2009-10 Bears Season: Utler, 'Uther 'Uckers

[Internet Apex]

The Bears don't have any high draft picks next year for a new regime to use or for the current regime to screw up.  The only reason to fire Loive and Angelo now is if you think a replacement will prevent Jay Cutler from being destroyed.  There's no one else on this team that they can harm.

So just the franchise quarterback they've paid 30 Mil to? Well fuck it then!

[Waco Kid]

http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/2010/01/bears-fire-offensive-coordinator-ron-turner.html

Turner fired. Yay.

Also, the Bears are expected to name assistant Rod Marinelli the defensive coordinator, according to a source. He will relieve head coach Lovie Smith of those duties.

Guh.

[fiveouts]

So, a look at the next several years for the Bears:

1.  Placeholder OC is hired for 2010
2.  Team performs in a mediocre fashion in 2010-2011
3.  Lovie is fired after 2010, Cowher is hired
4.  Cowher brings in his own personnel man
5.  Strike wipes out 2011 season
6.  Cowher starts fresh in 2012 with almost a completely new team.

Sounds like...whatever.

[Internet Apex]

So, a look at the next several years for the Bears:

1.  Placeholder OC is hired for 2010
2.  Team performs in a mediocre fashion in 2010-2011
3.  Lovie is fired after 2010, Cowher is hired
4.  Cowher brings in his own personnel man
5.  Strike wipes out 2011 season
6.  Cowher starts fresh in 2012 with almost a completely new team.

Sounds like...whatever.

Nobody's going on strike. That's retarded.

[Eli]

Also, the Bears are expected to name assistant Rod Marinelli the defensive coordinator, according to a source. He will relieve head coach Lovie Smith of those duties.

And with Marinelli moving to defensive coordinator, I guess his old buddy Joe Cullen from Detroit is going to become the d-line coach.

Yes. That Joe Cullen.

Cullen was arrested and charged with indecent and obscene conduct Aug. 24, the night before the Lions' third exhibition at Oakland. A worker at a Dearborn fast-food drive-thru window saw him naked behind the wheel of his SUV and called the police, according to police reports.

[PenFoe]

Also, the Bears are expected to name assistant Rod Marinelli the defensive coordinator, according to a source. He will relieve head coach Lovie Smith of those duties.

And with Marinelli moving to defensive coordinator, I guess his old buddy Joe Cullen from Detroit is going to become the d-line coach.

Yes. That Joe Cullen.

Cullen was arrested and charged with indecent and obscene conduct Aug. 24, the night before the Lions' third exhibition at Oakland. A worker at a Dearborn fast-food drive-thru window saw him naked behind the wheel of his SUV and called the police, according to police reports.

[fiveouts]

So, a look at the next several years for the Bears:

1.  Placeholder OC is hired for 2010
2.  Team performs in a mediocre fashion in 2010-2011
3.  Lovie is fired after 2010, Cowher is hired
4.  Cowher brings in his own personnel man
5.  Strike wipes out 2011 season
6.  Cowher starts fresh in 2012 with almost a completely new team.

Sounds like...whatever.

Nobody's going on strike. That's retarded.

youre right.  I mistyped.  It'll be a lockout.

[Internet Apex]

So, a look at the next several years for the Bears:

1.  Placeholder OC is hired for 2010
2.  Team performs in a mediocre fashion in 2010-2011
3.  Lovie is fired after 2010, Cowher is hired
4.  Cowher brings in his own personnel man
5.  Strike wipes out 2011 season
6.  Cowher starts fresh in 2012 with almost a completely new team.

Sounds like...whatever.

Nobody's going on strike. That's retarded.

youre right.  I mistyped.  It'll be a lockout.

It'll be neither. No matter what Peter King tells you. These people know how to count money and they're not about to shut their business down for a year and take the unfathomable PR hit that would be associated with any workstoppage involving a major sport. Not. Gonna. Hai.

[fiveouts]

So, a look at the next several years for the Bears:

1.  Placeholder OC is hired for 2010
2.  Team performs in a mediocre fashion in 2010-2011
3.  Lovie is fired after 2010, Cowher is hired
4.  Cowher brings in his own personnel man
5.  Strike wipes out 2011 season
6.  Cowher starts fresh in 2012 with almost a completely new team.

Sounds like...whatever.

Nobody's going on strike. That's retarded.

youre right.  I mistyped.  It'll be a lockout.

It'll be neither. No matter what Peter King tells you. These people know how to count money and they're not about to shut their business down for a year and take the unfathomable PR hit that would be associated with any workstoppage involving a major sport. Not. Gonna. Hai.

PR hit, yeah.  But the NBC and Directv money is guaranteed regardless of whether they play or not.  While Peter King is and always will be a dope, I think they'll be at least a minor work stoppage sometime in 2011. 

[Quality Start Machine]

So, a look at the next several years for the Bears:

1.  Placeholder OC is hired for 2010
2.  Team performs in a mediocre fashion in 2010-2011
3.  Lovie is fired after 2010, Cowher is hired
4.  Cowher brings in his own personnel man
5.  Strike wipes out 2011 season
6.  Cowher starts fresh in 2012 with almost a completely new team.

Sounds like...whatever.

Nobody's going on strike. That's retarded.

youre right.  I mistyped.  It'll be a lockout.

It'll be neither. No matter what Peter King tells you. These people know how to count money and they're not about to shut their business down for a year and take the unfathomable PR hit that would be associated with any workstoppage involving a major sport. Not. Gonna. Hai.

PR hit, yeah.  But the NBC and Directv money is guaranteed regardless of whether they play or not.  While Peter King is and always will be a dope, I think they'll be at least a minor work stoppage sometime in 2011. 

The NFLPA is as toothless as Keith Tkachuk. They've got no negotiating leverage. The owners make money hand over fist, and don't want to shelve their product in order to allow revenue from ticket sales, esp. corporate boxes, to be diverted elsewhere.

They won't even open training camp late.

[Andy]

That might be true if the owners weren't the ones driving the potential lockout.

They want the system blown up.  And yes, they make lots of money under the current system...but here's something shocking...they want more.

[Waco Kid]

That might be true if the owners weren't the ones driving the potential lockout.

They want the system blown up.  And yes, they make lots of money under the current system...but here's something shocking...they want more.

True the owners want more money, but on the flipside, I can't imagine Jerry Jones would be willing to let his 100,000 seat palace sit empty for any amount of time.

[Chuck to Chuck]

That might be true if the owners weren't the ones driving the potential lockout.

They want the system blown up.  And yes, they make lots of money under the current system...but here's something shocking...they want more.

True the owners want more money, but on the flipside, I can't imagine Jerry Jones would be willing to let his 100,000 seat palace sit empty for any amount of time.

Most of the others have public financing for their stadia.  Like here.

In fact, given the money that Jones makes outside the revenue sharing, there are plenty of other owners who would be very happy to see Jones get assrammed.

[Saul Goodman]

Angelo just said he wouldn't change any of his decisions, that he still thinks they were the right ones, but then he admitted they didn't work.  But he wouldn't change anything though.  Why is he still employed?

[Saul Goodman]

DPD.  "We'll do a better job.  New coaches.  New energy.  We'll do a little bit better in personnel evaluations.  It's really hard to self-evaluate.  Really hard to do."

"It doesn't mean we don't have a bad roster.  We're not going to sit here and throw stones at the roster."

How can you not be optimistic about Bears football?  SUPER BOWL HERE WE COME!