Lucky Luciano Posted November 13 Report Share Posted November 13 about time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daventry Posted November 13 Report Share Posted November 13 That is another of Poles signings. Definitely a big miss there, I hope I wasn’t completely wrong about Poles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearFan PHX Posted November 13 Report Share Posted November 13 Based on almost nothing, I have a hunch that Ian Cunningham is the good one, and Poles is the wrong guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASHKUM BEAR Posted November 13 Report Share Posted November 13 10 minutes ago, BearFan PHX said: Based on almost nothing, I have a hunch that Ian Cunningham is the good one, and Poles is the wrong guy. They are also close pals, so I don't know you can let Poles go without upsetting Ian. They work together and Poles might go against Ian's wishes on some calls but Poles talks to him the insight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearFan PHX Posted November 13 Report Share Posted November 13 3 hours ago, ASHKUM BEAR said: They are also close pals, so I don't know you can let Poles go without upsetting Ian. They work together and Poles might go against Ian's wishes on some calls but Poles talks to him the insight. I know they are buds, but both of them are expecting Ian to become a GM soon, so theyd be competitors on opposite teams anyway. If Poles gets fired, someone is gonna be the new GM, so I dunno if it's really a problem. It's funny how I preach "don't hang on to something just because it's not terrible, make sure you make the right pick" and I like Cunningham. From what I've seen, he proved himself to be patient and shrewd poker player. Waiting for Odunze to fall to 9, rather than getting panicked and trading up for him with the Giants. To me that was a good, albeit limited, audition. And not just the choice, but how he worked Poles to calm him down and control the direction of the room without negating anyone. That's hard to do. The thing is, I have liked a lot of the moves we've made. We seem to be scouting well. Our pro personnel side has been questionable, but truthfully, free agents are always hit or miss. Every time we sign some new free agent, and I call my Dad all happy about it, he always reminds me "there's a reason the other team didnt keep him" LOL it's like a joke between us. Half the time he's right, and I'm right the other half. For every Davis there is a Sweat. But for sure, missing on free agents is easy for any GM to do - you gotta do it, but it's not the same as drafting good players. So our college scouting seems good. Our draft decisions seem to have been sound. But we've made a few errors in those singular gut call decisions, like keeping Eberflus. You don't get 8 scouts giving you plusses and minusses on that one, with stats and film. I feel like this is where Poles' personality gets in the way, and a more steely eyed Cunningham might be preferable. Anyway, these are just musings. I KNOW Eberflus has to be fired. I suspect Poles should be, but I don't predict it as a certainty at all, and I'm not sure he wont go on to be great for us if we keep him. It's just a gut feeling for me. But I dont NEED the guy gone the way I need Flus gone. If he keeps Flus after this year, then Poles will need to be gone. Also, I'm gonna send a box of dog poop to Trace Armstrong LOL (not really) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DABEARSDABOMB Posted November 14 Report Share Posted November 14 Good riddance to the bum. Bout time we hold him accountable and send that message to rest of locker room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASHKUM BEAR Posted November 14 Report Share Posted November 14 7 hours ago, DABEARSDABOMB said: Good riddance to the bum. Bout time we hold him accountable and send that message to rest of locker room. I feel like his attitude was a disease that spread in the locker room. Players know he is the highest paid lineman and they watched him not take care of his body, play poorly, and he did not give AF about his teammates. Now that the team finally canned him, they won't have those negative thoughts about that. It should have been done during camp, but I'm sure the bank keepers didn't want to see that kind of money scrapped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam Posted November 16 Report Share Posted November 16 Another Poles whiff. That was not only a roster spot, but a good chunk of the cap wasted on Davis in 2023 and 2024. Ugh. His signing prevented the Bears from drafting in the interior because there were not enough roster spots to go around. So it was a double negative signing. Now the Bears have to eat the cap while they burn thru Williams rookie deal. This, like the Waldron firing feels late. Like why wait? How did those extra few weeks matter? They could've possibly traded for another Guard before the deadline, but couldn't with Davis sucking up a roster spot. Here are the negative impacts to the 2025 season from Poles moves that already occurred: 1. Claypool trade - Lost the 32nd pick in the 2023 draft, would be a starter in his 3rd year in 2025. 2. Davis/Velus dead money in 2025 - $2.4M 3. Allen trade - Lost 2025 4th-rounder 4. Scott pick - Waste of a 4th round pick in 2023, 2025 is 3rd year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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