The Bears Den - 11/10/09
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670 The Score
The post-game writeup from Laurence Holmes.
The saga of Tommie Harris.
ChicagoBears.com
The post-game writeup from Larry.
The lopsided loss spoiled Olsen's career game.
Alex Brown only blames the players for the loss.
Tommie Harris is sorry for throwing a punch.
Jump....
Brad Biggs: 10 thoughts and then some.
Neil Hayes: The Bears are no longer competitive.
Neil Hayes: The Bears were tossed for a terrible loss.
Mike Mulligan: The Bears aren't set up to get new blood into Halas Hall.
Mike Mulligan: The buck stops with Lovie Smith.
Rick Telander: Sunday was a total loss of dignity.
Tommie Harris was a big headache again.
The Bears are clawless and clueless.
Idonije says that Tommie should know better than to punch someone.
Tommie vows to make up for lost time. How? No one knows.
Mike Singletary details how he got into coaching.
Grading the Bears.
The Cardinals feel right at home in Chicago.
The Bears are who they are - a mediocre team.
Adewale Ogunleye chides Tommie Harris for his punch.
The Bears will probably have plenty of excuses.
There looks to be no immediate punishment for Tommie.
Steve Rosenbloom: Lovie's defense (and his logic) are broken.
Steve Rosenbloom: Way to go, Lovie.
Rick Morrissey: I know, I banned Rick from the Den. However, this article is spot-on.
David Haugh: If Lovie Smith doesn't have the answers, who does?
Comcast SportsNet Chicago
CSN Chicago grades the Bears' performance versus the Cardinals.
The post-game writeup from CSN Chicago.
Everything you need to know about the game is here.
John Mullin muses on Tommie Harris and his stupid punch.
The Bears have a very short week this week.
Answers are missing and tensions are rising.
Daily Herald
Silver lining or red herring?
The post-game writeup from the Daily Herald.
Jay's big day not enough to get a W.
Tommie hits and runs. Hey, hey!
Week 9 photos from the Daily Herald.
Bob LeGere: Tommie should play against the 49ers.
Mike Imrem: Stinkballs are raining down on our deadbeat Bears.
ESPN
Al Afalava is having an MRI on his shoulder.
Larry Fitzgerald shone and Anquan was pissed he didn't play.
Tommie's punch costed the Bears.
Here's the best breakdown of the Tommie Harris saga - don't miss it.
Sporting News
Our very own wiltfongjr breaks down the pile that was the Bears - Cardinals game.
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Here is
Ted Philips saying that we can do what the cards did last year…
http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/2009/11/bears-president-still-believe-we-can-pull-it-out.html
by GtM on Nov 10, 2009 2:24 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
I want some of what he's on.
"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt." - Bertrand Russell
"F*** everybody outside of Halas Hall. BEARDOWN" - WavyGravy
by Spongie on Nov 10, 2009 3:35 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah...
Thank goodness we have an amazing receiver like Fitzgerald and play in the weakest division in football where 9-7 will win it for us. Super Bowl bound!
I know Lovie knows how to get things turned around, so does Jerry
What ever gave you that idea?
by SaintCee on Nov 10, 2009 3:37 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I am a bit conflicted on this...
I want to see the Bears win every week because I am a fan. Being a fan I cannot root for the Bears to lose. But the only way for the Bears to get better in the next 2-3 years is to get rid of Lovie, JA, and the rest of this coaching staff. For this to happen the Bears have to not only just lose, but lose so badly that NO ONE could honestly say anything but, “they’re absolutely terrible”. Phillips would have to fire Lovie and the Bears could set about fixing the problems that remained.
Then again, maybe the problem is Phillips for sticking with Lovie. But Phillips doesn’t get paid to make the Bears team play well, he gets paid to make sure the team’s overall value grows. Whether the Bears win or lose is not his concern, but he does know that paying Lovie $11million to leave and hiring a new coach would come right off the top line. Thus he “defends” Lovie because of he kinda has to.
