Why Not Take a Break from the Bulls?

by bob horse on Dec 22, 2009 11:18 AM CST

Yes we can ignore the Bulls until later notice.

This team is playing neither appealing nor successful basketball. The Bulls lack talent and skill; with its two most promising players (Rose and Thomas) showing no discernible improvement in their second season under the current coach. VDN is over-matched. The management team that put together this product is intact and shows no remorse.

We can and we should ignore the Bulls until later notice. If following a team is like a relationship, this is the one to run from, a union where one party is contributing nothing and showing no indication that it cares. The Bulls are an abusive (business) partner and should be shown the door even if it is hard to do, because it's the right thing to do.

The break-up does not need to be permanent. If circumstances change and the Bulls get their act together - suppose there is a new competent owner or management team or coach, or Rose becomes a must-see-athlete, or there is a new great player in town, or the team starts playing beautiful basketball, etc. - we can reevaluate the status of this relationship. If it looks like our partner got its act together, perhaps it's worth another chance.

Until then we can ignore the Bulls. Until then I will not watch the games, I will not read about them, and I will only occasionally look at the box scores. If you can't explain why staying with this Bulls is good for you, so should you.

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kthxbye

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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Dec 22, 2009 11:21 AM CST reply actions 4 recs

ditto (except for this post). i’ve been a die-hard fan since the late ‘80s, but after last night, i’ve decided to turn my back. i’m a casual observer until they fire Vinny.

by morlium on Dec 22, 2009 11:30 AM CST reply actions

Can't and won't

Turn my back on the team …… These are my Bulls win or lose. Vinny or Phil. Fair weather fans please hit the exit!!!

by Bullsfanla on Dec 22, 2009 11:44 AM CST reply actions

can't OR won't?

Is it that you don’t think you can, or do believe that it would be the wrong thing to do? If you think it’s wrong for you to turn your back on the Bulls, why is that?

I am sincerely curious, I would really appreciate a serious reply.

by bob horse on Dec 22, 2009 12:00 PM CST up reply actions

It's both

Can’t because this is the team I have cheered for since I was 7 years old. The team that intorduced me to some of the greatest moments of my life. I still remember standing outside the forum when the Bulls won the title. I remember the shock of Jordan retiring and the morning I woke up to see him return against the Pacers on NBC. The disgust I felt when he went to the Wizards. The horrible seasons that followed Jordan leaving and the roller coaster that is the Paxson era.

Won’t because this team has promise, DRose is going to be sepecial. The Bulls are my team and even though I live in Laker country and get smacked talked to me all day everyday, I will never turn my back.

by Bullsfanla on Dec 22, 2009 1:17 PM CST up reply actions

thanks

I appreciate your explanation, thanks.

The reason why I asked about “can’t” vs “won’t” is because if you can’t then that’s sufficient reason for why you won’t, i.e. you don’t feel like you are able to do something even if you want to.

If you are still entertained by the team (and you say that you are: you say the team has promise and you are intrigued by Rose) – I completely understand, I am glad you are enjoying the product. After a decade of basketball that offends my sensibilities (outside of a stretch under Skiles) I can longer say the same.

by bob horse on Dec 22, 2009 1:31 PM CST up reply actions

Excellent explanation!

Describes me to a tee!

by chgobr on Dec 23, 2009 8:44 PM CST up reply actions

a fair weather fan is something else

A fair weather fan leaves with Jordan. Someone who decides that 11 years of awful basketball is enough is something else.

by bob horse on Dec 22, 2009 1:36 PM CST up reply actions

I wont turn my back

but i will turn the TV on mute..so the beer does more talking

What happened to the Da Bulls?

by Belize on Dec 22, 2009 12:05 PM CST reply actions 1 recs

I will watch the Bulls on free streams,

but will not contribute financially to this joke of a team.

We miss you, Ben Gordon!

by Granny Waiters on Dec 22, 2009 12:32 PM CST reply actions

I will never turn my back

I will bitch and moan every day until VDN is fired (which he eventually will be). And if you really think Rose has shown no improvement, did you actually watch the last two games?

Are the Bulls a bad basketball team? Yes. Is their management horrendous? Yes. However, I will keepwatching and cheering and hope the eventually get it right.

by DRose01 on Dec 22, 2009 12:36 PM CST reply actions

I did the watch the last two games, and in general about half of the Bulls games since he joined the team. I think he is about the same player he was when a year ago – at times a dominant scorer; a willing passer but not somebody who can dominate the game with his distribution alone (a la Kidd or Nash); and one of the worst defenders in the league at his position. Moreover, I think he was better at taking controls of games with his scoring when it was really needed a year ago – which to some extent may have been of function of having a lethal shooter on the floor then…

If you are entertained by what you see from the Bulls right now, then your loyalty makes sense. Enjoy the games.

by bob horse on Dec 22, 2009 12:58 PM CST up reply actions

bull! (pun intended)

re: Rose, in last night’s game he did to Evans what few have done this season.

