"Hoiberg doesn't appear to be a micro-manager the way Thibodeau was during a game."

_GB · Oct 7, 2015

The tenor for Fred Hoiberg's offensive system was set during the first preseason game of his professional head coaching career Tuesday night.His new team jacked up 39 3-point attempts in a 105-95 win over the Milwaukee Bucks -- a number that likely would have made former coach Tom Thibodeau's skin crawl. But this is a new era for the Chicago Bulls, an era of more offensive freedom, and it's a pace Hoiberg doesn't want his group to shy away from.
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That is music to the ears of a locker room full of players -- and front office executives -- that felt constricted at times under Thibodeau's old system. Hoiberg doesn't appear to be a micro-manager the way Thibodeau was during a game. Players aren't constantly looking to the side of the floor to hear their coach bark out instructions for each play. After five years under Thibodeau, the players are enjoying the new line of thinking.
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Don't miss Jimmy's "Oh Yeah..." statement.

http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/bulls/post/_/id/22354/fred-hoiberg-embraces-triumph-beyond-the-arc

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