Fred Hoiberg’s Plans

The Chicago Bulls fans were in awe when they heard previous coach Tom Thibodeau had been fired. They had a sense it was coming due to the tension built up between the front office and the coach, but still were sad to see him go after doing so much for the team as head coach. He was respected by all of his players as well as fans. He had turned the organization around and made them contenders for the world championship due to his defensive coaching. The Bulls had the best record they have ever had since the Michael Jordan era. He turned player such as Joakim Noah into an All Star, Defensive Player of the Year, and MVP candidate. It still wasn’t enough for the front office who wanted more out of him. In his tenure of 5 years as head coach, the organization and fans had something to believe in again which was in a hiatus ever since Michael Jordan had retired as a Bull and Phil Jackson left as a head coach. After Thibodeau had been let go, the Bulls front office had hired Fred Hoiberg who was a former Iowa State basketball head coach. He had a complete opposite approach to the game which was offense rather than Thibodeau’s way which was defense. It was an interesting switch the organization had made and excited the fans to see more offense in the games which made the game more fun to watch. There were many doubts that he would live up to the expectations of Tom but there was nothing that anybody could do expect wait until the season began. When the regular season began, the players and fans were enjoying the new switch up in rhythm.

Players were talking about how they enjoyed it since it gave them more freedom to shoot the ball when they had a clear view instead of running plays that Tom would normally run. It started off well then the Bulls hit a wall where they were losing games due to their lack of defense. Games where they were up by double digits at halftime turned on them and they would lose the second half costing them the game. After a few comments had come to surface between the leader of the team, Jimmy Butler, and head coach, the momentum shifted. They went on a six game winning streak then hit a wall again losing to teams below .500 but somehow beating teams above.500. Concerns were definitely coming to question about if Hoiberg was the coach to still make the team elite contenders for the championship or just an average team. There has to be something done in coaching to get the team back on track in going to the finals otherwise the Bulls won’t make it far in the playoffs when the time comes. They are on an up and down rollercoaster at the moment and will have to see how things turn out for the last three months left of the regular season. If the coach can continue to utilize his offensive coaching along with defensive pressure, there is no reason the Chicago Bulls can’t become an elite contender for the championship again.

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