WisPolitics Budget Blog

• The #1 pick;
• A vacancy at head coach;
• An unsigned future All-Star;

A new owner would be awash in opportunity. Senator Herb Kohl will get maximum value for the Bucks right now, and the fans will get a winner again. Ever since Kohl canned Don Nelson, the Bucks have been shooting blind.

Senator Kohl doesn't meddle in roster decisions as much as other owners, but the bumbling job of dismissing Terry Porter indicates management and ownership needs a shake-up. If the stated reason for dumping Porter on the eve of the draft is to be believed, then the same reasoning applies to Kohl's ownership. A new era of Bucks basketball is dawning, and with it, new ownership should grab the day as well.

Let Kohl keep the U.S. Senate seat he bought in 1988, but please, sell the Bucks.

Maybe Janesville's Jim Fitzgerald would take back his Bucks. I'll ask.