ChileBear

I knew you'd be in apickle over this one Nfo! Good answers! Hope your no. 2 scenario plays out.

Maybe Angelo, or Lovie, is saying that someone has to be accountable, finally. So they are looking at who they think is the best candidate available for the position. At least I hope that's it.

Read that and agree, as I noted in another post on the staff taking their time to make the selections.

I also think this is a great addition to the team. Tice brings ample experience and hopefully he can build on the minimal success the Oline had at the end of the season. Now on to the coordinators!

Put me in the "procede with caution and eliberation" camp. Fewel might be Lovie'stop choice, but I'd rather they take their time to really get the "best" guy because he knows how to run a solid D, not because he is the square peg for their square hole. Why the rush? I'd rther they interview a ton of guys and then pick the ones that impressed them. Having said that, it seems that Lovie's approach to things seems to be make a decision and then go full speed ahead, damn the torpedoes in that direction--see naming starters without competition.

I, for one, don't like the fact that everyone on the D coaching staff side has to first pass the Lovie connection test. "Fresh air" would be a coach with a different perspective and one that didn't need to be old pals with the HC, but a damn fine defensive coach. I'm hoping Fewell does give us some spark, but I'm leary of all the Lovie nepotism that operates on the defensive side of the ball.

Nooooooooooooooo!

Agreed. The D is a real indictment of Lovie's and Angelo's staff's inability to evaluate and develop players.

Turner doesn't seem to grasp playing to your strengths. I bet he's fired by tomorrow afternoon.

Back at ya! New Years' resolution: fix the Oline!

If Lovie is our coach next season, Pisa probably stays. Personally, Id' rather we use space on our roster to develop some young OL or DB depth. Pisa hasn't shown anything but heart and an ability to get injured.

Sounds right, cause you know that, if Cutler comes off the field, Hanie is going to get the call.

With Olsen, I expect much, much more. Going into the season, it was reported that they were joined at the hip, but on game days Olsen seems to be out of position. Olsen should have been one of our strengths. Hester, well he has a long way to go, and he is o longer the big threat on returns. Heck, the way other guys have been contributing on returns, Hester could be odd man out.

I also think we'll let Ogunleye walk. Probably Anderson will stick since he seemed to play with some fire last night.

I agree totally. Now, I'm hoping that this season was not a totalwaste in that it did allow Cutler and his WRs to get some much needed experience. And, I don't expect Jay to be the turnover machine next year, but show the solid talent we all know he has.

That's good news. He should be all ready to go at TC. And the report says: It would be nice to give him some reps and see if he can be another young WR contributor.

Now we've got a prominent member of the D and the O questioning the staff. All is not well at Halas Hall. There will be staff changes this offseason. I doubt that Lovie goes, but everyone outside of Toub should feel very vulnerable.

I guess Cato was just insurance last week with Briggs out. I sure hope we get to see some of these unproven players getting a chance to show what they have to offer.

Agreed. Lovie and his staff have lost all control and are floundering. It's time to cut our losses with Lovie and move forward.

DOH! Lovie WANTS to be fired? I guess that way he gets the $ and doesn't have to do the work. My God, who is running the assylum here?

Hey, nearly a 10% chance! I expect Lovie to make an anouncement anytime now that we're still in the hunt! ROTFLMAO!

Agree 100%. And we'd be paying big $ for an unknown. The hope from me is that they spend on FA and bring in someone who is in their prime for the OL for starters.

WTF? In today's SunTimes: About friggin time, coach. Smith eschewed the idea of playing for the future in the final five games. He said the Bears will field the lineup that gives them the best chance to win.> Why Lovie? Because your job is on the line? Time for the McKaskey's to step in and mention that IT'S THE FUTURE, STUPID! This season is a write off. Put the remaining games to positive use and look at all the personnel on the team. Make some changes in game plans, put in some of the never used plays from that overstuffed playbook. Also: The athleticism of 6-foot, 310-pound defensive tackle Anthony Adams prompted the Bears to use him at fullback for a play against the Vikings. He played the position with the San Francisco 49ers, but two things went wrong Sunday. First, running back Matt Forte was stopped short on third-and-one. Second, Adams didn't report to the referee as an eligible receiver, a mistake that has to be blamed on the coaching staff. ''It's too bad we didn't get a chance to use it more,'' Smith said. > Again, why Lovie? So we could get a few more penalties, or so that he could showcase his lack of blocking ability, or so we could prove undoubtedly that we could not pick up a third-and-one on the ground? The more I hear, the more I'm convinced Lovie is totaly lost. Not even trying to get some use out of the rest of the season by looking at our other players.

Agreed, but experience tells us it's not the current staff's M.O..

Seems like the obvious move to everyone but the guys who can actualy make the change.