bullsnewdynasty wrote:Boylen is gone, it just looks really bad to fire a guy during the middle of a pandemic when there's no games going on and it's not the offseason yet.
I agree. I think they at least want to meet Boylen face to face to have a feeling of fairness and hear him out. I also think that's a good and reasonable process.
I have no idea if Udoka is good, hopefully he is, but I wouldn't take the Pop thing too far. Boylen worked for Pop too, that didn't make him a good coach. David Fizdale had a similar profile and was a really bad coach.
I also wouldn't take the Pop thing too far. In my career, while I've had good mentors at various points, the majority of my success is based on luck (right place, right time), my own skills, my own hard work. Good mentors and work experience always help, but they are a pretty small piece of the puzzle overall. Pop has had a ton of guys come out of his tree, and some have been good and some have been bad.
I also really don't like the idea of having "frontrunner" for a position that isn't even open yet and not a single interview has been scheduled or conducted.
Philosophically, I agree, but in practice, I think you can absolutely have a front runner. Udoka worked with Eversley for a year. There is almost nothing of value whatsoever that will come out of an interview that's say maybe 10 hours in length compared to a years worth of working with him, especially since that was the last year as well.
Eversley likely already feels that Udoka is good enough to hire right now, and the question is only whether someone else is better. That makes him the front runner.
Beyond that, other people within the Bulls organization worked with Griffin for years and know exactly what he is about as well.
These guys aren't unknown quantities to the organization, these are two guys we have really deep experience with already.
