Chapter 1: What is discussed at the start of this section?
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I think we need to get to some receipts. I mentioned the draft picks. I mentioned the Patrick Williams contract. We've talked about the tampering briefly. Marshall's got a top three. We don't do the goodfellas treatment on this show. But you know what I do like? A little sarcastic use of a ballad from the late 90s, Sarah McLachlan.
I don't know that it's even sarcasm for me because I will never forget these three things I'm about to share with you. Even if I resolve the anger.
words trade deadline inability to maneuver around the trade deadline in season when your team was either a going nowhere fast which describes the treadmill or i think one of our texters referred to it because you said the stationary bike right yeah the bike to nowhere they called it five seven four the rinds dorfian bike but these four walls they box you in it's just a
Was there an allowance to be able to do so? Were they allowed? And I think that I'm not making excuses by any means, but were they allowed to trade these guys sooner rather than later?
Taking out the trash, I see. Better late than never. Some people argue this is number one, but it's number two for me. There was a trade that was made between the New Orleans Pelicans and the Atlanta Hawks. The New Orleans Pelicans traded the 23rd pick in last year's draft and an unprotected 2026 first round draft pick to the Atlanta Hawks for the 13th
pick, which they used to select Derrick Queen. Now, do you know who picked ahead of the Atlanta Hawks? That would be the Chicago Bulls. Oh, come on, man. I can't do anything wrong. Nonsense! You do everything wrong!
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Chapter 2: What were the key points from Michael Reinsdorf's press conference?
Yeah, it was because of what he did at Florida. And when he was inducted into the Hall of Fame, I believe UConn hadn't won back-to-back yet. So at that point, he was still the reigning coach who had last won back-to-back titles. But it took 20 years and then UConn doing it later. Now, when he says that, I understand why he says that.
I don't think anybody's feelings about Billy Donovan have changed in this. The respect is there from anybody who's watched the team for years. I love talking to Billy Donovan. I learn so much every single day. I listen to his press conferences. The man is a font of information. You feel better having talked to him. But I just don't know that...
An executive is going to necessarily want him to be okay with it. And then what does that say about their power moving forward? Does it create a possible power struggle? You know, that's the other part of this. If there is dissension. Now, Billy Donovan's opinion was the one to respect between Eversley and Karnaschovas and him.
But look at who we're talking about. But look at who we're talking about. And that's part of my problem with this is I understand the respect and I guess awe that Michael Reinsdorf has for Billy Donovan. Because if you hear just how glowingly he talks about him, I get it. But the standard has been so low.
that you've been dealing with people who did not know what they were doing for the longest time. And so, yes, that makes Billy Donovan, who's a good coach, look even better and look like the brightest basketball mind you've ever seen because look at what Michael Reinsdorf has been dealing with for the better part of two decades.
This is not coded on anybody in particular, but don't let your trauma bond dictate how the proper process should work. He may have been your island, but you still need a general manager, I think, to make his own decisions. Because I understand why he feels that way. But I also just don't know if you're limiting the pool significantly by doing so.
If he holds true to this, he will have an organization that is sputtering out of the blocks. And we're not talking about a 100-meter race. We're talking about a 5K race.
and if you sputter out of the blocks, not to say you can't overcome it, because again, it's not a 100-meter race, because that's over if it's 100 meters, but in a 5K, that's way too much work to catch up with the rest of the field. And guess what? They're already behind most, if not all, of the field.
They should have done this years ago. They went three straight years without trading somebody in your top five, or your top three that you alluded to. This is Rahimi Harrison-Grody, by the way, on 104.3 The Score. And I just feel like in this case... I don't necessarily know that you're going to get the best person. You're right. The turnaround can be quick.
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Chapter 3: How does Billy Donovan fit into the Bulls' future plans?
And you want to make sure whoever you hire next to do this job after six failed seasons by our church, Connor Chauvis and company, that this guy has all the tools available to him to make his vision come to life. And if that doesn't include Billy Donovan, so be it.
Well, we have on the Twitch chat, uh, Somebody comparing this to the union. The fact of the matter, like a union business, this is not just like you're interchanging a supervisor. Like we don't, we don't all, we would all largely stay if the supervisor was different. And maybe when our contracts come up, then the decision would be made that, you know, oh, they don't want this person necessarily.
But it would still be their call, right? Like, this is a basketball team. You have 30 other examples of how this goes. So I'm not real sure. Like, that's not a good comp. Like, look at the best practices in the NBA, and they would tell you that this isn't the way these things are done for a reason.
