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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.

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!!!

Maybe if we didnt waste a 2nd round draft pick, but otherwise, anything more than a 6th or 7th rounder would be too much.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

Im pretty sure you can interview coaches whether they are in the playoffs or not.

I wouldnt be surprised to see Marinelli take the job after all if we dont find a candidate by next year.

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.

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.

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.