Paxson is an idiot Options

[eddog2]

http://www.suntimes.com/sports/mariotti/10...i062708.article


1st we don't draft CDR and instead trade for some guy who probably won't ever play in the NBA. Then Paxson makes stupid comments about how they aren't going to rush Rose into the starting role. To me that suggests that he is going to keep Kirk but I could be wrong. I'm not against keeping Kirk but if we keep him he needs to be the SG not PG. He can play PG with the 2nd unit but we have to throw Rose out there for 30+ minutes and in a starting role.

You don't draft a player # 1 overall and then not throw them out there. Especially when the only way to really learn the PG position is to play and get comfortable with yoru teammates.

[ChitownMan]

It just boggles my mind that everyone is so excited right now for a kid from home. It appears that they are appointing DR the savior of this city and team and that is a lot to ask of a kid. I would have preferred Beasley over Rose as I think Beasley is a beast and we need someone of his caliber. With a gluton of guards it will interesting to see what happens with this team. I just look at it that with a no-name coach, and a home town savior, this season is going to be very interesting.

[Balta1701-B]

It just boggles my mind that everyone is so excited right now for a kid from home. It appears that they are appointing DR the savior of this city and team and that is a lot to ask of a kid. I would have preferred Beasley over Rose as I think Beasley is a beast and we need someone of his caliber. With a gluton of guards it will interesting to see what happens with this team. I just look at it that with a no-name coach, and a home town savior, this season is going to be very interesting.

If you're expecting a title this season, you're going to be disappointed unless we trade Rose right now.

[ChitownMan]

It is not that I am expecting a title in 2009, it is just wanting to have a decent and respectable season. If you look at the moves that Pax has been making since the end of season, it just seems that this team in going downhill fast and not getting any better any time soon. Think about it, Derrick Rose is a hometown kid who the hometown team is looking to save this franchise. The franchise is putting a lot of pressure on this kid to be the newest phenomenon to this city and expectations will be far too steep for Derrick to live up to. It is the same scenario that Jarrett Payton would have gone through if he would have been drafted by the Bears. Unheard of expectations for an icon of this city. Not a good combination at this point.

That is the point that I am doing my best to express here Balta, not that I am expecting a chamopionship in 2008-09. Plus the hiring of Vinnie Del Negro is shocking at best. Del Negro was not much of a player and now he is a head coach with no experience anywhere coaching. Not a good combination in my book.

If you're expecting a title this season, you're going to be disappointed unless we trade Rose right now.

[eddog2]

It is not that I am expecting a title in 2009, it is just wanting to have a decent and respectable season. If you look at the moves that Pax has been making since the end of season, it just seems that this team in going downhill fast and not getting any better any time soon. Think about it, Derrick Rose is a hometown kid who the hometown team is looking to save this franchise. The franchise is putting a lot of pressure on this kid to be the newest phenomenon to this city and expectations will be far too steep for Derrick to live up to. It is the same scenario that Jarrett Payton would have gone through if he would have been drafted by the Bears. Unheard of expectations for an icon of this city. Not a good combination at this point.

That is the point that I am doing my best to express here Balta, not that I am expecting a chamopionship in 2008-09. Plus the hiring of Vinnie Del Negro is shocking at best. Del Negro was not much of a player and now he is a head coach with no experience anywhere coaching. Not a good combination in my book.

Derrick Rose seems to be fine with the pressure. He came out with a bolder statement and bolder expectations then any of us put on him. He said he wants to be the MVP next year and wants to get to the elite superstar level sometime over the next 5 years. Those were his words and I'm hoping he delivers.