Tom Thibodeau Has Been Fired

Now that's petty and low. Show some f***ing class. He had five great seasons for yall. Even if you hate the man and couldn't wait to get rid of him, that's not a good look. That type behavior will be noticed by his potential replacements.

 

Stay classy Chicago F.O. Oh wait LOL that's never been your MO.



Report: ‘At least three’ Bulls starters ripped Tom Thibodeau during exit interview
Brett Pollakoff


May 28, 2015, 9:00 PM EDT


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Now that the Bulls have parted ways with head coach Tom Thibodeau, the organization continues to leak negative information about how Thibodeau was perceived in his final season with the franchise.

First came the press release, which essentially threw Thibodeau under the bus, and portrayed him as a controlling individual who couldn’t play well with others.

“While the head of each department of the organization must be free to make final decisions regarding his department, there must be free and open interdepartmental discussion and consideration of everyone’s ideas and opinions,” Chicago Bulls Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf said. “These internal discussions must not be considered an invasion of turf, and must remain private. Teams that consistently perform at the highest levels are able to come together and be unified across the organization-staff, players, coaches, management and ownership. When everyone is on the same page, trust develops and teams can grow and succeed together. Unfortunately, there has been a departure from this culture.”

Now comes word that Thibodeau didn’t have the support of key players, as well.

From Dan Bernstein of CBSChicago.com:

#Bulls sources: at least three starters ripped Thibs in exit interview, said they’d avoid team facility this summer if he were still there.

This is likely more negativity coming from the front office.

Bulls management didn’t need a reason to slander Thibodeau in this way. In fact, during Thursday’s presser, John Paxson said more than once that if the Bulls were playing for a championship right now, then they wouldn’t be having this conversation.

That’s all that needed to be said — expectations were high, and Thibodeau didn’t meet them from a pure performance standpoint. But instead, the organization feels the need to justify its decision by belittling Thibodeau on his way out the door, when he has exhibited nothing but class publicly throughout this process.


http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports....ng-exit-interview/?ocid=Yahoo&partner=ya5nbcs

 

I don't buy that report one bit. It's more work of the FO trying to trash Thibs' name and putting that out there. Grow the f*** up Chicago front office, DAMN! Noah and Rose have always gone to bat for Thibs, there's been no real butting of heads there. Pau would never do that to any of his coaches, he's questioned his usage at times, but he's not going to rip a man who's packing his belongings while under the watchful eye of security...that's not him. Dunleavy - not in his character. Butler - he had his best year and is about to get paid thanks to his play under Thibs. Out of the starters, Butler is the only one with a remote chance of raising any displeasure...maybe due to overuse, but even then those are minimal odds.

 

WOJ's article on the firing

 

How I so want this to happen. As I mentioned earlier, I'm not even a big fan of Thibs, but he's an upgrade. However, how many times does an opportunity come around to coach an Anthony Davis? Hard to turn that job if offered to him...

 

The cap is going to explode in 2016-2017. And there will be plenty of free agents available.

So, I wouldn't be surprised if Thibs decides to wait it out for a year. He's getting paid by the Bulls anyway.

 

So I've read long articles about thibbs and the fo. In a nutshell, can someone please how the relationship between management and coaching disiengrated?

 

It's one thing to fire someone uncerimoniously, but now they gotta try and black list him too? Skip Bayless said it best on First Take: when has Reinsdorf ever acted with class?