Steve, good morning. How you doing? I'm doing fine, gentlemen. Thanks for having me on.

Well, we appreciate you jumping on. What did you think when you heard Michael talking about the fact that

he had fired both AK and Mark Eversley and the Bulls were moving forward.

Was there anything about it that jumped out to you?

Well, I mean, what you guys played coming in from the break,

that really was the money quote, wasn't it?

That, you know, whoever they hire better be okay with Billy Donovan as the coach.

And, you know, on its surface, you'd say, well, you know, Billy Donovan's a good coach.

I actually think that, you know, he was down the list for, you know, any of the failings that the Bulls have put their fans through in recent seasons.

I think Billy's a good coach. I understand Michael's desire that Billy be kept around, but there's a pecking order

to this stuff, not just in the NBA, but in professional sports. And if you're going to tie

a boss's hands on his coaching selection, which

can be one of the most important things that a general manager, a VP, or whatever title they

assign, ever does in that job, then at the very least, you're going to shrink the pool of candidates interested in that job.

Now you may still get a great guy, it might be, or a great performer.

You might have a wonderful dynamic between the executive and the coach,

but you know, the odds start to go against you.

Do I think Billy should have been fired in one fell swoop with Acme?

No, I don't, just because of what I had said.

I didn't think that he was, you know, as culpable.

I thought those guys should have been fired sooner, frankly. But, um, I didn't think that he was, you know, as culpable.

I thought those guys should have been fired sooner, frankly.

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