When you find yourself in a hole, STOP DIGGING!!!
by LostInSTL on Nov 10, 2009 7:30 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
the only way for the Bears to get better in the next 2-3 years is to get rid of Lovie, JA, and the rest of this coaching staff.
Ehh, keep Toub?
by rdent4hof on Nov 10, 2009 9:42 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Good call...
You are correct sir!

When you find yourself in a hole, STOP DIGGING!!!
by LostInSTL on Nov 10, 2009 2:57 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
for shame
just because that meatgazer morrissey piles on the bears (it’s very easy and fashionable to do these days) does in no way mean you should rescind the ban from his shitty articles.
for shame, really.
you know what the silver lining in this dookie cloud hanging over there bears right now is, at least for me: i will move up in the season ticket non-psl line a helluva lot faster this offseason if the bears keep laying cowpies out on the field this year.
orton and co. sucked it up superbad last night too, nice pick6 kyle. think he’s gonna start targeting opposing LB’s a lot in the 2nd half of the season like he did here?
by reefermadness3 on Nov 10, 2009 7:34 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
I know, I know
But I was just shocked that we agreed on something. And, I’ll admit, his first couple sentences were pretty solid.
Morrissey = no mas.
I'M A MAN! I'M 23!
by ChiFan13 on Nov 10, 2009 9:13 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
How can he still pick on Cutler?
The guy was given a hole deeper than the grand canyon and tried his damndest to fight his way back out..our D is shot apparently, and our O line is a joke..it’s ironic really, our WR play is the one thing that has been decent..which is what everyone was panicking about at the beginning of the year. I think hester would have an extra 250 yards or so if our line didn’t collapse like a prom dress on prom night every other play.
by Pretender85 on Nov 10, 2009 12:34 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I know that Philips said what he had to say, since we're only halfway through the season, but
I’m not sure where this confidence that Lovie and Jerry “know how to turn things around” is coming from.
Many people talk about how the ‘85 Bears have milked everything they could out of their one Super Bowl appearance, but at least they won and were a dominant team for a few years afterward even though they never made it back to the big one. That’s nothing, in my opinion, compared to how these guys are milking their one time at the dance.
This team has steadily declined since their LOSING EFFORT in their one Super Bowl appearance and don’t show any signs of improving. Despite what was one of the biggest off-season acquisitions in NFL history with Cutler, who was supposedly the missing piece, we’re even a worse team than we were last year.
Like most Bear fans, I will be cheering for them to win every game they play, but what should concern the owners and managment is that there are probably a lot of fans like me who won’t be as upset as we should be when they lose. Instead, we’ll be getting some satisfaction that each loss, especially the beatdowns like Cinci and Arizona, is another nail in the coffin of the management team. That, to me, is the real shame of the situation. To take what is, arguably, one of the most loyal fanbases in all of sport and making us apathetic toward the team we normally are so passionate about. This goes way beyond the Angelo/Lovie era, we’ve gone through this same thing with Wanny and Jauron as well. That’s the better part of 16 years that we’ve been put through this same kind of mediocre, vanilla, inadequate, and every other “blah” adjective you can come up with, feeling from our football franchise.
Unlike the Bears management, I will take some responsibility for this, it’s probably my fault for putting up with this. Afterall, I’m a Cub fan too.
