Mongo3451

So, are you saying Lovie's dismissal was a mistake?

Me too.

That wasn't meant in regards to the players feelings, rather it was meant for the future progress of the team. I care about what Tillman feels, I just don't care what he thinks of moves above his pay grade.

No more shorting the OL. We gotta fix it first and fix it right.

This quote is a great testimony to Smith's character and I believe that's who he is as a man. Everyone wants a leader like that. What I want more though from my leader is to throw Gatorade on him. Lovie will always be remembered for what he brought to this franchise. That being said, I find it very insignificant what the players say or think about it at this point. Change is coming and it's their job to move on and get behind it.

We should plan to be without him.

Absolutely!

I watched the press conference on chicagobears.com and was very impressed. If you've got 20+ minutes, listen to what he has to say...

Yeah, Kiffins tweak was the linebackers. Especially, the dropback coverage from the MLB.

I like him. If he has the connections to get a top notch OC and DC and develop a philosophy, he can be successful.

Just to clarify, because I think you were speaking to my comments on Kiffin V Dungy. Dungy brought the Cover 2 to the Bucs, but it was no longer effective untill Kiffin adapted it into what became the Tampa 2. They both share the same base philosophy, just Kiffins model is the one used today.

Thanks for all the input guys. The reason I brought this up was from an article I read about the coachabilty of Cutler. My true opinion is this. Lovie should have been fired years ago. I still believe him using Ron Turner as his 1st scapegoat was actually when he jumped the shark as our coach. How many years ago was that? That's about 2 years after we started clamoring for OL. That being said, I think Cutler also has coachability or instinct issues that a good coach could have resolved by now. Lovie didn't.

Glad you're back!

Wanny wasn't as bad as Mike McCaskey made him look. Mikey robbed us a few SuperBowls.

Been doing some thinking about Lovie's dismissal and a thought came to mind... Cutler has a year left on his contract and I don't think Emery knows what to do with him yet. To start, QB is the most important position in football. If Lovie were to go into next season as coach, with Emery knowing he doesn't know his ass from hole in the ground regarding QB's. How does Emery evaluate Cutler through Tice and Lovie. He's already heard a ton of BS regarding the OL. Now Emery has the opportunity to bring his guy in to look at Cutler. Trust me, that evaluation will set the franchise forward or back. To me this move was/is great for the future of our team.

Agreed. I'm not sure I'd even entertain his agent with a phone call.

Please don't try to insinuate I was saying Monty Kiffin invented the cover two. He was just simply the architect of Tampa's. Not Dungy. As far as Indy is concerned, their defense was usually the achilles heel. And most in Indy believe that one Superbowl out of Dungy was insufficient for the talent they had. Plus they had this guy named Bill Polian that built that team, who widely regarded as the best GM ever. Oh, and #18...

Let me start by saying I'm not a big Gruden guy, also not high on Dungy. That being said, I like to look at it like Dungy had his chances and couldn't get it done.(eerily similar to Lovie) Chuckie went in and made the offense productive, which was got the team over the hump. BTW - the genius behind Tampa's defense was Monty Kiffin, not Tony Dungy.

Chuckie

Schefter just reported Bears have sent out request forms to interview HC positions!!!!!

Agreed. I want money thrown at the LT position and draft a beast of an LG. Let our current guys battle for roster spots. I do believe a few of our guys belong in the NFL. Competition in the off season will help.

I think Reid needs a year off to get his head right...

He's gotta go. It's what good organizations do.

Think deeper please. We draft safeties every year, yet he was deemed expendable by our genius, etc...

Roll call, you pansies!!!