What Happened to the Chicago Bulls?

Daniel Hynes — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:45:44 -0400

The Chicago Bulls were supposed to have a great year in 2007-08. The team was picked by many analysts to make it to the Finals and possibly win it all.

That was not the case. The Bulls went completely in the wrong direction. They had high hopes but shot very low.

The start of the season was like all seasons since Michael Jordan left. They started slowly and were supposed to pick up in time. They continued to backslide.

The team was never able to put a good run of wins together, and when they did, it was against low quality teams like New York. The team had many distractions between two of the stars not signing big contracts, which led to bad performances on the court.

The talk about a trade with Kobe Bryant did not help the team's mental productivity. Despite their high hopes this year, the Bulls were destined for failure.

The firing of head coach Scott Skiles before Christmas was an obvious sign of what had happened and was going to happen.

Interim head coach Jim Boylan was also set to fail, when players did not show up to practice and were not on time for games. The team has many talents on it but needs some work if they wish to rejoin the Bulls of the 90s.

The team had the distractions of the rookies talking about things that a rookies should not talk about. Yes Joakim Noah is a good athlete but as a rookie he should not be talking about heart or lack of it.

The Bulls’ players need to take time after the season is done to rethink what happened this year. Missing the playoffs in a weak Eastern Conference is inexcusable. Boston and Detroit were the only big dogs in the East this year.

The Cavs who were in the finals just last year are fighting for the No. 4 spot. That team needs to help LeBron James out.

The Bulls' front office has to rethink their philosophy of the team. What do they want to do? Do they want to be run-of-the-mill and get walked on by Detroit, Boston or even New York.

The team has a bright future if they can acquire a superstar in the off season. The stars are going to be hesitant because team officials do not know what they want to do.

The fans of Chicago deserve to have a champion again in the city. The last to do that were the White Sox in 2005.

My final thought on the Bulls is that they need to work out their mental issues. If they want to win, they need to take a long look at themselves.

Chicago Fans Overrate Season Openers

Daniel Hynes — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 03:35:53 -0400

The Chicago fans have taken opening day of baseball too seriously. Fans put a lot of hope and wait for it, as spring training closed just over a week ago.

People were doubting what the Sox and Cubs could do for the season. The Cubs lose their home opener against the Brewers, as the Sox lose to the Indians. The Cubs showed that they may have more probles with Wood as the closer, seeing how his first pitch of the 9th inning (and of the season) hit a batter.

Many analysts believe that Wood should have never been given the closers job. I do agree in a way, because you cannot take a starting pitcher and have him close. As a starter you have a few innings to get into your groove. As a closer you have three outs, and if you cannot close the game then you may either blow the lead away and give up a victory in the process, or you make it harder for your offense to score runs.

Giving up some untimely hits, which results in more runs scored, makes for a harder to win ballgame. On the other side, the Sox showed that they have more fight as of right now, in comparison to last season. They made a hard fought come back after a terrible second inning of play. After some bad calls in the game, one should wonder whether the Umps are really watching the game, or not.

After the come back the lead was blown, which in a way is bad but at the same time it was more likely not a tiring fight back. In that case you cannot be upset with the Sox. The Cubs, on the other hand, had tied the game up with a three-run shot to send it to extra innings.

The Sox and Cubs have only played a few games so far this year, and people need to realize that there is still plenty of season left. If this is an indication of what is to come then we are in for a long season.

Which makes me ask: when does football start?

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What Happened to the Chicago Bulls?

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