Billy Donovan hired as next Bulls coach - Full coaching staff p43

[R3AL1TY]

It looks like Chris Fleming is no longer part of the staff.

[nomorezorro]

fleming's still listed on the staff page

edit: yeah it's confirmed

Read on Twitter

[R3AL1TY]

fleming's still listed on the staff page

edit: yeah it's confirmed

Read on Twitter

Yep, I see his name on the official nba directory.

[PhilLeotardo]

It looks like Chris Fleming is no longer part of the staff.

Oops, i forgot about him. One of the articles neglected to mention him, but the other ones did. He’s definitely on staff

Editing my comment now

[Michael Jackson]

Finalized coaching staff:

Billy Donovan
Josh Longshaft
Chris Fleming
Maurice Cheeks
Billy Schmidt
John Bryant
Damian Cotter

Finalized development staff:

Henry Domercant
Ronnie Burrell
Ty Abbott
Max Rothschild

I’m speechless. What a turnaround. And I can’t even begin to imagine how much money they spent on all of this. Most of these guys left cushy, high paying positions, on premier, winning organizations

That is a nice offseason. You can’t land Free Agents and trades just by wishing it, but you can restructure your organization like this and it is a really good looking staff. Have yet to see how they perform but you can’t say they didn’t try to make the right moves.

[GimmeDat]

Cotter is an Australian - used to coach my local junior's teams senior squad down the road. He's come a long way.

[PhilLeotardo]

Finalized coaching staff:

Billy Donovan
Josh Longshaft
Chris Fleming
Maurice Cheeks
Billy Schmidt
John Bryant
Damian Cotter

Finalized development staff:

Henry Domercant
Ronnie Burrell
Ty Abbott
Max Rothschild

I’m speechless. What a turnaround. And I can’t even begin to imagine how much money they spent on all of this. Most of these guys left cushy, high paying positions, on premier, winning organizations

That is a nice offseason. You can’t land Free Agents and trades just by wishing it, but you can restructure your organization like this and it is a really good looking staff. Have yet to see how they perform but you can’t say they didn’t try to make the right moves.

The fact that the Bulls didn’t have any of this, is one of the primary reasons why no players wanted to play for them. No players want to be left to fend for themselves, they need all the help & support from the organization that they can get. It’s a symbiotic marriage

This is the greatest off season in Bulls history. Throughout the franchise’s entire history, there has never been anything like this in place. Everything is going to change, finally

[R3AL1TY]

The staff indeed looks much better now. They now have a richer, diverse background when it comes to basketball and having a support system. College, international, the NBA, etc. I hope it pays off in the team getting better and fun to watch again.

[MrFortune3]

Looks pretty good. Now let's get them to work on righting this ship.

[RSP83]

Finalized coaching staff:

Billy Donovan
Josh Longshaft
Chris Fleming
Maurice Cheeks
Billy Schmidt
John Bryant
Damian Cotter

Finalized development staff:

Henry Domercant
Ronnie Burrell
Ty Abbott
Max Rothschild

I’m speechless. What a turnaround. And I can’t even begin to imagine how much money they spent on all of this. Most of these guys left cushy, high paying positions, on premier, winning organizations

That is a nice offseason. You can’t land Free Agents and trades just by wishing it, but you can restructure your organization like this and it is a really good looking staff. Have yet to see how they perform but you can’t say they didn’t try to make the right moves.

What? No Randy Brown? Where's Pete Myers?

[PhilLeotardo]

Finalized coaching staff:

Billy Donovan
Josh Longshaft
Chris Fleming
Maurice Cheeks
Billy Schmidt
John Bryant
Damian Cotter

Finalized development staff:

Henry Domercant
Ronnie Burrell
Ty Abbott
Max Rothschild

I’m speechless. What a turnaround. And I can’t even begin to imagine how much money they spent on all of this. Most of these guys left cushy, high paying positions, on premier, winning organizations

That is a nice offseason. You can’t land Free Agents and trades just by wishing it, but you can restructure your organization like this and it is a really good looking staff. Have yet to see how they perform but you can’t say they didn’t try to make the right moves.

What? No Randy Brown? Where's Pete Myers?

They got Long Staph’d

[BigUps]

It must've been been really rough growing up with the last name Longshaft.

