Marc Stein and Bill Simmons on the Bulls 'dysfunction'

I’m calling the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend. Everyone’s going to be one, two, or all of drunk, traveling, with family. It’s just like Christmas Eve only warmer!

Thats like loosing an close uncle. VDN getting fired would be more like exciting.

it’s like he’s the fucking Godfather or Avon Barksdale or something. Why are people so afraid to criticize him? I mean, the local media (Sam Smith and the CSN guys excluded, because they’re on his payroll), the national media, the basketball world in general… Are they afraid he’s gonna put a hit out on them or something?

I’m just confused as to why it’s taken so long for the rest of the world to realize what a frightening combination of doofus and evilness that Reinsdorf is. I mean, shouldn’t we have realized this after the 1998 dismantling? Or the 2000 debacle? I guess Krause was the fall guy… but who’s it going to be this time?

As of right now, this guy’s their coach. Just as he’s stood by them over the seasons, they’ll stand by him. It would be pretty bad for their working relationship to trash (or even equivocate about) him in public, no matter what private opinions they have. I think you hit the nail on the head with Rose, and it’s indicative of how seriously we should take these public votes of confidence.

I thought it interesting that Stein immediately pinned it all on the Chairman. That’s both good (because it’s accurate that he’s the source of much of the dysfunction, and it makes me respect Steiny Mo’s opinion more and glad that those outside of the organization also see it) and bad (because the Dorf the one unchangeable thing about the franchise, forevermore).

On another note, it was awesome to hear how effusive Stein and Simmons were about Rose and Noah. Mission accomplished for these playoffs.

i know that there’s bad blood, but he’s got to put chicago over the top as a free agent destination.

its almost like you feel impelled to just root for Rose and Noah at this point.

this is like a curse. the Bulls finally have two highly coveted players and money (in the form of cap space as well as owner with deep pockets) but are hindered by the boobs in the front office. inevitably they’re gonna end up overpaying for a FA further down the trough. because ideally, i’m quite for cleaning house but it couldn’t be worse timing.

as a FA, i’d trust Riley (though they’ll have 11 new players next year), Walsh/ D’Antoni (and, uh, NEW YORK), Thorn (Lopez, Harris, history of success, and, uh, NEW YORK) over Gar Paxdorf 6 days and week and twice on Sunday.

…now that i think of it, the Nets are in the exact same position as us. all star guard, improving big man, cap space, Jay-Z. the fact that its practically NY tips the scales. UGH!! i hate my fanhood right now.

And Simmons is his usual bipolar self, calling the situation “complete crap”, but also saying Chicago is one of the 3 obvious destinations for Wade and LeBron.

They still have some time before July 1st comes around, but hiring a new head coach and front office executive is a pretty tall order.

I said before, the bright side is players can see crappy situations, but if the on-court product is decent and the money is right, that can ease their minds. Are free agents as geeked about Rose and Noah like almost every analyst seems to be?

I heard KC say that this weekend ( Reinsdorf gets back in town) will be the first time Jerry, Pax, and Vinny will be in same room since the fight. They’ll probably have their lawyers in there and add 50K to the final year… then get Vinny out of there. It can’t be media reasons because they could have been rehearsing Gar for the firing press conf… for 5 months.

Hopefully, and I mean boy I wish I could trust them, they are really working hard on getting the new coach. It can’t be an 8 week process again…. even if they end up with a decent hire. Another interesting thing mentioned… is the Bulls job the most attractive job thats gonna be available to these coaching candidates… Rose, Noah, and cap space?

and that blame lies squarely on the shoulders of Jerry Reinsdorf, but also John Paxson who royally screwed up a team that should be competing among the league’s elite right now, not just being a pesky first round exit. I actually wrote an article about how badly Paxson screwed up a situation that was ripe for success back in 2006. http://www.frontofficefans.com/2010/4/14/1421987/the-last-rodeo-why-the-bulls

Kudos to Stein for placing the blame where it truly belongs: Jerry Reinsdorf. He is the reason why the Bulls are so dysfunctional.

what with everything always being ‘crazy’ to Rose

im still laughing at that line.

As for your post: FIRE EM ALL!!!!!

Pax, Gar, and Vinny : Circumcision party!!!!

I’m mean Paxson sucks,
JR sucks,
VDN sucks
But the players were motivated to play and win. When the got the Ws they were visibly having fun. When they lose they want to turn things around – and did. They were protecting the Org. against the press.
That’s much more than you can say about the Heat – where Wade was bitching because Beasley has no hunger – or Toronto where Lebron himself said they gave up when they lost Bosh.
So if you ask me sh*t is not so bad in there. Bosh or Wade wouldn’t “suffer” that much. And it’s not like JR didn’t did what MJ wanted him to do. The Org may be bad but it is not I’d-rather-play-in-hell bad

and leaving my cynicism/skepticism/and outright distrust of the Bulls management checked at the door [for now]. This, probably, momentarily, makes me the type of fan that typically disgusts me. However, I’m feeling somewhat unreasonably optimistic this afternoon and I intend to feel this way until the next potential post-Jordan Bulls disappointment actually occurs.