Chicago Bulls: Signs continue to point to moving on from Jim Boylen

Chicago Bulls leaning toward firing Jim Boylen

Before the hiatus was implemented, the Chicago Bulls were on pace to miss the playoffs for a third-straight season and for the fourth time in five years. Despite their talented young roster, the Bulls had failed to blossom into the playoff team that perhaps some expected them to.

As it currently stands, the Bulls are 11th in the Eastern Conference and roughly eight games behind the 8th seed. Should the NBA resume with a playoff play-in, the Bulls could have some glimmer of hope.

Though, traditionally, the Bulls were on pace for another disappointing campaign.

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Chicago Bulls might be ready for a complete makeover

Over the last two years, Boylen has compiled a 39-84 record as the head coach of the Bulls and with Arturas Karnisovas taking over as the team’s new executive vice president of basketball operations, it was never a given that he would remain as the team’s head coach in 2020-21.

The early indications, however, aren’t great about the Bulls keeping Boylen around. And that shouldn’t be shocking.

"[via Chicago Sun-Times]Karnisovas and general manager Marc Eversley already have had detailed discussions with players and retained personnel from the previous regime and were getting enough mixed reviews that they were leaning toward starting with a new coach."

Generally, any new leadership wants to pick their own personnel. The fact that Boylen was hired by a previous administration is important here.

If this is really going to be Karnisovas’ era with the Bulls, he’s going to want to hand-pick his own coach. One that he believes will able to shape the team the way he envisions. If Boylen were to be fired, it’s not to say that Boylen is a bad coach per se.

You could have those opinions already, but that shouldn’t be reflected by a coaching change. Changes are going to come to the Bulls – to both personnel and players, but sometimes the fits don’t match up. That’s OK.

If Arturas Karnisovas doesn’t believe Boylen is the right fit for the future of the Bulls, a change will be made. And if he already knows that he isn’t a fit, it’s actually probably best that the change happens sooner rather than later – for both parties involved.