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Thoughts on Bears Offseason
Hello tweeps! Hopefully you made the trek to my blog to check out my thoughts on the Bears off-season to this point.....and it's definitely been newsworthy.
So where do we start.....? Let's work our way backwards. The Bears yesterday hired Mike martz to be their new Offensive Coordinator. Honestly, I am not sure how I feel yet on the hire. Yes, he can get pass happy. But he did also mold Kurt Warner into an MVP and Super Bowl champ. It goes both ways with opinions on him. My brother, who is a HUGE Rams fans tells me that Martz isn't very good at adapting once the game starts. Well then, I guess that makes him Ron Turner 2.0. Scary.
But why did it take that long to find an OC? Both JA and Lovie assured us that coaches would be lining up to coach here. It is very irritating when people say stupid crap just to make themselves sound and look better. We all knew the truth - Lovie is a lame duck. If the Bears stink up this year he is gone. And that makes sense as to why some coaches wouldn't want to come here. But one thing I haven't heard mentioned is the schedule. Have you looked at it closely? It's brutal. We have the AFC East and the NFC East next year. So a coach on a short leash + hard schedule = very little job security. It makes sense why coaches would rather take jobs in Seattle and Oakland.
And I've never understood the whole concept of firing everyone except the head guys. Doesn't accountability start at the top? Yes I know he is owed a ton of money, but in this business that $11 million can be made up REAL fast with a winning team. And yes, I know it's a business. But when you lose site of the sports side of it - the side the people buying the tickets and merchandise see - then it becomes a problem. Winning doesn't mean as much as making money. And how can you have that attitude as an owner? I guess it you didn't build it then it wouldn't matter. But I would much rather have an owner like Jerry Jones or Daniel Snyder than the penny pinching McCaskey's.
As you can see, IMHO, the REAL problem is ownership. I have been a Bears fans since they drafted my hero, Walter Payton, so I have seen a lot of ups and downs. But the one thing that never changed was the family ownership of the Bears. Shoot, I've read Halas' biography twice. And I guarantee you if he came back to life today he would be tearing through the backsides of those running the ship. Virginia gave the reigns of the ship to her neophyte son Michael (who George begged them not to let run the team) it was gonna be a bumpy ride. Yes, they did win Super Bowl XX (thank God!!), but who hired Ditka? Papa Bear, that's who. I don't get it with my teams...why do the most incompetent about sports end up running the team (PK Wrigley, Mike McCaskey)?!?!?
Look at Jim Irsay. Living in Indianapolis since 1990 I have seen the Colts shape themselves into a perennial winner. Why? Jim understands that "if you build it they will come". As in fans. Yes, most of the Colts fans I know are bandwagon, but they have a new stadium and are going to their second Super Bowl in 4 years. He knew that it wasn't so much about dollars as it was building the right team - then the dollars would come. He hired a sound football guy in Bill Polian (love him or hate him he can spot talent) and let him run the show. Do we need to list how many of the current Colts were drafted players as compared to FA signings? It's sick. It infuriates me that doofus Mike and Ted are still in charge. The greatest thing that could happen to the Bears right now is for the McCaskey's to sell.
So now we have to pray that the OL can block for Jay's 5 and 7 step drops so that he doesn't get killed. We have to pray that Lovie's beloved Tampa 2 can actually work again. We have to pray that the teams on our schedule make a lot of bad off season moves that hurt their teams. And I have to pray that the Colts don't win on Sunday or again next year so I don't have to hear about it every day......looks like another long year for a Bears fan in Colts country. :(
OK, dissect away!!
So where do we start.....? Let's work our way backwards. The Bears yesterday hired Mike martz to be their new Offensive Coordinator. Honestly, I am not sure how I feel yet on the hire. Yes, he can get pass happy. But he did also mold Kurt Warner into an MVP and Super Bowl champ. It goes both ways with opinions on him. My brother, who is a HUGE Rams fans tells me that Martz isn't very good at adapting once the game starts. Well then, I guess that makes him Ron Turner 2.0. Scary.
But why did it take that long to find an OC? Both JA and Lovie assured us that coaches would be lining up to coach here. It is very irritating when people say stupid crap just to make themselves sound and look better. We all knew the truth - Lovie is a lame duck. If the Bears stink up this year he is gone. And that makes sense as to why some coaches wouldn't want to come here. But one thing I haven't heard mentioned is the schedule. Have you looked at it closely? It's brutal. We have the AFC East and the NFC East next year. So a coach on a short leash + hard schedule = very little job security. It makes sense why coaches would rather take jobs in Seattle and Oakland.
And I've never understood the whole concept of firing everyone except the head guys. Doesn't accountability start at the top? Yes I know he is owed a ton of money, but in this business that $11 million can be made up REAL fast with a winning team. And yes, I know it's a business. But when you lose site of the sports side of it - the side the people buying the tickets and merchandise see - then it becomes a problem. Winning doesn't mean as much as making money. And how can you have that attitude as an owner? I guess it you didn't build it then it wouldn't matter. But I would much rather have an owner like Jerry Jones or Daniel Snyder than the penny pinching McCaskey's.
As you can see, IMHO, the REAL problem is ownership. I have been a Bears fans since they drafted my hero, Walter Payton, so I have seen a lot of ups and downs. But the one thing that never changed was the family ownership of the Bears. Shoot, I've read Halas' biography twice. And I guarantee you if he came back to life today he would be tearing through the backsides of those running the ship. Virginia gave the reigns of the ship to her neophyte son Michael (who George begged them not to let run the team) it was gonna be a bumpy ride. Yes, they did win Super Bowl XX (thank God!!), but who hired Ditka? Papa Bear, that's who. I don't get it with my teams...why do the most incompetent about sports end up running the team (PK Wrigley, Mike McCaskey)?!?!?
Look at Jim Irsay. Living in Indianapolis since 1990 I have seen the Colts shape themselves into a perennial winner. Why? Jim understands that "if you build it they will come". As in fans. Yes, most of the Colts fans I know are bandwagon, but they have a new stadium and are going to their second Super Bowl in 4 years. He knew that it wasn't so much about dollars as it was building the right team - then the dollars would come. He hired a sound football guy in Bill Polian (love him or hate him he can spot talent) and let him run the show. Do we need to list how many of the current Colts were drafted players as compared to FA signings? It's sick. It infuriates me that doofus Mike and Ted are still in charge. The greatest thing that could happen to the Bears right now is for the McCaskey's to sell.
So now we have to pray that the OL can block for Jay's 5 and 7 step drops so that he doesn't get killed. We have to pray that Lovie's beloved Tampa 2 can actually work again. We have to pray that the teams on our schedule make a lot of bad off season moves that hurt their teams. And I have to pray that the Colts don't win on Sunday or again next year so I don't have to hear about it every day......looks like another long year for a Bears fan in Colts country. :(
OK, dissect away!!
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