00:00We were trying to figure out if you're searching for a GM, how much your candidate pool gets
00:05limited. Understanding that I believe in the Reinsdorf's eyes and Michael's eyes that he
00:12didn't want to punish Billy Donovan for being functional in a dysfunctional atmosphere where
00:17there wasn't a clear direction when it came to understanding what Arturis Karnaschovas and Mark
00:21Eversley was doing, where Billy was trying to coach the players to still win. He was still
00:26trying to do his job. Now, in the greater picture of it is tanking and understanding what that looks
00:31like in the NBA. And the coach has to play along with that. I'm not implying that there is dissonance,
00:37but I am pointing out that Billy Donovan doesn't do that. He didn't do that. He was wired to win
00:42games. You saw it day in and day out with no matter who the talent was. And then we also
00:46saw how that
00:47played out on the court. So I was always under the impression that they didn't want to fire him
00:53because that is still as an employer a punishment. But it just made for a process that was going to
00:59be really tricky when it came to finding somebody. Because the first criteria would have therefore
01:03been, are you okay with Billy Donovan being the head coach? And then you and I said, well, the next
01:09logical thing that has to happen is, in order for this to be a smoother process, he would have to
01:13step
01:13away. I sincerely believe he did this for the good of the team. And after the year that he had
01:19had,
01:20where he had had multiple deaths in his family, where he had had a very tumultuous and traumatic
01:27year off of the court, and then had to deal with what was going on on it, I could understand
01:32why
01:32he would want to step away. That was always a question I had before whatever happened with the
01:36front office. Did he want to be here? And true to his word, he took the time, waited for the
01:42season to
01:43end. And now we understand after six seasons, he's no longer here.
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