madlithuanian

This game is impossible to predict. We know based on last year, Lazor taking over took about 2 games to really have a good impact. So, I think it'll not make an enormous difference. Who the QB should make a difference, but I'm not sure on the exacts. Foles could be great for one game. Dalton, probably meh. Fields will probably struggle. One thing for certain, despite it being the Lions, etc...they have played hard on their 3 losses. I expect no different against us. In fact, I expect them wanting us even more being divisional rivals and looking like we might be ripe for the picking. I think Detroit wins a close one. I have no faith in coaching.

Thanks. It was therapeutic.

I already posted my letter! I'm in agreement with virtually everyone here. Pace and Nagy have to go. Phillips should go. This franchise needs a football mind at the top, not an accountant.

xxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxx Season Ticket Waiting List (ID# xxxxxxxx) Mr. George McCaskey Chicago Bears Halas Hall 1920 Football Dr. Lake Forest, IL 60045 September 28, 2021 Dear Mr. George McCaskey, This is my second time writing to you regarding the poor results of the Chicago Bears’ current GM and Head Coach. I have included my first letter that I sent at the end of last season. I am also including the response that you so kindly sent. I first want to thank you for your letter. I truly appreciate that you took time out of your busy day to address my concerns. It is a strong sign that you care what us fans think about the team. I have watched a lot of good and a lot of bad from the Bears over my 51 years on this earth. Last weekend, against the Browns might have been the absolute worst I’ve ever seen. Defensively, the team held up their end of the bargain. However, the offense was truly ineffective. In fact, they looked so out of place, so unprepared, so unwilling to adapt, and so mistake prone that it looked anything but professional. The young and talented Justin Fields (who is our future) was literally set out to be a tackling dummy for the Browns aggressive defense. Coach Nagy did him no favors. Numerous local and national sports reporters have publicly called out the atrociously poor job Mr. Nagy did. It’s not just the media in Chicago. Now, the world is watching. And if Mr. Nagy continues to be the head coaching, your fan base might stop watching. Additionally, GM Ryan Pace, while obtaining some good players, has leveraged the future by giving away money to pricy free agents and future draft picks to get higher draft picks. The results have been hit and miss. But, continually doing this without much to show for it is financial malfeasance. He keeps spending money he will need in the future. At some point, you have to pay up. And the Bears will be in a serious cap issue when the team desperately needs young talent and lots of it to make up for lack of depth. These actions by Mr. Pace sadly set us up to fail in the next few years right as Justin Fields will hopefully be ascending. As I mentioned in my previous letter, I have not paid for Direct Ticket this season. I got to see games 1 and 3 on national TV and was extremely disappointed. Until Mr. Pace and Mr. Nagy are relieved of their duties, I am left with no choice but to continue to vote with my dollar. I will not purchase any Bears item until those gentlemen are relieved of their duties. I simply cannot support the direction that this team is going. There is a difference between backing into the playoffs (and getting bounced out each time) with expanded playoffs (with a non-winning record) and being a legitimate contender. One winning season out of three is not acceptable. While I am certain both men are very nice people, they simply aren’t good at their jobs. I am not alone in this thinking. I wish you and your family the best. I thank you for your acknowledgment of my concerns. It pains me to feel this way about my team. It’s just painful to invest one’s heart and soul into something so mismanaged. I just can’t sit back and watch this without saying something. Bear down. Sincerely,

The problem is Nagy is addicted to the smell of his own poop. Even when he does the right thing and sees success...like giving the play calling to Lazor last year or running Monty this past week...he can't help but reach for that fix again! Gotta get that poop back! Gimme my playcalling back now and we don't need to run Monday when we have a bubble screen or can run Mooney up the gut! Trickeration! Look at me ma! Smartest guy in the room!

Good point. Lame Duck Nagy fun...

Bingo! I think Feilds doesn't save his job, probably prolongs it a season more than it should. Nagy is too attached to a "system" in his head that could be pure fantasy. Good HC's system is called adaptation. Look at what Sean Payton is doing. Billicheck. Ravens. They all change to fit the talent they have. Not pining for some perfect planet aligning group of players that only exist in his mind.

Agreed. We keep pushing more money into the future which will limit us.

His name is Fields.

Agreed. Why not try and bring Ed Donnatel? He was that last coach that got anything good out of the secondary and was tied w Fangio.

Sounds good to me

Why not. Williams is unnecessary. In fact, also trade Eddie Jackson while we can get something. Trade Mack, Quinn, and Hicks. The D is too old and ho depth. We need youth and volume.

I'd like to think Nagy might be, at best, like Doug Collins for the Bulls. We got Fields (Jordan - yeah, not fair comparison), but Nagy won't get him over the hump. But, after thinking about it, Doug Collins is like Pat Riley compared to Nagy. Nagy is a buffoon clown show. Pace too.

You nailed it...

What's in your glass? Mine, a Lagavulin 16! Cheers gents!

Exactly! Hoping to fill holes with cast offs that are expensive and old isn't how championship franchises do things...

Once I see Fields on the field, my hope will be back!

If we can establish a running game... That right there is the biggest "IF" of all... I don't trust Nagy to do it. History shows he won't. It's not in his "scheme".

You are sadly, probably correct. I think 26-17. But fear worse...

The biggest difference is the Rams are simply not Detroit. They don't have that black cloud of doom hovering above them.

I miss your optimism! My preidiction is Rams 26, Bears 16. I don't see Nagy doing anything different to garnish different results. Dalton is just a bit better than Foles, maybe. Our D should be a bit better, but what we gain in Goldman, we lost in Fuller. So, it's a wash. I fear Stafford picking us apart slowly with slants or passes to the TE. We can't defend those for crap. We've been unable to since Url retired. Nagy will refuse to run Monty as usual (or at minimum call the worst plays for him, especially at the most integral of times...ie. 3rd and 1, and then some trickeration end around flea flicker back to Monty for no gain), which is our only hope of winning. My jadedness departs when Fields plays. Everything else is a waste of time.

I have no problem losing a pick to get Fields. That's a franchise altering choice. Jenkins? Not so much. I fear those deals on the old men of Quinn Graham, Trevathan and Foles will hurt us with cap penalties next year due to how we rearranged the deals.

Thanks! Oh man, he's constantly leveraging the now (and making a poor decision at it) for the future.

You absolutely rocked this!

Well said. He's just good enough and just bad enough. We need better. I think we have one of the oldest, if not THE oldest roster in the league. That does not bode well. Means lack of depth and if you swing and miss as often and Pace does, it sets you back even further.