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Joerger would be a pretty good hire. Did a nice job at Memphis and was turning the Kings around (which is hard to do). If they opt for current available former head coaches, I think I have him above Atkinson, who had 1 really good season out of 3 and than lost his team in year 4.

I would have liked Cooks. I still go back to, it is too bad Pace mortgaged so much draft capital. Would have been great to be able to be more aggressive in situations like this. That said, Cooks is such an injury risk (given the concussions) that I'm surprised he went for a 2nd round pick (net net...Houston got a 4th back, so call it a 3rd rounder for Cooks).

Hypertension is one of the comorbidities and if you think about that alone, you probably have more men with hypertension than women (I have not actually looked that up, but someone can certainly fact check me on that).

Just want to point out, people need to be careful of everything they read. A lot of views that this is because the testing was faulty / inaccurate to begin with vs. "reactivation". In general the failure rate on the early test was pretty high (as high as 20%).

On the minority front, didn't the Bulls try to interview Webster (but were denied by Toronto). He is half Japanese (from his mom side). He would have been the only other candidate I would have considered (but Raptors didn't appear to be having any of it). I don't see how anyone can make the claims that some have over JR, given the fact that he hired KW (he was one of the first minority executive in MLB) and BJ Armstrong long had a very high front office role in the organization. Cartwright at head coach, etc.

This is a dude that turned down other offers to be promoted. HE could turn out to be a disaster, but he had real clout in the league and this was a really good power hire by the Bulls. He wasn't taking a job he wasn't empowered in (and he had all the leverage in the world when it came to that). I bet the GM emerges pretty quickly.

On head coach front, I could see the following candidates emerging. Somewhere I wonder if Thibbs name gets thrown around with new people in and the Gar reign coming to an end. Just don't know if Thibbs has learned to take a step back when it comes to his ability to "play nice". But man if he could, I would be all over him as i still think he is an excellent head coach. Messina Hammond Adrian Griffin Kenny Atkinson

I have a feeling they are going to move pretty quick on the GM front. Lots of reports (no one should be surprised) that as part of the interview process, Karni already listed his proposed candidates for the various positions (and I'm assuming that included head coach). I suspect they will move fast on GM and I honestly wonder if they won't just hire a new coach before the season restarts (at the rate they are moving). Coach won't be able to implement new system, but at the very least, gets a little bit of time with the players. Also, I am going to bet on Michael Finley as one of the candidates that emerges (Cuban has spoke very highly of him). Bulls also reportedly had an informal interview with Nazr Mohammed, who has worked in OKC's front office under Presti (this was for an undetermined front-office role). He could also be raiding some people from Denver or Houston. More I read about this guy, we are going to see a very different operation emerge. Lots of international experience but worked in some pretty modern front-offices in the league before climbing to his current role with Nuggets. Seems to have been influenced a lot by Morey (in the sense of...I expect we will see MUCH more consistent roster churn). Houston always felt like one of those orgs that is always on the phone, always trying for anything at all times. He seems like he has a lot of that in him based upon some quotes I read...that said, I also think he appreciates drafting and developing a bit more than Morey does. I'm getting pretty darn excited.

Paxson might stick around as a senior adviser and I don't think that is a bad thing. Pax has made is very clear this isn't his show and Karnisovas is going to get the reigns to hire his guys. If he wants to pick Paxson's brain, Pax is there for him. If he doesn't...no biggie. Pax is so loyal to Jerry he would never do anything to intentionally undermine him (I genuinely believe that). Gar on the other hand has already been demoted massively. Cowley has been spot and ahead of everything on the Bulls and that point has been clear for a long time. Karni has 10 times the power Gar has (if not more). If Karni doesn't like Gar after he meets with him, I'm sure he will be out. These are pretty sweeping changes Bulls are making. New VP, New GM, likely a new Asst. GM...new scouts...probably new coaching...and one can only hope new medical team and further buildout of its analytics team.

Pax has pretty regularly said he'll do as much or little (including walk away) as the new front office wants. Not sure why everyone here seems to rattle on, regarding Pax. For pete sake, it has been somewhat widely reported that Pax was the driving force behind the change. He has had a rough few years (and for what happened and how he let Gar get too much power / be a snake with Thibs...he is responsible)...but I will always remember back fondly for the fact that Pax gave me a pretty darn enjoyable run with the Bulls (not 90's Bulls good...but from the Deng/Hinrich/Gordon Bulls to the Thib Bulls....I had a very good run of enjoyable basketball. Last 3 years or so have just been miserable and I love basketball.

