By: Ryan Schwan
Thibodeau has caught a lot of flack the past couple years. The Bulls, once a serious contender out east, have slid towards mediocrity from a crazy high back at the start of the decade. Mostly, that is due to injury issues and a slow erosion of his team’s supporting staff. (Until this year, when Boozer went away and gave them some flexability again) There is a narrative, however, that Thibodeau is the ultimate source of all the Bulls woes. That his grinding, shouting, relentless personality and long minutes has bit by bit turned his players to hamburger, their ACLs to mush, and their mental faculties to pudding.