He may have built the dominant Bulls teams of the 90s, but for Jerry Krause things continue to be off-course after the turn of the century when last week he was shown the door by baseball's the New York Yankees, the Chicago Tribune is reporting.

Krause long considered baseball a stronger knowledge of his than basketball and he joined the Yankees in January after resigning from the position of General Manager of thie Chicago Bulls in April 2003.

According to the New York Post Krause's departure comes as part of the reconstruction of the team's minor-league system.