Why did jordon fire Doug Collins?
In 1989, the Bulls, thanks to jordon s foolishness, had dug themselves into a hole and were on the verge of missing the playoffs, something they had not done since 1983. The team had been improving, since they traded for Scottie Pippen, by actually getting to the 2nd round of the playoffs, something Foolish jordon could not do, despite having teammates like Gervin, Oakley, and Orlando Woolridge. Just when Chicago s hopes seemed their dimmest, their bright young coach, Doug Collins, realized that jordon s foolishness was costing the team wins. As a result, in a controversial move that has been hailed as “brilliant and enlightened” by some and “professional suicide” by others, he moved jordon to point guard and he told jordon that he wanted jordon to quit hogging the ball, and pass the ball to the better shooters on the team, guys like John Paxson, Craig Hodges, Pippen, Grant, Bill Cartwright, and Dave Corazine. jordon balked, but when Collins threatened to bench him, and put Sam Vincent
