Vinny Del Negro Has To Be Out Soon, Right?
The Bulls got run out of the gym again last night in Atlanta. They have now lost nine of 10. There are bad losses, and then there are blowouts, embarrassing routes, pathetic defeats. The Bulls fell into the latter category against the Hawks in losing 118-83 last night. If you’re bad at math, they lost by 35 points. Yeesh.
But what was bad about last night’s game was that it appeared the Bulls have given up. They were lethargic. They weren’t hustling. They looked like a team defeated well before the game got out of hand. In this morning’s Trib, the players are admitting the effort isn’t there, that they’re not putting it together.
And if that’s the case, and Vinny Del Negro isn’t getting through to these guys anymore, you would think a change is coming soon. But that same Trib article indicates that his job may be safe for now.
Yet, not everyone is being so kind. Mike McGraw of the Daily Herald thinks Del Coacho could be done during the middle of next week:
Del Negro’s future probably depends on the Bulls showing up ready to play Friday against Golden State. They complete a stretch of four games in five nights against Boston on Saturday, which has a chance to be ugly. If the Bulls lose by 30 again this weekend, change is probably inevitable. I’d say keep an eye on the middle of next week, because general managers like to pick a soft part of the schedule to switch coaches. That way, the new guy snares a couple wins and it looks like everyone’s a genius.
And John Hollinger has his replacement lined up:
With assistant Bernie Bickerstaff essentially a coach-in-waiting on the Chicago payroll and already up to speed on the Bulls’ personnel, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out where the team might turn for an interim candidate.
So yeah: there’s that. Golden State plays at a fast pace, and they score a lot of points. The Bulls are offensively challenged, so unless they really D up, Friday’s game is no walk in the park. And Boston is firing on all cylinders right now.
If the Bulls bring the same effort they brought last night to these two games, it’s hard to see them winning either of them.
And that means Vinny’s job might go down with them.
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