Transition: Arturas Karnisovas, Bulls are 'throwing crap at the wall' in an effort to save their jobs
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What are the initial reactions to the Bulls' current situation?
You need quick and easy, and those all seem to be quick and easy.
Kevin Harlan.
Which, by the way, were my nicknames in high school.
I mean, he's unstoppable. And I thought we were doing him a favor by letting him go, and Kevin Harlan just keeps on giving to the world. So thanks to Kevin Harlan. Thanks to Julia Poe for telling us who's available today. At the game tonight, and now I still don't necessarily know.
Well, Anthony Simons is now legitimately a Bull.
All right, so you are a Bulls. You are a Bulls.
So we don't get to play tonight is what you're saying. We don't have to jump on a plane and go catch this game.
I was going to start Yuki at the point and everything.
You know what we don't get to do? We don't get to watch. Because screw them, man. I am not watching that. When you say that, what is that that you're not watching?
Hold on. Can I thank everybody else?
This has been quite the swerve.
Before you roll into it, can I thank everybody else?
Do your thing.
I want to give you the time to cook here.
I got broken, Lawrence. I got broken.
Thanks to Olin Krutz. Thanks to Ray Diaz, Tyler Buterbaugh, Brandon Fryer, Connor O'Donnell, Jacob Stutz, Max Curtis, and Cody Westerlund. Okay.
Why is Anthony Simons considered a legitimate addition to the Bulls?
Wait, wait, wait. Hold on.
Hold on. Point of order. Did Olin say anything about Coach Stutz? The new running backs coach?
Yes.
He did. Yes. All right. Okay. Because we're going to do a whole segment so we can pull that.
I didn't hear it. So we can pull it. We also talked to him about the Rooney rule because, you know, Olin is a coach and a minority. So just so you guys are aware.
Excellent.
Since you also talked about it earlier this week.
That's interesting.
And now, Matt Spiegel, why are you not watching the game tonight? Why are you broken?
I mean, look, Lawrence Holmes has been here for a while. He's been, like, withstanding me as I hunt for potential positives, as I stand there kind of wondering what they're doing. And now it's just so clear. Like, they're just throwing crap at the wall and trying to extend their time at a job they don't deserve. Screw these guys, man. They are just trying to get younger and give themselves another couple of chances at luck and lottery because that's the plan and that's the hope. But are they giving themselves another chance at luck and lottery? Because I don't think that's what's even happening. No, no, no, no, because they're not good at it. Because they waited too long to get rid of now seven different assets and only get one first round pick back and it's your own.
They waited too damn long so they could chase mediocrity and they got it and they had their mediocrity and maybe that's going to help them keep their jobs. And now they're just trying to get younger. This stuff doesn't make sense. It's worse than what you just said, though. You know why?
I don't know. What I said is pretty bad. No, but let me tell you why it's worse. Because they're not even chasing. You're the one who's been telling me why it's better. Well, listen.
No, I told you why to watch.
I told you why to watch. This is something different. What we're talking about now is different. I can't control what the front office and ultimately ownership decides they want to do. And what they want to do right now is fill up the building. That's never been disputed. That is the goal. Filling up the building is above winning. But what I will say is this. I thought that, okay, we're looking at a tank of some kind coming into today based on the moves that they had made. Some of them, anyway. Now I understand they have taken... What could have been a chance to say we're going in a different direction and said we're not. We're going to play a shell game and we're going to replace the likes of, I don't know, three of your top four scorers and replace them with other guys who can score the basketball, get a little bit better rim protection, and see if we can't get up higher in these play-in standings.
You think they're actually going to try to get higher in the play-in standings with this mix?
Did you see the last move they just made, the last trade they made?
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What are the initial reactions to the Bulls' current situation?
0:01–1:13
2
Why is Anthony Simons considered a legitimate addition to the Bulls?
1:13–4:20
3
What criticisms are raised about the Bulls' management decisions?
4:20–9:58
4
How do recent trades affect the Bulls' team dynamics?
9:58–13:13
5
What is the significance of the Rooney Rule in the current context?
13:13–15:39
6
Why do some believe the Bulls are not genuinely trying to tank?
15:39–20:19
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