The Bears Den - 9/17/09

by ChiFan13 on Sep 17, 2009 12:00 AM CDT in The Bears Den

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....where Rick Morrissey's overreaction is almost as bad as Jason McKie running the ball.

In The Den

ChicagoBears.com

Jerry Angelo is convinced that the defense will survive.

The Bears are confident that Cutler will rebound.

Hunter Hillenmeyer is ready to fill Urlacher's void.

Chicago Sun-Times

Cutler's face bears watching.

A cracked rib will put Clark on the sideline.

Could the Bears and Steelers chuck the ball 80 times this Sunday?

Lovie responds to the criticism leveled at Cutler by some of his coaching buddies.

Jay Cutler unplugged: All the Cutler you'll ever want.

Chicago Tribune

This is the last Rick Morrissey article that will appear in the Den.

David Haugh on Jay Cutler's approach to the media.

Will Zack Bowman get more snaps?

Jason McKie blogeth!

Jerry Angelo's not in panic mode over the linebacker situation.

The Park District is replacing sod at Soldier Field.

Daily Herald

Here's a list of the Bears playing hurt.

Cutler vowed to do better against the Steelers.

The Bears signed a running back to their practice squad.

ESPN Chicago

Chinks can be found in the Steeler's armor.

Cutler is rolling with the media's punches.

Ron Turner had an impassioned defense for Jay Cutler.

Big Ben won't miss Urlacher sitting on the bench on Sunday.

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Our friends over at BTSC

don’t seem to give us much of chance, took a poll on the average score they think the game will be
i think our mean average for the game is about a 9

"I'm sorry Josh, I'm with Chicago now, you need to stop calling me" -JerBear50 as Jay Cutler

by BearNecessities on Sep 17, 2009 4:49 AM CDT reply actions

Q: How does Martz have the time...

to have a show about “coaching”???

A: Because he is not actually coaching any more!

Martz was tossed out of St Louis because he was a whiny, cry baby that had poor leadership skills and guided a Super Bowl contender to the NFL basement. He also helped out in Detroit (FAIL). In fact, when Lovie left, he couldn’t even run an offense anymore.

“Mike Martz, you’re the next contestant on…You’re a Hypocrite!!!”

There are no stupid questions, but there are a LOT of inquisitive idiots.

by LostInSTL on Sep 17, 2009 7:52 AM CDT reply actions

Yeah but...

It’s hard for me to argue with Martz’ comments. We did roll out the “Red Carpet” for Jay. And I do see the “Divaness” in him.

by Big Ike on Sep 17, 2009 8:58 AM CDT up reply actions

My comment is more about the hypocracy...

and you (and yes, even Martz) may have a point. But it would be like “W” criticizing Obama for a slip in a speech, it almost doesn’t matter on the whole.

Besides, Martz has full seasons of verbal meltdown and poor coaching decisions. Cutler has played one game in Chicago, almost won anyway, and didn’t blame anyone but himself. Exactly what is Martz criticizing???? Martz is a tool!!!!

There are no stupid questions, but there are a LOT of inquisitive idiots.

by LostInSTL on Sep 17, 2009 9:19 AM CDT up reply actions

That's very true

Here’s the thing:

Everyone and their mother knew the following about Cutler: 1) He has an elite skill set 2) He’s diabetic 3) He’s from Santa Clause, Indiana; 4) He’s cocky as hell and runs his mouth.

We all knew those things much, much earlier than when Martz spoke up. Why did Martz say it? Who knows. But, LostinSTL has a point – Martz has no damn room to talk when it comes to emotional balance.

I'M A MAN! I'M 23!

by ChiFan13 on Sep 17, 2009 9:26 AM CDT up reply actions

what burns me

is nobody was knocking Manning like this when he threw six ints. I think it was

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by chi-town on Sep 17, 2009 9:52 AM CDT up reply actions

it was against the Chargers

but they won the game i think

"I'm sorry Josh, I'm with Chicago now, you need to stop calling me" -JerBear50 as Jay Cutler

by BearNecessities on Sep 17, 2009 10:06 AM CDT up reply actions

Also...

I believe Delhomme threw 4 AND fumbled one. This after having a similiar game against the Eagles (?) in his last game, the Playoffs! Plus he was rewarded with a huge contract in between. So…….could be worse.

Getcha Beernuts Ready!

by Fly1965 on Sep 17, 2009 10:41 AM CDT up reply actions

Big Ben threw 4

against the Giants last season. Not sure if they won or lost that one.

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by EricEmpire on Sep 17, 2009 12:03 PM CDT up reply actions

more time

it seems like the first loss, although a bad loss, and everybody is at jay cutler’s throat. let him play some more games for god’s sake. just because a coach said something criticizing cutler, everybody thinks its divine word from god or something…

by Da Sassage on Sep 17, 2009 10:17 AM CDT up reply actions

Speaking of coaches I want to kill...........

Did you see Tony Dungys face immediately after the game when they panned back to the studios, Ive never seen a guy soo excited to bash someone, just because you know in the back of his head hes like “Oh yea, I called it, I told you hes not a leader.” He just had this shit grin on his face, Lovie should take him off his friends list on facebook!!

Phil: " Whose baby is that?
Alan: "Check his collar or something." - The Hangover

by ANYTIME09 on Sep 17, 2009 10:23 AM CDT up reply actions 2 recs

Lovie should take him off his friends list on facebook!!

Hilarious. wreck just for that.

