Rose owes his bosses better, now. The Bulls have every incentive to want the best for his health for both the short and long term, and are taking the high road in allowing an employee to reject a team medical plan on his own whim.

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/04/07/bernstein-derrick-rose-not-doing-his-job/

Not doing his job? Thibs should tell him to.

Bernstein encapsulated right here:

Does he owe it to his teammates to come back? Does he owe it to the paying customers? Does he owe it to NBA fandom at large? No. Derrick Rose is indebted to no man but Jerry Reinsdorf.

I challenged Dan about this corporate sensibility he seems to be permeating now. He didn't have a very satisfactory answer.

What did he say?

Bad answer. I'd rather believe he's being strongarmed from above into being the champion of the 1% he is today than to believe he has freely and willfully chosen to be Jerry Reinsdorf's attack dog (not to mention a general jerkoff).

Jesus, CH.

Your avatars are just ridiculous.

agreed and forgot to say the same...

he's always voiced the credo of bowing to the suits (can't say things on the air, might not get it past legal) (can't answer certain questions here on the board, might not get it past the suits). Just can't understand why Jerry has influence over him.

For the record, I agree that Rose is being really weird about this and really ought to get back on the court in some limited capacity. I just think he owes it to himself more than to his bosses.

Also, can this finally be the end of the whole "Rose may be cleared by doctors, but there's one person who has to clear him, and that's Jerry Reinsdorf" misinformation? please?

I can't even begin to imagine what kind of internal struggle he'd have to go through if Jerry Reinsdorf wasn't a member of the tribe and subscribed to J Leman style voodoo practices.

I'm starting to wonder if Dan ever would have become a Sox fan if they had been bought by gentiles. For someone who misses no opportunity to refer to Chicagoans as insular, provincial, and tribalist, his own sense of self-identity is roughly to the right of Herzl.

Also, can this finally be the end of the whole "Rose may be cleared by doctors, but there's one person who has to clear him, and that's Jerry Reinsdorf" misinformation? please?

But to speak more to your comment, Dan didn't bow to the suits when DePaul tried throwing its weight around when the kiddie diddling stories first made waves. I wonder what changed.

Still waiting on any sort of reasonable proof that this happened.


Its a cool story. I just dont know if its a little exaggerated to make Bernstein come off better.

I wasnt around for this and I dont know, but this always felt like an exaggeration if not outright lie by Bernstein

According to Bernstein, DePaul athletic director Jean Lenti Ponsetto asked him to refrain from making jokes on the issue and gave him a list of references he should avoid.

According to Bernstein, DePaul athletic director Jean Lenti Ponsetto asked him to refrain from making jokes on the issue and gave him a list of references he should avoid. Bernstein told DePaul he couldn't comply and the Catholic university decided to go in another direction with Gleason.

Ponsetto recalls the situation differently. She said DePaul went with Gleason because he is a better fit for the school. During the last five years, Bernstein and Gleason split the broadcasts. According to sources, DePaul wanted to go with one person doing the games.



I wasnt around for this and I dont know, but this always felt like an exaggeration if not outright lie by Bernstein