think i’d rather have scott.

"They should. They better. I'm Vinny Del Negro!"

by Jaina on Dec 11, 2009 3:18 PM CST up reply actions

Frank, Scott, Avery whatever

I just can’t help but be angry at the gross mismanagement and lack of foresight this organization has. I keep reading the VDN’s contract is guaranteed for another season and this is the second time I’ve seen something saying they are STILL paying Skiles. I mean wtf would make them give a guy who has never coached before 3 GUARANTEED years when the owner is cheap?

"It hurts, man. All losses hurt."-Joakim Noah

by bigballa10 on Dec 11, 2009 3:15 PM CST reply actions

Um

I’d like to correct your sentence to “lack of foreskin.” It’s a stretch, but what I’m saying is that we have no balls (hey, I said it was a stretch!)

"This is not Vietnam, Smokey, there are rules here." - Walter Sobchak

by Rose Colored Goggles on Dec 11, 2009 3:22 PM CST up reply actions

Yeah but...

if there’s no foreskin it hard to stretch. Too far?

by CubFan81 on Dec 11, 2009 3:33 PM CST up reply actions

Not for me

I found that to be a nice add-on sir.

"This is not Vietnam, Smokey, there are rules here." - Walter Sobchak

by Rose Colored Goggles on Dec 11, 2009 3:43 PM CST up reply actions

A very cutting remark

Actually, I much prefer Byron Scott, who know how to coach point guards.

by Cannoli on Dec 12, 2009 10:45 AM CST up reply actions

LMAO

"It hurts, man. All losses hurt."-Joakim Noah

by bigballa10 on Dec 11, 2009 3:41 PM CST up reply actions

I'd be ok with that I guess...

but I would rather have his predecessor, Byron Scott, instead.

by forevers on Dec 11, 2009 3:15 PM CST reply actions

Why don't the Bulls move Vinny into the front office or scouting?

Then he can still work for them.. earn his check.

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uhhhhh ohhhhhhhhh

by SoulEater7 on Dec 11, 2009 3:25 PM CST reply actions 1 recs

Seems reasonable to me

by hlac on Dec 11, 2009 3:26 PM CST up reply actions

If they ever open a Bulls themed used car lot, Vinny would be a natural.

BullsTwo

by Sports2 on Dec 11, 2009 3:28 PM CST up reply actions

heh, I like that

or make a 3-man booth with Funk/Wennington.

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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Dec 11, 2009 3:57 PM CST up reply actions

er....

Funk/King.

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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Dec 11, 2009 3:57 PM CST up reply actions

wishful thinking

Wennington>King

by forevers on Dec 11, 2009 4:35 PM CST up reply actions

Scott makes more sense if you ask me

But he’s gonna be replacing Phil Jackson soon anyways so I don’t see it happening

If I had to choose, my top 3 in order would be

1) Van Gundy
2) Scott
3) Johnson
4) Can I still say D’Antoni?

by Option27 on Dec 11, 2009 3:30 PM CST reply actions

I'd replace 3 with Doug Collins

but other than that I’m with ya man.

"This is not Vietnam, Smokey, there are rules here." - Walter Sobchak

by Rose Colored Goggles on Dec 11, 2009 3:43 PM CST up reply actions

Eh, Doug Collins and his half court offense can suck it

by Option27 on Dec 11, 2009 3:44 PM CST up reply actions

Agreed about the half court offense

but he does have a history of changing the fortunes of franchises.

"This is not Vietnam, Smokey, there are rules here." - Walter Sobchak

by Rose Colored Goggles on Dec 11, 2009 3:52 PM CST up reply actions

What history?

We never went too far with him
Detroit didn’t either
And God knows about the Wizards disaster

by Option27 on Dec 11, 2009 3:55 PM CST up reply actions

It was sad to see him being MJ's b.

by diedaily23 on Dec 11, 2009 4:13 PM CST up reply actions

Funny

I don’t hear anyone mention Eddie (soon to be fired himself it seems) Jordan….who was all the rage last season….

I think ideally if Hube Brown was 15 years younger I’d be all for him…

Hubie Brown
Jeff Van Gundy
Byron Scott
Lawrence Frank
Scottie Pippen

Those are my 5…

Sadly....through thick and thin....

by majoyenrac on Dec 11, 2009 4:01 PM CST up reply actions

Lindsey Hunter

by hlac on Dec 11, 2009 4:02 PM CST up reply actions

Brad Miller - Player/Coach.

We miss you, Ben Gordon!

by Granny Waiters on Dec 11, 2009 6:39 PM CST up reply actions

geez granny!

guess he beats (your previous choice) rodman though. ;-)

the name of the team is The DIAMONDBACKS

by marionette on Dec 12, 2009 2:00 AM CST up reply actions

So that third year

Uh, yeah, it is guaranteed. Good gawd who does the negotiating for the organization?

12/31: Fire Vinny Del Negro.

by NBA Observer on Dec 11, 2009 3:45 PM CST reply actions

It also makes you think if we were lied to?

Didn’t everyone think it was a 2 year deal at first?

by Option27 on Dec 11, 2009 3:47 PM CST up reply actions

I remember JR on monsters in the morning in it's first few days on air..

he wasn’t sure if Vinny’s contract was a two or three year deal and I believe he even said it’s a two year deal with a third year option. But he wasn’t sure. I was kinda shocked.

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by SoulEater7 on Dec 11, 2009 3:54 PM CST up reply actions

that's what I remembered too.

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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Dec 11, 2009 3:58 PM CST up reply actions

We all thought the same

So what the hell changed?

by Option27 on Dec 11, 2009 4:03 PM CST up reply actions

maybe his 3rd year option fully vested

if he made the playoffs or something :)

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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Dec 11, 2009 4:07 PM CST up reply actions

First it's kinda weird that this information wasn't given to us at the start of his tenure

Secondly, it’s even weirder when the owner doesn’t sound like he knows the details of the contract fully as well

by Option27 on Dec 11, 2009 4:10 PM CST up reply actions

Is that 3rd year truly guaranteed?

By the time it’s fiscally allowable to fire Vinny, Rose will be swigging bottles of Courvosier in the locker room.

The 2009 White Sox....like a 40 degree day.

by Ozzie Montana on Dec 11, 2009 3:53 PM CST reply actions

oof

Del Negro’s contract is guaranteed through next season and Chicago’s appetite for spending on a new coach when it’s also still paying off some of Skiles’ deal remains to be seen.

So that’s confirmation (I guess) of two things I didn’t know.

I swear, wasn’t part of the reasoning for hiring Del Cheapo was that Skiles took his payout all at once?

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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Dec 11, 2009 3:57 PM CST reply actions

no, i thought

they were paying him for like 2 years. but i heard it wasn’t actually all that much each year.

"They should. They better. I'm Vinny Del Negro!"

by Jaina on Dec 11, 2009 4:23 PM CST up reply actions

I'm going to throw a name out there. The Bulls won't hire him because they're incompetent, but

eventually some team will and he’s going to be a damn fine coach. The name is Mike Budenholzer. He’s Popovich’s right hand man and lead assistant in San Antonio. He’s the guy I’d like to get, but we’ll inevitably do something stupid.

1. Cut a hole in a box
2. Put your Kirk in that box
3. Make some team open that box

by fundamentallysound on Dec 11, 2009 6:34 PM CST reply actions