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Alright, so the day after the All-Star break and for most NBA teams, it’s a day of travel back home and rest up for the resumption of the regular season on Tuesday. Not for Thomass Thibodeou and his Chicago Bulls. One day after Joakim Noah put more wear and tear on his already troubling feet, he was back at it in practice a mere 12 hours after the conclusion of the All-Star game along with Luol Deng in Deerfield.

You see Bulls fans? The coach apparently doesn’t understand the whole “lose the battle to win the war” campaign. He thinks every game is Game 7 of a playoff series rather than, game 53 of an 82-game season. Noah should have rested at least, a full week before even getting back on the court to practice. If I were him, I’d pull a Latrell Spreewell and choke the shit out of the Dusty Baker of basketball. Instead of their arms falling off, it will be their legs. Instead of throwing 130 pitches on a 90 degree day, it’s putting in 42 minutes on a hardwood court.

Our good friend Chucky said it best last week. He basically asked what the point would be in bringing back Derrick Rose this season? In fact, why have him playing under this coach at all? Oh yeah. All of the “experts” were saying he would be back by now and he admits that he doesn’t feel the same. Just remember who’s fault that is.

Good day.

Since our beloved Bears are in hibernation and the Bulls continue to suck, there are a couple things we could discuss.

The Illini pulled out two wins out of their asses against Indiana and Minnesota!

Also, the Blackhawks have been kicking some ass. I’ll be at the game next Sunday against the Kings. Also, I love Jonathon Toews. Just saying.

Yes. And in the next game or two, you can bet that “Thibs” will be playing him for 40 minutes or more. It’s just glorious how a coach doesn’t give a shit if a player is injured or coming back from an injury. Once your back, you are thrown into the mix like you haven’t missed any time. Don’t worry though. When the playoffs roll around, they’ll get bounced early again in the playoffs because Thomass is a dip shit and doesn’t know how to rest players. Remember the 2011 Eastern Conference Finals? Game 3 specifically? If not, here it is in a nutshell: Derrick Rose played the entire second half and was completely out of it down the stretch. The rest is history.

Fuck Jerry Reinsdorf. Fuck John TamPaxson and Garfunkel too. Ladies and gentleman: The Three Stooges of the Chicago Bulls.

Preface – I am referring to this article. I know. I’m such a genius!

Ray Lewis garbage aside, congratulations to the Baltimore Ravens for winning the Super Bowl and making Colin Kaepernick look human for once. According to Dan Bernstein, apparently myself and millions of others are idiots for thinking that there might be some type of conspiracy for thinking something was odd when the lights went out. I put nothing past NFL commissioner Roger Goodell these days. That guy is a scumbag and whatever spews out his mouth is 100% bullshit. I am not saying it’s a fact that he or someone else had something to do with that situation, but did anyone else find it interesting that it happened when the game was getting out of hand?

Now onto that article that I wrote in December. It was clear now, that the Ravens made the right choice. When they weren’t producing on offensive, John Harbaugh made a gutsy move and fired his offensive coordinator in favor of Jim Caldwell who had success with Peyton Manning. Why am I writing this? Because I am still pissed off with what happened with the Bears this season. It was clear that Mike Tice wasn’t getting the job done. The fact that Lovie Lee Smith was stubborn and thought that Tice was the savior was a load of crap. I am not saying this always works but if Lovie had half of a brain, something would have changed in attempt to fix things.

Instead, the Bears offense continued to spiral into the ground. Yes. We are all happy now with how the Bears are running things because there is a new regime in place. Finally. But to think that we wanted the Bears to fail isn’t true. We all want the Bears to win. I wanted Lovie Smith to take his foot and shove it up all our collective asses by winning the Super Bowl. Instead, we’re watching two other teams fight it out for yet, another year.

I have optimism for once. It seems like Emery has the right coaches in place. If anybody knows what kind of changes Trestman made with his CFL team, then it’s even more reasons to be excited. The draft is in two and a half months and I am ready to see what will be done.

Your thoughts on the Super Bowl and anything else. Have at it folks.