Like, you've got all these other examples, including Oklahoma City, where Sam Presti was brought up. Sam Presti and Billy are not working together. That was a mutual agreement as far as we understand. But it's the same idea. Who's hiring who? And Pressy came up through the organization as well. So that's why we bring this up. We'll take your calls, 312-644-6767. Al on the south side.
Al, you're on Rahimi Harrison-Grody.
Hey, how are you all doing this morning? Good, good. How are you? Man, pretty good, except for this. So I just wanted to just get this out, man. High-level coach. I'm sorry. Billy, he may be a very nice guy. Seems great. I'll definitely have a beer with him. But he also has a sub-500 record as a coach. One playoff appearance with a wonderful record, might I add.
And three play-ins, of course, with no good results. I mean, we can't praise him for being a good coach from seven years ago at OKC and even longer ago in college. Yes, Hall of Fame, but not with the Bulls. Michael even stated, when hiring Billy, it was important that he had input on the rosters.
So I'm not buying that Billy didn't have input on these rosters, and it's not his fault that these teams did not succeed beyond what they did. There have been coaches that have been fired after winning championships because their organizations have a high standard. So in any business, if you want to grow it, you don't thrive off of mediocre results.
Wolves have been mediocre with better than average talent at times, and that's in the coaching. I'm sorry, Billy. Thank you, but peace out, man. Okay, Al. I hear you. I do want to say, you talked about him having involvement in personnel. I think you're referring to what Michael Reinsdorf said.
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Chapter 4: What challenges do the Bulls face in their organizational strategy?
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We'll hear from Craig Council and discuss next.
Rahimi Harris and Grody. Middays 10 to 2 on 104.3 The Score. Cade Horton is going to lead this ball game in the second inning with nobody out. And that is an alarming development.
Man, Pat said it. Alarming development that only continued to get worse. Yada, yada, yada. Kate Horton's out for the year. This is Rahimi Harrison-Grody on 104.3 The Score. And it was a situation that yesterday, once we saw that he was going to visit Dr. Keith Meister, that was widely reported, the specialist in Arlington, Texas. That's when this became mission critical.
We had reached a point where you now realize the guy who was supposed to be the Cubs ace, and this is of no disrespect to Edward Cabrera, who's doing his job, but you want to have two of those. Ideally, you would want five. If you're the Dodgers, you want ten.
When I play poker, I like to have five aces.
Exactly. I believe that was a term for a baseball time in Philly that was happier times for the Phillies fans. But all of that said, you know how important Cade Horton is. He was supposed to make this entire rotation make more sense. He's considered somebody you wanted to be a stopper, the arm you trust in a playoff run, all of those things.
And now, similar to the feelings we had about Justin Steele having to undergo elbow surgery as well, that was a UCL revision, We have the same situation happening with Cade Horton. Listen to what Craig Council had to say when he broke the news.
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Chapter 5: What are the key takeaways from Michael Reinsdorf's press conference?
I refute this 847. Marshall will definitely need to make a trip to Vegas Walmart. No, I have a toiletry bag. I check the items. I have a standing list. Do you not have the notes app on your phone? You have a standing list of things you have to have no matter what when you get on a plane. I have that list. I check it off. It doesn't take very much time at all.
Well, and frankly, you may just also have a jump bag. It sounds like in news reporting, they say have a jump bag ready. And it's essentially just a complete change of clothes, all the toiletries you need if you have to cover breaking news. And even I, when I was a sports reporter at other places like Austin, they would have me on news coverage a lot because I also could...
shoot video so I could use a proper TV camera and film that way. So, like, they would put me into those situations at times. So you had to, like, be ready in any case to, like, cover a natural disaster or the like.
I know we're up against it, but really quickly, I do have a jump bag because once I was told at...
four o'clock that i was getting on a flight at 6 p.m to go cover pedro martinez making a rehab start in clearwater florida and i did not have a jump bag and i was like i need to go home like no you don't have time you gotta get on this plane we just booked the flight i was like holy crap what that's when news had money and i was like what those were happier and i had to literally go to the walmart as they're describing and buy some stuff when i got there because i had nothing
Well, you guys know Ray and I always make a pilgrimage to the Walgreens downtown every time. Fremont Street Walgreens. We'll present some video to you if you all like. We have a good time in there. And we'll take Marshall and Grody to see the mantis. Now that you can walk, you got to go see mantis.
Thank you, Text Line, for having my back. They recognize I just know how to pack. You guys should learn.
I also know how to pack. I just take time with it and pack for the situations that call.
I just like to do it early.
