Bob Hill's been through this before. Twice.

So he's ready for talk that he may soon get fired as coach of the injury-depleted, last-place SuperSonics.

About an hour before the Sonics hosted the Bulls on Friday night, Hill gave a soliloquy about the realities of being an NBA coach.

"I look at my position very realistically," said Hill, in his ninth season as an NBA coach. "You know, when you get fired, you don't die. You don't die."