Saturday night, the Bulls added another team to their list of pathetic losses this season by losing to the almighty Washington Wizards by double-digits. It wasn’t even that close. The Bulls had a whole bunch of turnovers and that’s what did them in. In the last 30 days, the Bulls have lost to the Bobcats, Suns and Wizards. What contending team loses to three of the shittiest teams in the NBA?

This all lies on head coach, Thomass Thibodeou. It’s one thing to be in the game and lose because the other team is better but it’s another to not show up. The Bulls always play down to their competition and it’s the coach’s responsibility to have his team ready and for the most part this season, that’s not the case. Their record doesn’t mean anything either. Look at all of the games they have had double-digit leads only to see them piss it away in spectacular fashion. When I was at the game in Toronto two weeks ago, the Bulls had a 19-point lead, blew it and should have lost the game but thanks to a blown-call at the end of the game (Deng pushed off a defender for the game-winning shot), it didn’t happen.

On Monday night, Michael Jordan’s Charlotte Bobcats return to the United Center. This is going to be tough. The Bobcats are the only team that can match up well with the Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals.

Fire away.

After hearing the press conference with new Bears head coach Marc Trestman, did you feel refreshed? To finally hear a coach for the Chicago Bears not shove bullshit in our faces, did it seem awesome? At least in my lifetime, I’ve never seen anything like this. I’ve never heard a coach for the Bears be forward by saying “We have a sense of urgency to win”. Did Lovie Smith ever mention that there was a sense of urgency to win? The answer is no. Our good friend Chucky was the one who noted that Lovie always told the media that some games weren’t “must win” but after it was too late, then it was all of a sudden that way.

From what I heard, Trestman also said that his priority would be to protect Jay Cutler. Basically, he’s implying that he is aware that the offensive line sucks and that he wants a new line that can actually protect Cutler so he can have more than two seconds to run the ball. Anybody else agree with that too?

Before all of this, it was “we have a good football team” and “we like the players we have now”. In addition to all of this, the entire Lovie regime of assistant coaches are gone. I was fine with Marinelli staying but he decided to leave on his own terms. You see Bears fans? This is how franchises build teams that win a Super Bowl. The Packers let Favre go and they won the Super Bowl a few years later with Rodgers. The Steelers put in Ben Rapistberger after Tommy Maddox started to suck and they have won two Super Bowls in three chances since 2006.

Listening to Emery and Trestman can make anybody jump on board with what they do and as a Bears fan, I am finally feeling good about the future of this team.

Many were thinking Jimmy Johnson was a lunatic last week when he said that the Bears seemed to have found their coach in Marc Trestman. It turned out he knew more than we did.

I am sure most of us here had no idea who this guy was until two weeks ago. He’s been around for about two decades in the coaching world and everywhere he has been, it’s been a success as far as the offense is concerned. I am fine with Rod Marinelli still being the defensive coordinator although it has been frustrating to watch the Bears in late half and late game situations when the I-Pass defense makes their presence felt. Side note, it turned out that the Broncos did their best impression of the “Cover Who” defense on Saturday. Ouch.

I am on board with this hiring. In fact, I am with Phil Emery on all of his decisions so far. He has said all the right things and unlike Angelo, he actually explains his actions rather than insult media reporters (whistle Dixie!). If anything with this hiring, it’s a breath of fresh air from the last guy. I am confident that we will not hear the phrase “We get off the bus running” anymore.

Your thoughts in the thread.

Hello friends. Welcome to Fire Tom Thibodeau. Over the last three seasons, Tom Thibodeau has been fucking the Bulls out of contending for a championship. For a list of reasons why he needs to be fired, I advise you to click on “Reasons To Fire Tom” which is on the side of the homepage. An example would be playing his starters too much and never giving them a break. We call that Dusty Baker Syndrome.

On Wednesday, the Fire Tom Thibodeau crew (just me) will be in Toronto to witness the Bulls play the Raptors. My seats are pretty close to the bench so if I get a chance, I will voice  my opinion on this idiot.

For all of you newcomers, Bears fans and the regulars, no worries. We are just getting started here. We will keep it going with the Bears talk and other things as we have over the last few years after other people were fired.