Wiz Vets wrote:The rest of our bench, our younger guys, they have to get better. They have to get better."
After the game, veterans Antonio Daniels, DeShawn Stevenson and Antawn Jamison said they are in the process of re-arranging the locker room. The idea is to separate Andray Blatche and rookies Nick Young and Dominic McGuire to create a more serious pregame environment.
Said Stevenson: "We've got too much joking and playing around going on in here before games."
Jamison said his main goal is to make the young players understand how valuable their contributions will be as the season plays out.
"When you're young, you need as little distraction as possible," Jamison said. "We're just going to get them seated by some professional guys. When I first got in the league it was about being surrounded by veteran guys and learning from them and that's what we want to create in here. So far, we're not satisfied with the growth in that area because this is a veteran team. This is not a young team where you can just go out there and just play. You've got to do it a certain way."
This quote makes it so clear that the Bulls seriously lack leadership. They bring in a rent a leader on their last legs (JYD, Antonio, P.J.) but no one with the guts to call guys out on the carpet for behaviour, underperformance and professionalism.
The team needs a quality player to take ownership of the team. Ben Wallace is the antithesis of a leader. Kirk is mute. Ben is concerned about Ben. Heck, after blowing two games last week in the final seconds with stupid turnovers he stated in the paper that he wished someone else who step up and be the man at crunch time. Luol doesn't appear to have it. Duhon is the only guy will step up say something, but he sucks. Noc? Language barrier.
The team won't improve until its best players take ownership of the team.
