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The Chicago Sun-Times reported Saturday that
Arturas Karnisovas, the new head of basketball operations, and
new general manager Marc Eversley have talked to people
throughout the organization, including players, and the "mixed
feedback" is leading them to think the team should make a
change.
The Reinsdorf family, which owns the team, and senior adviser
John Paxson have said they want Boylen to stay, as have some
players, the Sun-Times reported, but Karnisovas and his team
were given the authority to make such decisions.
Karnisovas has been non-committal.
"My initial impression of Jim is he cares a great deal about
this team and he's as anxious as everyone else to get back in
the gym," Karnisovas said last week. "I'm going to do my
comprehensive evaluation of every department and ensure I give
the process the time it deserves. We are limited right now with
what we can do.''
The Sun-Times said Boylen could be removed from the job after
the league makes a decision about the end of the season. Play
was suspended on March 11 because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Boylen, 55, was named the Bulls coach in December 2018 after
Fred Hoiberg was fired. He had been the team's associated head
coach for four years.
The Bulls were 17-41 under Boylen to finish the 2018-19 season.
They had a 22-43 record and were in 11th place, eight games out
of a tie for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference,
when the season was halted.
--Field Level Media
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