by BearFan611 on Nov 10, 2009 7:35 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
FREE AGENT CLASS
Bear Fans here is some reason for optimism. Next year’s free agent class looks very promising, and if Angelo is still the GM (god forbid), he has a good list to choose from to plug all the holes on offense and defense. But I still think a new GM and Coach is more of a cure because of a need for a need message and scheme on both sides of the ball. However, if Angelo is still calling the shots, he hasn’t screwed up free agency like he had with the draft; except for Archaleta. Nevertheless, replacing Wolfe and Peterson with White or Taylor and a draft selection would be a huge upgrade over current RB unit. Adding one WR on this list, most preferably Marshall or Bryant would upgrade the Bears WR core tremendously. Likewise, the OL, Orleans Jahri Evans G would improve our run game and mid-grade tackle would give option to a deteriorating line. However, grabbing a big name WR and/or OL will lessen the quality the Bears could put on the DL. Kampman (replace Ogunleye) can’t be to happy being converted to LB, after success at DE and with the 3-4 Aaron doesn’t fit Packers’ defensive scheme. Unfortunately, the Bears might be stuck with their DT rotation that include Tommie Harris considering he is still owed a nice chuck of change, but Seymore or Wilfork will be very nice on the Bears DL. More importantly bring in a few safeties and keeping the rotation at corner with a few cheap backups with hopefully shore that unit up. What do you think?:
Ronnie Brown (RB)
Lendale White (RB)
Chester Taylor (RB)
Brandon Marshall (WR)
Leon Washington (RB)
Darren Sproles (RB)
Braylon Edwards (restricted) (WR)
Vincent Jackson (WR)
Terrell Owens (WR)
Antonio Bryant (WR)
Chris Chambers (WR)
Jahri Evans (G)
Logan Mankins (G)
Marcus McNeill (T)
Jared Gaither (T)
Julius Peppers (DE)
Elvis Dumervil (DE)
Aaron Kampman (DE)
Vince Wilfork (DT)
Richard Seymour (DT)
Casey Hampton (DT)
Ryan Pickett (DT)
Johnny Jolly (DT)
Steve Breaston (WR)
Kevin Walter (WR)
Miles Austin (WR)
Carlos Rogers (DB)
Dunta Robinson (DB)
Richard Marshall (DB)
Marlin Jackson (DB)
O.J. Atogwe (S)
Nick Collins (S)
Atari Bigby (S)
by Soloistic on Nov 10, 2009 10:59 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
we should just sign them all
and field a new team
"Hey, the offensive linemen are the biggest guys on the field, they're bigger than everybody else, and that's what make them the biggest guys on the field." -Madden
by BearNecessities on Nov 10, 2009 11:39 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Alot is going to depend on the new agreement
between restricted and unrestricted though..
Roach love the run stuffin', but don't forget about the TE over the middle!!
- "Original WCG Power Poster!"
by tfrabotta on Nov 10, 2009 1:06 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
How about Marcus Mcneil and Kampman?
I think the Chargers will tag Vincent Jackson, we cut Pace loose, CWill to the left side and Mcneil to Rt. Kampman to left end and bye bye Wale. Like Atogwe as well.
Roach love the run stuffin', but don't forget about the TE over the middle!!
- "Original WCG Power Poster!"
by tfrabotta on Nov 10, 2009 1:08 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Franchise tags
If next year is uncapped, each team will have 2 franchise tags.
I would guess the Chargers would tag Vincent Jackson and McNeill.
by boondock_saint812 on Nov 10, 2009 2:19 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
why i love da coach
“First time Harris has hit anybody all season.”
by No It All on Nov 10, 2009 11:05 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Alex Brown just threw Lovie under the bus
In the link above – Alex Brown only blames the players and not the coaches for the loss.
First Angelo threw Lovie under the bus after the debacle in Cincinnati when he question the Bear’s lack of adjustments.
Now this. Brown starts out by saying that ’It’s all the players and not the coaches."
Then he wonders why the Bears were able stop Arizona twice in a row late in the third quarter, after playing like zombies up until then.
Brown says “Why the hell can’t we do that from the first play?” Good question Alex. Here’s your answer.
Your headcoach doesn’t do a very good job getting his team ready to play. While you guys are acting like zombies on the field he’s doing the same thing on the sideline. The entire team is sleepwalking until the game is 3/4s over. It’s just that simple
Maybe the current Bears (players and coaches) should learn about a guy named Mike Ditka. Ditka lost a lot of games as the headcoach of the Bears. Rarely, however, did his team play like they were half asleep. If they did, Iron Mike was pretty good at giving them a wake up call on the sidelines. After all, that was his job.
by axthelm on Nov 10, 2009 11:06 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

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