Circus trip has made Bulls look like clowns

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The worst part about the Chicago Bulls' annual circus trip is that they are the ones that always seem to come home looking like clowns.

Since 1999 (a.k.a the year after Michael Jordan's retirement), the team has struggled mightily on its annual road trip, going 9-56, according to the ESPN Stats and Analysis team.

Last 10 Circus Trips

Season W-L
2008-09 3-4
2007-08 1-5
2006-07 1-6
2005-06 3-3
2004-05 1-6
2003-04 0-5
2002-03 0-6
2001-02 0-7
2000-01 0-7
1999-00 0-7

moneymaker wrote:Thank you its good to be amongst other Bulls fans again...

moneymaker wrote:But anyway as far as a coach goes i really like Avery Johnson because he is a defense first coach and he understands the importance of moving the ball and is a decent X and O coach, as far as i know.

Next would probably be Doug Collins mostly because he has experience and was a Bulls coach before and was willing to coach the team before Reinsdork ruined the negotiation.

Mike Fratello I would probably take over Doug Collins actually but the true ideal coach would be Larry Brown. He would be the perfect fit for this team if only he were available...

moneymaker wrote:Well there are many factors that make a team successful. But the Top two factors would talented players and a good coach.

moneymaker wrote:The Bulls are still fairly young team overall and young players need guidance from a coach who commands respect and has many years of coaching experience. Bulls also need to run offensive sets and play better team defense and this is what Larry Brown teaches and preaches.

You say Larry hasnt done well as of late that goes back to having talented players and talent players who BUY in to what the coach is teaching and preaching. Besides Even Phil Jackson Laker squad has faced failures most memorable was the first round ousting by the Phoenix Suns.

The question is....Is Reinsdork willing to dole out the money to lure Larry here? Wouldnt count on it...

So the Bulls finish their so called “circus” trip 1-5 and now 6-9 on the season and getting into dangerous territory of falling too far back in the Eastern Conference.

“You read my mind,” said Derrick Rose, who had 17 of his 19 points after halftime and won the matchup with Bucks prized rookie Brandon Jennings. “I know how hard it is from last year to get back to .500. We’ve got to take advantage. This was a game we were supposed to win and we let it slip.”

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“I have to do a better job of guarding my player,” said Joakim Noah, who had 16 points and 17 rebounds. “I feel the bigs are getting their way offensively with us. I have to play better post defense. My post defense is suspect right now.”

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The larger issue, to me, has been this passive offense that comes out exploring too many soft, side to side pick and rolls on top of the floor where the defense can easily set up and deny Rose. Rose, first of all, is likely much better without screeners bringing big men to him, and now that he seems healthy I get the sense he’s getting fed up standing around waiting for things to happen.



His alert second half seemed like a sign, including three straight scores early in the fourth quarter to give the Bulls a lead for the first time since the first minute of the game.





“I have to step it up (earlier), find a way,” said Rose, who my sense is has been put in a position this season to be passive more than he prefers. “Being a point guard you try to get the feel for the game. That’s the way I play. Then I step it up. Now I’ve got to step it up from the beginning. We let them get momentum too early

“It was a flashback,” Rose said about the second half. “I was like an old (Derrick) again. This was a game you were supposed to go from the beginning of the game. But we didn’t start that way. I see now I’m just going to start out.”

Run Derrick run.

See Derrick run

It’s time.

moneymaker wrote:We need to fire VDN or place him as an assistant and get a REAL coach who can instill a offense that allows the Bulls to run and function in a half court set. As well as teach and preach TEAM defense.