I'd be way onboard with this.

And make up for the lack of fan noise with more integrated in game experience. Try to get more real time sounds from the dugout and/or live stream the conversations between the manager/pitching coach and the bullpen phone, etc. Maybe have a microphone on the catcher for his visits with the pitcher.

I don't see how whether the games were played vs. fans or without fans makes one iota difference on who the champion. I don't watch a game at home to see the fans in the stands, I watch for the game. Every once in a while it can be cool to here the crowd noise or chants during a game (but that is really limited and definitely only in the playoffs). And I guarantee the leagues can come up with some cool ones to integrate virtual fans from their couches into the games. I really don't understand why people are so hung up on not having fans there. Now it would be different if you couldn't tag players or slide or do normal things the game actually calls for. Like if football, for example, would be done but instead of "tackling" once a defender was within 6 feet the play was blown dead...okay that would suck.

I bought neck warmers that you can lift up and cover your face with. What skiers and snowboarders use.

As far as ties go, I'm pretty sure you can tie every large donor to various large companies (on both sides of the aisle). I think this is like 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon type of thing where you could do this analysis and find pretty quick ties amongst anyone with some wealth. That said, I wouldn't be surprised if there was actually more to that.

Agree with this a ton. It is why I am so disgusted at both sides of the equation with certain exceptions.

I really don’t get how Fox News somehow became president and how almost everyone on the right went so far right. And this is coming from a former righty who switched to independent.

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I haven't been a huge fan, because I think there are some other drugs I have read of, which seem as promising if not more promising, but I do like the fact that everyone is trying to speed the process up (but its important that the drugs being used are safe...more than anything). If drugs are safe with minimal side-effects, than you can be a little more aggressive in trying to treat patients and see the effects. But the way the administration does everything is bad. Its use of family relationships and lack of independence is horrible (vs. a focus on independent experts and independent bids). But that shouldn't surprise anyone that voted for the guy because that is how he has operated in his own professional life.

Its why they should have entirely focused on guaranteeing payrolls and providing deferrals for loans, etc. Just flat out suspensions of kicking items down the road until recovery hit. I've seen statistics that indicate the cost of that would have been less than what we are giving and while everything the government does with these large packages are going to help many, but also, there are going to be people who make out like bandits from the deals as well.

Plus isn't the heat & humidity technically good (i.e., harder to spread the virus in those conditions). I am 110% for baseball and I think it isn't until the next sports seasons where we see games with fans (and I am 1000% okay with that). I think one of the big things that will be needed is the US to have really strong testing (across the nation...to the point where we have lots of tests and thus the professional athletes can be regularly tested for safer monitoring). My guess is certain coaches/players may need to follow more stringent guidelines. I don't care if the fans aren't there, getting live sports on will be a huge morale boost for the country.

I don't defend one dumbass thing the president says. He is awful. That wasn't my point in this. I never voted for the guy because of how poor of a leader and for the specific scenario we are seeing now (a real crisis).

And right now...I don't care about the past. Let all of that get handled after this disaster is done. The only thing that matters right here and right now is working together to get us as a country and a world through this crisis faster and as best we can. Coulda woulda shoulda's don't matter right now. Action and teamwork and proactive drive to fix things is flat out what matters. Partisism right now completely hinders the near term best interest of this country (whether you are a president, senator, or governor). The more we focus on the here and the now and what we are going to do to solve our real needs, the better off the entire country and world are. PERIOD. History will play itself out for all the mistakes after the fact.

Yes he should. But that doesn't make an excuse for the others to behave shitty either. Just because one person acts worse doesn't allow everyone else to do the same (even if they are less powerful). It makes them all babies. If my kid is less bad than another kid, it doesn't mean I'm not going to take my kid aside and explain to them how their behavior isn't okay and how they need to act differently (regardless of how the other individual is behaving). We need to use this time for BOTH sides to clean their crooked crap up, period.

He absolutely should. But so should the other side. Everyone needs to look in the mirror and step up and put the rest of the crap behind them. Lets not pretend that Governors shouldn't be great leaders too. Onus is one everyone to step up. EVERYONE.