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Chapter 6: How does the discussion shift towards the Bulls' future and coaching decisions?
So that was probably my favorite because he gave us the most information. Is it the answer that I think will give you the best GM pool to choose from? I don't think so. But I'm glad at least we know how you feel about what your process is. And that was clear.
My favorite part is very, very simple on this. Who doesn't love Petty and who doesn't love Shade? And when this man called all the way back to Jerry Krause, I knew that this man was speaking on his heart and his mind, and he was very much unfiltered. And I felt like, okay, even though you started this thing sounding very scripted, we are... Well off the rails. And I appreciate it. I love it.
And I want more of it. Although, I would like more of it without saying that you're going to basically hire the coach before you hire the GM. But he talked about both Arturis Karnaschovas and Jerry Krause as being not strong communicators internally or externally. And what that told me was... He didn't really understand the plan because AK didn't necessarily explain it well enough to him.
He didn't really know what was going on. And that actually makes sense because if the guy running the show doesn't know what's going on and he can't communicate to you what's going on, then that explains how this got so far left or so far right, however you want to describe it.
and i can kind of empathize with him in a way that okay i got this guy and he got me right where we were supposed to be but lonzo ball got hurt okay so what are we gonna do to fix it and you're just waiting and waiting and waiting and you're realizing slowly oh i don't think he can fix it i don't think he can fix it but i really enjoyed the shade at our church carna showvis and jerry kraus because it was definitely not necessary but hey
I appreciate you letting us know how you feel.
Well, I mean, what was it? The plan was Lonzo Ball, and then the plan was the search for the 9 or 10 good players?
A lot of time in between those two comments. Number two, who should be the Bulls top candidate for their next top basketball executive job?
Bob Myers. It's that simple for me. I don't mean to say it so quickly, but the man who constructed the Warriors, who said he was burned out, like he said he couldn't give the job as much devotion and I think as much time as he could before. I'm sorry. It's very cold in here. Bob Myers. I think on ESPN, you know, he's got a good job now. But at the same time, he's still doing basketball things.
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Chapter 7: What are the implications of Cade Horton's injury on the Cubs' season?
Dude, Joe Gibbs Racing, by the way, they are like top notch when it comes to how they operate. I got to check out their setup on pit road at the race last year. Everything they do is just excellence.
It's a classy organization. And Bob Myers would have been my top pick if not for that information that makes me think, why would he come here? I think the number two guy for me is Masai Ujiri. But he has the same kind of problem because he's part of the ownership group for now, the Toronto Tempo, the new WNBA team. And so he's got to get that off the ground. But those would be my top two guys.
The thing is, the good basketball people, the really, really good people, the ones who are incredibly good, they are still doing ball things. They're just not doing the thing that takes the most work and stress.
Layla.
They've earned their keep.
People know this is a good guy to have a part of my organization, and so that's why they already have really good jobs.
You see that full head of hair on Bob Myers? Does he look stressed to you?
He does not look stressed. He did look stressed at the end of his tenure with the Warriors, trying to keep that thing going, but he no longer looks stressed.
My work is done. That'll do, pig. That'll do.
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Chapter 8: Who are the top candidates for the Bulls' general manager position?
How many games will they win without Horton, and where will they finish in the standings?
I turn to our friends from MADtv. My mood is somewhere around the lowered expectations department. The thing is, you have to consider how many wins above replacement did you think Cade Horton was? Did you think he was five wins above replacement for the season as a pitcher in pitching wins or in wins for the team? I would say five might be a little generous, but I thought about it.
If Shota Imanaga is going to pitch like he did on Sunday, then the replacement level gets higher. So I would say somewhere around four, maybe. I don't, does it.
I love Matt.
That doesn't mean the wheels come off this thing. It just means you have to adjust for the fact that Kate Horton, who would have been tremendous to have in the playoffs last year, who felt like he was a stopper at times, will not be doing that for your team this year. So I think it's it's I'm not as I'm not as bullish on the what did I say was one one more win than last year.
I they're probably around 89 90 now to me.
I think I put him in 95, I want to say. 95 is... So now I'm going to take him down to 91. Not because I don't believe that Cade Horton was a five-war player, but if I go back and look at Javier Assad, this is a dude that's been... a player who has been a positive war player. He, in making, in pitching, excuse me, 147 innings in 2024 was a 1.7 war player.
In 2023, when he only pitched 109 innings, he was a 2.1 war player. Last year, the man only pitched 37 innings. He was .4 on the war. I think he's going to obviously not make up for Cade Horton, but he's going to lessen the blow.
Well, he was injured too.
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