The WRs seem like they’ve done well enough to retain him, but if a new OC is hired he’ll most likely want “his own guys” brought in.

Deserved to be shown the door last year, and this year is no exception.
Not saying the others don’t deserve the same fate, but Babs has overstayed his welcome for sure.

Angelo: He does get high marks for the Cutler trade, but the problem now is the lack of depth in positions he’s been ignoring. Pace and Omayale weren’t bad signings, but they’re too old and too broken now to make a difference, so they look awful. Now we’re in a tight spot come next year. D+

Smith: Lovie always has the same look on his face, and people take that to mean a lack of passion. We don’t know what goes on behind closed doors, but there is no doubt Lovie Smith genuinely cares about the organization and at the very least, making sure he still has a job. He catches a lot of flack for some preparation problems, deseverdly, but Jerry hasn’t exactly given him what he needs to win. D

Turner: Ron’s play calling is typically predictable and usually awful. He hasn’t been getting the line play he needs, but even if he did, would he be that imaginative? I doubt it. F.

Marinelli: I liked this pickup in the off-season. I think he has made a difference with the D-line, but when you’ve got players like Weak-Sauce Harris that only show up to play twice a year, there’s a limit to what he can accomplish. C.

Babich: Done a respectable job with the losses he’s suffered, but much of his success is coming from the beast that is Lance Briggs. I give Bob a C, only because we can’t prove he made the LBs better, but we can’t prove he’s the problem either.

clean house.

Just this ONCE?

Please? :-)

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That said. Angelo must go. He makes horrible player/personnel decisions. He has ignored the offensive line like he wishes they would just go away. He got us another “gunslinger” but didn’t give him many bullets. He over invested on the defensive line as if the defense really does win you games, even without an offense and special teams. And then he adds to that debacle by extending injury prone players, and questionable coaches to long term contracts that may bury this organization for years. Oh, and top that all off by being so terrible at high round draft picks that he finally just traded them all away.
Jerry Angelo has failed the Chicago Bears!

Angelo gets an F – he has no idea how to evaluate talent, especially in the trenches.

I’ll still give Lovie a C-, because there’s no talent to work with at almost all the positions. Bob Babich has increased his grade from an F to a D-.

Ron Turner’s been getting an F since 2006.

Jerry Angelo – If a GM has a history of missing on talent in the first two rounds and/or can’t identify potential on the offensive side of the ball, what good is he? He gambled it all on Cutler, but didnt’ upgrade the receiver position.

- Lovie Smith – Doing a great job running the defense, not so great as the head coach.

- Ron Turner – I’ll agree with above that Turner is failing. Show me that Cutler is changing all run calls to passes at the line and I’ll change my opinion.

- Rod Marinelli – Make this guy the D Coordinator already.

- Bob Babich – File Babich under the Terry Shea category of failed Lovie promotions.

For the folks who think Bob Babich needs to be fired… what gives?

- Jerry Angelo: Ultimately, the personnel decisions fall on Jerry. He made the big move to get Cutler, but then failed three times trying to protect him. I liked the Pace and Schaffer moves at the time and don’t really fault him for signing either. The Omiyale one concerned me a bit more, but what do I know. It always feels like Jerry does just enough to keep his job and not much more. Entering this season, it already felt like JA was on his ninth life. I do see Jerry being here next year to finish out his contract but not much after.

- Lovie Smith: I’ve been a big fan of Lovie all along. I’ve disagreed with some of his moves at times. Like getting rid of Chico to bring in his friend Babbich, or the way he moves players out of their natural positions because they get paid more or because they’re more “athletic”. However, I love that he never lets the fans decide his starting lineup and that the players (at least used to) seemed to respect him and wanted to play for him. I believe Lovie will share Jerry’s fate.

- Ron Turner: I’ve never been much for the “fire Ron” banter, because I thought he did alright with what he had to work with. This season isn’t much different, Ron can’t dial up the plays to help Jay succeed because the pocket collapses before Jay finishes a three step drop. However, I’d like to see more roll-outs and bootlegs to help with some of the pressure and utilize Jay’s ability to move. All this being said, I think it’s time for a change. Whether it’s really Turner’s fault or not, it’s time to try something different. I don’t see Turner running our Offense in 2010.

- Rod Marinelli: Rod’s interesting to me. He was highly touted as one of the best in the business at his craft. And he came out of the gates firing, getting great production out of Ogun, Brown and even Anderson. And then nothing for a couple games. I’m fine with Rod in his current capacity and think he’ll be here for a few more years.

- Bob Babich: I hated him as our DC, but Babich seems to have found his home again as our linebackers coach. He’s had less to work with than anyone this year and has made them look pretty darn good most of the time. Players have been burned, yes, but he’s working with twos and threes regularly in some of the toughest positions on our defense. Babich will be here long after his mentor is gone.

- Dave Toub: Huge man crush on this guy. Dave Toub p*sses excellence.