Chicago Bears' Coaching: What Worries You?

I disagree with the idea that the secondary is solidified by the return of Harris (Chris will be great if he plays SS, which will also mean that Wright performed well enough to play FS. but if it comes down to Harris at FS and Steltz or Manning at SS then I think we’re only slightly better and still in need of help).

I disagree with the names you mentioned being proof of player development (if they take the next step, then we can talk, but just because they got on the field due to injury and positional weakness doesn’t mean they are proof of developmental success, my friend).

And I’m not so sure that the Cover Two isn’t a problem with Smith (or sock puppet a, b or c) in charge. I do think Peppers and Harris help, as do Urlacher and Tinoisamoa. I’m just not confident that the coaching on the defensive side is competent any more. I hope they prove me wrong though. I’d love to write a fan post apologizing to Smith and Co for calling them out after the season ends. I really would. I just don’t have a lot of faith in coach Ben Stein……..I mean coach Lovie Smith and his defensive coaches. But I have tons of faith in the players, so I’m not without hope. I just fear that Chicago will end up in more shootouts than Bears fans will care to see this season.

If I had an offensive and defensive confidence meter going, I’d have to say that my confidence in the offense right now sits at a 65 out of 100. And my confidence in the defense sits at about 45-50. I am less than satisfied with the defensive coaching the past few years, but the faith I have in the players and in the FA moves and trades made this off-season make me fairly sit fairly near the middle. God I hope Smith makes me eat my words about his coaching (or at least for Hot Rod to make me do so)…………….

The rest I agree with completely.

I asked a question.

And you can Blame Cutler all you want, but when the receivers aren’t where they belong and you have 5 matadors letting 4 300lb animals, who would like nothing more than to see if they can make your spleen touch your chin, into your “pocket” when you know the very next play is going to be a fullback dive……..again…….but you still actually want to win………..well, i think maybe some of the blame might belong elsewhere, don’t you? It’s one thing to be erratic under pressure. It’s another to be mauled consistently while your dumd@ssed offensive coordinator calls a deep out for the eighth time this half, and then follows up with a fullback dive on third down after you were again forced to dump it off to the halfback because your receivers are covered and out of position. And why are they covered and out of position? Because every team in the league has watched Ron Turner call the same damned plays for the past 4 seasons prior.

And how can you say he didn’t need to compensate? I guess you’re right, if he didn’t want to win. Because we all know that the fullback dive is insanely productive………..

But maybe you’re right……maybe they fire Turner for the second time for nothing……Maybe he was just the scapegoat?

I don’t mean for this to sound as hostile as it might come off. But seriously? I mean, Cutler pre-Turner didn’t look that bad, did he? You wondered if Martz would be able to reel him in, right? Shanahan didn’t seem to have much of a problem with it in Denver. I’m not saying Cutler was perfect. But I’ll bet with some decent coaching and play-calling last season, that his TD-INT ratio would have been a lot better. And placing the blame for the offenses woes on Jay’s shoulders after one season in Chicago and under one of the league’s worst OCs is a bit ridiculous. Were some of those INTs Jays fault? Sure. But a lot of them weren’t, and a lot of them were made easier for the defense with predictable and unimaginative play-calling.

And I am so sick of Bears fans and media turning on the QBs. Most people acknowledge how important confidence and ego are to a QB. Some don’t, I understand. But most people seem to. I wonder if the ruthless fan base and media in Chicago have anything at all to do with the number of QBs that this team has went through since our last championship, or if it has anything to do with why Chicago’s all-time leading passer was a dude who last played for the Bears 60 seasons ago and before the pass heavy era. And maybe it has a part in why Chicago is the only team in the league who’s all-time leading rusher has more yards than the all-time leading passer. Or if it has anything to do with why the better free agent QBs seem to land elsewhere instead of here……….