suntimes.com - 5/30/2008
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Doug Collins, who was fired as Bulls coach in 1989 and then watched as Phil Jackson led the team to six NBA championships, is going to get another chance.
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... if I hire an unproven commodity I’ll fire him after one year and be right back where I started a year ago. The flip side, of course, is that maybe an unproven coach will want to work double-time to prove himself, and maybe he’ll have some new, fresh ideas.
But if you sign a coach to a big contract and after one year you have to fire him and eat his money, maybe Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf will decide enough is enough and fire you instead.
Collins it is, then!
When do the Bears kick off again? ...
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In addition to scoffing at the Bulls’ rehire of Doug Collins (”how Chicago chairman Jerry Reinsdorf can endorse a person he fired in 1989 under shadowy circumstances after the Bulls were evicted from the Eastern finals defies comprehension”), the New York Post’s Peter Vecsey still hasn’t quite gotten over the final moments of the Spurs’ Game 4 loss to ...
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The Boston Celtics are dealing with the pesky Detroit Pistons in a tough series. The Los Angeles Lakers are on the path to yet another championship. Now Doug Collins could become the Chicago Bulls head coach within the next couple days. We’re apparently turning back the clock to the 1980s now. All we need is CBS to start doing games again.
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The Chicago Bulls went with Doug Collins, who most recently coached Michael Jordan, only when he was in Washington. It’s an interesting move for Chicago, who I personally thought were going to go after a younger coach, someone who was maybe unproven. Collins has a 332-287 career record, and was fired from the Bulls in 1989.
After his firing, the hired Phil Jackson, had Michael Jordan ...
