It’s July 20, 2020 and Jim Boylen is still the head coach of the Chicago Bulls.
This is after about 100 days since the Bulls hired Arturas Karnisovas as their new Vice President of Basketball Operations, relegating mainstays Gar Forman and John Paxson into the shadows. It was supposed to be a fresh start for a franchise that desperately needed one, but now looks more symbolic than actualized.
Because, logically, Boylen seemed like the next stalwart of the old regime to go away. But so much time time has passed, and Karnisovas has pledged a thorough in-person evaluation of Boylen’s coaching merits.