chitownman

I just saw an email to me from Mad Lithuanian in regards to an article I wrote for a Cubs fan website that I blog on once in a while. Mad asked me to share the link I sent out to a group that I am a part of that is based in Southern California. So here is the link to the article I wrote about Mr. Cub, Ernie Banks. I hope you all enjoy it. http://worldseriesdreaming.com/2015/01/24/i-am-sad/

Like someone stated earlier in the thread, John Fox maybe a good coach however, he is not a great coach. I have seen some of the stats and his record as a head coach and it is barely above .500. I understand the thinking that having a young GM it may be good to match him up with a more experienced head coach yet, it seems like Fox is still a retread. If the latest rumors are accurate, Fox wanted to establish more of a running game versus a passing game. With Elway being a former passing QB, their OC wanting to stay with more passing and Manning griping about have more of a passing game versus a running game tells me that Fox maybe a good choice. Not sure who to definitely bring in and it looks like we'll more likely than not wind up with Fox in place. As much as McCaskey and Philips said that the status quo was not acceptable, this in a way does feel like the status quo to me.

Like someone previously stated, Shanahan has not won a playoff since prior to Cutler's arrival in Denver. Personally I do not want a retread former top coach as it probably won't work. Shanahan fizzled out in DC (yet anyone would with Daniel Snyder) and it seems that the game has passed him up a bit. I am not keen on Rex Ryan either. I just hope that there is not another Trestman type experiment waiting to happen out there.

I watched the press conference as many others did as well. The comment or line that stuck out the most to me was when someone asked George McCaskey how his mother Virginia has felt during this whole process. George got a bit choked up which was nice to see some emotion and said, "She is in agreement, has been supportive.....She's Pissed Off!" Not sure that still having Ted Philips in any Football Operations position is good thing however, it seems like the family is starting to get it on how we the fan base feels and hopefully it will be the start of a true move in the right direction!

Kap & Haugh are talking about that right now! It will be good if that does happen and George hires a true football person to be the face of the franchise for the family and rebuilds this team. They are talking about going the way of the Ricketts family with the Cubs and rebuilding the Bears. If it really is happening that will definitely change the culture of the team for the positive!

I like the news so far out of Lake Forrest and it is exciting. Listening to Danimal with Kap & Haugh this morning and Danimal is fired up as well. I agree as well with many that Sweaty Teddy needs to be reassigned to business operations and get a true football person in charge as President & C.E.O. reporting to The Family! Nice start to the off season of such a disastrous season! The Experiment failed and signing that QB without having him prove himself this year was to much to overcome for a so called GM and it should cost Sweaty Teddy his position as figure head. George is showing something so far however, it is far from done!

I would not mind the team losing every game at this point to end the season. Rookie mistakes by Minnesota left them short of beating this current representation of this team. A couple of the other wins could have easily been loses. I saw an article somewhere online (I think from Facebook) that talked about needing to end a relationship especially if it has soured completely. Trestman was supposed to be this QB Whisperer yet, what if Cutler decided to no longer buy into Trestman's system? I also think that there are more problems than the coaching staff or players and we all know about that as well.

Seems like an interesting list of potential replacements for Head Coach. Personally I would stay away from the re-treads at this point just because it seems like that is not the solution. Not sure that Shanahan would be that good other than he has dealt with Cutler previously and both Cowher and Gruden have stated that they are not leaving the network positions they respectively have. My thoughts on potential coaches rankings from your list: 1. Dave Toub (Special Coordinators do make good coaches. Ex: George Allen) 2. Jim Harbaugh (if we are able to find the truth about what's happening in SFO) 3. Darrell Bevell (if the Seahawks and Pete Carroll will allow it) Beyond these three I am not sure who else. I am not a fan of bringing in a college coach just because of some success at that level. (remember Nick Saban or Bobby Petrino) Rex Ryan is falling apart in NYC and if there was a way to get his brother Rob instead, that would be an interesting idea. Mike Smith is having problems in Atlanta at this point and not sure where the blame for the Falcons fall. Pep Hamilton has already attempted to work with Cutler and not sure that would be a good thing. I don't know enough about Adam Gase at this point. Another name I'll throw out there and I know he only has experience in the Arena Football League yet, what about Doug Plank? I would even consider bring The Samuri home to coach this team as well. Ideally someone that is old school with a modern way about himself and is able to communicate with his players.

We are definitely all in agreement on this. I remember sending a letter to Mikey way back when Curtis Ennis was drafted as him to step down as he was killing Papa Bear's franchise. I also mentioned in that letter that they should have sold the team to the investment group that Sweetness was the front for when Sweetness was doing his best to purchase the St. Louis franchise before the Rams moved there. Why Sweaty Teddy (kudos to the person who came up with this) is still the one who is running things for this team and why the Family feel that an accountant is the right guy to run this team is still beyond my comprehension. The Family needs to either find a true football individual (Polian or someone in that mold) to run the team or sell the team with the understanding that the new owner must keep a member of the family around in some kind of Board of Directors position to keep the name alive by a member of the Family. Today's victory was ugly at best and the commentators (granted Brennaman is still pissed off with WGN and the Cubs) were mentioning that Cutler is still suspect at best as he could not move the ball enough to secure the win. Fortunately the defense got lucky even with letting our former backup QB throw for over 325 yards. Still a lot wrong with this team and as the saying goes, it starts at the top and flows downhill from there.

Really??!!! There is a team out there that wants this so called player??!!! Let the trade happen on February 2nd!!!!!

I saw somewhere that was comparing Cutler to former so called NFL QB Jeff George! LOL!!!

That is when I started disliking Briggs as well if not the whole contract hold out B.S. that he played as well. I forget which came first however, still waiting for him to leave and hope that the door does hit him in his a$$ as he heads out!!!

It boggled my mind that there was no one fired late Sunday or yesterday. Unfortunately it is the status quo with the McCaskey family and we're stuck with Trestman et al until the end of the season if we're lucky. I had hope for Cutler yet, this season I am understanding more and more why he was excited as a Broncos fan that the Broncos traded him to Jerry Angelo and our team. The numbers last year can now be easily disputed as being the "Real Jay Cutler" and all of his so called talent. I loved listening to what Jim Miller said on Sunday during CSN's Post Game Live, "Cutler Coughs It Up Like A Pez Dispenser" plus Danimal was not to kind and Mike Brown is chipping in on how embarrassing Sunday night's loss was. Wish I had the money to start the website www.firetedphilipsphilemerymarctrestman.com!!!!! I will always bleed Brunt Orange & Navy Blue however, it is extremely painful right now and we still have three National broadcasts out of the remaining seven games. Four of those seven games are against the Lions and Vikings too. UGH!!!!

Jarrett Payton is so correct on his assessment of this team.

The only one I really know about is Pat Narduzzi at Michigan State as that is where my wife graduated from and she still bleeds Green & White. Narduzzi has help MSU maintain a stranglehold on the Top 5 in rankings for the FBS Defensive stats. MSU is near the top in defense and their battle against Ohio State on November 7th will tell a lot about this team. Will see what Narduzzi decides after the college season is open yet, if MSU does not compete for the National Championship Narduzzi may not leave MSU feeling there is unfinished business to complete for MSU.