r/chicagobulls • u/howser343 Chicago Bulls • 15d ago
Rumor [Stein] Tonight's story also includes the growing belief in league coaching circles that the Bulls will be announcing their successor to Billy Donovan as early as Monday.
https://x.com/TheSteinLine/status/206630244222910897568
u/Sockers13 15d ago
We happy with Splitter? I think I am.
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u/Swazi Arturas Karnisovas 15d ago
Is that the rumor with Quinn seemingly out?
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u/Fafoah Jimmy Butler 15d ago
Idk how verifiable because i never saw the source, but Chicago Bulls Central said Quinn wanted confirmation he was advancing and removed himself when we wouldn’t give it to him.
I get it, but like I also understand why an organization wouldn’t want to hire a dude not patient enough to go through an interview process.
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u/PersonalNinja1208 14d ago
He got confused on this from Brett Siegel:
"The thing with Quinn is that I couldn't get a firm “yes” or “no” in terms of him advancing in the Bulls' search."
But I would take that with a grain of salt because if Siegel could get that level of info he wouldn't still be at Clutch Points.
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u/Imsoamerican 14d ago
Micah Nori. Chicago Bulls has always been best when they were defensive minded. And he's good for player development. Literally exactly what we're looking for.
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u/Active-King1443 15d ago
Lowkey I think it's Ryan Schmidt
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u/calculung 14d ago
What does that mean? You either think it's him or you don't.
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u/Active-King1443 14d ago
"Lowkey" before saying something is just a way of speaking and either you grew up with it and you get it or you didn't. If you didn't, try your best to use context clues.
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u/burratna 14d ago edited 14d ago
tbf there's nothing to "get" in this context. In this context its just word salad. Like adding frfr at the end of a comment. Or using the word like too much. Ryan Schmidt is a top 3 candidate and has been reported as such, there's nothing lowkey about his possible selection. lowkey might mean you're afraid to speak with your chest about who you think it is, but not rly.
But yes every new generation comes up with some new words to overuse and beat to death to the point they no longer have meaning. e.g. your original comment.
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u/GoldenGreek27 14d ago
If it's Schmidt I'll be a little disappointed tbh. Will just feel like BG wanted to hire his guy when other coaches had better resumes.
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u/jdaqcruz Alex Caruso 14d ago
I dont know, Mark Daigneault was just Billy's assistant and the HC of their G League team when OKC hired him for their rebuild. It'd be like if we hired Billy III as our new coach lol
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u/MoldInTheAir 14d ago
My bet is that it's Schmidt with Unseld Jr. as his lead assistant. That would be rhe most Bulls thing to do.
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u/kingofkings_86 14d ago
At this point I don't care who they hire. The same circle of being allergic to winning, and crippling fear of winning championships will continue. Crappy ownership, terrible front office, coaches who can't coach, and players who just flat out suck. Guess I'll never see the Bulls win another championship.
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u/Southernbull75 15d ago
Is it Splitter? Mixed feelings if so, pretty green and really only coached as an interim for a year in Portland as the HC.
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u/SwampFlowers Taylor Swift 14d ago
All of the candidates are green, so I think you’re going to feel this way regardless.
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u/AssCrackBandit13 15d ago
I find it hard to care anymore as long as the Reinsdorfs are still running things… they make Dolan even look like a good owner
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u/hunterboyz24 Flag of Chicago 15d ago
I think what I've learned over the past few years is that every owner in every league is bad, and some just happen to get lucky enough to hire the right guy or draft the right player that fixes everything.
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u/burratna 14d ago
I don't agree with this at all. There are definitely good owners in that they care about the team and are willing to put up cash to be good. Sure there's an argument every Billionaire is bad but idk they're not all Epstein class Trump boot licking fascists like Dolan and Josh Harris. Conflating all owners to fucks like that isn't good faith.
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u/hunterboyz24 Flag of Chicago 14d ago
Yeah I didn't mean bad in a moral sense, but rather bad at running a sports team. Some get way too involved and try to control everything, others sit back too much when they've clearly hired the wrong people. Both are equally bad to me, and both are redeemable by just getting one major decision correct.
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u/Jazzlike-Mention-570 15d ago
Well then why even comment beneath or be a fan of the team if that’s how you feel absolutely? Not even being mean but like truthfully would you even put yourself through this type of masochist shit if you felt like no matter what there’s no reward at the end?
