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About me though, not the Bears. Some here wanted me to keep them updated, and as a collective group of bear fans who supported me throughout this process, I wanted to share the good news with everyone. As a lot of you probably already know, I was an aspiring D-I football player but wasnt recruited out of high school. I then went onto a Junior College and had a successful freshman season. Well, my hard work paid off and on wednesday I signed with Northern Illinois to play football. I just wanted to share the good news with you guys cause you've supported me throughout this whole process and did nothing but wish me the best of luck.
Unfortunately, while my activity on this board has decreased in past months, it isn't gonna get any better. Being a D-I athlete now and a full time student is gonna require most of time and I wont be able to follow the Bears or the NFL as closely as I would like, but Im definitely gonna try and pop in on game days next year and throw in my 2 cents.
Thank you all for your support and Go Bears and Go Huskies!!!
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Maybe if we didnt waste a 2nd round draft pick, but otherwise, anything more than a 6th or 7th rounder would be too much.
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Wait, what is wrong with the Ravens QB coach. He's done a phenomenal job with a young QB in Flacco. And the Ravens offense is no longer the laughing stock in the league that it once was. I don't see how this is a bad thing. Ravens have a pretty well balanced offense now, in fact, people were ripping on there defense for a chunk of the season (until it got healthy).
I could be QB coach for the Ravens and it really wouldn't mean shit. Cam Cameron is one of the best OC's in the NFL, and arguably the best guy there is for developing QB's.
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Chud was the one candidate I was hoping for because he seems like someone who could be a fixture as the OC with or without a new HC after next year.
Chud and Al Saunders are the two best candidates, IMO, and not surprisingly, we're not gonna get/go after either.
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Disagree. It's incredibly sad for his family and an unfortunate death, but for the typical Bear fan I don't think it's too soon to start wondering:
1. Did JA do his homework? Did we know about the enlarged heart when we made the trade?
2. Does this mean we'll attempt to bring back Wale? With Mark Anderson being restricted, IMO it makes his return a must.
3. If there is a cap next year (not likely) do we get that money back?
4. Why couldn't this have happened to Brett Favre??? (KIDDDING!!!)
I don't mean to be insensitive and callous but on a crappy Sunday in January when many of us our planted on the couch watching football, these are all damn good questions.
Agreed. Like what just happened in Haiti is extremely tragic and my heart goes out to those people. Some of us might pray, other might donate money. But that doesn't mean we are gonna stop thinking about the other things we care about, like Chicago Bears football.
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With all due respect, please let's not talk about the effect on a football team when someone has died. It is incredibly insensitive and callous....
People die everyday, every minute. It is truly sad that he died, but this is still a business and life keeps going on.
I feel sorry for his family and I hope everything will be okay.
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Considering the rampant use of HGH, steroids, and other performance enhancing drugs in the NFL... could a heart problem like that develop from prior or even current PED use?
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And how many Bear fans want the McCaskeys gone?
No matter where you go, there is going to be a certain amount of fans who want new ownership.
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I want an owner like Author Blank of the Falcons. Someone who is willing to spend money and obviously cares deeply about his team (always goes down to the sidelines at the end of the game to congratulate or console his players), but lets the football people he hires run the team.
Thats what we need here in Chicago. However, I'd rather have an owner who at least tries to win in Jerry Jones or Dan Snyder, rather than an owner who only cares about cashing in like McCasky.
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Im pretty sure you can interview coaches whether they are in the playoffs or not.
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I wouldnt be surprised to see Marinelli take the job after all if we dont find a candidate by next year.
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It seems to work for the Cards, and a lot of teams (NFL and collegiate) are going more and more with the dual coordinators. Its really not that bad of an idea. If they can work together, you can put together some very good schemes and game plans.
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One interesting take was to have Zampese as Passing Game Coordinator and Tice as OLine and Run Game Coordinator. I think thats actually not a bad idea.
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i thoguht he put his old GM on notice that if he goes somewhere that he is coming with him?
It could be that. I just figured he'd want complete control.
EDIT: You are right, he wants to be reteamed with Kevin Colbert, the GM of the Steelers since 2000.
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Phillips job was the stadium and non-football matters and he has excelled in those roles. And best yet he let his football guys do the job on that end. I think based upon his press conferences (if he had full 100% say) would have fired Lovie Smith at the very least. But you know what, he still needs the owners approval and that wasn't the case so Lovie is still here.
Ted Phillips has done his job (given his role). And the contract negotiations had a lot to do with Angelo as well and at the time the contract Smith got was fair. He was either going to walk or not and no one in the major media was ripping the move at the time.
Some of you think everything the org does is always wrong no matter what and it can be pretty ridiculous and tiresome to read.
Clearly we aren't where we want to be (W/L) but it doesn't mean we are the crappiest org in football, etc, etc. I have a lot of confidence in Phillips and still have a good amount in Angelo.
Lovie is Lovie. He'll coach again elsewhere and this will probably be his last year. Is he amazing, no, is he the worse head coach in the league, nope (he's far from it in fact).
Puh-lease. This organization has been a joke of a "powerhouse" since 1990. Sure, we've put together a few good season here or there, but this is an organization and team that is one of the most historic in the NFL and needs to pride itself on winning. We aren't the Houston Texans or whatever in which a few successful years in a decade isn't good. We need to dominate the division every year and also be a team considered to be a Super Bowl threat.
How many times have we won the division in the past 20 years? 4 times! That's AWFUL! Thats an average of twice a decade. Who are we, the Detroit Lions!?
How many times have we went to the playoffs? 6 times!? Wow, that means we won a wildcard spot twice in the past 20 years.
