The final preseason game is in halftime as I start this. There's actually a lot going on right now. There's a ton of rumors surrounding Joe Maddon becoming the new manager of the Cubs, despite the Cubs already having Rick Renteria as their manager, who had a very solid year this past year outside of a few questionable moves. I won't really bother with that much since this is a Bulls post, but it's not going to be a long one, so I will say that when it was first announced that Maddon had stepped down I didn't even think twice about it as far as the Cubs were concerned, and actually thought he might go to the White Sox since I really don't think Ventura is more than a bench coach type of guy right now. Anyway, I heard there were rumors linking Maddon to the Cubs and thought that there was about a 25% chance of anything happening, heard that there were rumors that the two sides were absolutely talking, and thought maybe 40% chance at that point. The silence from the Cubs front office has made me go to about 60% chance of it happening, since they could easily just deny it, and now there's even rumors that they just need to work out certain things, which puts it around 80% to me, that is, of course, assuming those rumors are true, which is far from a sure thing in itself.
Anyway, the Bulls are what this post is about. There's a lot of high expectations for the Bulls this season. They're deeper than they've been since the 2010/2011 season, and they look like they're even more balanced than they were that season. So what do I think will happen this season? In the end, I think it will be a successful season, but how will it play out? That's what the rest of this post is for.
