The Bears Den: Friday May 14th Edition

by Kev H on May 14, 2010 6:48 AM CDT in The Bears Den

Where Jason Voorhees has to wait 'til August to rise again.

Are special teams stars made or born? - At chicagobears.com, they basically talk about how awesome their own special teams are. If you've got it, flaunt it.

Bears will stick with grass at Soldier Field - In other newsflash-worthy news, water is wet.

Bears hoping for healthy dose of Bowman - See, it works on two levels. One, they want him to be physically healthy, and two, they want to use him a lot at cornerback. That's a well-written headline right there. You should fear and respect it.

Look, I'm not saying you should follow WCG on Twitter. I'm just saying if you don't, we're going to mail you naked pictures of Bea Arthur.

Can Cutler cut it in 2010? | Football | Sports | Toronto Sun - The Toronto Sun seems gravely concerned about whether Cutler can handle the 2010 season, but doesn't really ever explain if they think he can or not. They play 12 on 12 on a 110 yard field, though, so I'm not really concerned with what they have to say.

Ex-Bear Azumah to host charity event - Jerry Azumah is having a poker tournament. Go check it out, if that's something you're good at. I'm not Lady Gaga, and I have a terrible poker face. So I would not do well.

Westbrook shows Broncos that he's healthy; Redskins see fit for RB - Captain Concussion is shopping himself around, and there's a few teams kicking the tires. His health issues are a concern, but he could make a great tandem to a team with a running back.

Titans use day off from minicamp to assist flood recovery efforts - I always like seeing things like this, when multi-millionaires, at the very least, pretend to care about people, but in this case, I think it's pretty f'ing genuine.

Brady cites lack of trust, confidence as reasons for early '09 exit - WAAAAAAAAAAH. Things got hard for us, and we didn't know what to do. WAAAAAAAAH. I'm Tom Brady, and when I'm not busy impregnating supermodels, I enjoy having everything handed to me on a silver platter. WAAAAAAAH

See, this is my point. The Canadians have no idea what they're doing.* They can't even spike the ball effectively.:

*I actually like Canadians. Thanks for the Molson.

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Lmao!

21 didn’t really need to punch him.I like how is own teammate number 72 is laughing at him =)

by I love football! on May 14, 2010 8:09 AM CDT reply actions

How many RB's do the Skins need?

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by David Taylor on May 14, 2010 8:10 AM CDT reply actions

This is depressing:

The Park District was interested in changing the surface — despite a busy summer schedule at the stadium that includes five concerts — but the Bears indicated they aren’t.

by Mike Mueller on May 14, 2010 8:13 AM CDT reply actions

I am glad they're sticking to grass

Bears football is played on grass. Of course, a competent field crew would be nice.

by TheMan1 on May 14, 2010 8:25 AM CDT reply actions

For 17 seasons; 1971 through 1987 season

Bears football was played on astroturf.

by Mike Mueller on May 14, 2010 8:42 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

PWNED

Though it could be argued, all the years before and after were grass.

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by Kev H on May 14, 2010 8:48 AM CDT up reply actions

I wasn't born for 1/2 those years

So I accept 1/2 PWNED – deal?

by TheMan1 on May 14, 2010 10:45 AM CDT up reply actions

In 2002, the Bears played in Champaign...on an AstroPlay field

by Mike Mueller on May 14, 2010 10:46 AM CDT up reply actions

actually they stadium is in urbana

"snuffalufagus fucks my shit up"

by leopoldjones on May 14, 2010 1:11 PM CDT up reply actions

Hm..........

I think something happened between 1971 through 1987…………I can’t remember but for life of me, I know something happened…….

by I love football! on May 14, 2010 8:49 AM CDT up reply actions

also…didn’t a certain running back become the greatest of all time those years as well?

"That's racist."

by BearNecessities on May 14, 2010 9:31 AM CDT up reply actions

and a certain team win a trophy

by chiguy8506 on May 14, 2010 6:50 PM CDT up reply actions

There isn't really a field crew in the world that can completely mitigate what's going on at Soldier Field

They are having events at Soldier Field right up until the season, and at times during the season, all on the grass. It damages the field, at times irrepairably, forcing a re-sod job days before games. When that happens the sod doesn’t have time to properly root, and you get some of the horrible displays we’ve seen.

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by Jacob Hayes on May 14, 2010 9:23 AM CDT up reply actions

Doesn't make a lick of sense

Why are they not interested? It’s not like they have to spend the money, right? I’ve seen high school football fields look better than Soldier Field after a re-sodding. It’s downright embarrassing and unsafe.

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by propheteer on May 14, 2010 10:13 AM CDT up reply actions

I honestly don't know...

But this meshes with the general feel I got when I tried tor reach out to the Parks Dept. I got a generic response of addressing between them and the Bears org, etc, etc. The borderline stonewall would make sense working under the assumption that this story makes.

I wasn’t going to make the assumption that the Bears were the hold up, but if someone else wants to do so, I’ll agree with the thought process. As far as why would the Bears take that stance? My only guess is that either they mistakenly think it gives them some sort of advantage they don’t want to give up, some sort of marketability concern, or they honestly have major concerns about the safety that they want answered first.

To me, since it’s very much a reality that re-soddings are going to have to be done causing the conditions we’ve experienced the last few years on a continued basis, I’d think that massive injury concern outstrips any possible leg injury concern, specially when we build as a speed/quickness team who would get more of an advantage from the replacement.

