St. Ben of UCONN. I like that Well played!
The team has lost confidence and are bad. Right. Why? Maybe if they kept their best/2nd best player (comparing what Rose and BG bring to the table is comparing apples and oranges), they would be better. Then they wouldn't have lost confidence because they would be a better team.
I understand the point you make about "he doesn't make us a title contender." You haven't said that in this thread but you've said it before on this board. But you still have to have a respectable team on the floor.
I like Joe Johnson, you like Joe Johnson. But guess what. If the Bulls sign him in the offseason he won't get us any closer to a title either. So should we only sign LBJ or Wade next year? Does Bosh even make us a title contender? If we go by that logic then there's only 2 guys we should try to sign next year.
Bottom line, if BG was on this team they would be better than they are right now. Some people still don't want to admit that they guy who was your leading scorer for 4 straight years, your best clutch player and your best shooter, won't be missed. Well he is.
And you can put the blame on Vinny, I won't disagree with you there. But one could argue that you let his best player walk - what did you expect? Excluding tonight's disaster. That's inexcusable.
First and foremost...with Vinny coaching, anything short of JC from Galilee won't work....
I like Joe handling the ball more than I like Rose handling it right now...that's a problem because I wanted Joe to set up where he can in the Bulls offense to exploit the opposition. But Bosh, Lebron, Wade and even Joe are top tier players...and twice as good as Ben Gordon...its not close. If the Bulls get Wade or Joe, they would have to teach Rose how to play off the ball. It is possible with good coaching...Vinny can't do that.
I said he would be missed in this part of the season...early. Rose has shown some signs...but EVERY TIME the Bulls lose Ben Gordon is brought up like he's Ben Jordan...sorry people...aint the case. I saw Ben take some damn stupid ridiculous irresponsible shots in the clutch that cost the Bulls games. I have even seen him dribble the ball off his foot and get no shot at all in the clutch. It happens.
If this team had Ben...how many more games would they win over the season? Bad coaching trumps decent players...your results will over time reflect the coaching...