We could start and end with Phil Jackson and our case would be made, but that would be no fun. So let's continue with ...
Gregg Popovich ... Rudy Tomjanovich ... Pat Riley ... Tom Heinsohn ... Bill Russell ... Al Attles ... Larry Costello ...
Yes, each of those coaches won a championship - many won multiple championships - for the franchise that gave him his first NBA head-coaching job.
And I'm not even counting Chuck Daly, who coached Cleveland to a 9-32 half-season record as an interim before the Pistons took a chance on him and were rewarded with two titles. Nor am I counting the many coaches who, while leading their first NBA team, led their franchises to the Finals but lost.
So for all of those who say the Bulls absolutely must hire a guy who already has been an NBA head coach - a.k.a. a retread - I answer only with a question:
Why?
Why have a knee-jerk reaction to the Vinny debacle, forgetting that he never had been so much as an assistant JV high school coach when John Paxson and Jerry Reinsdorf fell in love with him?
Why not consider all of the outstanding NBA assistants who are ready to take the next step?
Why limit the field by excluding guys who might turn out to be the next Phil Jackson or Pat Riley or Gregg Popovich?
OK, that was four questions. Shoot me with a Taser.
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