The Chicago Bulls fired head coach Tom Thibodeau on Thursday.
Thibodeau spent the past five seasons as the team's head coach and
led the Bulls to a record of 255-139. Chicago reached the playoffs
in each of his five seasons and advanced as far the conference
finals in the spring of 2011 at the conclusion of his first year.
However, the Bulls suffered a pair of first-round exits and two
second-round losses over the next four seasons, and friction
between the coach and front office apparently developed, leading to
the coaching change.
