Brick Haley On His Way Out?
With money wrapped up in the defensive line with the sizable contracts of Tommie Harris and Adewale Ogunleye and a modest one with Alex Brown, much was expected of the Bears defensive line. What they got was quite different. The biggest downfall of the Bears defense this year was the inability to generate a consistent pass rush. You can lay blame in a lot of places bad scheme, overrated players, unimaginative play calling, but in the end you must work with what you have.
That leads us to Brick Haley, the Bears defensive line coach. Haley, though it has not officially been announced, is expected to take over as the defensive line coach at LSU. That in turn brings us back to the recently interviewing of former Detroit Lions coach Rod Marinelli. Marinelli and Coach Smith have history and are good friends. Marinelli has also interviewed with Seattle about their vacant defensive coordinator position.
I think the Bears are looking at Marinelli as an upgrade over Haley, but also as defensive cooridinator in waiting of sorts. They will give Babich another year to prove he can do the job and if he doesn't they can easily make the transistion to Marinelli.
Marinelli signing or not, the Bears will have a new defensive line coach next year.
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I've got a crazy idea..
how about we hire somebody who played defensive line in the NFL!
by Hatchetm on
Jan 6, 2009 7:46 AM CST
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FWIW...
… former athletes often do not make good coaches, and many, many good coaches were either not former NFL players, or were not any good as NFL players.
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by big_lowitzki on
Jan 6, 2009 8:54 AM CST
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yeah, and the bears
have plenty of those guys
by Hatchetm on
Jan 6, 2009 9:15 AM CST
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Lovie and Jerry both like Marinelli from their Tampa days...
And according to reports out of Detroit, they have formally offered Marinelli the D-Line job.
I would love to see if Marinelli can get 12 sacks out of Mark Anderson, like former D-Line coach Don Johnson did, before Lovie ran him out of town.
I'm not going to even bother trying to update this sig everyday anymore... that's what the standings column on ESPN is for.
Updated on May 25, 2008
by SackMan on
Jan 6, 2009 9:12 AM CST
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there is something weird going on here...
if lovie really wanted marinelli he would have offered him the coordinator position. he is sticking with babich which is extremely disturbing. lovie is effectively saying “there is nothing wrong with our coaches/scheme, it is the players that are the problem. the ball is in your court jerry.”
by Hatchetm on
Jan 6, 2009 9:20 AM CST
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It's troubling...
There’s some friction going on right now between Lovie and Jerry, as evidenced by their post-seaon press conferences.
Lovie said he lost his #1 and #2 WRs… Jerry said you don’t win games with WRs and RBs, you win because of QBs. Yet… well… he’s put all our QBs, RBs, and WRs, in place. So, he’s indicting himself.
I'm not going to even bother trying to update this sig everyday anymore... that's what the standings column on ESPN is for.
Updated on May 25, 2008
by SackMan on
Jan 6, 2009 9:37 AM CST
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Why I couldn't stand the Bears this year?
All I wanna know, fans, was it worth it?
Viva la nuance! Reading comprehension rules!!!
by tyger1147 on
Jan 6, 2009 10:43 AM CST
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Offered
According to Chicago Tribune, the job is his if he wants it:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/bears/chi-06-bears-chicagojan06,0,4221053.story
by bentley on
Jan 6, 2009 3:10 PM CST
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Hub sez...
the bears expect marinelli to be offered the seattle job and bears will not match the $$$.
by Hatchetm on
Jan 6, 2009 7:04 PM CST
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well, i will say this
if we opt to be stubborn and not replace babich, who failed terribly this year (yes, his players didn’t play that well, but he was still clearly out-coached every week, seen by his running a soft zone D with personnel that didn’t match + having terribly designed blitzes) with the many much better options out there, like marinelli, crennel, and mangini, we will have missed a great opportunity to upgrade quickly. seriously, does anyone honestly think marinelli isn’t a much better option than babich? offer him the DC position (or be willing to do the same for the several solid candidates on the market) asap.
by guy incognito on
Jan 6, 2009 8:27 PM CST
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I don't know that you can blame Babich
for the scheme. Isn’t that the scheme Lovie brought. Babich has to find a way to work with it, but the he had no say in the scheme.
Being Who You Thought We Were Since 2005!
by WCG on
Jan 7, 2009 9:45 AM CST
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