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Retirement

I've read multplie versions of how Krause stepped down as GM of the Bulls. Sam Smith of the Chicago Tribune claims that Krause was forced out of office while other reports suggest that he retired due to health problems. Anyone know for sure as to why he stepped down? --TheAznSensation 2 July 2005 01:53 (UTC)

I contacted Sam Smith of the Chicago Tribune who is the beat reporter for the Chicago Bulls regarding the exact nature of Krause's retirement. He maintains that Krause was forced out of office: "all sides agreed it to be officially a resignation. but krause was told it was time to go. many resignations are like that" --TheAznSensation 01:20, 30 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Another thing, I have not come across any reports of Krause's health problems being related to obesity. The user who originally posted the comment did so with an anonymous IP address which leads me to believe that it may have been vandalism. I could be wrong but unless anybody gives credible evidence that he did indeed retire to due obesity problems, I am keeping that reference out of the article. And yes I do know that he was "overweight". --TheAznSensation 07:17, 10 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I don't recall any published mention of obesity as a cause. While Krause was overweight, I don't think it was to a life-threatening extent. Stress was the major cause cited, I think. Gorilla Jones 07:35, 10 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Where is the citation for this article? It seems that almost all of the information that the author has presented can be obtained by reading "Playing for Keeps: Michael Jordan and the World he Made" by David Halbertstam. - Srivatsan

You're right, I forgot to add the citation when I wrote it a year and a half ago. Now it's up. -- Davis21Wylie 16:14, 3 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Bias in comments on Krause

This article seemed very critical of Krause when talking about "how he tried to fit in"

are there lots of sources for this?

When talking about Krause, shouldn't viewpoints come from more than Halberstam's POV. This article seems very biased to me.

I totally agree...it's very biased. Someone should tag it with neutrality disputed. Bremen 20:43, 17 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

People who have a problem with the bias of this article should edit the article to fix it. The tag has been up there for three weeks, and nothing has been done. Having a tag at the top of the entry isn't an end point. Way too many Wikipedia articles get a tag like that and keep it indefinitely under circumstances like these. If you feel it's a biased article, get in there and improve it. This is supposed to be a collaborative effort, after all. Gorilla Jones 18:34, 6 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Good edits, Havardj. Gorilla Jones 08:15, 15 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Dennis Rodman

Dennis Rodman was drafted by the Pistons. He was then traded to the Spurs. After he left the Spurs he went to the Bulls. So I changed the part about him coming from the Pistons

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Bias

This article is amazingly biased against Krause. Krause was an idiot, but it's blatantly obvious to me that a VERY pro-Jordan person wrote most of the article. I trimmed tons of peacock terms, non NPOV allegations, added a lot of citation needed tags, and called for a major clean-up. This article at one point looked like something you'd find in a gossip rag. Major referencing is needed. 24.186.96.84 (talk) 23:52, 20 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Most of the "citation needed" tags are gone. I got a LOT of information out of David Halberstam's Jordan bio. Still needs quite a bit of cleanup, but it's nowhere near as bad now, IMHO. — Dale Arnett (talk) 01:48, 5 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

"The Last Dance"

This section (at least the bullet points) seems too gossipy to belong in an encyclopedia. Funnyhat (talk) 02:12, 10 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

References

Perhaps its my inexperience, but this article has footnote references that, when clicked and expanded, show up as empty. I thought at first it was an aberration upon number 15 regarding Krause’s “Crumbs” nickname but it twice recurred At numbers 22 & 23.

Upon further inspection, I found that each of these footnotes themselves pointed to an earlier numbered footnote. I now conclude that Wikipedia is unable to resolve such multiple or “nested” references. Therefore, I suggest the author correct this to improve the referencing capability. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Btbost (talk • contribs) 20:54, 6 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]