The Bulls start the second half of the NBA season with a disappointing record only 4 games above .500. Skiles has been demanding that it is time for his players to play like NBA players now, that they can no longer get by on being kids. Well, I think Skiles has look in the mirror and wonder what kind of job he has done. This team has too much talent to have this record. It has been ten years since the Bulls have won a playoff series.
What has Skiles done? It seems, that besides the Bulls re-upping his contract last year, that if Skiles does not get this team to least to the Eastern Conference Finals, serious consideration has be made for replacing him.
What worries me more is that to win in the NBA, you need a marquee, superstar player. Oftentimes two. Its clear the Bulls need at least one more player. If that player is Paul Gasol or not, I'm not sure. The more important question is how will this new marquee player react to Skiles. Skiles job was to give the 'kids' discipline. Has he accomplished this? It's debatable. The Bulls lose an incredible amount of large leads. This is mostly due to Skiles poor in-game coaching skills. No one ever accused Skiles of being smart, but just being a disciplinarian is not enough anymore.
The city is hungry and due for a winner. Perhaps Skiles should be given the same ultimatum as Isiah, produce significant improvement or be let go.
2 comments:
Everyone wants to blame the coach in this town. You can't keep changing the coaches until you have a winning team. Right now the Bulls do not have the talent to compete for a championship. Changing Skiles will only set them back.
He was brought in to school the kids. However, so was that Iowa State coach from a few years back. I'm not sure what to do vis a vis the coaching staff of the Bulls. They have looked terrible the last two years before storming strong late in the season to make the playoffs- then being dumped. I'm thinking the Bulls still don't have enough talent to take on Pippen and the Heat or the Pistons or whoever.
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