Clubhouse Cancer’s source within the Chicago Bulls organization has confirmed
Collins, who led the Bulls once before, from ’86-’89 was famously dumped in favor of some chill dude named Jackson. (On a personal note: We were sitting in the left-field bleachers at Wrigley when we heard of Collins’ first firing. When our female companion relayed the info she had just heard, we told her how gullible she was to believe that crap, because ‘Bleacher Bums’ will try to hook you in any way possible. Needless to say, that was the final outing for the two of us.)
Collins is the only ‘big name’ coach the Bulls could get on the cheap. He is now perfectly positioned for the exact scenario as his previous Bulls tenure…take a hungry young team with a burgeoning superstar (Rose) deep into the playoffs and then get fired for not being able to win a championship.
Luckily, Collins is a ‘Chicago guy’ and will be afforded a little more latitude than someone like Kurt Rambis or Ty Corbin, plus he knows how Reinsdorf really works.
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