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Why would a team not hire Marinelli? He's had a top rated defensive unit throughout his tenure was DC with the Bears. Additionally, he was respected despite his failure as a HC and with the Bucs he was the most respected Dline coach in the entire league. You are smoking something if you don' think Marinelli gets hired pretty quickly. Especially since there are a lot of new HC's which will be looking for DC's.

This was a pretty exciting quote.

I buy Trestman before Arians. I don't want Arians.

I call BS. I guarantee Tice finds a job elsewhere (probably not as an OC) and you can damn well bet teams would be all over hiring Marinelli to be a DC.

I'm hoping Flacco leads the game winning drive here so if McCoy is the guy, Emery can hire him without having to wait another month (and potentially passing up on him because it took too long).

I don't buy it. There aren't many leaks in Halas Hall this days. I think it was simply Trestman telling a good friend that he had a good interview. Maybe even going as far as saying he was told he'd be brought back.

Bowen would break it down a bit and mention how little the Bears really run the cover-2. It is still the base defense but they don't sit in the cover 2 shell all game. It is well below the majority of the time. Outside of the Babich era, that has primarily been the case. Lovie ran it a bit more then Rod and Rod/Rivera both used it as the base defense but a lot more wrinkles and a lot of different looks (which aren't cover 2). Also talked about a lot by Dilfer and some NFL films people as well.

That is what I think it will be as well. Will be disgusted if they don't interview Shanny though.

Disagree. Bears can screw this up pretty easily.

Papa Shanny has indicated that it won't be until after they were eliminated. I didn't know you could force a team to wait. I'm guessing Papa wouldn't force anyone other then his son to wait (and I'm guessing his son is okay with that cause he's young and knows he will get a shot eventually).

I think Trestman is a guy I wanted the Bears to interview back when they were hiring Lovie (IIRC).

Its been quite a while outside of major football for him. I'd think at some point he'd realize his best shot is coming back to the NFL. I saw an article on soxtalk (I'm guessing maybe you posted it) and the article was talking about him as a head coach but was dated back in 09. He's been out of this league for a while. To hire him as a HC would be a joke in my mind. That isn't to say he doesn't have qualifications but after not interviewing some of the better proven candidates to then pull this out of your ass would just disgust me. I'm going to be irritated if we don't interview Shanny. I want McCoy, Shanny or Sullivan if we are going for a coordinator.

But you wonder how being near the crap that was Carimi and company impacts Louis production. Was he average because he was busy covering up for the others (and if he had average guys around him he'd have even been better?). Not sure but all I know Louis looked pretty damn good based upon my eyes.

Pretty darn good OC as well. That said, I hope they are looking at him more as a lets get to know you because we think whomever our HC is might want to hire your as the OC.

I can buy Sullivan as a good hire.

Sullivan did some nice things with the bucs offense this year and got a lot of credit regarding Eli's development from his time in San Fran. He was only an OC for a short time but seems like a very bright mind.

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@MikeGarafolo Sounds like Mike Sullivan and the Bears had a very good meeting the other day. Went six hours, about twice as long as expected.

You can cross Ron Turner off the list. He took a job to be the head coach of Florida Atlantic. Was working with Josh Freeman in Tampa previously.

I think the plan for Shea is to be a DE. I don't think there is any trick up the sleeve but all of that could change. Ultimately it comes down to whomever the new DC is (if any). If it is a new DC maybe they will see Shea differently. I also don't believe that lovie/Shea disagreed on Shea. If that was the case, something would have came out. Lovie loves speed rushers and he got that. I would be stunned if he had major issues with the drafting of Shea (and that Emery would have forced it on him). I do agree that it could make sense to resign Urlacher (if the Bears think he can be at least average to slightly above average). This assumes the price is right but it allows the Bears to address other more important needs and lets you wait another year on MLB. That said, it could all be a moot point as everything is very dependent on whom our coach is (and then in turn, who the DC is). If Marinelli stays (and I think its 50/50) then it is more likely that Urlacher would stick around, imo.

I'm thinking we probably won't hear about whether the Bears consider Toub or not. My guess is they'd want to stay quiet regarding such. I expect the same for any candidate who is not under contract (e.g., Reid or Holmgren) or any college coaches. I say that because any of these assistants, there is a formal process in place, which means it will definitely be leaked. That said, you probably don't call a Holmgren unless you legitimately think you are willing to hire him and pay him if you like what you hear.

I agree, however, I will say that there is something about O'Brien that is different. He isn't a smug, arrogant jackass, which is something I can't say about some of the other Belliceck guys (specifically Weiss, Pioli, and McDaniels). However, I don't necessarily have a problem looking at the failures and deciding you want no part with O'Brien(e.g., Crennell, the other Jets coach whose name escapes me that is now an ESPN commentator, Weiss, and McDaniels), however, you should at least have the conversation. He seems like such a great candidate. Classy face of an organization (potential for at least) with a brilliant offensive mind and the ability to handle adversity (did a great job despite all of the stuff swirling around PSU).

Pioli will be fired, which makes sense. He is/was a disaster as a GM.

His defenses tend to be elite. I'm very interested in O'Brien. Well respected, knows offenses, and showed a hell of a lot in how he handled and coached the PSU team this past year. I think he would be an exceptional get. Albeit I think he'd be a very difficult guy to hire.

Fair points. I can't disagree with any of the above.