What was it like coaching during the ’90s Bulls era

The Charter: A Chicago Bears Podcast

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4.4 • 699 Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2020

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Chicago in the '90s was all about Michael Jordan and the Bulls, so what was it like for the other major teams during that time? Host Laurence Holmes discusses this with four coaches who led teams in the shadow of the Bulls during that time. From the Blackhawks former coach Craig Hartsburg, from the Cubs Jim Riggleman, from the White Sox Gene Lamont, and from the Bears Dave Wannstedt, all come together to discuss one of the most important times in Chicago sports history.(0:43) - During the early '90s the White Sox had a shot at a World Series(7:02) - Are there universal rules across sports to coaching a great player like Jordan(14:34) - Was there pressure for Jim Riggleman and the Cubs to win because of the Bulls(21:55) - Difficulties coaching in the same building as the Bulls for then new Blackhawks coach Craig Hartsburg(28:15) - Favorite Jordan story or momentSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Thank you so much for doing this number one.
0:13.7	This is really exciting to have all of you guys available and for us to talk about
0:18.8	all of the different things that went on during the 90s,
0:22.2	not only with your team, but obviously as everything has gone on with the Bulls, talking
0:27.5	with you guys about what it was like to be around.
0:29.7	So here we have former Blackhawks coach Craig Hartzberg here with us, former White Sox
0:34.8	manager, Gene Lamont, former Cubs manager Jim Rigglement, and former Bears
0:39.0	head coach Dave Wonstadt. Okay, first things first. As a White Sox fan, Gene, I got to tell you,
0:48.8	I've been really upset watching the Last Dance documentary because in all the moments that we talk about the
0:56.9	White Sox, we aren't talking about the fact that the 93 White Sox were hoping to win a
1:01.6	World Series and a 94 White Sox could have won the World Series.
1:05.8	It's been driving me insane.
1:07.8	So I wanted to talk with you.
1:09.6	During that time, 93,94, while Jordan is both
1:13.7	winning a championship and then going away, what was it like for the White Sox back then?
1:20.5	Well, you know, myself, I was a big bowl thing. I grew up with Chet Walker and Jerry Sloan and
1:26.4	Norm Van Lear, so I was really interested in the Bulls.
1:29.3	So, of course, glad to see them win.
1:31.6	But, you know, when you're fighting for a championship,
1:34.6	you lose a little bit of what's going on in the other sports, I think.
1:38.0	But it was interesting.
1:39.4	You know, you have Michael Jordan in town, the best basketball player maybe ever.
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