My only actual concern when it comes to the replacement is the performance of the field turf or grassmaster or whatever in below freezing/icy conditions.

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by Jacob Hayes on May 14, 2010 10:34 AM CDT up reply actions

I just read

that it was the evaluation of lower leg injuries (ankle and acl). There’s a big increase in percentages on field turf even though horrible grass conditions may offer different injury risks like you mentioned.

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by propheteer on May 14, 2010 10:54 AM CDT up reply actions

Something they need to look into...

Keeping the grass with a heating system. That’s what the Browns Stadium has.

Playing Field: The field is a Kentucky Bluegrass irrigated field with a sand-soil root zone and an underground heating system containing nine boilers and 40 miles of underground piping. The heating system will keep the field from freezing and extend the growing season of the turf.

LINK

by boondock_saint812 on May 14, 2010 11:45 AM CDT up reply actions

good find

But we all know they’ll say it’s too pricey

"When I played pro football, I never set out to hurt anyone deliberately - unless it was, you know, important, like a league game or something." ~ Dick Butkus

by Lester A. Wiltfong Jr. on May 14, 2010 11:55 AM CDT up reply actions

wouldn't the price be absorbed by the Park District? (or the taxpayers)

Adrian Pedestrian!! Now that's funny Mr. Bayless...

by Syndor on May 14, 2010 12:01 PM CDT up reply actions

I'm sure...

but it’s too pricey for the Park District

"When I played pro football, I never set out to hurt anyone deliberately - unless it was, you know, important, like a league game or something." ~ Dick Butkus

by Lester A. Wiltfong Jr. on May 14, 2010 12:08 PM CDT up reply actions

It used to be affordable.

In Madden 2008 or 2009, that is.

by oripunk3485 on May 14, 2010 12:10 PM CDT up reply actions

Here is the problem...

It’s not the weather that causes poor conditions on the grass fields. It’s the fact they are multi-use stadiums. Soldier Field isn’t just for Bears football, they also use it for Soccer/College FB/Various Concerts/RandomOtherThings. That’s what kills the field, when you set up a massive stage on top of it, and then have 5 or 6 thousand people stomp around on it for hours.

Almost all the re-soddings done in the last few years have been a direct result of an event at Soldier Field, I can only think back to a couple that were blamed on cumulative damage because on cumulative damage jobs you usually only see partial resoddings.

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by Jacob Hayes on May 14, 2010 12:15 PM CDT up reply actions

I'm not following WCG on Twitter

should I email you my home address for those pics?

"When I played pro football, I never set out to hurt anyone deliberately - unless it was, you know, important, like a league game or something." ~ Dick Butkus

by Lester A. Wiltfong Jr. on May 14, 2010 8:51 AM CDT reply actions

Uhm...

…I guess?

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by Kev H on May 14, 2010 8:56 AM CDT up reply actions

forward them all to ditkavsworld's account

"That's racist."

by BearNecessities on May 14, 2010 9:31 AM CDT up reply actions

Already have them, how's your wife and my kids?

BearNecessities you're my assistant, okay you're supposed to
back me up and go get me juice boxes when I tell you. Now go get me
a juice box.

by Ditkavsworld on May 14, 2010 10:04 AM CDT up reply actions

left her for yours, so I could get my kids back

"That's racist."

by BearNecessities on May 14, 2010 10:47 AM CDT up reply actions

very nice.

BearNecessities you're my assistant, okay you're supposed to
back me up and go get me juice boxes when I tell you. Now go get me
a juice box.

by Ditkavsworld on May 14, 2010 2:05 PM CDT up reply actions

Well, between you and smudgers

I learn from the best

"That's racist."

by BearNecessities on May 17, 2010 6:36 AM CDT up reply actions

BearNecessities you're my assistant, okay you're supposed to
back me up and go get me juice boxes when I tell you. Now go get me
a juice box.

by Ditkavsworld on May 17, 2010 10:24 AM CDT up reply actions

Shouldn't that say

“young juicebox?” :P JK, I couldn’t resist.

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by Ashley Czuba on May 17, 2010 12:08 PM CDT up reply actions

I'm not smudgers

you want original you ask him, you want google search you ask me, now go tell BN I’m thirsty.

BearNecessities you're my assistant, okay you're supposed to
back me up and go get me juice boxes when I tell you. Now go get me
a juice box.

by Ditkavsworld on May 17, 2010 12:31 PM CDT up reply actions

Apparently Jim Harbaugh used to play on special teams for the Bears. That’s the spirit!

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by Spongie on May 14, 2010 9:43 AM CDT reply actions

Poor Brady

WAAAAAAAAAAH. Things got hard for us, and we didn’t know what to do. WAAAAAAAAH. I’m Tom Brady, and when I’m not busy impregnating supermodels, I enjoy having everything handed to me on a silver platter. WAAAAAAAH

My keen sense tells me that you’re a little bitter about his romantic success.

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by propheteer on May 14, 2010 10:15 AM CDT reply actions

No

I’m bitter when a 3 time super bowl winner who just happens to knock up models and actresses feels bad for himself because his team only went 10-6 and into the postseason.

I'm a firm believer in the philosophy of a ruling class. Especially since I rule. -Randal Graves

Writer at windycitygridiron.com -/-I http://www.twitter.com/kdoggers

by Kev H on May 14, 2010 10:42 AM CDT up reply actions