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No, it was a team effort. Lovie was on the hot seat the moment Emery was hired. He either succeeded this season (and was well on his way after a 7-1 start), or failed (which occurred with a 1-5 stretch against playoff teams (2-6 overall).

I would prefer Arians or McCoy over Muschamp, and would prefer an NFL coordinator over a college coach.

After his performance this year, I can't see Emery paying him with Weems on the roster. Weems has been a ST stud and can handle return duties as well. Hester was electric in his prime, but he has lost a step or the rest of the league has gotten faster, because doesn't make anyone miss anymore. Sad to see his decline because I thought he had 2-3 good years left.

Yeah Peyton Manning carried that team for a decade, they should've won 2-3 with him at the helm.

Gruden built a Super Bowl team in Oakland, then got traded to Tampa where he beat his former team. So he essentially had 2 Super Bowl teams in 1 year, now that is efficient.

To me most decent coaches could've done what Lovie did with these players over his tenure. Any defense, with players like Urlacher, Briggs, Peppers, and Tillman would be good. Lovie gets some credit, but not all of it. Tillman alone accounted for most of "Lovie's ball hawking defense" as someone pointed out recently. Every year it seemed like we never lived up to expectations. This year as well, we had a top 5 defense and special teams, and an offense with Cutler, Marshall, and Forte, and we couldn't get it done. The Super Bowl loss was a missed opportunity as was the NFC Championship as home.

of the 14 UFA's, only 4 were technically starters, 5 if you count Hayes who came in when Urlacher went down. We will also have a bunch of guys coming off IR as well, which should help at least for depth. Cutting dead weight like Hester, Davis, and Spaeth will help as well. UFA's: Jonathan Scott* Chris Spencer Jason Campbell Josh McCown Kahlil Bell Brian Urlacher* Henry Melton* Nick Roach* Geno Hayes Israel Idonije Amobi Okoye D.J. Moore Zackary Bowman Olindo Mare

I LOL'd at this, very funny. https://twitter.com/BradBiggs/status/285797937827684354

Hilarious to see bitter former players. From Hunter Hillenmeyer: https://twitter.com/hthill/status/285781251074445312 5 wins my ass. This was a 13 win team taken down to 10 wins by Lovie.

Is this official enough: http://www.chicagobears.com/news/article-1...ab-51c753ac5fd6

From ESPN 1000:

Lovie was fired.

From a tradition and current roster standpoint, we have to be one of the best coaching jobs available in a long time. If some former HC's (Cowher, Billick, Gruden) were waiting for the right job, this one would be hard to pass on. Also, if we are looking for a College-level coach, they have a lot to work with right away.

This totally makes my day, I was sooo pissed yesterday thinking they would retain him for another mediocre season. I am liking Emery more and more everyday. I can't wait to see the candidates compared to what we have been accustomed to.

Trib: http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/footb...0,1783180.story

Woo Hooo, celebrate!!! Rapoport: https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/285773351094452225 McClure: https://twitter.com/vxmcclure23/status/285774133453783040 Jensen: https://twitter.com/seankjensen/status/285774257944924161

I agree with you. I could care less about GB if we are going deep into the playoffs every year. However, if we can't beat them, we won't get very far. A season cannot be deemed a success unless you make the playoffs, and once you reach that level you have to take the next step. IMO, the Bears never recovered from the SB loss.

I believe he will be gone because the Tice promotion was only done because no "real" OC in their right mind would come to the Bears knowing Lovie was possibly a lame duck coach. Now after not making the playoffs after a 7-1 start, there is no way he will be retained. 1 playoff appearance in 6 years, one, uno. No Wild Cards, nothing. We lost to HOU in 2008 in Week 17 to miss out on the Wild Card, and there was this year. Just based on Lovie's own goals, he should be fired. Beat GB - FAIL, Win the Division - FAIL, Win the Super Bowl - FAIL.

We went 1-5 in 6 straight games vs playoff teams. He should be fired for that alone, not for beating up on teams with 5 or less wins. Our schedule turned out to be super easy this year. All we needed was to go 2-4 in that 6 game stretch to make the playoffs and we didn't. We lost back to back games vs Division opponents.

Schedule confirmed, last 2 games, NO and STL.

and they can't blame injuries this time. We never should've lost that Seattle game.

Wow you would rather have the same crappy coaching, then to hire Reid? Reid is sooo much better than Lovie, it is not even funny.

I hope so.

If you don't make the playoffs, the record is irrelevant other than giving us the worst draft position of any non-playoff team, thanks a lot Lovie. I just hope the news comes before the Super Bowl.

Oh I know, it is just another reason the hate the fudge Packers. Both of those teams played like crap, I am glad America gets to watch a rematch of that BS next week.