re: Better Job: Pelicans or Bulls?

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David Thorpe: If you watched them, game in, game out, Williams was fine. But we should probably expect more than just fine. We've talked about this before: There are just a few coaches who really can press buttons at an elite level, and there are a few who are disastrous no matter what the roster. The rest are all about the same, give or take. That's what the evidence suggests overwhelmingly. And I think Williams was squarely in that middle ground: He wasn't a special X's and O's guy, he's not an innovator. In fact, some probably would say he's below average in terms of defensive schemes but also his teaching points. I think that's the one thing a front office has to ask itself: Are you going to bring in someone who's not just better immediately, but also in the long term? I think making the playoffs is definitely a worthwhile thing to celebrate to some degree. They have a good roster, so they should have been good. They just weren't very good.

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