As you wrote, tension among coach and management is commonplace. Yet, professionally minded people manage tension and conflict, and they reconcile differences of opinion and repair relationships. So then, why and how did the relationship between Thibs and GarPax become beyond the state of repair? If I could say one thing to Thibs and GarPax, it would be this: the grass is always greener, boys. I don't see Thibs getting a better job with better players and I don't see the Bulls finding a better coach. It is their professional responsibility to the organization and to the fans -- and in their own best interests -- to do their darnedest to kiss and make up. So I pose it again: Why is their relationship irreparable? If it's just tension over a philosophy of minutes and rest, I am nonplussed. -- Pete, Littleton, Colo.