Riffing off this guys article..... http://blogs.chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/rosenblog/2009/01/from-this-perch-id-say-vinnys-out-the-door.html

I am thinking Vinny should be gone; but the question is who to replace. Do you subject a young Rose to a myriad of bad coaches early in his career. Since they are still paying Skiles and may even end up owing VDN cash if they did let him go; its hard to see them bringing in anyone at this juncture that would be quality. No - it more than likely would be the Del Bickerstaff combo. But - the franchise does have a wild card in Paxson; and he should take a page out of McChales book come down from his office and get a first hand look of what he put together.

The USA Today pre season rankings came out and they have the Bulls at like 26 or something like that, prettty low. Kind of an eye opener on how the team is viewed. The Blazers are at 4 or 5? Whats up with that, totally over rated. I always thought power rankings for pro sports was dumb any way, ecspecially pre-season. Its too bad because the team has a lot of talent; but for some reason something doesnt feel right; I think its this whoe Gordon thing, cant we just get on with it already?

Every great player needs a nickname. Jordan was "His Airness", Shaq "The Diesel",Brian Grant "Rasta Monsta",Bill Walton "Big Red", Rasheed Wallace "Dumb Ass", Clyde Drexler "The Glide", Brandon Roy "The Natural".

On the local sports radio show yesterday they were talking about nicknames for Oden. This one came to me while I was listening.What do you think any chance of catching on? Anyone have anything better?

Greg "G-O" Oden: The Great One

What a role KP has been on. I dont think he has wiffed on one move.

Until now.

Not because Greene went for 40 or the other dude; the power forward from KU who dropped like a dead weight in the draft looks as solid as can be. Not even because in light of the other players successes - Batum's game itself looks shoddy. More than anything - its a gut feeling. We will be looking back one day and will chuckle about Batum as a guy who never was; the same way Bulls fans laugh about Dalibor Bagaric; Heat fans think about Harold Miner, and Knicks fans remember Frederick Weis.

Although completely ridiculous with all the wild trade and draft speculation the thought crossed my mind - trade for Shaq?

I mean consider it for a second. Kerr and Pax are friends. Shaq could be effective in the East with the right coach. The suns love the bulls players.

Trade some sort of combination of Tyrus/Noah/Noce/Thabo/Hughes/Gooden

Draft Rose or Beasley

Rose/Gordon/Deng/Shaq/Thomas or Gooden

Hinrich/Gordon/Deng/Shaq/Beasley