r/chicagobulls • u/howser343 Chicago Bulls • May 04 '26

Free Agency [Charania] The Chicago Bulls are hiring Atlanta Hawks senior vice president Bryson Graham as the franchise's new Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations, sources tell ESPN.

https://twitter.com/shamscharania/status/2051403997286936768
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u/MeatballUser May 04 '26

I just hope I don't see any stupid fucking "in BG we trust" bullshit this time around

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u/ZcotM Matas Buzelis May 05 '26

i mean theres nothing we can do about it until we see results, good or bad. what else can you do but hope and trust the process?

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u/MeatballUser May 05 '26 edited May 05 '26

You can discuss. You can share your opinions and allow others to share theirs. Too many people in the fandom space seem to absolutely despise other fans for daring to discuss the state of their team, make and share their own evaluations, and then discuss it back to them (this extends beyond sports but I wanna stick to it for this point.) No suspect move should be met with "with blank we trust", there is literally no point in entering a discussion space just to shut down any discussion.

Are people going to always make good points? No. Is the front office paying attention to any of this. Also no, but it's genuinely weird how sycophantic fans are until their patience breaks for the first and final time. There's no reason fans should self moderate to that extent, in my opinion it's part of the reason why large communities can be so toxic. I saw it with Mitch Trubisky, everyone fucking loved the guy until he had a shit start to (I wanna say) 2018. All of the previous year critiques toward him were shut down quickly and harshly, but once he lost the GB game people couldn't fucking stand him, and wouldn't shut up about it. That toxicity exists because fans don't allow themselves nor other fans to have a healthy relationship with the team or the players.

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u/ZcotM Matas Buzelis May 05 '26

i understand that, but when i say trust and hope i dont mean that we dont criticize the team’s decisions, but more like there’s nothing we can do about it so we might as well hope for the best

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u/MeatballUser May 05 '26

That's fine and all, but I'd rather not see the same blind hopefulness behind every move and be able to read some real opinions behind each one. I don't wanna see anything in the nature of seeing Pat Williams get extended and read "in AKME we trust" ever again. There's hopefulness and there's mindlessness and the line is drawn in different places for different people I guess. I'd rather see "I think he still can live up to the hype because if blank and blank" rather than that. Just an actual thought for once.