I’m not saying he’ll ever get to MJ level (who will?) , but he harassed, stripped, and frustrated Tyreke into givng up the ball on numerous occasions, because he couldn’t get his shot off – all while dominating him on the offensive end in the 1st 3 quarters. Evans mainly went off on Kurt and John after that point.

I respect your reasons and I generally feel the way you feel, but I think it’s become the common thing to parrot about D.Rose – no improvement from last year. His defense, not his offense HAS been better.

Salmon, Miller and Heinrich have generally played much poorer than last year in all areas.

No BG, no TT, and rookie Taj (good/bad), and no improvement in coaching are far more the culprits, along with the crap bench, for our team’s poor play.

Hope to see you by the by if/when things change. Peace.

The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.
Blaise Pascal, Bulls Fan

by Envy on Dec 22, 2009 7:34 PM CST up reply actions

i cant

the only reason i watch this team is to cheer on Derrick Rose. He’s the only one worth watching in this whole organization. The kids only 21. He can only get better, and he has rebounded handily from his early season struggles. As long as we have Rose, I will keep watching and continue to hold hope.

by Rose1 on Dec 22, 2009 2:58 PM CST reply actions

I'm not wasting my time...

if they’re going to blow a 35 point lead.

by 949CubsFan on Dec 22, 2009 3:25 PM CST reply actions

I’ve been a fan since age 8 so I won’t stop. I don’t watch them on TV and only check the scores on here. I was playing a show with my band last night and only asked a friend of mine once about the score. Didn’t even think about it until I heard about the collapse today.

Still a suffering fan tho.

by C Smoove on Dec 22, 2009 3:59 PM CST reply actions

i will save some money by not spending

anything for this team and when the time is right and money enough, i’ll hire liam neeson to track down wherever reinsdorf is hiding and beat him to a pulp.

by Aiafati on Dec 22, 2009 5:19 PM CST reply actions 1 recs

somethings going to give

on the bulls team, you just have to wait and see, and if watching a trainwreck in progress is your thing, then its only a matter of time.

don't let the bed bugs bite

by Rex Grossman on Dec 22, 2009 6:04 PM CST reply actions

ok

"I tried being reasonable, I didn't like it."
"Go ahead, make my day"
"We boil at different degrees"
"A good man always knows his limitations"
"You've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya punk?"

by exult463 on Dec 22, 2009 6:47 PM CST reply actions

I'll say what I've been saying, which is

Go Bucks/Rockets/Nets!

I support the Tornado Release ... and Young Bucks.

by Prevenge on Dec 22, 2009 7:58 PM CST reply actions

Nets?

Yuck. They are almost as boring as the Bulls.

Fan of the Chicago Cash Cows formerly known as the Bulls

by bigballa10 on Dec 23, 2009 11:11 AM CST up reply actions

I'm a fan of CDR.

To be honest, screw the rest of the Nets. Especially Harris. :P

Go Rockets/Nets[CDR]/Bucks[Jennings]!

by Prevenge on Dec 25, 2009 9:36 PM CST up reply actions

Quit on them

If you have a few good years (even without a championship) and then you have to rebuild then fine. But management have been rebuilding since Jordan left and keeping this bullshit up about the Bulls been a team on the rise for too long. If this team (management) is showing you contempt by not attempting to sign or re-sign some reasonable talent so that they can you know …………… win, then fuck em.

by Scal4theallstargame on Dec 22, 2009 11:58 PM CST reply actions

ive been saying it for a a couple of weeks now, stop supporting this crappy team until they give us fans something we can be proud of

"You know, when you said that last time, I was kinda trippin right. But now...you're right. I am crazy...But you know what else? I dont give a fuck."---Bishop in Juice

by chi_till_eye_die on Dec 23, 2009 12:15 AM CST reply actions

Many Bulls fans attending the game have no idea what is the Bulls W-L record?

It’s an outing, a easy choice, doesn’t require much creativity and they give away plenty of t-shirts, Benny dances nice, then you have the sloppy beer drinking fat guys fan club, kiss-a-mate video session… etc.

I’m looking forward to the day when punks Kirk Hinrich and Luol Deng declare their love for one another, kiss and get married at center court! Losers! Still I hope they both are traded to another team before this happens here in Chicago.

by exult463 on Dec 25, 2009 7:49 AM CST up reply actions

2000-2003 Bulls

I had more fun watching the horrible teams earlier in the decade. This is just sick. I don’t remember a year that I wasn’t in full blown basketball mode before xmas. This is shocking because the Bears aren’t giving me much, and the Bulls have that young star. It’s sad.

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by Jesse07 on Dec 23, 2009 4:40 PM CST reply actions