Comments on: Sir Charles: “Give Vinny some credit.”

By: A rotten homecoming: Clippers 90, Bulls 82 » By The Horns

A rotten homecoming: Clippers 90, Bulls 82 » By The Horns — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:54:14 +0000

[…] Ah, those zany Bulls. Just a few short days ago, they made history by becoming the first NBA team to ever win five games in a row against winning teams on a road trip, Derrick Rose was named to the Eastern Conference All-Star Team, and Charles Barkley gave mad props to Vinny Del Negro and Joakim Noah. […]

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Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:59:06 +0000

[…] All Eyez On Me: To help you out with the FreeRoll contest… Here’s what I’m thinking: San Antonio @ Sacramento means big numbers for the Spurs. Chicago and Philadelphia is another game with pretty decent offenses and fairly porous defenses (though supposedly the Bulls defense is actually pretty good). […]

By: letsgobulls_24

letsgobulls_24 — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:22:57 +0000

“I’m pleased to announce to you the newest member of the Chicago Bulls franchise, new head coach Jeff Van Gundy!” (crowd explodes in cheers, clapping and a standing ovation)

Hahaaa. I kinda like the guy so I would like to see him come to Chicago.

By: Tony C.

Tony C. — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 02:59:32 +0000

Case in point: roughly 2:30 to go in the third quarter tonight, VDN calls a timeout. The Bulls come out and immediately turn the ball over. This is absolutely typical – and damning – of del Negro’s quality as a coach. Timeouts crystalize coaches’ decision making; they are much like chess moves, in that the coach has far more control over that single play than the vast majority of (more spontaneous) plays. The Bulls are typically terrible out of timeouts, underscoring just how bad a tactician VDN is.

Oh, and after that timeout, the Bills went from down six or eight to down eighteen in a matter of two minutes. VDN sat and watched the Clippers’ momentum building, rather than calling another timeout to stop the bleeding.

By: Lance

Lance — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 02:40:14 +0000

Playing Hinrich at SG wasn’t hard to see as being a good thing to increase if you looked at the lineup data. This year’s or last season’s. It should have happened sooner and perhaps even bigger minutes.

By: Tony C.

Tony C. — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:31:28 +0000

Should have read: “No such admission here.” Hear?

By: Tony C.

Tony C. — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:05:21 +0000

“The same way you guys didn’t give Vinny much of a chance and wanted him fired (in a situation with a team where even Phil Jackson would have struggled) are now admitting you may have been wrong.”

No such admission hear. VDN remains a very bad coach, and I’m not going to repeat the litany of his many weaknesses. I don’t deny that he has become LESS BAD, but he is nowhere near being a good coach. The Bulls have always had a talented team, and they happen to have gelled recently. Yes, VDN has made some positive adjustments, but when you start from a deep hole, there isn’t anywhere to go but up.

Frankly, the ones who have been notably silent are those who insisted that trading Gordon would be a disaster. How’s that worked out?

By: rustumt

rustumt — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:07:41 +0000

PTFC – I completely agree with you!! Great leaders are not made overnight, but rather through learning from their struggles! I’m not saying Vinny is perfect, but give the guy a good run! I also think people tend to forget that our first half schedule was RIDICULOUSLY tough!.. Go BULLS!!

Boppinbob – there’s actually a huge difference between Del Negro and the Zen Master!.. Del Negro literally had no courtside experience! NONE! Whereas PJ experienced some success in the CBA and was already serving as an assistant for Doug Collins! The funny thing is Doug actually paved his way out of town, by getting PJ to call more plays during timeouts, and Krause noticed the players were very comfortable with him.. Anyway, sorry for side tracking! Lol!

By: thirdsaint

thirdsaint — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:56:49 +0000

You know, I’m kinda glad Noah won’t be in the All-Star game. I think he’ll make it next year so long as he keeps it up but this year he’ll need the rest to heal up.

PTFC: As for Vinny, I’d have more faith in him if I didn’t hear the things I did back in December when things weren’t looking good. Players were saying he didn’t call any plays and he has shown he doesn’t know how to adjust. Could he be a great coach some day? Maybe, but I don’t want to wait around to find out when we have a big summer coming up and the window of opportunity is at its widest. If we had an option to get a more proven, veteran coach, do you mean to tell me you would stick with Vinny?

By: Boppinbob

Boppinbob — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:48:38 +0000

I remember when a guy named Phil Jackson became the Bulls head coach. People thought it was a big mistake. He didn’t have enough experience to handle MJ. Mgmt and VDN have begun to lay the foundation for a championship, team DEFENSE. I say give him time to prove himself. He is already starting to do that and the results are apparent.