When someone like Chicago Bulls head coach Jim Boylen meets up against a legendary NBA head coach like Gregg Popovich of the San Antonio Spurs, the result should go in favor of the latter. Boylen is a former assistant coach on Popovich’s staff with the Spurs. But the Spurs found so much success thanks to Pop, and not so much because of Boylen.
And since Boylen took over as the head coach of the Bulls in the post-Fred Hoiberg era in the Windy City, this team hasn’t found much of any consistent success. That rang true since the Bulls Jan.