Lovie Smith Faithful to a Fault

I can understand having faith in your guys, and wanting to send a message to your team that you truly believe they can get the necessary few inches for a first down, but for the love of God, you have to know by now that they can’t

8 months ago Lester A. Wiltfong Jr. 27 comments 0 recs |

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by Steven Schweickert on Oct 13, 2011 3:20 PM CDT reply actions

We have a responsibility to hit the mandated 8 posts per day...

Thursdays we don’t have enough WCG articles, sooooo… why not pimp a little something something!

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by Lester A. Wiltfong Jr. on Oct 13, 2011 3:23 PM CDT up reply actions

Or perhaps I need a

(/half-ass) tag.

As far as the actual article, I agree with your premise. I’m about 60-40 on liking the fourth-down call, however.

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by Steven Schweickert on Oct 13, 2011 3:25 PM CDT up reply actions

I would have loved the call had they made it...

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by Lester A. Wiltfong Jr. on Oct 13, 2011 3:26 PM CDT up reply actions

And you have WCG weekends locked down!

Keep up the great stuff!

Whenever Mike Ditka boards an aircraft, it changes its call sign to Bear Force One.

by Lester A. Wiltfong Jr. on Oct 13, 2011 3:27 PM CDT up reply actions

...

(/suck-up)

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by Steven Schweickert on Oct 13, 2011 3:28 PM CDT up reply actions

HA!

Whenever Mike Ditka boards an aircraft, it changes its call sign to Bear Force One.

by Lester A. Wiltfong Jr. on Oct 13, 2011 3:28 PM CDT up reply actions

If you can't move the ball 6 inches on any given play

you probably don’t deserve to win.

Is it Lovie believing in his players or Lovie asking his players to believe in themselves and go and get it done.
Throwing the flag seems to be his form of throwing a tantrum

. "Most football teams are temperamental. That's 90% temper and 10% mental."
--Doug Plank

by ed_brown on Oct 13, 2011 3:35 PM CDT reply actions

Again, going back to Week 1 of last season. Does Martz not have a QB sneak in his playbook?

"Questioning Cutler's toughness is like questioning whether China has a lot of people"

-Michael Rosenberg, SI

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-Brady Hoke

by Joeb'n777 on Oct 13, 2011 3:49 PM CDT via mobile reply actions

Still won't work if you don't have the blocking & Suh was unblocked the majority of the time .

" Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth. " ~
Mike Tyson

by MidWayMonster54 on Oct 13, 2011 3:52 PM CDT up reply actions

Yes, but his QB sneak involves a 7 step drop

by dicksingletary on Oct 13, 2011 4:48 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions

Well hell I thought it was only 5 steps .

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Mike Tyson

by MidWayMonster54 on Oct 13, 2011 4:53 PM CDT up reply actions

call it a 7 step sneak do they?

. "Most football teams are temperamental. That's 90% temper and 10% mental."
--Doug Plank

by ed_brown on Oct 13, 2011 5:15 PM CDT up reply actions

it really bothers me that we have Baber for these short yardage situations and yet we still put forte out there and continue to obtain the same results as last season and the season before that.

IM NOT A STAR...... SOMEBODY LIED!!!!

by Dilfer_The_Dbag on Oct 13, 2011 3:57 PM CDT reply actions

If the line don't block it don't matter whos runnin the ball .....

" Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth. " ~
Mike Tyson

by MidWayMonster54 on Oct 13, 2011 4:04 PM CDT up reply actions

I guarantee that Marion Barber gets that first down

And even then, I like my chances better with a bruiser

by Midway Bully on Oct 13, 2011 4:13 PM CDT up reply actions

That's not the point

If the line fails, it fails. You can’t use that as logic for not having the right personnel in.

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by GriggsBriggs on Oct 13, 2011 4:57 PM CDT up reply actions

I'm witchoo

was brought here for exactly that kind of situation. Wasn’t he?

Often Wrong, Never In Doubt.

by Gromowicz on Oct 13, 2011 5:38 PM CDT up reply actions

Huh

That was weird – I thought I wrote Number 24 was brought here… oh well…

Often Wrong, Never In Doubt.

by Gromowicz on Oct 13, 2011 5:38 PM CDT up reply actions

Often wrong, never in doubt...

truer words were never ~~spoken~~ part of a signature line

by BOBdaBEAR on Oct 13, 2011 7:34 PM CDT up reply actions

I like Lovie as a coach.

But he is severely challenged in his use of red flags and timeouts. And why you leave Barber on the bench in a 4th-and-short, I have no idea.

by oripunk3485 on Oct 13, 2011 4:13 PM CDT reply actions

Yea that made no sense to me whatsoever

Wasn’t Barber brought in to do that in the first place?

Jay Cutler is our QB, and I for one am proud of that

by Erik Christopher Duerrwaechter on Oct 13, 2011 6:45 PM CDT up reply actions

so do you really like lovie as a coach?

or as a person? i really like him as a person, wish he was my neighbor. i despise him as the bear’s head coach.

by mick11 on Oct 13, 2011 7:00 PM CDT up reply actions

that about sums it up.

the challenge thing is getting REALLY annoying. TOs…that’s more a fault of the team, but as he’s the coch…blame ’im

by BOBdaBEAR on Oct 13, 2011 7:35 PM CDT up reply actions

lol...coach*

by BOBdaBEAR on Oct 13, 2011 7:35 PM CDT up reply actions

not me

we could do a lot worse. Just think Josh McDaniels or Lane Kiffin. Lovie really isn’t all that bad, especially considering the talent (or lack there of) that JA has given him. I’m mean think about it. All the poor drafting JA has done and how many times has the team finished more than a game or two under .500 since Lovie came onboard?

"Questioning Cutler's toughness is like questioning whether China has a lot of people"

-Michael Rosenberg, SI

"This is an elite job and will continue to be an elite job. This is Michigan."

-Brady Hoke

by Joeb'n777 on Oct 14, 2011 3:58 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions