David Haugh: Fred Hoiberg copes well as Bulls coach because of healthy perspective
CHICAGO - One enduring sound helps Fred Hoiberg block out all the noise.
The rhythmic clicking comes from the pacemaker implanted in Hoiberg's left shoulder 13 years ago, loudly enough some nights to keep the Bulls coach up even longer than a blown lead.
"Feel this?" Hoiberg asked, placing my two fingers near the spot his chest thumped thanks to a mechanical valve.
Hoiberg smiled like a kid showing off a toy. He can take his pulse without feeling his wrist, and occasionally the pitter-patter drowning out everything else in his head reminds him of personal victories basketball never can match.
"It definitely put life in perspective," Hoiberg said of the heart
