Nick Friedel

I don't remember hearing the name over and over and over again through the years.

I mean, I tell you this, if we're comparing hire to hire, you at least heard Karnasovas' name certainly in time a little more than Bryson Graham's.

Now, what that means, who knows?

Either he can do the job or he can't.

And a week in, he's a hell of a lot better public communicator than we've seen in a while because –

He doesn't seem to be afraid to address the fan base and the people he's going to come across.

I think as a starting point, that's a very good step.

But all that stuff is well and good.

Who cares how he does at a press conference?

It's building up the roster.

And it's getting good players to come to Chicago and building up a new culture here that hasn't been...

There for a long time since Tibbs left.

So there's a lot of different layers here.

Certainly the beginning has been a good start, but I mean, I'd be lying to you when I, when I saw that, cause it was just a couple hours after we had talked, I was like, huh?

what?

They actually did this?

And I think the initial reports, talking to some of my friends in the organization, they really like him.

He seems like, again, a genuinely nice guy.

But it doesn't matter.

I mean, Fred Hoiberg was a hell of a nice guy.