Three years ago, the Bears were the toast of the town. They were getting ready to face the Colts in the Super Bowl, with Rex Grossman as their quarterback, had one of the best defense in the league, and their were no question about the security of the coaching staffs or any thoughts on finding an offensive or defensive coordinator. Now, three years later, the Bears haven't played a play-off game since the loss to the Colts in the Super Bowl, don't know who the  defensive coordinator is going to be for the 2010 season, and the entire coaching staff are all in the hot seat. It also took almost a full month just to hire Mike Martz as our offensive coordinator.

 Now, compare them to the Chicago Blackhawks. Three years ago, they were the laughing stock of the NHL, John McDonough was still the president of the Chicago Cubs, and they were the most unpopular team in Chicago. Now, they are the toast of the town, John McDonough is now team president, and boy has he reintroduced the team to Chicago, and the Hawks are making a serious run for the Stanley Cup this season.

 Why have the Bears fallen and the 'Hawks are now the top in Chicago? Because of ownership. It all starts on the top. If you can't provide talents, don't blame the coaches for a losing season. Blame the management for the what a great job they've done in making draft picks and trading for players. You could blame the coaching staff if they completely kill the talent or if their coaching system has failed and. Just look at Lovie's Tampa 2. It hasn't been good, but the players that Jerry Angelo has picked up, well some of them have been terrible. Corey Graham, Trumaine McBride. Really? 

 OK, I it get that the Hawks have been terrible in recent years but their recent draft picks have really paid off, not to mention that the players that they traded for or acquired via free agency. But I hate it when the Bears continue to make some terrible draft choices and I don't remember when they last tried to get a guy that might actually help the team. Frank Omiyale and Orlando Pace both weren't great this season and the only draft choice that was actually good this year had to be Johnny Knox. None of the other rookies did a thing other than him.  And maybe the best player that the Bears got this year via free agency might be Tim Shaw. And we didn't get him until the second week of the season. That just tells you something when maybe the best player that you got this off season played in the special teams unit and didn't come hear until the second week of the season.

 Right now, I don't see a championship team in place. I say bring a whole new secondary to the defense cause these guys can't cover. Just keep Peanut Tillman and Al Afalava. Maybe Kevin Payne. But for the rest of the secondary, bring new players now. I'm sure the defensive line will do better this year, and if they don't, the defense will once again fall.

                                                                                  Update

 Just heard from ESPN Radio that Rod Marinelli has just been named defensive coordinator for the Chicago Bears. To bad the Bears didn't bring in Perry Fewell. Marinelli brings nothing new to the defensive scheme. He uses the same style as Lovie Smith. Don't know right now if that's a good thing or a bad thing.