Bulls GM Will Travel With Team To Focus More On Free Agency

[From the FanShots. I haven't decided if this is good or bad, but it's at the very least strange -ed.]

hmm.

23 days ago SoulEater7 18 comments 0 recs |

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"F that, promote me so I don't have to do this"

-John Paxson

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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Oct 29, 2009 1:01 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

so who focuses on what we have

oh wait i forget we js let players walk. silly me

by sin on Oct 29, 2009 3:16 AM CDT reply actions 2 recs

so..is this in case we don't get wade or bosh?

by diedaily23 on Oct 29, 2009 11:08 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

"First of all, I want to be around the team, I want to be around the players and I want to be around the coaching staff."

So basically, he wants to see what players are out chasing tail all night.

by Big D on Oct 29, 2009 11:52 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

or if Vinny can coach this team... with Wade.

maybe this is why Vinny was so crabby the other day.

I've got this thing and it's fucking golden!

by SoulEater7 on Oct 29, 2009 11:57 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

maybe he's just tired of banging his wife...

by M 80 on Oct 29, 2009 12:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

possible

Danny Berns on this:

GM Gar Forman deciding to loom over the proceedings by traveling with the team — "I want to be around the players and I want to be around the coaching staff — is a bad call, and John Paxson should keep this from happening. His presence undermines Vinny’s perceived authority (not that there is much), and will cause player discomfort in the locker room.

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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Oct 29, 2009 12:14 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

just heard his rant.

I seriously think thats why Vinny was testy on that radio show. Who knows.

I've got this thing and it's fucking golden!

by SoulEater7 on Oct 29, 2009 1:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I used to complain when Pax wouldn’t be involved at all in the coaching, so it’s tough for me to get on Forman for doing this now. Plus it’s not like we have a coach that couldn’t use some extra help.

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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Oct 29, 2009 1:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

One really can't know from outside

It could be that the GM coming along could be unwelcome interference. Or it could be a welcome and helpful effort to get everyone on the same page and get a better feel for scouting other teams and understanding ours.

How we feel about it is probably pretty dependent on whether we think Forman knows how to be useful and actually lead, manage and work with folks. In everywhere I’ve ever worked, there are people that have a knack for it and people that don’t. There’s not much difference between a good idea poorly executed and a bad idea well executed.

BullsTwo

by Sports2 on Oct 29, 2009 1:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

it's as much about Vinny having leadership skills

he has to adapt to having someone over his shoulder. And it’s not like he’s proven to have a thick skin about being second guessed…

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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Oct 29, 2009 3:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

personally I don't think it's as bad as Bernstein made it seem..

if they have a good relationship then so what. I agree Matt, Paxson at times seemed distant to what was really going on.

I've got this thing and it's fucking golden!

by SoulEater7 on Oct 30, 2009 12:47 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

He was more animated on the air,

saying that Forman is essentially cutting Vinny’s nuts off by hanging around the team all season long. He does make a good point, as I don’t see how this makes the team better or gives him a better look at free agents. All it’ll do is piss of the coaches and make the players uncomfortable, not to mention likely tire Gar out quite a bit.
Someone tell me if I’m wrong here, but wouldn’t Gar be better served sitting in the Berto center with his scouts and talent evaluators watching NBA league pass all day instead of going to every Bulls home and road game?
This is fairly strange and wholly illogical.

Metal sharpens metal.

And this guy right here understands and knows what leadership is all about: The coach, the hall of famer......... Dick Butka! George Ryan

by dakoose on Oct 29, 2009 1:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

agreed

plus the basic premise that forman’s focus is being shifted from the draft is flawed. sports2 from his easy chair coulda told him to draft lawson and blair, for example.

isn’t this just what (a vocal minority?) of vinny haters want? a rough start, added pressure and vinny fired on xmas?

personally, i’d rather it were easy going, tyrus playing, and pete myers staying just where he’s at.

the name of the team is The DIAMONDBACKS

by marionette on Oct 29, 2009 2:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs