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Mike Martz Approval Rating: Round Two

 

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This is the last poll (click to view results), on October 4, right after the Bears lost their first game of the year to the Giants. 

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Do you approve or disapprove of Mike Martz as the Bears Offensive Coordinator?
Approve
265 votes
Disapprove
413 votes

678 votes | Poll has closed

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A qualified "approve."

I’m not ready to throw him under the bus but I would be curious to know how blitzers from Cutler’s blind side are being totally missed. O-line issue? Inadequate protection scheme? Maybe we can just get a watered-down Martz-fense for a couple of weeks and try running more.

by oripunk3485 on Oct 18, 2010 2:42 PM CDT reply actions  

Again...Still better than Turner.

(Sing song)...Everybody Hates Rondo...

by T.Moore on Oct 18, 2010 2:45 PM CDT reply actions  

i approve - the short version

He was considered an offensive genius at one time and I can’t believe he got stupid over night.
There are other, deeper problems with this team, a plethora of them in fact.
He can’t teach Omiyale to keep his head on a swivel and look for the corner blitz. Omiyale should know to do that by now.
Same thing with Cutler – he should already know to get rid of the ball before he gets blasted.
I feel certain that Martz has coached his players but they must be the ones to perform on the field.
They have not been up to potential.

"I am a sinner who does not expect forgiveness. But I am not a government official." - Francis Wolcott

by Maelvampyre on Oct 18, 2010 2:50 PM CDT reply actions  

True

You can coach until you are blue in the face though the players have to play the game and the O-Line is making coaching up this offense impossible, Jerry Angelo should be held accountable for not getting the players needed for an OLine and Tice should have not said it was okay during the offseason when it was not.

by tkiller314 on Oct 18, 2010 4:02 PM CDT up reply actions  

I can't answer this one

I neither approve or disapprove. He’s doing exactly what I expected (stubbornly getting Jay flattened).

Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it. -George Halas

by Allie on Oct 18, 2010 2:51 PM CDT reply actions  

And you neither approve or disapprove of THAT??

I for one disapprove of flattened QB’s just on general principles.

If you can't laugh at yourself you must not be very funny.
I remain a pessimistically hopeful Bears fan.

by Just Dave on Oct 18, 2010 3:32 PM CDT up reply actions  

I can't disapprove

of someone being completely themselves.

Although, we got rid of Turner for predictability and then hired Martz…

Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it. -George Halas

by Allie on Oct 18, 2010 3:37 PM CDT up reply actions  

Not to argue semantics

but I could disapprove of say, Charles Manson being completely himself.

If you can't laugh at yourself you must not be very funny.
I remain a pessimistically hopeful Bears fan.

by Just Dave on Oct 18, 2010 3:46 PM CDT up reply actions  

Action-wise sure

but I like authentic people.

Besides you know what I meant, right?

Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it. -George Halas

by Allie on Oct 18, 2010 5:20 PM CDT up reply actions  

After watching Peyton Manning last night...

pitch a freakin tent, light a campfire and make a s’more before his coverage collapsed, our issue is the OLINE folks….JA needs to go, our oline sucked last year and we drafted no one? Traded for no one? Ummmm…hello????

"Yes, risk taking is inherently failure-prone. Otherwise, it would be called sure-thing-taking." - Jim McMahon

by bearsfn9 on Oct 18, 2010 2:53 PM CDT reply actions  

Was it better? Seemed to me that Cutler ran for his life last year too....

"Yes, risk taking is inherently failure-prone. Otherwise, it would be called sure-thing-taking." - Jim McMahon

by bearsfn9 on Oct 18, 2010 3:07 PM CDT up reply actions  

Hmmm....

Through 16 games in 2009- 35 sacks and 79 QB hits.
Through 6 games in 2010- 27 sacks and 45 QB hits.

WILDCARD BITCHES!!! YEEEEHHHAAAAA!!!!!

by Acreman20 on Oct 18, 2010 3:26 PM CDT up reply actions  

Hes gonna get hit 100 times

This might be his last season

(Sing song)...Everybody Hates Rondo...

by T.Moore on Oct 18, 2010 3:28 PM CDT up reply actions  

Thanks for the stats...they are worse this year.

We still didnt draft anyone and dont seem to be pursuing anyone either. How are we supposed to get better…Billick said all day long yesterday that this line could not handle Martz’s play calling at this point.

"Yes, risk taking is inherently failure-prone. Otherwise, it would be called sure-thing-taking." - Jim McMahon

by bearsfn9 on Oct 18, 2010 3:45 PM CDT up reply actions  

Qualified approval...

He had 3 games of greatness, followed by a game of intense suck, a game of forced contrition, and a game of lower level suck. If he goes back to those 3 games of greatness where he’s actually willing to adjust his playcalling, incorporate a run game, and realize that our offensive line is trash, he’ll gain my absolute approval.

by Doshi on Oct 18, 2010 3:56 PM CDT reply actions  

anyone else see a pattern here??

at this moment, it’s 63% (and climbing) disapprove / 36% approve…

kinda reminds me of Martz’s PASS / RUN ratio…and it’s climbing…

oh snap!

by Rampage997 on Oct 18, 2010 5:56 PM CDT reply actions  

I approve

…things take time, and when we have good games we tend to have GOOD games… so I think after some more time, we’ll get it all figured out.

"A lot of fans were drawn to me because they knew that whatever the score was, I was going to run as hard as I could on every play. You don't have that now, you have guys waiting for next week or even next year." - Walter Payton

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by Ashley Czuba on Oct 18, 2010 6:41 PM CDT reply actions  

I put disapprove but I was a bit unsure...

I honestly never wanted him here in the first place because we’ve seen how his offense is when he doesn’t have Hall of Fame-era Orlando Pace, Marshall Faulk, Torry Holt and Isaac Bruce. While they may have put up points they were never winning teams aside from his Rams teams and come on guys that was a decade ago. Lately he hasn’t done much and for me that says that without Hall of Fame talent he can’t have a great offense. BUT before I’m crucified here, he has done good things here this season and yes our O-Line is just God awful and that lies with Angelo. But I think that Martz needs to ease up on the stubborness. He knows this line is utterly incapable of allowing Jay to drop 7 steps back so he should incorporate other plays in order to move the ball. Once he stops sending out the franchise QB for tackling drills and starts doing things to help him stay upright, i’ll approve…… But then again no one here or at Halas cares about my approval. Go Bears!

by frenchbears113 on Oct 18, 2010 11:51 PM CDT reply actions  

Dissaprove of how he handled the last 2 games with Cutler.

He has done a good job for most of the year though. But he has to learn that he can’t have Cutler taking so many 7 step drops when the protection isn’t there.

Lifelong Arizona Cardinals/Chicago Bears fan [I have always lived in Arizona, dad is from Chicago].

I can't stand fair-weather/bandwagon fans, stick with your team(s), throughout the good and the bad. And don't switch to whichever team wins the Super Bowl each year.

by JoeCB1991 on Oct 19, 2010 12:19 AM CDT reply actions  

Pass Happy Freakazoid

When will he realize he just has no O-line and he needs to start running the ball?

by Gaak on Oct 19, 2010 6:58 AM CDT reply actions  

balance

its much better then turner for sure but the scheme doesnt work if you cant block and other teams know this.. there is enough evidence out there that martzs system is difficult.. the seasons far from over and perhaps a distilled version will have to be played out,, remember thats why martz got fired from other teams
just simplify and find a balance and im sure the bears know this if not its the end of the lovie boat..

by achilles10 on Oct 19, 2010 10:35 AM CDT reply actions  

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