Breaking: Chicago Bears Name Mike Tice Offensive Coordinator for 2012 Season

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Denver had a similar situation in 2008, with Rick Dennison as the OC/Run Game coordinator with Jeremy Bates as the QB Coach/Passing Game guru. It worked out pretty well for Cutler…

More like a balanced offense compared to the (original) Martzfense.

will be the passing coach?

If it doesn’t work Lovie can run himself right out if town.

More cooks in the kitchen or will it be cohesive? I guess this scratches Tom Clement off the list.

Hopefully this will help to put even more emphasis on getting an actual NFL LT in the draft/Free agency

I haven’t done any research, but I do feel like under the circumstances, Tice is the best option. He knows our players and their strengths. He is familiar with the existing offense and even if he changes things can do it in a way that works for the players since he is making the same transition.
I have no personal reference, but Tice seems like a “devil is in the details” type coach -one who would rather run a simple play correctly than use misdirection to confuse ALL the players on the field. He know exactly what is line can and cannot do, he knows the ground game, and – if he can retain enough of the well-designed pass plays from Martz – he can use the existing playbook to follow the formula that worked in the second half of 2010 and 2011.
This should be good for the offense. Young players will be able to focus on technique and put the game into the hands of Forte and Cutler. Cutler never seemed comfortable with the the timing-type passes, preferring to read plays and find open receivers. This may also decrease reliance on tight routes by the receivers and allow the offense to flow a little more to hot receivers and respond to game trends.

MattBowen41 Matt Bowen
Tice will bring run based, deep play action Xs + Os as new #Bears OC. Now team has to add true, legit No.1 WR for Cutler to make it work.
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They were talking to Michael C Wright I believe, and he said Lovie has a heavy hand on who they are going to hire and that Tim Ruskell might be another person the new GM will have to get along with too.

MIchael Wright just brought up Dirk Koetter, Jacksonville OC. His contract is up and with the new owner situation. Tice and Koetter are close from their time together in Jacksonville.

This is where the philosophical difference came from, and Martz’s departure makes more sense, Ed my man, this is not an assumption anymore.

I don’t want the playbook to change. Jay’s been learning this playbook for 2 seasons, and he’s got it down. Just let him run the offense, and finally let him call audibles.

ZachZaidman Zach Zaidman
Lovie Smith on Mike Tice: “I’m excited to have Mike move into our offensive coordinator role.” #Bears

With some changes of course.

I’ve always preferred a balanced offense instead of one that throws most of the time or runs most of the time. Hopefully there will be plenty of bootlegs and plays designed to use Cutlers mobility too.

Please get Cutler a true #1 receiver too…

tice is already familiar with our personnel and our running game will only become better with him at the helm. I would like to see who we can get as a qb coach to continue to help out cutler.

The biggest positive of this signing is not learning a COMPLETELY new offense and so the bears can just continue so install more plays while borrowing some from the martz playbook. Really wana see tice suceed and we already have the biggest OL and biggest TE’s in the league.

Get me Bates as QB Coach/Passing Coordinator and I’m a happy clam. Now let’s get this GM search in full swing.

Tennessee Titans quarterbacks coach/passing game coordinator Dowell Loggains is emerging as a candidate for a similar position with the Chicago Bears, according to a source familiar with the situation.

Loggains is being touted by Bears quarterback Jay Cutler, and Bears coach Lovie Smith has been making calls inquiring about the 31-year-old coach, according to the source.

While Tennessee might not let Loggains leave for a lateral move while he’s under contract, Loggains would be interested in the move because he has a strong, personal relationship with Cutler…..

Link……

they get Jeremy Bates as the “passing coach”

Still think this is stupid, but who was seriously going to come coach offense for a coach who was told he had only the 2012 year

If Tice is the OC, then call him the OC. What is this crap about a passing coach?? This is going to be another stupid Lovie coaching decision. Not because Tice can’t do the job, but because Lovie has again created a situation where Tice does not have the authority to just do the job. The next GM will be cutting Lovie loose next year at this time! Tice will reclaim the run game, but I do not see this working very well. What has Lovie done to show that he is some sort of exception to the standards of the NFL. He has a track record of f**king up the coaching staff and retaining the proven losers like Hoke and Drake.

Not only that, but Mike Tice seems to understand what needs to happen with this offense so it can become an elite offense. In an interview with Tice on chicagobears.com, Tice stated that he must get TEs more involved in the passing game, and that he feels the Bears need to bring in a new WR that can win far more 1-on-1 battles than they lose.

So, with Mike Tice we will be getting an OC who knows the system, players, and weaknesses that must be addressed. This was perhaps the best hire that Lovie Smith could have made.

As a Vikings fan who was encouraging the Bears to bring Mike Tice in a couple of years ago, and to consider making him offensive coordinator even then, I would like to congratulate both the Chicago Bears and Mike Tice.

While I was ready to see Mike Tice leave at the end of his tenure with the Vikings, I never doubted the innate talent for coaching that Mike Tice has. To me it was clear that when the Vikings promoted Tice from OL coach to head coach in the early 2000s, it was just too early and too much of a jump for Tice. We saw that in Minnesota as mistakes like “the Randy ratio” and other things occurring then with the Vikings.

Tice has long deserved an opportunity to serve as a coordinator. He has obviously done great work as an OL coach with the Vikings, Jaguars, and Bears. Now he has gotten to know all of the Bears offensive personnel.

I predict Tice will succeed in his time as an offensive coordinator.

This could also be a building block for Tice to become a head coach again in the NFL.

Best of luck to the Bears and Mike Tice, except when you play the Vikings.

Since Tice probably lacks some playcalling abilities, I expect the playbook to have a buttload of audibles, and let Cutty call his shots from the set. It kinda worked for Good Manning, so why not. Give him enough time in the pocket and a couple of valid receivers, and he will reach the 4500yd again at ease.