It's no secret that Chicago Bulls fans have been fed up with the team's front office for quite some time now. The Bulls have made the NBA Play-In Tournament and lost before the playoffs for three straight years now, and the team hasn't really shown a lot of urgency in terms of creating change. The Bulls are stuck in mediocrity, and the front office has seemed complacent. So, when reports surfaced on Tuesday evening that vice president Arturas Karnisovas and general manager Marc Eversley were receiving extensions, fans weren't happy.
“On the heels of reports that the Bulls and Billy Donovan have begun contract negotiations, Artūras Karnišovas and Marc Eversley have already had their deals extended, a source told @itsthebigs on Tuesday,” Drew Stevens said in a post.
Bulls fan have already seen enough these past few years, so this is the last thing that they wanted to see.
“Rewarded for failure, are they hiring? Seems like a nice low stress job,” one fan said on social media.
The Bulls are owned by Jerry Reinsdorf, who is also the owner of the Chicago White Sox. However, Reinsdorf has a plan in place for an ownership transition for the White Sox, but nothing has been said about the Bulls yet.
“You know things are bad when you're jealous of the White Sox solely because they have light at the end of the Reinsdorf tunnel…,” another fan said.
Bulls fans are struggling to see what has been done in recent years that would reward the front office with extensions.
“When you consistently, just, make the play-in, to lose immediately, GOTTA reward the masterminds,” a fan wrote.
Some fans are going to stay faithful through this difficult time for the franchise, but some fans are having trouble finding a good reason to continue to support the Bulls.
