My rose colored glasses have now become less rosey.

Kerr is stepping down as GSW head coach too. Wonder if he would rather coach again or go to a front office gig again. Either way I think he'd be my top choice.....Kerr as head executive/GM and Luke Walton as HC....or maybeeee Kerrs kid but that could get dicey.

1 hour ago, bmags said:

How embarrassing for Reinsdorf that his underlings have to consistently fire themselves because they care more about the integrity of his org.

Except AK, he would have stayed forever.

I love the clueless spin. Billy is such a good person, he thought more of the Bulls than himself so he walked away, but last week it was ownership wanted him, and anyone who didn't wasn't right for the job. The team will never have a long run again unless they get sold because good teams with long runs get paid way beyond the luxury tax threshold the Reinsdorfs avoid, even with the best attendance in the league.

Edited Tuesday at 05:11 PM2 days by Dick Allen

43 minutes ago, Dick Allen said:

I love the clueless spin. Billy is such a good person, he thought more of the Bulls than himself so he walked away, but last week it was ownership wanted him, and anyone who didn't wasn't right for the job. The team will never have a long run again unless they get sold because good teams with long runs get paid way beyond the luxury tax threshold the Reinsdorfs avoid, even with the best attendance in the league.

This is a great point. Billy didn't write this.

57 minutes ago, The_scs787 said:

My rose colored glasses have now become less rosey.

Kerr is stepping down as GSW head coach too. Wonder if he would rather coach again or go to a front office gig again. Either way I think he'd be my top choice.....Kerr as head executive/GM and Luke Walton as HC....or maybeeee Kerrs kid but that could get dicey.

It’s likely going to be Matt Lloyd because he knows everyone in the building, and that’s like the biggest resume’ bullet point for a Reinsdorf hire

6 minutes ago, Kyyle23 said:

It’s likely going to be Matt Lloyd because he knows everyone in the building, and that’s like the biggest resume’ bullet point for a Reinsdorf hire

After all, you can't waste a year.

15 minutes ago, Dick Allen said:

After all, you can't waste a year.

Knowing people is half the battle!

1 hour ago, Kyyle23 said:

It’s likely going to be Matt Lloyd because he knows everyone in the building, and that’s like the biggest resume’ bullet point for a Reinsdorf hire

I want to be mad at this post, but also

4 hours ago, southsider2k5 said:

ANNND they lost Billy Donovan anyway. Quality work there Bulls.

I think they always knew this was going to happen - but there is a level of respect for Billy D that they wanted to do it that way. Even Reinsdorf's quotes that came out a day or two later kind of implied that. And I think Billy even said he appreciated it because of how it showed that the respect was mutual. But ultimately - I think even Cowley mentioned it, the Bulls expected this to happen all along but I do think they were hoping he would step into the president role (and believe they offered it to him).

In fairness to Lloyd - he is a pretty good candidate and the overall list they are looking at is deep and thorough. We also don't know who else is on the list. Don't want to give them the benefit of the doubt though - as they haven't earned that.

1 hour ago, Kyyle23 said:

It’s likely going to be Matt Lloyd because he knows everyone in the building, and that’s like the biggest resume’ bullet point for a Reinsdorf hire

I meannn, he had no connections with AKME did he? They know Kerr so there's that as well.

8 minutes ago, Chisoxfn said:

I think they always knew this was going to happen - but there is a level of respect for Billy D that they wanted to do it that way. Even Reinsdorf's quotes that came out a day or two later kind of implied that. And I think Billy even said he appreciated it because of how it showed that the respect was mutual. But ultimately - I think even Cowley mentioned it, the Bulls expected this to happen all along but I do think they were hoping he would step into the president role (and believe they offered it to him).

That's my wonder, if either they wanted him to move up, or he wanted to move up and they wouldn't commit until after the "process"

What's the deal with Budenholzer? I know he had the first round exit his last year with the Bucks but overall isn't he considered a good coach?

No shot Thibs comes back right?

3 hours ago, southsider2k5 said:

That's my wonder, if either they wanted him to move up, or he wanted to move up and they wouldn't commit until after the "process"

I believe the reports were that they wanted him to move up but he was not yet ready to decide that and he had a preference to continue to coach. I presume Bulls wanted to provide him with the respect they thought he deserved and so this was a big long orchestration maybe to give him a bit of time to process that given everything else going on but I think also trying to be respective of how highly they truly think of him (and I don't think they are wrong there).

I think it was literally a day later and BD and Reinsdorf both basically implied he wasn't really going to stick around as head coach under all scenarios but it was more how they wanted to frame it in terms of their respect. But Reinsdorf point blank had already backed away from that statement 2 days later but in a smaller context and BD was saying same thing like I wouldn't read too much into what Reinsdorf is saying - but I appreciate how he is doing it and how he's respecting my time to process.

And in fairness - BD is one of the more respected basketball individuals and leaders in the entire basketball circuit (college and pro) and is just an outstanding individual to work with at all levels. I'm not saying he is the world's greatest basketball coach - there are better - but when you bring the people aspects etc - he is near the top - hence why I think they really wanted to see if he was ready to step into a president role and oversee the whole thing - be the guy who hired the GM, who hired the next coach - and who served as the glue guy.

I personally think he would have been a home run in that role - especially when you think of how important relationships are to the full NBA ecosystem.

1 hour ago, The_scs787 said:

What's the deal with Budenholzer? I know he had the first round exit his last year with the Bucks but overall isn't he considered a good coach?

No shot Thibs comes back right?

There were some rumors if the Bulls went with BD in a president role around Thibs maybe being a HC. But I don't think that happens unless you get a Kerr or someone else like that to massage. I don't recall where Lloyd and Thibs came across but I'd imagine they go another direction. If you see Deng come in - it could get interesting and while him and Mesai were not listed in the report from Shams - technically Bulls could keep that pretty quiet since you don't need permission to connect with said players.