ChileBear

I think we all view retaining Flus as a head-scratcher. But, as I think Stinger pointed out in another thread, Poles is unlike any GM we've had, he has a system and he sticks to it. He is consistent and I think Flus did just enough last season to let Poles stick to the 4-year rebuild and keep Flus around, at least in year 3. We just haven't seen this systematic approach from a GM and it seems to work around the league. So, yeah, I would have let Flus go, but I'm buying into Poles and I'm trusting his vision. Flus has a 4 year contract (?) so definitely no, I wouldn't extend him now, but gotta see what year three of the Poles Flus rebuild will bring and revisit this after next season.

imDo, it's the coaching fraternity. Washington gets a image-projecting position for future hire. Flus can delegate SOME responsibilities on D and focus on other issues.

God, I hate indecision. Keep him, trade him, I guess, with our draft situation, there's really only win-win in any decision, unless. . . . You all know. LOL Gonna be fun/unnerving to wait till April to find out.

I can agree with that. Listening to Waddle and Silvi yesterday, I came away confused again. I think I'm with the "trade the pick for a haul" camp and then they discuss rating the QBs of our division and guess who comes out last? Fields. Then they talk about "chasing greatness" and to be great, you gotta take a swing. So we have pick 1 and 9, when are we ever going to be in this position again? Take a QB at 1? Man, I'm gonna stop listening to Chicago radio or I'll be flipping every day. LOL

But they already have a top draft pick in Trey Lance. . . .LOL

What are the odds on that? Probably just a tad bit better than mine in the lottery. LOL

Wish Pace had done that with Mitch!! LOL

Yes, we Bear fans definitely got spoiled given the Panthers' gifting us another no one choice this year.

Taking the QB at no one COULD work, Or COULDN'T. Trading and getting a ton now and then, if you have to, you can go after QB the next year with what you get in the trade. I'm agreeing with Jason on this.

Sure hope not. But, if he plays like Peyton Manning I couldn't care less about his attitude. And lets face it, if Poles drafts him and he does ball out I really doubt the locker room will give a s#*t either.

Oh yeah. And what I've seen Williams can be an aloof sob. That's just my o.

Yep. I saw many times that Rogers gave up, blamed everyone else in games and pouted on the sidelines. That is not what a leader dos.

And that's the conundrum for Poles. Great problem to have, but gonna be nay-sayers either way. I just hope this offseason gets us over the hump and I can look forward to a solid winning team for a change.

All three? And probably what you want in your QB, e.g. Rogers?

And I agree with you that a rookie will serve just as well as what we've got with Fields.

Rookie QB with a rookie deal for four years? That's certainly good for other positions on the team. The upcoming season is Fields last before we need to give him and extension, right? Interesting issues for Poles, and I agree that paying Fields big money doesn't fit with his production.

Agreed. Poles seems to have a plan and he sticks to it.

Disagree with you, but you've got a right to your opinion. I've watched him here in So Cal and I believe it all. Strikes me as the same as the Ball family in basketball.

There's an anouncer on Fox radio Sundays that played for the Pats and other teams and he contends Harbaugh is a quick fix at the pro level, but after two or three years the players get tired of being trated like college kids and revolt. Says he's heard it from several players from their time with him at SF.

So, are we being ". . . fooled all of the time" by management? It would appear so, but it is their team.

We are definitely in a great position. If Poles hits a homerun we will be solid for several seasons. If not you can resubmit your application, with a big I told you so attached. LOL

When he says he doesn't want the Bears to draft him and his dad hints he would want ownership shares in the team, yes I think he's acting like an entitled child.

He's not giving any names because he's a kid that is really thinking it is all him, his work, his vision, me, me, me. He's thanking himself. Sounds like an entitled prick. But hey, if he brings us several Super Bowls I could swallow my disdain.

Amen. Flus made too many bonehead coaching errors throughout his second season to be patted on the back for "stability".

I now hope Jerry Jones has a melt down and trades the farm to move up for Caleb at no. 1.