So true! It would be the dumbest thing "GarPax" has ever done. I really don't understand the whole power struggle between them. Maybe they should just get some boxing gloves, set up a ring in the Advocate Center, and see who knocks who out? No strings attached, but just a way somehow to get rid of all that animosity, and tension that exists between them.
First off, if the Bulls had won a Championship already, the grumbling wouldn't seem so loud. We all know how MAINSTREAM MEDIA works, or at least I would hope every one is learning. "Today they build you up, tomorrow they break you down." Folks love to create controversies. It causes a lot of people to click on the stories, people seem to love drama. For some reason, people just love drama. It's like they can't live without it. Everything is scrutinized, words are twisted, innuendos are made, and so-called "expert" theories seem not to carry much weight. Pressure bursts pipes, and because the Bulls have invested so much into Derrick Rose, there's a lot of pressure and stress built up there.
On a positive note, Thibs has always done a good job weathering the storms during his tenure as Bulls HC! Yes, I agree, Thibs does play his players heavy minutes... but that's not anything new. Because now, the way the media is pushing the data into the basketball lovers ears, and eyes, all a sudden everyone jumps on that bandwagon, it seems folks don't think for themselves.
When the Bulls were winning Titles, Pippen, Jordan, Grant, Cartwright... the starters ALWAYS played heavy minutes under Phil Jackson. I grew up watching and studying what was really happening... it was so cool. The difference now is that the NBA is a bit trendy, and most of the players in the League now are pretty soft, a bunch of "fake tough guys". What the Coaches should do, especially Thibs, is create the NEW trend! (though it would be nothing new)...
When the clock, or game starts going a certain way, BAM, take out ALL five starters, and send in the bench. Not one guy, not just two guys, the whole 2nd Squad. That's how they practice, let THAT consistency play out in games. There's just too much pampering with today's NBA stars.
When the others players don't get some run too, their growth gets stunted, basketball is simple, but NBA Basketball? A lot of politics are what make causes unnecessary wedges among teams, Coaches, and Trainers.