The Chicago Bulls finally got rid of Tom Thibodeau, due to the stupidest reasons management would fire one of the best defensive coaches in the NBA. Right now, the free agent market for coaches is very good, Scott Brooks, Monty Williams, Scott Skiles, and Alvin Gentry before he was hired by the Pelicans. The Bulls decided to go with Fred Hoiberg. Hoiberg is Iowa State’s head coach, and according to the Bulls he fits the type of coach they are looking for to replace Thibodeau.
My question when I saw this was, how did Hoiberg even get involved in this? I got my answer from K.C Johnson of the Chicago Tribune:
“It’s not like Bulls management and ownership don’t know Hoiberg, 42, well. He spent four seasons with the Bulls (1999-2003), played at Iowa State when general manager Gar Forman was an assistant to Tim Floyd his senior season and has guided his alma mater’s return to prominence with the front office scouting his teams — and him — along the way.
Forman even purchased Hoiberg’s home when Hoiberg left the Bulls to play for the Timberwolves.”
According to Frank Isola of the New York Daily News:
“According to a source, Iowa State’s Fred Hoiberg already has a deal in place to become the Bulls’ next head coach. The parameters of the deal were discussed while Thibodeau was still employed by the Bulls.
Hoiberg’s deal is believed to be in the $25 million range over five years. Hoiberg, who recently needed a second heart surgery, is merely waiting to be cleared by doctors before officially accepting the job.”
So if this is infact true, then two NCAA coaches were hired this year. Donovan from Florida and Hoiberg from Iowa State. Hoiberg will be pushed into a winning atmosphere as soon as he arrives, like Donnovan, they will both be on hot seats, because of the pressure for the teams to do well. Good luck to both of them. With an injured and dismantled Bulls & Thunder teams, their jobs just got harder.
