Thought of the Day
I don't like seeing people fired, especially in this economy. Yet I couldn't help but crack a smile yesterday when I heard the news about former Bulls, current USC coach Tim Floyd's resignation. (That's in italics because there's no way in hell that he chose to step down. Dude was forced harder than Luke Skywalker.) Why? Because I hate Tim Floyd.
No need to go in-depth about the summer of 1998, but after Jordan, Scottie, Phil and the rest of the Bulls won one for the thumb, the Jerry's (Reinsdorf and Krause) decided to break up the dynasty and bring in Floyd, who'd been coaching at Iowa State. The idea was that he'd be able to rebuild the Bulls as he had the Cyclones. Whoops.
If you didn't click on that link, go there now, then take a cold shower. Yes you read that correctly, a .280 lifetime winning percentage in the NBA. (What's more shocking, that it's at .280 despite going 41-41 in his final year or that Floyd got not only one, but two chances to run an NBA team.) With the Bulls, his record was 49-190 (.210 winning), leading the team through its worst four years ever.
But that's not it. Even worse than his coaching was Floyd's role as a talent evaluator. It was his choice to bring in his former player, Iowa St. forward Marcus Fizer, with the fourth pick in the 2000 draft. Fizer was slow, lazy and had no interest in playing team basketball. That pick, along with the other mistakes Floyd and Bulls management made in the early part of this decade, led to the largest fall from dynasty to has-been in NBA history. And I blame all this on Tim Floyd.
Now he's out of a job for allegedly giving a handler for O.J. Mayo $1,000. No real surprise, based on the way that recruiting saga took place. No real surprise either that even with Mayo, the #3 pick in last summer's NBA Draft, USC didn't make it out of the first round. Lots of people saw them as a potential Final Four team. I saw a Tim Floyd team. Thankfully for USC fans - and me - that's no longer an issue.
No need to go in-depth about the summer of 1998, but after Jordan, Scottie, Phil and the rest of the Bulls won one for the thumb, the Jerry's (Reinsdorf and Krause) decided to break up the dynasty and bring in Floyd, who'd been coaching at Iowa State. The idea was that he'd be able to rebuild the Bulls as he had the Cyclones. Whoops.
If you didn't click on that link, go there now, then take a cold shower. Yes you read that correctly, a .280 lifetime winning percentage in the NBA. (What's more shocking, that it's at .280 despite going 41-41 in his final year or that Floyd got not only one, but two chances to run an NBA team.) With the Bulls, his record was 49-190 (.210 winning), leading the team through its worst four years ever.
But that's not it. Even worse than his coaching was Floyd's role as a talent evaluator. It was his choice to bring in his former player, Iowa St. forward Marcus Fizer, with the fourth pick in the 2000 draft. Fizer was slow, lazy and had no interest in playing team basketball. That pick, along with the other mistakes Floyd and Bulls management made in the early part of this decade, led to the largest fall from dynasty to has-been in NBA history. And I blame all this on Tim Floyd.
Now he's out of a job for allegedly giving a handler for O.J. Mayo $1,000. No real surprise, based on the way that recruiting saga took place. No real surprise either that even with Mayo, the #3 pick in last summer's NBA Draft, USC didn't make it out of the first round. Lots of people saw them as a potential Final Four team. I saw a Tim Floyd team. Thankfully for USC fans - and me - that's no longer an issue.
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