FB, under your scenario, an owner is never responsible for wins, only players. Of course it was Michael Jordan. It is always the players.
It always amazes me that Reinsdorf gets the blame for breaking up the Bulls, and no blame goes to Jackson or Jordan. Their egos had plenty to do with it. Jordan was mad because Reindorf didn't say the right thing while handing him a check for 33 million dollars. Give me a break! Jackson was mad that Krause did't invite him to his kid's Bar Mitzvah. These guys had giant egos, including Reindorf, and a breakup was inevitable. Why put all the blame on one party.
Also, Reinsdorf knows throwing money at players to keep a good team together doesn't guarantee anything. They told him he had to keep the spark plug Julio Cruz to keep the teams chemestry. He over payed for a guy and was stuck with the contract for years and they didn't win anything. If just spending money were the answer, the Yankees would win every year. They don't.
FB, Cub fans get jerked around by ownership more than anyone. They change managers over and over and each time the fans are optimistic for a year or two until he fails. Or they make a splach with a big signing and the fans pay for tickets another few years on the false hope. Meanwhile they lose year after year. How can you critisize Reindorf whose teams consistently win more than any other owner in this town, and be fooled by the Tribune making cosmetic changes over and over and stringing the die hard's along.
When will they ever have a farm system that develops players? That is the heart of a winning franchise. Enough said.