Bulls head coach Jim Boylen has had a rocky start to his tenure, first as an interim head coach and now with the full role with the organization. It started about as poorly as it could have, with Bulls threatening mutiny and reportedly considering no-showing practice during his very first week running the team.
Boylen has all but openly warred with his star Zach LaVine, and faced criticism and open mocking from inside the organization and out.
Basically, it’s been a really rough start to his tenure with the team. And yet through it all, Boylen is still the head coach of the Bulls.
This week, during a Twitch stream, Bulls rookie Daniel Gafford — a 6’11 center out of Arkansas — was asked about playing for Boylen. He answered, perhaps more truthfully than the Bulls would have liked.
Via a transcription from 670 The Score:
“I’m going to answer this question, but I’m not going to read it out. As a matter of fact, I will read it out. ‘Do you like Jim Boylen?’ He aight. I don’t like him a lot, but he’s OK. Got some things he can work on, got some things he can get better at as a person and as a coach. I’m not going to hate on him. I’m not going to hate the man.”
Honestly, a pretty diplomatic answer from Gafford, about a coach who has struggled to adapt to the professional game and already earned a reputation as someone who treats his players like children. (He got reamed out by an opposing announcer for calling a timeout late in a blowout so he could draw up a play and issue coaching points, during Super Bowl Sunday no less.)
