Is Fred Hoiberg leaving Iowa State to become the next Chicago Bulls Head Coach? Does a bear defecate the woods?
The Bulls desire to dismiss Tom Thibodeau was the worst kept secret of the 2014-15 NBA season. The rift between Thibs and the front office was been common knowledge for years. The Bulls “coaching search” is done. It’s one name long, and we’ve all known it since February.
It was recently reported that Iowa State’s visited the city where the school’s search firm is located. The firm that handles such coaching searches. Read into that what you will, but Fred Hoiberg has had numerous opportunities to reaffirm his commitment to ISU.
He has not done so.
Now there is a grassroots movement to keep Hoiberg in Ames. It’s an online pledge drive; and you can go donate to the cause. In its first four hours, it raised…..a whopping $20.
The video below articulates more on this development:
And this video below pretty much encapsulates this story.
The best way for me to describe the raising of $20 to save Fred Hoiberg, for him, for the Iowa State Cyclones, for the Bulls….is by playing this sound effect over and over:
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