Hollinger picks Bucks over Bulls

[Rush]

In his season preview, John Hollinger takes the Bucks over the Bulls by a game. Bucks:Fear the deer. The Bucks won 46 games last season with numerous flaws, and they spent the offseason aggressively addressing most of those weaknesses. The...

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By: Doug Thonus

 

[RamiTheBullsFan]

Scott Skiles is the world's greatest high school coach. He will never take a team to a high level.

Bulls will most likely be better than the Bucks. His statistical formulas are utter bullshit. I say ESPN should give somebody else a chance, because Hollinger obviously doesn't know what the hell he's doing. Hell, they should give Lefty a shot... F it.

 

[Lefty]

Scott Skiles is the world's greatest high school coach. He will never take a team to a high level.

Bulls will most likely be better than the Bucks. His statistical formulas are utter bullshit. I say ESPN should give somebody else a chance, because Hollinger obviously doesn't know what the hell he's doing. Hell, they should give Lefty a shot... F it.

Good one, you pud.

 

[Rush]

Making predictions in a 82 game season and spacing the 1st and 2nd place teams apart by 1 game is bullshit.

Covering just enough bases so if he is wrong about placement, it won't be far off.

 

[JustinTCB]

I respect Skiles as a coach, and I have no doubt he will get the Bucks to win more games than they probably should.

Having said that, it would seem that given the off season additions, and the fact that we have a real coach, a healthy Bulls team will win the division without a ton of difficulty.

 

[pinkizdead]

skiles is a great coach. jesus crap given what he did with the bucks last year was frickin amazing. the bucks got better at pf and sf, so it'll be interesting to see what happens.

also skiles was great at coming up with a great play after time outs. i dont know what any of you guys have against skiles, but i'd prolly say skiles is the second best coach this organization has had.

 

[RamiTheBullsFan]

Skiles was a great defensive-minded coach, who could draw up those in-bound plays. But he isn't the type of guy that is meant to coach a veteran team. He builds fundamentals in young players, and is a firm disciplinarian. Not exactly the type of persona that is going to get the respect of large egos with millions of dollars. His teams all eventually quit on him.

 

[waldo7239117]

LOL at Hollinger. He's the only one that says that.

 

[JustinTCB]

Skiles was a great defensive-minded coach, who could draw up those in-bound plays. But he isn't the type of guy that is meant to coach a veteran team. He builds fundamentals in young players, and is a firm disciplinarian. Not exactly the type of persona that is going to get the respect of large egos with millions of dollars. His teams all eventually quit on him.

You could make the case that his roster this year has a high chance of turning on him at some point as well, though they might win enough this year that they won't.

You are right though, at some point down the line this Bucks team will quit on him just like the Bulls and Suns did.

 

[NealKleren]

I thought the Bucks were a good team before they even had Jennings and thought they would make the playoffs and I think they still will be a good team. But if Noah wasnt injured I think we would have been the same seed the Bucks were last year. I think the Bulls will be better than the Bucks this year as well if we are fine and no one gets injured.

 

[pinkizdead]

Skiles was a great defensive-minded coach, who could draw up those in-bound plays. But he isn't the type of guy that is meant to coach a veteran team. He builds fundamentals in young players, and is a firm disciplinarian. Not exactly the type of persona that is going to get the respect of large egos with millions of dollars. His teams all eventually quit on him.

All his teams? he had one? didn't he ? besides the bucks?

 

[pinkizdead]

You could make the case that his roster this year has a high chance of turning on him at some point as well, though they might win enough this year that they won't.

You are right though, at some point down the line this Bucks team will quit on him just like the Bulls and Suns did.

he coached the suns?

 

[JustinTCB]

he coached the suns?

Yep, for 3 years

Scott Skiles NBA & ABA Basketball Coaching Record | Basketball-Reference.com

 

[Chi-Town Brahma]

I dunno about Hollinger's prediction lol. Who cares, that's his opinion.

 

[JCM]

i really hate Hollinger.

 

[pinkizdead]

Yep, for 3 years

Scott Skiles NBA & ABA Basketball Coaching Record | Basketball-Reference.com

who played for him?

 

[houheffna]

I believe the Bulls will win the division, fortunately in basketball, not winning the division will be overlooked with a good playoff run. However, I have said often that the Bucks will be to the Bulls what the Twins are to the White Sox. Skiles is a good coach who will improve ONLY if ownership takes a Jerry Sloan approach to him, in other words, commit to Skiles above any and all players, and bring in players who will buy in to Skiles' system. I believe Skiles can go 15+ years in Milwaukee and be the face of that franchise. He has the type of personality and the skills to be the type of coach a smaller city like Milwaukee would love.

 

[Lefty]

So no players with headbands? Check. And as long as he doesn't crack down on Brandon Jennings' high-top fade, me and him are cool.

 

[Scoot26]

I honestly cant see how the Bucks win the division unless the Bulls implode. (Which is always possible). As long as our main guys are playing the majority of the season, I think the Bulls take the division with relative ease.

 

[waldo7239117]

I honestly cant see how the Bucks win the division unless the Bulls implode. (Which is always possible). As long as our main guys are playing the majority of the season, I think the Bulls take the division with relative ease.

This.