Billy Donovan responds to Michael Reinsdorf's desire to retain him
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Rahimi Harris and Grody. Middays 10 to 2. On 104.3 The Score.
If I interview someone and they're not sold on Billy, and they're not sold on a Hall of Fame coach, they're not sold on a person who's won championships in college, who's gone deep in the playoffs with Oklahoma City, who I believe with the Chicago Bulls every year, given the team that he was given, I think he achieved really good results. Not the results that we wanted, but that's not because of Billy. So if someone's not interested in Billy as our coach, and if Billy wants to be our coach,
What did Michael Reinsdorf say about Billy Donovan's future?
and someone's not interested in that, then they're probably not the right candidate for us.
That was Michael Reinstor talking about Billy Donovan earlier this week in his press conference. But before we get to that, we have a bit of breaking news. I feel like this can get a shout-out because it answers a question we had. So breaking news on the score is brought to you by the Illinois Department of Transportation. Speeding in a work zone is a no-win. We should just tell you that anyway. Mind the signs. Avoid the fines. Cubs have made some roster moves. We wanted to know what was going to happen once Seiya Suzuki was reinstated from the 10-day injured list. That has occurred, so Seiya officially back. It is Dylan Carlson who is designated for assignment. He had played in the outfield. Here's another nugget, though.
Phil Maton, the reliever who had been struggling a bit and, frankly, had had a lot of days of rest and didn't seem to have improvement in between them, so this makes sense, placed on the 15-day IL with right knee tendonitis. That's retro back to April 8th. And there's a couple of articles floating around about Phil Maton being frustrated with the year he's had so far. The Athletic and the Chicago Tribune, Megan Montemaro wrote about it as well, if you want to check that out. Ethan Roberts has been recalled from AAA Iowa. So, that said, we will get a little bit more into the Cubs in our next hour. But in the meantime, so you heard from Michael Reinsdorf there, Marshall Harris, Mark Grody. Mm-hmm. Well, Billy Donovan talked about it a little bit that same day later in pregame in Washington when the Bulls faced the Wizards in the first matchup this week.
Well, yesterday, pregame, he talked about what he heard from Michael Reinsdorf in a little bit more of an extended conversation with Chuck Swirsky. Take a listen.
No, I'm very grateful and appreciative. You know, the ownership group has been amazing, you know, over my six years. The relationships that have been built, I think the candid conversations. And it's not lost on me. I don't take it lightly or I don't take it for granted. And, you know, I didn't know he was going to say those things per se, you know. But for me, I was really, really grateful for that. And, you know, I really know that Michael in his heart wants to get this – organization moving in the direction that we all want to go so there was obviously a lot of hard decisions that were made you know over the last several days and you know again you know Michael speaking about me I was very appreciative of that.
So that's Billy Donovan talking to Chuck Schwercy pregame before the Bulls, you know, went out and beat the Wizards yet again and pulled into a tie with the Milwaukee Bucks as far as the tank-a-thon standings, as we'll call them, go. But he's speaking on the comments that Michael Reinsdorf made when he had his –
What breaking news was shared before the main discussion?
media availability about him and the fact that he believes in Billy Donovan and wants him to stick around as long as he wants to and wants him, if he feels like it, to be the head coach of the Bulls going forward. And what I heard there is a guy who is appreciative because he literally said that, but also it, to me, doesn't sound like he knows what he wants to do and he wants to wait until after he's done coaching. And look, the last two times out kind of show you how focused he is on coaching, taking guys like Leonard Miller and getting wins and just putting – Not premium guys in position to get wins, albeit against other not premium guys for the Wizards.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:01–0:34
2
What did Michael Reinsdorf say about Billy Donovan's future?
0:34–3:22
3
What breaking news was shared before the main discussion?
3:22–9:13
4
How did Billy Donovan respond to Reinsdorf's comments?
9:13–12:38
5
What are the implications of the Bulls' recent coaching decisions?
12:38–14:15
Speakers
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