The Bulls have way too many issues going on. All of which are contributing to embarrassing losses to teams they should beat. First off, Rose sucks right now. He is playing way too passive. Yes, he attacks the rim, but only every so often. He has fell in love with his shaky jumpshot and is seemingly too stubborn to stop taking those shots and drive to the rim. He needs to force the refs to make the call and he's not doing that. Which is shown in his low FTA's. Too many times (like last night) he will pass the ball to start the offense, and never touch it again because he ran to the corner and hid. He score THREE WHOLE POINTS last night in the second half. THREE!!! If this isn't infuriating to Bulls fans, I don't know what is.
It's glaringly obvious that Mgt. is inept and clueless. They had chances to surround Rose with good talent and get a decent scorer and they whiffed on all of them. They didn't get the Aldridge deal done, which should've been a no brainer. They let Iggy sign with GSW, Ellis sign with DAL and Nate walk. Any other capable scorer is gone and we got Dunleavey. Yes, that was the big help the Bulls needed. ANOTHER Duke player. Because we've won sooo many titles with them, wait. Brand, Duhon, Williams, Reddick (though he got matched by ORL), Deng, Boozer. It's obvious these character players aren't going to win anything, Paxson just keeps going to the well. Only to get the same results.
Coaching is terrible. Spare the records, the stats, and all of that bullshit. He is a terrible game manager and runs his guys into the ground which leaves them often hurt or injured come playoff time. And for all of those "Best record in the NBA" that we shared with SAS, it got us exactly where? I know Rose was hurt one of those seasons, but the point remains is that he feels it's perfectly fine to play Deng 40 minutes a night, even in blowouts. He runs them hard in practice and in games and the Bulls under him have been nothing more than a M*A*S*H unit. IMO it is time for him to go, but we are stuck with him for the next three seasons (Thanks Pax). We need a coach that understands that a healthy team come May is more important than running the Bobcats out of the building with your starters still in the game. And don't even get me started on his refusal to play young players. They didn't draft Snell to ride the bench, he needs to play. He needs to play Teague, so he can get more experience. If they don't get it now, when will they? THere is no reason to have a 7-8 man rotation this early in the season. Fire his ass!!!
The rest of the players are what they are. Boozer has been solid offensively at times, but they need to amnesty him already. Deng has had a good run, but he's maxed his talent, time to dangle his expiring contract and get a capable scorer. THey need to sign a good player in the off-season to help Rose whom I expect to regain his form. Right now this team is a mess from the top down. And if they are going to go forward with this trash play and inept management, then they really need to consider firing everybody and starting over.
*prepares for the hate*
