Dark Days are Coming!

Many around the world of basketball think the dark days are already here for the Bulls. But I disagree. I think what we saw on Monday and Tuesday is just a sign of things to come. On Monday the Bulls dominated the Kings for two and half quarters and at one point in the 3rd were up by 35 points. The game looked over, the Kings were playing some bench guys the game was literally over, but the Bulls continued with their starters. The guys started relaxing, they started getting tired, they started turning the ball over. VDN didn't adjust, didn't go to his bench, didn't do anything. So the Kings get momentum and win the game. Did Rose miss a potential game tying floater? Yes. But let's be honest, if you're up 35 in the second half and the other team comes back to take the lead, you're not going to win that game.

So the Bulls make history by blowing the single biggest second half lead...at home...EVER. It's the biggest blown lead in franchise history and more importantly, before this game started the team appeared to have turned the corner by winning two in row (see below for full details).

Last night the Bulls went back on the road for one game, to MSG, to face the NY Knicks and the coach the Bulls should have hired Mike D'Antoni. So what happens, they shit the bed and only scored 31 points in the first half. Shocking!!! Who would have thought the day after blowing a 35 point lead the Bulls would then lose to a shitty team. Anyway, all the talk today is about how D'Antoni should have been the Bulls coach, and both teams are worse off. But to me that is irrelevant. What is relevant, the Bulls have a no talent coach, a very talented top five (including Tyrus Thomas), and a management team that is afraid to fire another coach and is to incompetent to replace him with someone talented.

So where does that leave us Bulls fans and where does that leave the team? My guess, a very dark place. The players are pros, they won't flat out quit on Vinny, but it has become abundantly clear that the players have lost faith. You can see it on their faces whenever they fall behind by more than a bucket or two, you can see it in the post game interviews where Noah says things like, "If you were my friend, I would tell you a lot of things, but I feel like if I say something, it's going to make things really bad," and you can see it in the scoreboard. There is no reason the Bulls should ever lose to the Kings or the Knicks. They are better at virtually every position, except for coach.

In fact, a lot of the Bulls losses this year are against teams where they are more talented from top to bottom. So what does that tell everyone except for Bulls management? That the coach has to go! Well, it doesn't tell Bulls management that, but it tells everyone else that Vinny needs to go. But since VDN won't get fired I just see more and more losing and more and more games being lost because the coach is incompetent. It's amazing the way the Bulls are losing games. Blowouts, poor defense, poor offense, guys not knowing where to rotate on D, zero offensive plays, guys standing around on offense, and the team only going 7 deep no matter what the situation is. This all comes down to coaching, and let me tell you, Ben Gordon wouldn't change any of it. The only thing that will change this trend is a new coach.

FIRE VINNY DEL OVERMATCHEDO AND HIRE A GOOD COACH IN SEASON ALREADY!!! My nominees are Avery Johnson, Sam Mitchell, and Lawrence Frank! This season is about to get out of hand, and unless drastic changes are made immediately we are looking at another lottery pick between 9-14!!!