madlithuanian

I think there's a fine line between relentlessness and Don Quizote-ness... And I think I'm starting to lean too heavily at jousting at windmills! I fear Ruskell could be next in line. It may be jumping out of the frying pan into the fire. But dammit if I don't think Ruskell will forget to check a box... And depending on how exatly JA goes, Georgie-Boy may clean house of management. I think Smith is more than safe regardless, which I am OK with for now.

Honestly, as long as he goes, I don't care how.

I basically do agree there. I am reaching...but, it stems from my base dislike of JA.

I will deal as long as JA is here. But I will never like him barring the unusual circumstance of us winning the SB shortly... Even then, I think it will be despite him.

Yes, it is a reach... But it is a possibility the Bears did not do enough due diligence. Was there a reason Dallas wan't so sad to see him go? It's just curious... I make no bones I dislike JA. So, add something like this on top of his numerous errors and blunders, and it's like nailing Capone on taxes instead of racketeering. But, at least he was nabbed...

I love your consistency!

Touche!

Raiders

Pix, your pendulum swung too far... I'm sure he's also not to blame for the housing bubble either...or Justin Bieber. The legitimate question of did the Bears do enough due diligence on Hurd is valid. That is JA's responsibility. He tells us that they did. I simply question if that truly is the case. I personally have to think the Bears probably did all they could. But a black eye it is nonetheless. And it occurred on JA's watch. Add this to a different long list of failures, and one could construe that it is time to move on.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/footb...0,7253856.story

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writ...4&hpt=hp_c1

We should lose. We do tend to do a lot of things we shouldn't...

That's how I looked at your info. I come from the school of Mark Twain, that there are lies, damn lies and statistics... But, I do find it interesting to look at numbers. (I am a damn accountant after all...) I agree with the basic premise that JA sucks. I have thought so for years. He doesn't pass the smell test at minimum. He reeks.

You know it's a strange day when when agree! Seriously, could there not be a better Christmas gift than handing the Packers a loss?

Sorry to butt in, hell...I'm not that sorry! But anyway, I kind of see this as an easy debate. On one side, I think you're more dis-satisfied with the plan. On the other, there's more dis-satisfaction of the performance. I'm actually of both frames of mind. Had I been the coach, I'd have rather been more aggressive, at least at minimum on D. That's just my philosophy. But given what the staff determined as their plan, it was winnable had the players done what they should have. Sadly, it really matters not at this point. One thing we know won't happen is Smith changing his ways. So pining for something different simply isn't going to happen.

I honestly hadn't thought of that. Good point.

My hope is that no integral bears gets taken down along with Hurd. I guess that's what we get by getting Cowboys...

I'll cut Conte some slack..he's a rookie, but the others have no excuse.

Getting rid of Sweatty Teddy would be a HUGE plus!

Call me crazy... I want to make the playoffs. With or without Jay and Matt. The experience is a good thing, even short-handed. And if by an odd chance we can KO a hated rival, then wonderful. (Fully realizing the odds of that are similar to a Lottery win...)

The fumble is forgivable...a physical act of failure is far more understandable than a mental one. But given his previous error, he is on a curved grading scale than if otherwise.

I said the same thing. They are going to give up the score in order to take time off the clock. I was actually thinking they may hold them once near the goal line, but the secondary F'ed up. The only thing little about Barber is his brain... He physically did just fine, but failed the game on a mental level. That's where I lay blame. Let's not forget all the droped passes Tebow also had. There was no guarantee that he wouldn't bomb away and hit the open guy with even more time on the clock. Again, I personally don't like it. But I understand why it was done. It was a chess move and had everyone on the Bears been playing chess, we'd have won. barber decided to not think and cost us the game based on the coaching game plan. I am not that big of a fan of Smith or his ways. But what he called was going to work as long as someone didn't commit a bonehead error.

Better than what we have other than Bennett. But not the savvy stud WR I'm really looking for.

The loss is on Barber. You hold an opponent on their own hostile turf to only 10 points in 4 quarters of play, that game should be easily won. This is Denver at home, not the Cardinals or Rams. I hate what the D did personally. I prefer to lose fighting hard rather than sitting back...but they did enough throughout the entire game to enable the team to win if Barber doesn't blunder...twice.

Gotcha. BTW - Very nice post...very informative.