Source: chicago.suntimes.com --- Friday, December 30, 2016
INDIANAPOLIS – The relationship between Gar/Pax and Tom Thibodeau became all but unworkable early on in the 2013-14 season. Yet, general manager Gar Forman and VP of Basketball operations John Paxson didn’t get the blessing from board chairman Jerry Reinsdorf to finally remove Thibodeau from that coaching post until May 2015. A big reason why, according to multiple sources? There was still three years left on Thibodeau’s deal when the relationship reached the point of being contentious. Reinsdorf was willing to dine on the final two years, $9 million of the deal because the work place was so dysfunctional, but not three. Never three. He let the cold war between White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen and then-general manager Ken Williams go on for two seasons before finally trading Guillen to the Miami Marlins with a year left on the former skipper’s deal. Again, precedent on just how much Reinsdorf will allow to take place between front office and coach/manager before taking on dead money. An ESPN report that was published on Friday must have missed that memo. According to the report, the Bulls’ Fred Hoiberg was on the “toastiest’’ seat in the Association right now. Forget the fact that Hoiberg signed a five-year, $25 million deal prior to last season, which would mean his removal – even if it were to come at the end of the season – would cost Reinsdorf $15 million over the next three seasons, plus the expected $5 million per year to pa ...
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