After Phil Jackson was told by GM Jerry Krause that after the 1998 season he would no longer be the coach of the Chicago Bulls, Tim Floyd was chosen as his successor. But Krause had already made that decision three years before.
Leila Rahimi is in for host Jason Goff as she talks with Tim on when he was first approached for the Bulls job and what it was like to coach the Bulls after the 1998 championship season.
(1:06) - Relationship with Jerry Krause started in 1988
(7:10) - Floyd's first impressions of Jerry Krause
(14:40) - Floyd's first meeting with Jerry Reinsdorf
(19:00) - Floyd thought there was a possibility that he would still coach the championship team
(24:15) - What did Krause tell Floyd about the 1997-98 Bulls team
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(28:15) - If Floyd could change anything about his decision to coach the Bulls, would he?
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Bulls Talk Podcast
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