Only seven days after they announced they would search to fill their two most important jobs, the Timberwolves on Wednesday moved swiftly and decisively, giving three titles to Tom Thibodeau and Scott Layden.
It was a sweeping decision that transitions the franchise from October’s tumultuous death of Flip Saunders, its coach and president of basketball operations, to a new day that won’t include prominently or at all the two men — interim coach Sam Mitchell and General Manager Milt Newton — who guided the team through such a trying time these past six months.
Wolves owner Glen Taylor — who also owns the Star Tribune — discussed where his team has been and where it is headed, now that it has hired former Chicago Bulls coach Thibodeau as coach and president of basketball operations and San Antonio Spurs assistant GM Layden as general manager.