Dec. 3, the Chicago Bulls announced they’d fired head coach Fred Hoiberg. Hoiberg amassed a 115-155 record in just over three years in Chicago, and associate head coach Jim Boylen is taking over.
I saw this firing coming from a mile away. Alright, you got me, I didn’t entirely see it coming. I at least expected Hoiberg to stick around through the holidays despite carrying a 5-19 record into that fateful meeting with the front office. I hope they at least told him “Merry Christmas.”
It also brought up an interesting “what-if” scenario. It’s one that wouldn’t have been discussed had Loyola not made the Final Four last year, but it’s something I thought about all day after I heard the Hoiberg news.