The results are in...
by Kev H on Jul 1, 2010 3:23 PM CDT
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Monday morning in this post, I asked you to rate your level of optimism regarding the 2010 Chicago Bears season.
With nearly 800 responses, the results, and what I think they say about Bears fans, are in.
Even as Dane tried to destroy the thread by talking about microwaving hamsters, or some such, we Bears fans are an optimistic bunch, and it shouldn't be any other way.
Why shouldn't we be optimistic? If anything has been proven in the NFL, it's that every season is different, and that anything can happen. Look at the Giants run to the Super Bowl a few years back. Look at the turnaround of the 1-15 Dolphins. Football is the ultimate team sport, and it's full of great opportunities for the teams and players able to step to the next level.
We as fans...we tend to bounce back and forth a lot. Sure, there were some fatalists, saying there was no chance this team could be successful. They may have even been from other sites.
Why not assume the best? What fun is fandom, if you're never happy about it? (As a Cubs fan, I can relate...man that team sucks.) But the Bears, that's a whole different story. There is more parity in the NFL than ever before, and there's no reason to think that this team, with this talent, can't be at least top 6 in the NFC, if not top 4.
This team always says it draws from the fans energy, so let's bring them that energy. While I'll never tell you that WCG isn't a place for discussion, we've got a rep from the team hanging out with us here, and let's push some goodwill their way. Who's with me?
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I'm in.
There’s no reason the Bears can’t win it all this year. The talent is there. Can’t wait for September.
Sure :)
… goose the ole gal and holler “Go Bears!”
Uh...
I think she’d be pissed.
If I did what I love for a living, what would I do in my free time?
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It's going to be an exciting year.
We’re going to see a Bears offense unlike anything we’ve ever seen come out of Chicago before. That is going to be a real spectacle to behold and I think it’s going to really give us the advantage in the North. We won’t be the same offense they face each season and nobody will have much tape on us for the first quarter of games, which happens to be our most difficult quarter until the last four. Not to mention, Martz doesn’t allow his offenses to get stale anyway and will always have new attacks each week. Match that with a revamped and productive front four on defense accompanied by a healthy linebacker group and and improved secondary, we’re going to surprise a lot of people this season.
There’s a reason why Zack Zaidman has highly suggested people come to training camp this year.
by PolishSausage.Ditka.Bears. on Jul 1, 2010 3:44 PM CDT reply actions
Look, dude
I don’t need your life story.
If I did what I love for a living, what would I do in my free time?
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by Kev H on Jul 1, 2010 3:49 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
Damn you, Ben Affleck.
Your unoriginality has topped me again.
by PolishSausage.Ditka.Bears. on Jul 1, 2010 3:53 PM CDT up reply actions
My unoriginality
has also topped Gwyneth Paltrow, Jennifer Lopez, Famke Janssen, and Jennifer Garner. So I win four times.
If I did what I love for a living, what would I do in my free time?
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I guess you left them unsatisfied then,
being unoriginal.
by PolishSausage.Ditka.Bears. on Jul 1, 2010 4:29 PM CDT up reply actions
Hit it then quit, my friend.
Hit it then quit it.
If I did what I love for a living, what would I do in my free time?
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Just waiting in the weeds for that one...
weren’t you?
In the 8th grade Mike Ditka won his school's Science Fair with a model of a working volcano. There were 17 other working volcano's made that day, but only one named Mount Ditka.
by Lester A. Wiltfong Jr. on Jul 1, 2010 4:03 PM CDT up reply actions
Even as Dane tried to destroy the thread by talking about microwaving hamsters, or some such
Love it!
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by Spongie on Jul 1, 2010 8:37 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
I'm mired too deeply
in the disaster that is the Cubs… i have no optimisim left.
Plus the whole “looming lockout” thing is keeping my faith dampened.
But,tis good to know other Bears fans can get excited. Maybe I’ll join in at some point.
Things work out best for those that make the best out of the way things work out - Coach Wooden
Where's the Blackhawks rejuvenation?
"wordy and overly verbose."
by larry on Jul 3, 2009 3:43 PM CDT
by Black Sox Baseball on Jul 2, 2010 2:17 PM CDT up reply actions
That was awesome
but there wasn’t enough time to enjoy it before 3/4s of the guys you fell in love with were traded, signed away or otherwise gone.
Too much reality keeps invading the glory.
Things work out best for those that make the best out of the way things work out - Coach Wooden
Very true.
It’s hard to go from glory to seriously questioning next season’s performance in such a short amount of time.
"wordy and overly verbose."
by larry on Jul 3, 2009 3:43 PM CDT
by Black Sox Baseball on Jul 2, 2010 3:29 PM CDT up reply actions
i think
they should be fine next year. perhaps not conference finals and beyond but (hopefully) the extra picks won’t wash out in 3 years. and count on #12 to contribute very soon. and about 4 other things. why did they have to drop ladd and versteeg, up until that point everything seemed ok.
by reefermadness3 on Jul 3, 2010 1:22 AM CDT up reply actions
Color me guardedly optimistic
the team, should be better but the division and the schedule overall I believe is tougher, so while the team will be better, the win/loss record may not be all that much improved. I am hoping they can get to 10 wins which should net them a playoff spot.
I always turn to the sports section first. The sports page records people's accomplishments; the front page has nothing but man's failures.
~Earl Warren
I voted 3 on the original poll
And I really believe this thing can go either way.
This team has enough question marks to go 6-10, but enough talent and explosiveness to go 13-3…. We shall see!
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Monday morning in this post, I asked you to rate your level of optimism regarding the 2010 Chicago Bears season.
With nearly 800 responses, the results, and what I think they say about Bears fans, are in.
In the 8th grade Mike Ditka won his school's Science Fair with a model of a working volcano. There were 17 other working volcano's made that day, but only one named Mount Ditka.
by Lester A. Wiltfong Jr. on Jul 2, 2010 2:10 PM CDT reply actions
damn replay fail!
In the 8th grade Mike Ditka won his school's Science Fair with a model of a working volcano. There were 17 other working volcano's made that day, but only one named Mount Ditka.
by Lester A. Wiltfong Jr. on Jul 2, 2010 2:11 PM CDT up reply actions
You mean we have to click a button to find out?
Curse you, now I will never know what they are. I am interested but not sure about a whole mouse click interested.
I love how the Bears fan confidence poll on that link stays at 50%.
You know, that little poll directly under the post on that link? The one where when you think you are clicking on it to take you to a link to vote you actually vote? The one preset for 50%? The poll that has the Bear fan’s at a complete 50% FLATLINE. Love that poll…. On my tombstone shall be written these words, “Keep em guessing, never let them lose their sense of confusion.” Followed by, “Please step back you’re standing on my crotch.” (insert cute keyboard thingy here)
If you can't laugh at yourself you must not be very funny.
I remain a pessimistically hopeful Bears fan.
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