Jim Boylen made sure anyone in earshot knew he felt that he was returning as Bulls head coach for the 2020-21 season.
But as forward Lauri Markkanen pointed out in a Monday Zoom call with the media, “I read the internet just like everybody else.’’
First, Boylen was reported to be out, then there was growing momentum around the facility and with the players that he could be back. A fluid situation that played out from month-to-month, week-to-week. So when the new regime finally decided to move on from Boylen in August and go in a different direction with that head coaching seat?