Vinny Del Negro ?????????!!!!!

[goldengreek]

SERIOUSLY ??

Fuking cheap ass Riensdorf - sell the fuking team asshole

after a 2 month search the bulls hire a guy with ZERO head coaching experience

how are the players gonna take him serious ?

wonderful

[revnecro1273]

doesnt he have some assistant coaching experience? it wasnt like scott skiles had a lot of experience either when they hired him...the players responded well to him for a good period of time

[Jahred]

now they have an outside shooter

[westcoastO]

yeah but skiles had been a head coach in phoenix prior to chicago, and i think had coached in the playoffs with them. this is surprising to say the least.

[revnecro1273]

Originally Posted by westcoastO

yeah but skiles had been a head coach in phoenix prior to chicago, and i think had coached in the playoffs with them. this is surprising to say the least.

oh he was a head coach in phoenix? i did not recall that

[Sundevil]

As serious as we took him in Phx... LMAO

[goldengreek]

Originally Posted by revnecro1273

doesnt he have some assistant coaching experience? it wasnt like scott skiles had a lot of experience either when they hired him...the players responded well to him for a good period of time

No he dosent and Skiles coached for 3 years at Phoenix before the bulls hired him

[Severian]

Concur on the Bulls being cheap.

Broke up the Jordan dynasty before they had to in order to avoid paying Jordan, Pippen, Rodman, Jackson the going rate.

Traded away 21 year old Elton Brand, who had career averages of 20.1 points and 10.1 rebounds (at the time!) because they knew they'd have to eventually give him a max contract.

Passed on a proven coach with a high price tag, Mike D'Antoni, in favor of an untested coach with a low price tag in Del Negro.

There is no way they'll trade the #1 overall pick for Dwyane Wade, even though the trade would make a lot of sense for a relatively young, proven NBA All-Star because Wade already has a big contract, and rookie contracts are small in comparison - Lebron James only made about $18.7 million in the first four years of his contract.

I don't see how the Bulls are ever going to be a title contender again if all they worry about is the bottom line.

[westcoastO]

^ put this man on the payroll

agree with basically everything you said, although i'm not sure as a fan I was quite ready to pay D'Antoni out the ass. I'm not sure how "proven" he is as the best he has to show for running a team loaded with all-stars and a 2 time MVP is 1 trip to the western conference finals.

all in all though, del negro coaching this team is somewhat humerous.

he must have had quite an interview lmao.

[revnecro1273]

Originally Posted by goldengreek

No he dosent and Skiles coached for 3 years at Phoenix before the bulls hired him

okay dude...didnt know he had coached in phoenix beforehand

[Severian]

At least D'Antoni had prior head coaching experience, and ran an offense that was exciting to watch. Del Negro has no coaching experience, not even as an assistant.

I would have been much happier seeing the Bulls go with Tyrone Corbin, assistant coach from the Utah Jazz who has been a hot name of late. During his 15 year NBA career he was one of the toughest and scrappiest players I have ever seen.

He was a personal favorite of mine along the same lines as guys like A.C. Green who never got outhustled. He has a slight Chicago connection in that he played his college ball at DuPaul, so I'm sure he would have been stoked for the opportunity and homecoming.

Although he won't get a head coaching job this year, I'd look for him to get snatched up quickly next year. He would be a smart replacement in Utah if Jerry Sloan ever decides to hang it up, as he is going on his 21st year as Jazz head coach.

If they didn't want to go the assistant route, Avery Johnson is sitting there with a career .735 winning % and had a trip to the Finals two years ago. It isn't Johnson's fault that Mark Cuban tied the fate of the franchise to a finesse, perimter oriented big man.

He did a fine job developing young players like Devin Harris and Josh Howard to his credit. The random pieces like Erick Dampier, Jason Terry and Jerry Stackhouse never quite fit, but they've never quite fit everywhere else they've played as well. The trouble once again is Johnson would come with a hefty price tag, and the Bulls will only shop for coaches at Big Lots.

[westcoastO]

Avery Johnson was my main choice. He had that Mavericks team playing defense (which used to be UNHEARD of) within 2 years of taking over, and taking over for Don Nelson who is 100% offense, mind you.

The trade for Jason Kidd is what really ended up being the downfall of the Mavs this season (and future seasons) and it's pretty unfortunate what happened to Johnson.

He's actually a very underrated x's and o's guy and would get the Bulls back to what they were doing when they were winning under Skiles, playing great defense, holding opponents under 100 on a nightly basis, and NON-STOP hustle.

I'm hoping that after this season I'm bumping this thread to make fun of myself for flaming the Bulls and their choice to hire Del Negro I really do, but somehow I doubt it will happen unless they pull the trigger and grab Wade, or Rose/Beasley have an instant impact and the players who matter take to Del Negro the way they used to take to Skiles.

[Chris46139]

It seems as if all the GMs in the league just pick a random player off a 1990 Hoops card to be their team's new head coach

[Da Fanatic]

Originally Posted by Severian

Concur on the Bulls being cheap.

Broke up the Jordan dynasty before they had to in order to avoid paying Jordan, Pippen, Rodman, Jackson the going rate.

Traded away 21 year old Elton Brand, who had career averages of 20.1 points and 10.1 rebounds (at the time!) because they knew they'd have to eventually give him a max contract.

Passed on a proven coach with a high price tag, Mike D'Antoni, in favor of an untested coach with a low price tag in Del Negro.

There is no way they'll trade the #1 overall pick for Dwyane Wade, even though the trade would make a lot of sense for a relatively young, proven NBA All-Star because Wade already has a big contract, and rookie contracts are small in comparison - Lebron James only made about $18.7 million in the first four years of his contract.

I don't see how the Bulls are ever going to be a title contender again if all they worry about is the bottom line.

Pretty clueless post. Jackson and Jordan were both done on their own after that 6th title, the media made it appear it was Reinsdorf/Krause's fault. Anyone who was in Chicago at that time knows the real truth. Jordan was making 30 million a year, and Jackson was the highest paid coach those last few years, so to say Reinsdorf is cheap is not accurate.

D'Antoni couldn't win with all that talent in Phx so why would you pay a guy who has never won 6 million a year?

All coaches have to start somewhere don't they? Not sure if Vinny Del Negro is the right choice but like it so much better than giving some retread who has never won anywhere another job.

[westcoastO]

Tim Legler likes the hiring, I still wanted Avery.