How many times have we made it to the NFC Championship Game? ONCE!!!! Only one freaking time have we made it out of the Divisional Playoffs in the past 20 years!
How many times have we made it to the Super Bowl in the past 20 years? ONCE, again!!!!! And that turned out to be the same year we made it to the NFC Championship Game. Wow, one super bowl birth in 20 years?
We won that superbowl though, right? Nope, not a single super bowl trophy in the past 20 years!
We have at least had some successful runs as a great team, right? Actually, no. Our best streak was making it to the wildcard one year and then losing the super bowl the following year. Only two times have we made it to the playoffs in back to back seasons in the past 20 years. Thats AWESOME!!!!!!
Overall record for the past 20 years - 154 and 166... thats good if we are the Houston Texans.
Playoff record, 4-6. Not only is it sad that we cant even win when we make the playoffs, but we've only had 10 playoff games in the past 20 years.
Saying the Bears org. has been that bad is like spitting on George Halas' grave. Here in Chicago, people want and expect the best. We are ruining the history of this great team. It has to turn around some point, and its better to do it late then never.
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I think if Smith were to go...JA would probably follow. At least one would hope! This one would be a firing... Sweaty Teddy will have a finance job somewher ein the org regardless.
If Smith goes, hopefully we would go after Cowher. He'd be the most logical person to go after at this point. And if we get Cowher, JA has to go as Cowher requires full control over his team. Then, hopefully we would hire someone smart when it comes to football as a VP of player personnel. Phil Savage comes to mind, but whoever it is has to be able to work hand and hand with Cowher.
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Phillips is going nowhere nor should he. He hasn't done anything wrong.
Yeah, he has done nothing wrong, except get completely ass raped when working a new contract for Lovie, and knowing nothing about football. He is a little pawn for McCasky family and has no business making any football personal related decisions.
Either Phillips gets put back into accounting or something where he belongs, and we hire a team president who knows something about football, or we let Phillips keep his job and hire someone who is qualified to be the Executive VP of football operations (a la Bill Parcels in Miami or Scott Pioli when he was in New England).
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The only problem with such a scenario would be that Lovie is the only one heading out, while JA and Phillips remain in high ranking positions.
I know Im greedy, but I want em all gone.
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Mike Tice is a good oline coach, a good OC and a very good coach in general. I don't see how anyone could be upset with this move. He has had success calling plays and was a solid coach outside of the boat incident.
ANd you talk about keeping players in check, that is Lovie's job not Tice's and that is one of Lovie's strong points (not necessarily talking down to players but keeping the lockeroom under control).
Tice would be a nice hire as an OC and an even better hire as an oline coach.
Tice has never been an OC, and even when he was the HC of Minnesota, his offenses were never really that good.
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I know it will make a lot of people vomit, me included, but next logical person we could be after for DC is Joe Barry.
He is another big Tampa 2 guy, is Rod Marinelli's son in law, and when Marinelli was in Detroit, Barry was his DC. He seems like he'd be the perfect fit for Lovie. He'd be cheap, and probably go right along with Lovie and be the perfect yes man.
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Except everyone (not Chicago media but national media as well) had Fewell leaning towards the Bears. Money clearly was a factor in this.
Fewell seemed to be leaning towards Chicago before the interview he had.
Ever think Fewell just didnt like what Lovie and co were selling, and bought into Coughlin more?
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Lol, is anyone surprised by this? Why would anyone choose Chicago over New York at this point?
A couple points:
1.) This is Lovie's D. Lovie will still have final say and control over the defense. Fewell would call the plays, but he'd have to be Lovie's puppet. Also, from some of the stuff I have read, Lovie and Fewell weren't the best of friends.
2.) In New York, Fewell will have complete control over the defense, he's the head honcho considering the defense (Coughlin is an offensive guy).
3.) New York offers more talent on D, more chance to succeed, and an oppurtunity to become a hot HC candidate next year if New York's D does good.
4.) Fewell knows Lovie is on the hot seat, and whole new coaching staff could be coming in next year. Also, if the Bears guaranteed him the HC is Lovie is canned, that's just plain stupid. We'd be limiting our options. If Fewell did turn out to be the best option, fine, but with Cowher, Grim, Heimerdinger, Jim Harbaugh, etc., out there, itd be stupid to limit ourselves to one option. And if we reneged on Fewell's deal, that just hurts our credibility when we are looking for other coaches.
5.) Money was definitely not the main issue. Fewell wants to eventually be a HC. In New York, he has the option of being the top dawg with the defense and controls his own future. He has much more talent there, and if succeeds there, he'll become a top coaching candidate in the NFL.
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One thing is for sure, if we use any of next years draft picks to move up in this years draft, I will flip a nut.
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There wont be much changes. We wont spend money on FA's (there really wont be many good ones anyway), Lovie and JA are too stuborn to get trade away guys like Hester or Harris, and we have no draft picks.
Expect, for the most part, the same roster.
TO in Halas today??
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I love the argument that TO is too much of a douche and destroys chemisty, etc... Do you guys not realize we have one of the biggest douches in the NFL with Urlacher? He's broken up the Bears locker room far too many times. If he doesn't like a player, he'll try and turn the whole team against said player.
I've heard numerous stories about him being a huge douche, and his latest antics are even more annoying as now he's picking fights with former Bear greats.
Personally, I don't care. These are grown men and not everyone is going to like each other. Chemistry is overrated in the locker room for football, and the only thing most players care about is winning. And TO cares about winning as much as anyone else does, perhaps even more so than a lot of players. If you win, there won't be any worries about team chemistry.