Jeff Van Gully wrote:2018C3 wrote:To be honest, I have always considered the Knicks a rival, and a team I like to root against.
Both of are organizations are now in the toilet, and obvious changes need to made. What bothers me is your team is actively making changes, and my favorite team has not yet took the same step.
To continue my honesty, I think you guys have recently made positive moves starting with a new GM. I'm actually a little jealous. If yoiu get Thibs also, I will be even more so.
respect.
what do you miss about thibs? love getting bulls fan perspective. so far the wolves fans who have come here have been laughing at the idea.
I think this is where Wolves fans had a problem with Thibs: Thibs can be a stouborn guy, and when he was given full control he went a little wild and tried to bring in too many past Bulls players. As a GM he had a level of comfort with the guys he developed, and tried to transfer that same culture into a new organziation. Maybe he was a little short sighted when he had the respocibillities of both coach and gm. He was too emotionaly attached to the previous guys he invested so much time in.
I think its imprtant to seperate Thibs as a Coach, and Thibs as a Gm.
As a coach only, he was able able to dedicate his tallents into what he is great at. If you followed those Bulls teams, it seemed no matter what was thrown at him. He somehow found a way to put those players in the best possible situation to win,
We went from a team based around prime Rose to John Lucas / Nate / and D.J. Agustin in consecutive years, and hardly missed a step. If you look at the other names on those rosters your not going to see a championship level team. Those team should never have been as good at they were. Thibs Bulls were over acheivers. That is what I respect most about his coaching abilities, "He over acheives with what he is given".
His downfall as the Bulls coach happened when Jimmy Butler started to exstablish himself as a leader. At the time there was a conflict with the previous guys who had success, (Like Noah and possibly Rose although that is debateable). Jimmy was the clear cut best player, but some of the previous guys were strugling to accept his new alfa role.
For the first time in years fingers started to get pointed, and our front office desired more credit for the organizations previous success, at the time all accolades of achievement were pointed at Thibs. In this tranistion period the teams record took a step back, and the front office fired Thibs beleiving he was the problem, and brought the same team back the following year. After Thibs departure they were quickly humbled as are win total declined, and we have had very poor coaches ever since that move was made.
Much has been said about his use of players, and injuries. But one thing to note, is the Bulls have continued to be plagued by injuries even after he left. Maybe the finger was pointed in the wrong dirrection!