[dougthonus]

Finalized coaching staff:

Billy Donovan
Josh Longshaft - outsider
Chris Fleming - Holdover
Maurice Cheeks - Lead assistant from OKC (Donovan)
Billy Schmidt - Minor guy from OKC and Florida (Donovan)
John Bryant - minor assistant from philly (Eversley)
Damian Cotter - WCB guy, home grown

Finalized development staff:

Henry Domercant - WCB guy, home grown
Ronnie Burrell - outsider
Ty Abbott - minor philly guy (Eversley)
Max Rothschild - minor philly guy (Eversley)

I’m speechless. What a turnaround. And I can’t even begin to imagine how much money they spent on all of this. Most of these guys left cushy, high paying positions, on premier, winning organizations

That is a nice offseason. You can’t land Free Agents and trades just by wishing it, but you can restructure your organization like this and it is a really good looking staff. Have yet to see how they perform but you can’t say they didn’t try to make the right moves.

What? No Randy Brown? Where's Pete Myers?

Jokes aside, this FO seems as incestuous as our last one, see above in red.

Add in BD3 becoming video coordinator, and of the guys we hired, only 2 were outside of these guys close networks. What is really somewhat concerning to me is the amount of Philly guys we added, its like pillaging the Wizards for talent. Who has Philly developed talent wise? But we're loading up on people from one of the most underachieving orgs in the NBA. Granted, that doesn't necessarily say anything about any of these guys, but it's not like someone outside of the org is going to go "wow, they have a hell of a staff there".

The only thing that seems meaningfully different, except people fawning over them simply because they are new, is that we have more people in the player development area than we did in the past. Its not worse than the past, but there's nothing special about this group on the surface from a resume/past experience perspective. Hopefully the gel as a group, form good relationships with the players, and do a great job.

[dougthonus]

It must've been been really rough growing up with the last name Longshaft.

Hard to say, if you own that one, it could easily be a positive.

[sco]

That is a nice offseason. You can’t land Free Agents and trades just by wishing it, but you can restructure your organization like this and it is a really good looking staff. Have yet to see how they perform but you can’t say they didn’t try to make the right moves.

What? No Randy Brown? Where's Pete Myers?

Jokes aside, this FO seems as incestuous as our last one, see above in red.

Add in BD3 becoming video coordinator, and of the guys we hired, only 2 were outside of these guys close networks. What is really somewhat concerning to me is the amount of Philly guys we added, its like pillaging the Wizards for talent. Who has Philly developed talent wise? But we're loading up on people from one of the most underachieving orgs in the NBA. Granted, that doesn't necessarily say anything about any of these guys, but it's not like someone outside of the org is going to go "wow, they have a hell of a staff there".

The only thing that seems meaningfully different, except people fawning over them simply because they are new, is that we have more people in the player development area than we did in the past. Its not worse than the past, but there's nothing special about this group on the surface from a resume/past experience perspective. Hopefully the gel as a group, form good relationships with the players, and do a great job.

Didn't realize how many guys were Billy's, but I guess it would make sense that he'd take guys who he's familiar with and know his system. I'm actually glad that we have one hold-over from last season. I think it will help to have a guy who knows the players' strengths and weaknesses, and also what didn't work last year to help the new staff avoid early stumbles and to focus energy where it's most needed. It would be good heading into the draft, for example, for the new org to know if WC is frustrated because of injuries and misuse or is a guy who has personal friction with teammates or if White was really progressing as a PG or was his insertion just a PR move at the end of a lost season.

[League Circles]

I'm optimistic and everything, like Donovan and like Mo Cheeks, but I'm not drinking this wild cool aid that so many are obviously drinking solely because of the "new" factor. I don't believe that anyone really knows anything about these coaches and development staff, nor how AK will do at player aquisition.

[BigUps]

It must've been been really rough growing up with the last name Longshaft.

Hard to say, if you own that one, it could easily be a positive.

Its a lot to live up to.

[sco]

It must've been been really rough growing up with the last name Longshaft.

Hard to say, if you own that one, it could easily be a positive.

Its a lot to live up to.

Could be worse, could have named him Richard or William.

[PhilLeotardo]

Hard to say, if you own that one, it could easily be a positive.

Its a lot to live up to.

Could be worse, could have named him Richard or William.

Could be even worse than that

Could have been named Jim Boilan or garf formin & been a predestined useless piece of trash who no one liked by default lol

[dougthonus]

Its a lot to live up to.

Could be worse, could have named him Richard or William.

Could be even worse than that

Could have been named Jim Boilan or garf formin & been a predestined useless piece of trash who no one liked by default lol

La'Bryan Nash should have been a future 10 time MVP summoning up parts of LeBron, Kobe, and Nash.