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Does hostility from management help a team succeed?
Also on that question, does hostility from management help their coach focus on the end goal?
My answer, and feel free to add your own answer. In no way does added hostility help from the management. It's bad management, and not only that, but creates a precedence that any future acquisitions will keep in mind while they are passing up on coming to Chicago.
Seems to me that John Paxson's strengths of determining skill is seriously being over-shadowed by his inability to have a long term relationship with nearly anyone, professionally. The players defend Thibs(outside of two who were simply biter and flat out sucked/have a history of animosity with other team coaches as well), coaches around the league defend Thibs, and even most* fans do as well(outside a vocal minority). From what I can see as an outsider looking in(which means I don't know what happens in that locker room, and can't defend or criticize the playing time concerns), Pax is throwing Thibs under the bus to protect his own ass. Pax is smart, knows the media and the fans will bite, knows Thibs is an easier target, and he isn't required by the NBA bylaws to talk with reporters which allows him little exposure to most accountability.
Like I said, Pax has a skill for determining talent. He doesn't have the tools that go beyond that in building and improving around the talents he puts into place. For as long as he is calling the shots, the Bulls could have the All NBA First Team, and it would not matter. He'll somehow screw that up as well.
Also on that question, does hostility from management help their coach focus on the end goal?
My answer, and feel free to add your own answer. In no way does added hostility help from the management. It's bad management, and not only that, but creates a precedence that any future acquisitions will keep in mind while they are passing up on coming to Chicago.
Seems to me that John Paxson's strengths of determining skill is seriously being over-shadowed by his inability to have a long term relationship with nearly anyone, professionally. The players defend Thibs(outside of two who were simply biter and flat out sucked/have a history of animosity with other team coaches as well), coaches around the league defend Thibs, and even most* fans do as well(outside a vocal minority). From what I can see as an outsider looking in(which means I don't know what happens in that locker room, and can't defend or criticize the playing time concerns), Pax is throwing Thibs under the bus to protect his own ass. Pax is smart, knows the media and the fans will bite, knows Thibs is an easier target, and he isn't required by the NBA bylaws to talk with reporters which allows him little exposure to most accountability.
Like I said, Pax has a skill for determining talent. He doesn't have the tools that go beyond that in building and improving around the talents he puts into place. For as long as he is calling the shots, the Bulls could have the All NBA First Team, and it would not matter. He'll somehow screw that up as well.