This is not hockey Vinny. So many substitutions in the final 6 minutes when you need to have a consistent flow on the court for the players. Kirk in for Rose. Rose for Kirk. Kirk for Ben. The game ends with Ben Gordon, the teams leading scorer that game, on the bench. When Rose is off the floor, the Bulls just stand around. Kirk dribbles… dribbles some more… dribbles again… and that’s that! I remember last year and a few years past when Skiles would go with the three-guard set of Duhon, Kirk and Ben. If Vinny has such a hard time making up his mind he should just throw all three out on the floor. I mean we made the freaking playoffs that way before. It was obvious Greg Kite Jr was non-existent and Tyrus only showed up in the first quarter so go small and use the three-guard with Deng and Nocioni. We did it in the past and won, why not now?

Another observation. The Thabo Sefolosha experiment/experience is over. Ever since Vinny and friends (most likely a Paxson initiative) decided Thabo was gonna get play over Larry Hughes I have taken a keen interest in his play. The verdict is in: He is guilty of having Zero offensive ability. Not only does he seem to have trouble making any sort of moderately difficult pass but his dribbling ability is that of an infant after a mashed-pea dinner. It’s over Thabo. Larry Hughes may truly be a jerk but I have to feel very sorry for him having to be subjected to watching this man take his spot and continually implode on the court.

So what has to give? You have to wonder about the initiative of both Paxson and Vinny. If I am interested in winning basketball games I am not trying to showcase players for trade or others to see how effective they can be on the court. Unfortunately, that seems to be the case right here. I know this: Either Kirk has to get traded or Vinny needs to start playing all three guards together (Kirk is the only one logisitcally sound for a trade). If I am a head coach of a basketball team and my goal is to win games then I play the best guys and whether I am a rookie head coach or Phil Jackson (I miss you!) I am in my GM’s ear letting him know what I expect to be done, regardless if he is my superior. Change must happen. If not through trade than through on the court decision-making, and that means utilizing the talent effectively. If Vinny doesn’t have what it takes to do it than get someone else who will. If Paxson is so in love with himself that he overvalues his talent and blows trade opportunities again like he did in the past than we need someone else who will grab the Bulls by the horns and do it. But we need change… we can believe in…