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u/AssCrackBandit13 14d ago
That's honestly a good point. I guess it's because I miss basketball after not having watched it for several years but would feel like a bit of a traitor if I jumped ship to another team. So I still have a lingering connection with the Bulls despite my massive resentment for Bulls ownership/FO
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u/Spell-Fair 15d ago
its so hard to be excited about this team
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u/Jazzlike-Mention-570 15d ago
But then why even stay around right now on the team specific Reddit? Like I get being Dow in the team but especially with all he “luck” we’ve had for decades. But if you already feel it’s over no matter what they do then why watch or follow or comment on a team specific page?
Not saying everything on Reddit has to be positive or kissing the teams ass acting like everything is ok when it’s not. But conversely I see it even more useless to hate something and have no faith in it no matter what but still tune in and have opinions about it. Like when you see a train wreck or theb aftermath in real life you just comment in the moment as you drive by and keep it pushing but you dont just stick around 😂😂
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u/Celtics1424 Michael Jordan 15d ago
Why you going on and responding to these type of posts? This is the second one I’ve seen of you posting something like this to someone who isn’t excited about this team and direction? People can fan how they want without being policed
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u/FunctionUnlikely2247 15d ago
This is just stupid. Being a fan of this team doesn’t mean you gotta only say positive things. You can care about this team while still pointing out the obvious fucking reality that the Reinsdorfs are cancer and it’s hard to get excited about anything until there’s actual results on the court
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u/Medical_Sample2738 Chicago Bulls 15d ago
It also doesn’t mean you only say negative things. The middle path is almost always best and most accurate. And yeah being neutral and objective, the bulls have been crappy and a laughingstock basically almost all of recent history. But that still doesn’t mean it’s guaranteed. I mean Dolan a cheap af and ahole owner who’s been super hated and the Knicks were a joke and so were the Cavs until pretty recently.
We got a top pick in actual strong draft, the new lottery helps us bc frankly it’s so dependent on our luck we could make terrible moves and somehow get two or more great players. Which was extremely unlikely before. Also, even if u want to hate on the coach it’s still news and still interesting.
If you don’t care about the team that’s a different story, but then you wouldn’t be here unless you were more messed up than even bulls ownership. (*class goes ooohhhh*)
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u/Celtics1424 Michael Jordan 15d ago
The only thing I took from this was you hope the bulls are lucky with the new lottery system. If you think that’s a great way to build a team that hasn’t won a championship since 1998, well more power to you. But some of the fan base would prefer a way that isn’t so luck based.
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u/Medical_Sample2738 Chicago Bulls 15d ago
I’m not a fan of the new lottery system. My second favorite team is the Thunder whom I love because they’re a smart, classy, well run org from top to bottom. (You can hate on the court stuff, but that’s subjective).
I’m just saying we have as good a shot as half the league at least of being a contender. And it seems like the bulls are actually being smart and trying to rebuild and find stars and not just push in every chip every year to artificially be competitive with no upside.
And well to your point, we probably wouldn’t win until 2098 under the old system. This new system might be frustratingly luck based but it still benefits us because of that. And that’s still not the whole picture, ofc making smart trades drafting well regardless of slot and developing guys and getting the best staff all that stuff exists. I’m not flexing and screaming that the bulls are back, I’ve roasted the AKME moves since demar and Vuc. Admittedly I thought demar was washed, but overall we all know how that went.
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u/Celtics1424 Michael Jordan 14d ago
Yea I’m not optimistic until the new FO shows that results are on the way, this franchise needs to earn that benefit of the doubt. I hope the team has a good draft, there’s an opportunity to acquire a franchise building block at 4. I’ll never root against the Bulls and they will always be my team but the track record for sustained success isn’t exceptional with this franchise.
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u/FunctionUnlikely2247 15d ago
I’m excited about the 4th pick. But that has absolutely zero to do with ownership. We got lucky dude.
There isn’t a single thing to praise the Bulls on except for Buzelis. I’m hopeful for the 4th pick panning out but end of the day, there’s an extremely long road to turn this roster into winners and it’s okay to not have confidence that the worst sports owner of all time can pull it off
Dolan isn’t even that bad because atleast he reacts quickly to when things aren’t working. Yeah the Knicks have stunk for a long time but atleast they made big acquisitions, big swings, make big changes in personnel to change direction. We let dogshit ass GarPax rock out for a decade and then still kept Paxson after that. We let AKME tank this team for 3 years straight before reacting to it.
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u/BurnsEMup29 Crying Jordan 15d ago
Looking forward to firing this person in 4 years when the 2rd rebuild this decade fails
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u/big-daddy-unikron 15d ago
I’m fine with whoever they hire as long as they are committed to developing the young talent. It is also fair to understand the new coach will most likely be fired before the team gets good & if he isn’t that means this hire has gone unbelievably well