You can't believe everything you read on the internet, that's how World War One got started.

by Ditkavsworld on Sep 17, 2009 12:08 PM CDT up reply actions

Hahaha :D

"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 Sep 17, 2009 3:16 PM CDT up reply actions

good call on banning morrissey from here

that guy has the douchebag factor of mariotti minus the writing talent. seems like a very obvious example of a paper trying anything to generate revenue i.e. writing mildly inflammatory bs to get a big negative reaction + ad money and yeah. weakness personified.

i’m ready for sunday now.

by reefermadness3 on Sep 17, 2009 8:12 AM CDT reply actions

I gave him until the season because I wanted to see how'd he react to a bad game by Cutler

But when Morrissey is getting pissed about trivial issues that don’t matter, he no longer deserves to have the space on this post.

If the Trib would get rid of Morrissey, their Bears section would be much improved….probably the best in Chicago (Haugh, McClure, Pompei).

I'M A MAN! I'M 23!

by ChiFan13 on Sep 17, 2009 9:34 AM CDT up reply actions

What exactly is Morrissey's role now that Haugh has taken over his "Wake of the News" column?

by BearFan611 on Sep 17, 2009 9:55 AM CDT up reply actions

I think similar to Rosenbloom's

Write about anything that’s in the news, regardless of whether it’s baseball, basketball, or football.

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by ChiFan13 on Sep 17, 2009 10:10 AM CDT up reply actions

agree

it would be the definition of addition by subtraction

by reefermadness3 on Sep 17, 2009 5:33 PM CDT up reply actions

Off suject

was wondering, with Pisa pizza’s range, speed, and instincts could he play the middle when he came back, and put Hunter back in his old spot he played for 7 yrs?

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by chi-town on Sep 17, 2009 8:40 AM CDT reply actions

or is he too small?

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by chi-town on Sep 17, 2009 8:41 AM CDT up reply actions

I dont think it could

end up any worse in the end. Only if Pisa can play MLB here though.
i dont think it’ll happen though

"I'm sorry Josh, I'm with Chicago now, you need to stop calling me" -JerBear50 as Jay Cutler

by BearNecessities on Sep 17, 2009 8:48 AM CDT up reply actions

ehh thats th eadvantage of me being an armchair coach

I dont have to live w/ bad ideas!

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by chi-town on Sep 17, 2009 9:28 AM CDT up reply actions

I don't want Hunter back in the Sam

Do you remember what happened last year?

Hunter in pass coverage = bad.

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by ChiFan13 on Sep 17, 2009 9:27 AM CDT up reply actions

but he has to be in coverage now

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by chi-town on Sep 17, 2009 9:28 AM CDT up reply actions

True

If Hunter knows the middle better than Pisa, keep him there. I don’t want to get inside Pisa’s head and start going all DMS on him.

I'M A MAN! I'M 23!

by ChiFan13 on Sep 17, 2009 9:30 AM CDT up reply actions

yeah

this is true, ok point taken.

If you live in Chicago you are a bears fan, if you move from chicago you stay a bears fan, if you move to chicago you will be a bears fan.

by chi-town on Sep 17, 2009 9:31 AM CDT up reply actions

next up: Rick Telander

As bad as Morrisey, he actually may be worse. Beware the evil influence of the Medill journo grad – pomposity and arrogance w/o the talent.

by Waylon on Sep 17, 2009 8:43 AM CDT reply actions

Bowman is starting for now...

according to this
dunno if this was posted or not

"I'm sorry Josh, I'm with Chicago now, you need to stop calling me" -JerBear50 as Jay Cutler

by BearNecessities on Sep 17, 2009 9:42 AM CDT reply actions

Sportswriters are all about getting readers

And pissing people off. I am convinced of it. Every sports columnist I know at our college paper is cocky as hell and if you watch shows w/ columnists you see it too, (Around the Horn, PTI, etc) and it obviously works. To this point ChiFan has posted many a Rosenbloom or Morrissey article and warned that it was stupid and BS but we all stull read because our curiosity gets the better of us. That’s how these guys make a living, I’m convinced of it. Good job on the ban ChiFan we shouldn’t continue to contribute to his page views.

by Sam Householder on Sep 17, 2009 10:44 AM CDT reply actions

Yep - that's what my thought was on Morrissey

Rosenbloom has been much better since we’ve gotten Cutler, so he’s good in my book.

I'M A MAN! I'M 23!

by ChiFan13 on Sep 17, 2009 11:01 AM CDT up reply actions

I think the media in general likes to thrive off the negativity.

But at some point in time it gets old. I can’t really watch Around the Horn much anymore, mostly because I want to smack the crap out of Marriotti. I somewhat enjoy Woody Page but mostly because he’s like the drunk uncle at the picnic that get’s a little to handsy with your wife. PTI is still tolerable though. But I’ve had my fill of Morrissey for awhile. Can’t believe that Rosendoom is starting to come around, guess I can’t call him the little black cloud anymore.

You can't believe everything you read on the internet, that's how World War One got started.

by Ditkavsworld on Sep 17, 2009 12:11 PM CDT up reply actions

neil hayes

his article in the sun times today is pure win

http://www.suntimes.com/sports/hayes/1775358,CST-SPT-neil17.article

i nominate his article for weekly winner or something else shiny and nice. i am also done with the whiny douchebags like morrissey, whiny so-called fans and other assorted untermensch who worry about unimportant shit. good read.

by reefermadness3 on Sep 17, 2009 5:31 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs

I was just going to post this

What an awesome article. I didn’t even think of Jim McMahon.

Wow, this city is full of idiots, isn’t it?

by jake1823 on Sep 17, 2009 7:40 PM CDT up reply actions

seems like it sometimes dude

i used to love listening to sports radio talk in this town and now i can barely tolerate almost all of the popular shows.

none of my friends or bears-watching family are worried what color jay’s mood ring is on any given day though (not that i know of at least lol). pretty sure we would rather watch him throw less passes to the other team and play more quarters like the 3rd one last sunday.

by reefermadness3 on Sep 17, 2009 9:04 PM CDT up reply actions