GakMan23 Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 Bears | Smith to meet with Marinelli Fri, 02 Jan 2009 13:05:46 -0800 Brad Biggs, of the Chicago Sun-Times, reports Chicago Bears head coach Lovie Smith is scheduled to meet with former Detroit Lions head coach Rod Marinelli Friday, Jan. 2, about the possibility of Marinelli joining the Bears coaching staff. Marinelli is expected to take the Bears coaching job, but his agent says there are other opportunities. "Rod has a number of opportunities and he is seeing Lovie and they're sitting down and talking. It's a visit," agent Frank Bauer said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChileBear Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 Bears | Smith to meet with Marinelli Fri, 02 Jan 2009 13:05:46 -0800 Brad Biggs, of the Chicago Sun-Times, reports Chicago Bears head coach Lovie Smith is scheduled to meet with former Detroit Lions head coach Rod Marinelli Friday, Jan. 2, about the possibility of Marinelli joining the Bears coaching staff. Marinelli is expected to take the Bears coaching job, but his agent says there are other opportunities. "Rod has a number of opportunities and he is seeing Lovie and they're sitting down and talking. It's a visit," agent Frank Bauer said. Just read that with some interest. And Babich, Turner and Marinelli have the same agent. So how does Babich see all this? Keep him ad DC and make Marinelli Dline coach/assistant head coach? Just dump Babich, please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DABEARSDABOMB Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 Bears | Smith to meet with Marinelli Fri, 02 Jan 2009 13:05:46 -0800 Brad Biggs, of the Chicago Sun-Times, reports Chicago Bears head coach Lovie Smith is scheduled to meet with former Detroit Lions head coach Rod Marinelli Friday, Jan. 2, about the possibility of Marinelli joining the Bears coaching staff. Marinelli is expected to take the Bears coaching job, but his agent says there are other opportunities. "Rod has a number of opportunities and he is seeing Lovie and they're sitting down and talking. It's a visit," agent Frank Bauer said. Interesting...I hope we get him on board quickly because he'd be a welcome addition. He's still one of Lovie's guys but he brings a completely different attitude and style to the table while using a similar philosphy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DABEARSDABOMB Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 Just read that with some interest. And Babich, Turner and Marinelli have the same agent. So how does Babich see all this? Keep him ad DC and make Marinelli Dline coach/assistant head coach? Just dump Babich, please. I wouldn't be shocked if Babich ended up getting demoted back to his previous job. Anyone think Mike Brown ends up getting hired as our new secondary coach (if he decides to retire?). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowlingtwig Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 I would love to see Mike Brown stay as a coach unfortunately I believe he will go else where as he has shown that he can still play the game. He was at least able to play almost 15 full weeks this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChileBear Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 I wouldn't be shocked if Babich ended up getting demoted back to his previous job. Anyone think Mike Brown ends up getting hired as our new secondary coach (if he decides to retire?). I'd love to see Brown retained as a DB coach. Normally, though, newbies do it on a volunteer basis, see Rivera. But still, he's got the knowledge for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azbearsfan Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 Interesting...I hope we get him on board quickly because he'd be a welcome addition. He's still one of Lovie's guys but he brings a completely different attitude and style to the table while using a similar philosphy. I like it. Hopefully he would have our DL playing better, which would make the defense much better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASHKUM BEAR Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 I like it. Hopefully he would have our DL playing better, which would make the defense much better. If JA/Lovie are really serious about adding Marinelli, they better make it enticing b/c his next trip is to Seattle to possibly be offered the DC job. My thought is, Marinelli will bring out more with our D Line. We need to get back to Bear football and back to leading the NFL in sacks. The Bears are all-time 1st (84') & 3rd (87') in team sacks, maybe Marinelli can find a little Warren Sapp in Tommie and a little Simeon Rice in Mark Anderson/rookie. Another thought, if we add Marinelli, we better see results out of the dlilne as being a top 10 unit, and the linebackers better be a top 5 unit with having two LB coaches in Lovie/Babich. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connorbear Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 I'd love to see Brown retained as a DB coach. Normally, though, newbies do it on a volunteer basis, see Rivera. But still, he's got the knowledge for it. Gil Byrd was the asst defensive backs/safeties coach. I would assume he takes the job. Here is the info on him: http://www.chicagobears.com/team/coach.asp?coach_id=17 Peace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixote Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 Gil Byrd was the asst defensive backs/safeties coach. I would assume he takes the job. Here is the info on him: http://www.chicagobears.com/team/coach.asp?coach_id=17 Peace My guess is a new DB coach will come in, there are plenty loking for work with all the staffs released. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bears4Ever_34 Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 If Babich remains on the Bears staff, I'd question whether our organization is mentally retarded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearSox Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 If we hire Marinelli as our DLine coach/Assistant HC (which I wanted in the first place), it would likely mean that Babich will stay as DC. I figure if we wanted to make a change at coordinator, we'd first get the new DC before we made hired new assistant coaches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azbearsfan Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 Here is more info... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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