Band-Aids

by axthelm on Nov 15, 2009 1:37 PM CST

A mother has to remove a Band-Aid from her young child. She says “Close your eyes. I’m going to rip this Band-Aid off really fast. It will hurt less that way than if I remove it slowly.”

Does it hurt when she rips off the Band-Aid as fast as possible? Yes. .

Would it hurt more if she did it slowly and dragged out the process? Again yes.

The Bears are a disaster. It’s time to make a Band-Aid decision:

Do we want to want to go into the next off season with a Band-Aid approach? That is , with JA and Lovie trying to apply Band-Aids to the patient in the hopes that the patient heals? A patch here and a patch there?

Or do we want to rip off the Band-Aid and replace many of this underachieving team (GM, head coach, assistant coaches and dead weight players)?

I vote for the latter.

The Bears have been a 500 team since their Super Bowl run in 2006. They are underachievers. Recent disasters against Cincinnati, Arizona and San Franciso provide visual, indiisputable evidence of this fact. Once in a while fine. Three in four weeks is completely unacceptable.

They made a huge trade for Jay Cutler, who, with the proper coaching, still has more than enough time to become a franchise QB in the NFL. (Jay Cutler has less interceptions in his first three seasons than HOF’er John Elway or future HOF’er Peyton Manning). Cutler is still a young player. They need to build their team around him and surround him with the best possible coaching (sorry Lovie & Ron).

It’s time for regime change at Halas Hall. It’s now time to open the windows there and air out the building. They desperately need a breath of fresh air and a change of scenery.

I would rather they took a step backwards next season (if that's possible) if it meant that they were able to assemble the nucleus of a team (management, coaches and players) that can compete at a high level on a consistent basis (ala Pittsburgh, New England and Indianapolis). To my knowledge nobody has ever accused anyone in the Steeler organization of being geniuses. They just do things the right way and collect their Lombardi trophies.

Just the thought of listening to Lovie and JA this coming off season talking about how they are going to turn the Bears around in 2010 makes me want to vomit.

At the very least, if that time comes to pass, would someone please have the courtesy of covering their mouths with a couple of Band-Aids. Please.

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Well said

The Bears are a inconsistent team, it’s time for a change.

by Lester A. Wiltfong Jr. on Nov 16, 2009 10:54 AM CST reply actions

good points - good post

Morrisey’s column in the Trib was similar to this … and I agree that this team needs to make changes at the top before addressing the rest of the team’s problems. OC, HC, GM all need to be evaluated.

I know – we dump JA and Lovie and the team eats all the money owed – fine. i’ll take it if it means we can get some improvement on those levels. this team has looked bad at times since the Super Bowl, but the last four weeks have been awful. this team actually looks worse as the season progresses.

clean house and start over. will it happen – probably not.

Evil will always triumph, because good is dumb.

by junkhorse on Nov 16, 2009 12:24 PM CST reply actions

i choose the latter, but its not a realistic option

no picks. the bears never sign even decent FAs so forget about an impact player. option 2 requires someone somewhere in the Bears hierarchy to accept responsibility for the failures of the entire organization, not gonna happen.

by No It All on Nov 16, 2009 1:45 PM CST reply actions

Unless the Bears go 4-12 or 5-11,

I believe JA and Lovie will be back. Ron Turner will no doubt be gone. His contract is up, and I see no way that they re-up him for any more years. He’s a failure at the buffet and at ND, but his success as an OC in the NFL is there. After Charlie Weiss is fired, should the Bears bring him in?

by Mike Mueller on Nov 16, 2009 4:39 PM CST reply actions

I really like that idea.

If he’d be willing, I think Weiss would be a great OC. I looked into him a lil and thought this was interesting:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England_Patriots_strategy#Erhardt_-_Perkins_Offensive_System

I particularly like that it is referred to as “traditional smash mouth offense.”

Re JA: I have wanted him to step down for awhile. I fear that doing so now may look like a referendum on the Cutler deal and extensions. That would be unfortunate because I think the Cutler trade was great, but not enough, as this team lacks too much talent at too many positions.

by No It All on Nov 16, 2009 9:28 PM CST up reply actions

This is all well and good.

But I wonder how you reconcile it to your QB post( here) where you state that the primary problem with the Chicago Bears is the defense.

I’m assuming the first point will be “They’re the ones who put the defense in”, which is well and good, but this is also a pretty far cry from what they were really intending to field. Losing two starting linebackers has no choice but to change the look of the defense, among other things.

I’m not trying to attack you, I think a lot of your points are very valid, and agree with many. I was just hoping for more clarification.

Thanks!

"I'm a firm believer in the philosophy of a ruling class. Especially since I rule."-Randal Graves

by KDoggers on Nov 18, 2009 6:44 PM CST reply actions