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yapper

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Re: 2011 Chicago Bears
« Reply #3420 on: January 06, 2012, 11:56:03 am »
If this team has any sense (very debatable), they will hire Jeremy Bates before the week is out, and he will come in with the title of Assistant OC / QBs Coach with the responsibility of developing the passing half of the playbook and advising Tice in-game.  Under this scenario Cutler would be given unprecedented latitude to call / change plays at the line until and unless he shows he can't do it. 

And then they will open the checkbook and bring in the best OL coach money can buy so that Tice doesn't have to be keeping one eye on that unit all season.

boogie

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Re: 2011 Chicago Bears
« Reply #3421 on: January 06, 2012, 12:09:28 pm »
Too funny:

shorttracknews says:Jan 6, 2012 12:40 PM

As a Chicago fan I have to say the Bears are a bigger joke today then they were a month ago….if that’s even possible. When you get rid of a GM it’s time to clean house fully. They don’t bring back Martz yet keep Lovie knowing full well any new GM (any good GM at least) will want his own people in place. With what he had to work with, Tice has done a good job making changes the last 2 years with the O-Line after horrible starts (and losing a couple starters to injury this year) but OC??? Really??? All they need to do now is promote Tim Ruskell to GM and the Titanic is ready to set sail

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Re: 2011 Chicago Bears
« Reply #3422 on: January 06, 2012, 12:19:29 pm »
I cant believe DeCosta was the only candidate on their list for GM. Oh and Bates isnt coming in here to be assistant OC and work under Tice. I dont buy that. It sure wouldnt surprise me if Ruskell gets the GM job. Typical Bears incompetence.

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Re: 2011 Chicago Bears
« Reply #3423 on: January 06, 2012, 12:26:07 pm »
I wouldn't mind Bates as the QB coach. It mentions Tice as OC and they want a QB coach/passing game coordinator. It sounds like a good fit with a QB that he knows

yapper

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Re: 2011 Chicago Bears
« Reply #3424 on: January 06, 2012, 12:50:10 pm »
Well at least with Tice we know we'll have an OC that's actually down there on the field mixing it up with the players, as opposed to that egghead Martz totally isolated from reality up there in his stupid booth. It also hopefully means the end of stupid silly gadget plays 5 yards away from the opponent's goal line.

Martz' aloof - and dare I say effeminate - persona translated over to our entire offense, with very bad results. It's very easy to see why a competitive, impulsive and instinctive guy like Cutler would not have meshed with Martz and I suspect Cutler has signed-on for this move being very grateful that Tice is much more aligned with his personality (and that he's not learning his third all-new system in 4 years).  I do expect to see some very interesting sideline conversations from time to time between Cutler and Tice but I also expect them to be more or less on the same page a lot more of the time.  I also expect the offense will play with much more focus and intensity knowing who they have to answer to on the sidelines if the screw up.

The OL coach hire now becomes critical so that we don't lose all the ground Tice has busted his azz to gain with that unit. I suspect Tice has already provided a short list of who he'd like to see brought in to interview.
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Bears4Ever

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Re: 2011 Chicago Bears
« Reply #3425 on: January 06, 2012, 01:42:15 pm »
That was the only way they'd get an OC who could be out after next year.

It still boggles that Bears ownership expects to find a good GM who wants to be hamstrung by someone else's HC and staff....

If this devolves like it probably will, it should be Phillips on the firing line next.....

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Re: 2011 Chicago Bears
« Reply #3426 on: January 06, 2012, 01:46:53 pm »
when...another 5 years?  The wheels move very slowly at Halas Hall

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Re: 2011 Chicago Bears
« Reply #3427 on: January 06, 2012, 01:47:15 pm »
The only hope is that a GM will see he can get rid of everyone after next year.  And that that wont scare someone away from the gig.  But definitely not the ideal situation.  The Bears are cursed I tell ya.  ;)

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Re: 2011 Chicago Bears
« Reply #3428 on: January 06, 2012, 01:48:40 pm »
Phillips is doing the interviews and hiring right?  I can just see him waiting to book airfare way in the future to get the cheapest flights possible for candidates.  In the mean time, anyone who MIGHT be good will be gone.  Cant say I blame DeCosta for turning us down.

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Re: 2011 Chicago Bears
« Reply #3429 on: January 06, 2012, 02:41:39 pm »
DeCosta  simply said he didn't want to leave the  Ravens and signed an extension.  Whomever tried to talk to him about leaving were obviously wasting their time.

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Re: 2011 Chicago Bears
« Reply #3430 on: January 06, 2012, 04:00:25 pm »
they just helped him get a raise :-)

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Re: 2011 Chicago Bears
« Reply #3431 on: January 06, 2012, 11:39:12 pm »

 It's all out the door until we get a GM.

 Who's doing the shooting ... who's doing the SHOOTING??

 

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Re: 2011 Chicago Bears
« Reply #3432 on: January 07, 2012, 08:26:49 am »
Fantastic movie. Lost  oscar to "shakespere in love".  No politics in hollywood.  At all.   I really think Tice will be a good move.  He's good (I think, look @ what he had to work with), already there, and is alot more practical than the system guru.  Strikes me as the type if a guy does stuff that works that's not in the books. next week it'll be in the books, screw the systyem.  The upper management on the other hand, are once again displaying what's really wrong in Chicago.  Buffoons.  No interviews scheduled for the GM. More and more looking like its a ploy to play out before butt boy gets the job.
Virginia really needs to get some football people that know what the hell is going on. Even down here in Nasville the sports shows say and this is a quote " the Bears don't pay". Sound familiar?  Most the money is going right into the family coffers. They'll lowball a goof again, espcially now that they have to sped up to the cap or a portion thereof. Someone come up with a plan to get the team away from Chicago's version of Monte Python's flying circus.  I want to start rooting for some winning laundry.

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Re: 2011 Chicago Bears
« Reply #3433 on: January 07, 2012, 11:37:19 am »
It'setty early with some candidates on playoff teams

yapper

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Re: 2011 Chicago Bears
« Reply #3434 on: January 07, 2012, 02:24:18 pm »
From Tribune article:

"As quarterbacks coach, Tice would prefer to add Dirk Koetter, the Jaguars' offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach this season."

Hmmm...  that gives me some concern.  The Jaguars this season had one of the worst offenses I have ever seen.  And this guy was their QBs coach too?  I mean, look at Blaine Gabbart.  He was simply brutal.  If the Jags didn't have MJD there would have been games they didn't score a single point.

I think Cutler deserves better.  A lot better.  Bates is the guy if the Bears have any interest in maximizing Cutler's talents at all.
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