[UPDATE (9/8): Griffin 'on verge' of being hired?] McGraw: Bulls 'closer' to hiring new assistant
by your friendly BullsBlogger on Sep 8, 2010 8:36 AM CDT
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Print[Note by your friendly BullsBlogger, 09/08/10 8:33 AM CDT: Via fanshot (via ChicagoNow) , Gery Woelfel out of Milwaukee is reporting as if Griffin is already hired. More when it's official, but my first instinct is that he's a fine 'player-coach' addition but Thibodeau could probably use a higher caliber lead assistant in addition. Plus all the '06-'07 nonsense with Griffin makes me think he's the Org. spy. Someone ask Noah what he thinks of this.]
Mentions the candidates we know, Porter and Musselman, though this is interesting:
with the Bulls moving Pete Myers off the bench, this hire is clearly targeting a former NBA player and Musselman does not qualify.
McGraw also throws in former Bulls A-drain Griffin, maybe because of that 'need' for a former player. Right now the lead assistants include pretty much just Ron Adams. I don't see why Musselman couldn't be hired AND a former player brought on-board as well.
Sidney Green is mentioned as possibly returning as big man coach.
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Im all for a former player
but he better be established (sorry pippen). Last think we need is two rookies on the sidelines…even Vinny had experience next to him
I reject your reality... and substitute my own.
for some reason i thought Musselman had played at least a little
anyways, he’d be my top choice. maybe he’d be a good assistant coach, but his head coaching jobs have left a bad taste.
I can't believe there's this much of a "process"
even for hiring an assistant coach. Just hire somebody that players respect and is either a good teacher of individual skills or team concepts, preferably both. Is it really this hard?
by runningman on Sep 2, 2010 6:47 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
meh, it's not like there's competition
as long as they’re in place for training camp.
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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Sep 2, 2010 11:06 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Alex Kennedy
Adrian Griffin is emerging as the front-runner for the Bulls assistant coaching job but I’m also told a new candidate has entered the mix.
we cannot escape adrian griffin
first skiles and now this
Go Rockets/Nets[CDR]/Bucks[Jennings]!
Lindsey hunter FTW!
Pat Riley is the devil.
by Poloplaya14 on Sep 3, 2010 1:04 PM CDT reply actions 2 recs
in all seriousness, what does "FTW" mean? my initial guesses were "fuck the world", and "for the win".
"If I was to answer that question honestly, I would have to lie to you."
- Isiah Thomas, when asked if any teams were interested in trading for Shandon Anderson
Guess number 2 is correct
Though is you follow guess 1 with #*$#! then that one is correct.
by Dr. Handsome, D.D.S. on Sep 3, 2010 5:48 PM CDT up reply actions
Er, "if"
And I don’t know how the heck that grey box got there…
by Dr. Handsome, D.D.S. on Sep 3, 2010 5:48 PM CDT up reply actions
Its
good to know what FTW, finally means, my first guess was “for the win”, I’m just happy to know I was right.
by QUINTEN DALEY on Sep 8, 2010 10:16 AM CDT up reply actions
Example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdYF8NhEDn0
Go Rockets/Nets[CDR]/Bucks[Jennings]!
Griffin bringing
veteran benchwarming experience…
by JustAnotherFan on Sep 8, 2010 8:39 AM CDT reply actions 2 recs
They already know that, he
has to teach James Johnson that, he’ll be doing plenty of towel waving, body-bumping, give out dap, and hi-5ing, my guess, he’ll break Jack Haley’s all-time Bull record for Hi-5’s in a season.
by QUINTEN DALEY on Sep 8, 2010 10:18 AM CDT up reply actions
Mike sweetney thought the same
Dorritos, lays, pringles, etc….he won a lot of chips in his day- and now hes out of the league
I dont care what the D.N.A. Says, the Guy wearing number 12 Cannot be Kirk Hinrich, he is definetly Kurt. Kirk can actually play basketball!
by piccolomair on Sep 8, 2010 12:01 PM CDT up reply actions 5 recs
What happened between Noah and Griffin? I can't remember
Was he involved with the Ron Adams argument or something?
Superteams suck.
yes
after the one-game suspension, the veterans Wallace and Griffin suspended Noah that extra game.
I don’t doubt Griffin will serve the role as Org. spy. Someone’s gotta be. I’d guess Noah and he patched things up and/or they just all blame Wallace.
My bigger concern is this looks like quite the lightweight coaching staff overall, but ‘heftier’ assistants like what VDN had didn’t exactly work out either.
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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Sep 8, 2010 10:29 AM CDT up reply actions
Also,
It was reported at the time that such a players-only imposed suspension was unprecedented. And that’s just crazy. Adrian Griffin, participant in the first ever suspension of a fellow player by veteran teammates. What kind of bullshit is that?
Given all of the dysfunction of that 07-08 season, it’s a real head-scratcher that they’d give AG another shot here. You’d think that they’d want to distance themselves from everyone who played a role in that debacle.
I agree that this must mean that in hindsight they attribute the dysfunction to others (Ben Wallace the declining prima donna superstar, Scott Skiles the mercurial coach, etc.). Either that, or they were so impressed with AG that they’ve forgiven him enough to put him in the role of org spy, I guess.
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The 07-08 Bulls sucked because Hinrich, Gordon, Deng, Nocioni, and Wallace all performed at a significantly worse level compared to the previous season.
Blaming Adrian Griffin even partially for that seems silly.
Pat Riley is the devil.
where's the blame for the suckage?
he said it was dysfunctional. That’s partially on Griffin.
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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Sep 8, 2010 4:23 PM CDT up reply actions
I put the blame on the players who actually played and the coaches who actually coached
Griffin falls into neither category.
Pat Riley is the devil.
huh?
there was an explicit incident where a player who didn’t coach did the suspensions that the coach wouldn’t do.
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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Sep 8, 2010 7:48 PM CDT up reply actions
damnit!
*player who didn’t play did the suspensions that the coach wouldn’t do.
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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Sep 8, 2010 7:48 PM CDT up reply actions
If you want to blame him for that fine
Bullhockey was implying that griffin was somehow to blame for our overall suckage that year, which I think is silly because he was neither an impact player nor an actual coach that year.
Pat Riley is the devil.
Ahh, I see.
I forgot he was involved, I just remember Wallace being the culprit.
Superteams suck.
by Juiceboxjerry on Sep 8, 2010 1:07 PM CDT up reply actions
ooooh, MYSTERY
CSNChicago.com has learned that another candidate, who didn’t wish to be identified, is also in the running for an assistant-coaching job with the Bulls.
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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Sep 8, 2010 4:23 PM CDT reply actions
It is?
But when you look at our roster on paper right now, we look very good and the Eastern Conference is wide open."
Yes.
The fourth through eighth spots are wide open
it is so frustrating that the best place to chat about the bulls is dominated by a whiny drama queen moderator with a man crush on an average SG......6 recs
by BigforkBullsFan on Sep 8, 2010 7:35 PM CDT up reply actions
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