[外電] Doug Collins不來當總教練了
After second thoughts, Doug Collins backs out of Bulls coaching search
Doug Collins will not be returning for a second coaching stint with the
Bulls.
Collins and team Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf mutually agreed during a Friday
-afternoon phone conversation that the Bulls' coaching search, now more
than seven weeks old, would continue without Collins.
"I just knew over the last few days that Jerry was really struggling over
whether or not to do this, and I didn't want Jerry to have those struggles,"
Collins told the Tribune. "I love him. And I didn't want him feeling that
kind of angst.
"This is absolutely mutual. When this first came about, there was a tremen-
dous amount of excitement about this possibility. And I'm losing that. The
feeling now is more, 'Should I do this?' Once I got to that point, it meant
no. I always make decisions yes is yes, no is no and maybe is no.
"Jerry knows me well enough to know the only way I could do this is if I
was totally engaged. And I just couldn't do that now."
Reached by telephone Friday, Reinsdorf said Collins' initially called the
Bulls to help his former team find a new coach.
"While Doug was following our coaching search, he knew it didn't seem to be
going very well," Reinsdorf said. "Because of his friendship for John and
me, he felt he needed to reach out and help us. That's why we started to
talk.
"As time went on, he came to realize that there are good coaches out there
and we will be able to get somebody and that it's more important for us to
maintain our friendship. I didn't push him to this. And I'm disappointed
because I won't be reunited with Doug. But in my heart, I know he made the
right decision."
Collins, who turns 57 in July, said he'd continue his broadcasting career
with TNT. He added this Bulls team is the only one for which he'd return to
coaching.
"I'm not going to coach another team," Collins said. "I spiritually felt I
was led to this opportunity in Chicago. Four or five things happened along
the way for me to get to this point. My family was incredibly supportive.
"For many reasons, it didn't come to be. If I was ever going to do it again,
I would've done it in Chicago with Pax and Jerry. But I'm not going to go to
another city and start all over again and make my family make new friends.
"Kathy (Collins' wife) was so comfortable because we lived there for 10
years. We would've been closer to (children) Chris and Kelly. It was exciting
for all of them, too. But it just wasn't meant to be."
Collins first contacted the Bulls on May 23--three days after they won the
top pick in the NBA draft lottery--to inform them he had changed his mind
about not wanting to coach. Reinsdorf and general manager John Paxson flew
to San Antonio, where Collins was working the Western Conference finals for
TNT, to interview him on Memorial Day.
Collins had one follow-up phone interview, then watched as Reinsdorf and
Paxson conducted second interviews with Kings assistant Chuck Person and
former Minnesota coach Dwane Casey this week. Vinny Del Negro also inter-
viewed for the position on Thursday.
Sources said Paxson signed off on Collins' hiring. Reinsdorf consistently
and publicly has said he never tells his general managers whom to hire but
that he can exercise veto power.
Collins refused to comment when asked if Paxson had made it clear he wanted
Collins as his coach. But Collins said he understood Reinsdorf's hesitations
because the two have become extremely close since Reinsdorf fired Collins in
July 1989. Collins had just led the Bulls to the Eastern Conference finals.
"I understand if Jerry had concerns about firing me again," Collins said.
"My whole thing is you can't enter into an agreement with somebody if down
the road, you think there's a chance for failure.
"It would've been a lot of fun to coach the Bulls. But I am comfortable with
this development. It happened the way it was supposed to happen."
The Bulls now likely will pick from among Person, Casey, Del Negro, Jazz
assistant Tyrone Corbin and Rockets assistant Elston Turner.
Flip Saunders, fired by Detroit earlier this week, has sent feelers about
the Bulls' job. But it's not believed Paxson has much interest in Saunders.
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