As for Carter, he basically became an afterthought in the offense. His touches seemed to disappear after being pushed into the garbage-man role, and his points had to come off offensive rebounds. That offensive philosophy already is being picked apart by the new regime, according to a source, so expect Boylen to have to teach a new look again if he is retained. But many of the defensive schemes Boylen implemented — minus the constant blitzes on pick-and-roll — have been applauded by the front office, so there’s that. So why has the Bulls’ roster drawn attention? Well, Markkanen, Carter and LaVine have had their issues with Boylen.
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Bulls keeping Jim Boylen as head coach?
Daniel Greenberg: “There are certainly more and more signs that it’s not going to be that surprising if Jim Boylen is brought back or at least given an extended dress rehearsal. Zach LaVine is tired of losing and tired of a lot of things.” – @K.C. Johnson on the Bulls Talk Podcast
Joe Cowley: Even if the Bulls fire …
Joe Cowley: Even if the Bulls fire Boylen and hire a first-time head coach at $2.5 million per year – the expected new salary for such candidates – that’s $4.1 million in head coaching salary the next two years. Popovich makes $11 million per, Doc gets $10 million per. Stop crying.
Bulls rookie on coach Jim Boylen: ‘I don’t like him a lot, but he’s OK”
“He’s got some things he can get better at as a person and as a coach.”
Bulls head coach Jim Boylen has had a rocky start to his tenure, first as an interim head coach and now with the full role with the organization. It started about as poorly as it could have, with Bulls threatening mutiny and reportedly considering no-showing practice during his very first week running the team.
Boylen has all but openly warred with his star Zach LaVine, and faced criticism and open mocking from inside the organization and out.
Basically, it’s been a really rough start to his tenure with the team. And yet through it all, Boylen is still the head coach of the Bulls.
This week, during a Twitch stream, Bulls rookie Daniel Gafford — a 6’11 center out of Arkansas — was asked about playing for Boylen. He answered, perhaps more truthfully than the Bulls would have liked.
Via a transcription from 670 The Score:
“I’m going to answer this question, but I’m not going to read it out. As a matter of fact, I will read it out. ‘Do you like Jim Boylen?’ He aight. I don’t like him a lot, but he’s OK. Got some things he can work on, got some things he can get better at as a person and as a coach. I’m not going to hate on him. I’m not going to hate the man.”
Honestly, a pretty diplomatic answer from Gafford, about a coach who has struggled to adapt to the professional game and already earned a reputation as someone who treats his players like children. (He got reamed out by an opposing announcer for calling a timeout late in a blowout so he could draw up a play and issue coaching points, during Super Bowl Sunday no less.)
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As Bulls coach Jim Boylen’s future with …
As Bulls coach Jim Boylen’s future with the organization remains unclear, a young reserve player on the team has given him a less-than-glowing assessement. Rookie center Daniel Gafford expressed his belief that Boylen has “got some things he can get better at as a person and as a coach.” Gafford made the comment on his personal Twitch stream Monday afternoon as he played 2K and took questions from those in the chat room.
“I’m going to answer this question, but …
“I’m going to answer this question, but I’m not going to read it out,” Gafford said. “As a matter of fact, I will read it out. Do you like Jim Boylen? He aight. I don’t like him a lot, but he OK. Got some things he can work on, got some things he can get better at as a person and as a coach. I’m not going to hate on him. I’m not going to hate the man.”
In his first public comments about his …
In his first public comments about his new bosses, Boylen sounded encouraged and spoke positively about the relationship he has formed so far with Karnisovas and general manager Marc Eversely. “The relationship has gone really well,” Boylen told WOOD-TV at a “Unity in the Community” event in his hometown of Grand Rapids, Mich. “We communicate every day. I think they understand where we were, what we’re trying to get to. They’ve been very supportive and collaborative. It’s a process to build this team into what it can be. “I just like the fact that we have a relationship already. It’s never perfect. Nothing’s perfect. You just work at it. Tell the truth. You get your guys to play hard. That’s what we’re trying to do.”
A source reiterated on Friday that head …
A source reiterated on Friday that head coach Jim Boylen remained confident that he will keep his job heading into next season, and was pleased with the relationship he’s already built with Karnisovas and new general manager Marc Eversley. The Sun-Times, however, reported last month that Karnisovas and the new-look front office had heard enough from key players and the mixed feelings they had about Boylen, to be prepared to make a coaching change once they went through a “deliberate’’ process of getting to personally know Boylen.
Rob Schaefer: Wendell Carter Jr., Jim …
As the Sun-Times has reported, Boylen’s …
As the Sun-Times has reported, Boylen’s fate was all but sealed after a handful of players – several of them the Bulls’ better talent – painted a less than flattering picture of Boylen to new executive vice president of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas in individual calls Karnisovas made upon taking the job. Then add in several other behind-the-scenes waves, the fact that new regimes almost always want their own guy in the head-coaching chair and, of course, Boylen’s .317 winning percentage, and it doesn’t look great for Boylen once the Bulls can start talking to candidates rather than using back channels.