The Bears Den: 12/31/09
by Dane Noble on Dec 31, 2009 2:00 AM CST
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CWilliams talks about his performance at LT against the Mulleted One.
Weekly Q/A with Professor Jerry. He seems happier this week.
Cutler says he was pointing at the clock, not giving you guys the bird.
Raiola talks about long-time friend Kreutz; offers to sell you a vowel.
Highlights from Cutler's presser. Wouldn't it be fun if players would say what they really thought?
Pompei hands out his weekly positional report card. What a difference a week can make.
Culpepper likely to get the nod in Motown this weekend.
Moose says he's gonna rock it til the wheels fall off.
Haugh talks about Halas, McCaskey, Money, and Lovie. Hot read!
Team report from USA Today. Kreutz tries to clear the air.
Pisa hopes to remain in Chicago. I'm rooting for you big guy.
Pompei talks about Cutler's numbers out of the pocket.
Morrissey talks about trust. Say what you will about him, but the guy can write.
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Lovie will be back next year.
You can take that to the bank. I think Pompei hit the nail on the head….they were looking for an justification for keeping him around, and they got one. See you guys in 2011
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by RightFieldSucks on Dec 31, 2009 2:54 AM CST reply actions
Agreed
The McCaskeys weren’t looking for a reason to not fire Lovie, they’re looking for something to sell to the fans as an excuse as to why they aren’t firing him. I’m not averse to keeping him, just take away his and Angelo’s responsibilities. Hire good a OC and DC and give them the ability to overrule Lovie.
Also a correction , the link to that article says Pompeii but the article says Haugh is the author.
At that point, shouldn't they just treat him like Milton from Office Space?
by Steven Schweickert on Dec 31, 2009 8:24 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Lovie will back...
If for no other reason than to miminize the amount of dollars that will be left on the books in 2011 (a possible lockout year). Why add more money to the books, when you can have a lame duck coach that you can fire after 2010 if he performs poorly. Either way, keep him or fire him, they more than likely will be paying him to sit at home since the 2011 looks like will be a wash and no football will be played.
That’s not true!!! WHY THE F*CK WOULD YOU SAY THAT YOU AHOLE!! Ok maybe your right but you gotta give a little something here for it to work. I don’t know what I’m going to do this is the worst thing I’ve ever read, this day could not get any worse. Fine, F*ck it, you’re right.
by Ditkavsworld
The way I see it
If Lovie will still be around, then Angelo should pull a Jim Zorn on him. Strip him of playcalling duties and strip him of personnel decisions. It’s the only way Lovie won’t screw the team any worse.
Unfortunately, I don't think Lovie accepts that
He’s pretty stubborn. I could definitely see JA giving Lovie ultimatums about the offense and defense and Lovie saying “f u buddy, then fire me.” Who will back down?
by Mike Mueller on Dec 31, 2009 9:46 AM CST up reply actions
That's insubordination, which is grounds for termination
Which plays right into the McCaskey’s hands, since they’d be off the hook for his hefty contract – unlike Al Davis and his Lane Kiffin fiasco. Anyway, Lovie is a “lamb duck” – whether he’s calling the shots, or not. I don’t think he’d care what role he played, as long as they let him stick around and kept paying him $5 million a year to “hang out” with his buddies on the team.
"Yes, risk taking is inherently failure-prone. Otherwise, it would be called sure-thing-taking." - Jim McMahon
Pull a Jim Zorn...
By hiring Jim Zorn as OC and giving him playing calling duty? Now that would be ironic.
That’s not true!!! WHY THE F*CK WOULD YOU SAY THAT YOU AHOLE!! Ok maybe your right but you gotta give a little something here for it to work. I don’t know what I’m going to do this is the worst thing I’ve ever read, this day could not get any worse. Fine, F*ck it, you’re right.
by Ditkavsworld
ironic
Didn’t you just post PFW article about how all that power is in Lovie’s contract so it can’t be stripped?
"Why does Jay Cutler look so bad running these awful plays behind an incompetent offensive line?" - VeryFakeAlDavis
LOL
That’s pretty funny. Also, the caption reads “Lovie Smith shouts defensive instructions…” but does it really look like that’s what he is doing? Looks more like a “C’mon, man” to me.
You are all gentlemen (and ladies) and good judges of cheap whiskey.
Might be the 1st time..
That I actually agree with Morrissey. But then again, everyone else has been saying the same thing too so..meh.
TO debacle
Can someone please tell me why Lovie isn’t getting criticism for not calling a TO when the Vikes were about to score? There was a minute left and he allowed the clock just to run down without giving the team a chance to score in regulation. Just because they happen to win, doesn’t mean we should overlook it.
"But it doesn't matter what I do, what I choose. I'm what's wrong. This is fate" - Dexter season 4....I mean Lovie season 6.
lame ducks better then nothing
just hope if lovie does stay like may have you have noted they neuter him of reponsibilities and just give us his dumb lost looks.. nothing personal he seems like a good guy maybe a small christian college would suit him better then the NFL..
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