Jon Greenberg talks Bulls' 'ardor' for Billy Donovan, candidates for lead executive job (Hour 2)
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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, and someone's not interested in that, then they're probably not the right candidate for us.
What are the Chicago Bulls' executive search priorities?
That was Michael Reinsdorf at his press conference two days ago talking about what he wanted in his team. And that was the edict, Billy Donovan being awarded, I believe, by management for actually being consistent. somebody who has a lot of perspective on this and can add further, not only perspective, but importantly, humor, is John Greenberg. He's our next guest and is kind enough to join us here. Rahimi Harrison-Grody, the founding editor and senior columnist at The Athletic. He's at John underscore Greenberg on X, and he's also on Twitch, twitch.tv slash the score Chicago. John, how are you?
I'm doing pretty good. It's a nice day out, apparently, outside my office window. It looks nice, at least.
You know, John, I feel like this has been a good week, month, couple months for you specifically. You're a guy who sprays to all fields when it comes to the big stories. Bears Stadium, you got the sit-down interviews that you do at the beginning of the season, both with Chris Goetz and Jed Hoyer, and we always thank you for those. They're really informative. And then you were also at the Michael Reinsdorf press conference. And, and, if that wasn't all, there's some fun humor to be had as well, like the Sox giving away a Pope hat. I feel like this is a good time for you.
I should probably be writing more then. But yeah, no, there is a lot of – there's almost too much going on. You're right.
How does Jon Greenberg view Billy Donovan's coaching performance?
I mean there's just like a lot of stuff that – like I really didn't even – I didn't write about Angel Reese because there's just too much else going on. But yeah, this – the Reinsdorf presser on Zoom was pretty interesting because a lot of people did –
saw different things a lot of people were were angry at things they heard um it was the the clip you played i think you know really was the one that stood out to me yeah and and what was your response to that specifically understanding oh this is how you feel about billy donovan he seems to have the keys right now and it's just a matter of does he want to turn over the keys does he want to get a bigger and better rental vehicle what what does he want to do you know
Yeah, I mean, to run away from someone who loves him like that, I mean, my kids don't love me as much as Michael Reinsdorf loves Billy Donovan. It's kind of crazy because the Bulls did not love Phil Jackson like this, I'll tell you that much. That was the one thing that stood out to me. I actually thought some of the other stuff in Michael Reinsdorf's talk with us was actually interesting, and I wish we would have been in person, and I wish we would have had a longer – time where we could ask follow-ups and kind of just have more of a conversation than that the way it's done on zoom although the bulls are pretty good about letting you use follow-ups on there um like i thought the stuff about him criticizing the organization was interesting and even himself a little bit but the billy donovan stuff to me was i knew they liked him and i knew they want him back all the reporting is kind of has said that
And I know why they like Billy, because he's a good guy. He's consistent. He's not Jim Boylan. You know, he's a great person. He's a great coach.
What insights did Michael Reinsdorf share about team management?
His results here haven't been good at all. I don't, you know, even why Michael's trying to dress that up, but like... I think it's crazy to say what he should have just said is, well, we want him back.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:01–0:38
2
What are the Chicago Bulls' executive search priorities?
0:38–2:00
3
How does Jon Greenberg view Billy Donovan's coaching performance?
2:00–3:46
4
What insights did Michael Reinsdorf share about team management?
3:46–5:52
5
Who are the top candidates for the Bulls' lead executive position?
5:52–9:04
6
What role does loyalty play in the Bulls' decision-making process?
9:04–31:30
7
How does Alex Bregman impact the Cubs' clubhouse culture?
31:30–34:19
8
What strategies can the Cubs implement to improve team performance?
34:19–41:22
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