Flip Saunders canned; What say you Bulls?

June 3rd, 2008 | Posted by PostmanR

So, Flip Saunders just got peaced by the Pistons. And John Paxson is still interviewing candidates. But yet, Doug Collins is supposedly still going to be the new coach of the Chicago Bulls. I would suggest to John Paxson that he might want to interview Flip Saunders for a few reasons:

1) He took an aging Pistons team to the Conference Finals three years in a row.

2) He developed their bench well this year.

3) He’s not Doug Collins. That is to say: he doesn’t run the world’s slowest offense on the eve of drafting Derrick Rose.

Discuss amongst yourselves or in the interworkings of your own brain.

Phew: Doug Collins is still the Bulls’ coach

June 2nd, 2008 | Posted by PostmanE

Hey, remember when the Bulls were going to hire Doug Collins? Not so fast: over the weekend, the Bulls tried to lie and say they maybe weren’t going to hire Collins, even though everyone knew differently anyway:

Like an auto race official worried about a mishap up the track, Bulls officials were waving a figurative caution flag Friday, warning media to slow down on anointing Doug Collins as the team’s next coach. Still, sources insist the only way Collins will not be on the Bulls’ bench next season is if he gets cold feet and takes a pass on what is his job for the taking.

Nothing quite like reportage to douse a story in cold water before it even gets going. Well done, Mssr. Hanley. Of course, today we can rest assured that those sources are correct, and that Doug Collins will, in fact, be bringing his boring half court nonsense back to Chicago. Yay:

The Bulls’ six-week-plus coaching search will end this week, and all signs still point to Doug Collins returning for the most surprising of second chances. But a source said Collins and general manager John Paxson have discussed which assistants would land on Collins’ staff, another indication Collins is nearing a return to the franchise that fired him in 1989 after three successful seasons.

The excitement is palpable. Doug Collins, man. Phew. So good he’ll make you pine for Flip Saunders.