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Originally Posted by Keyz
i could certainly see why that would rattle a locker room.
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Players want to win, and they believe their best chance is with Cutler. When you make a change like that where it's clearly about setting up your next job, as opposed to doing what's best for the team. It just doesn't go over well. The way Gould was talking I think Trestman has lost that entire locker room.
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Originally Posted by Keyz
however, i feel Cutler is still as much of the problem as the coaching/organization. how long is the "we need to find a coach who can work with Cutler" fiasco gonna go on?
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Cutler is a problem, but you can win games with Cutler. I only make this point because we're stuck with him. You do need a coach who will actually coach him. I understand guy after guy has failed with him here, but which coach post-Cutler has had success? All of the coaches have been bad. What would Cutler be like if Emery had hired Arians with Ken Whisenhunt as the OC?
I believe Cutler is too old to change now, but I think he could have been a better QB with actual coaching. Every coach during his time with the Bears has coddled him. Why they've treated him like he's Peyton Manning I have no idea. I just know that you can win with stupid QB's, just look at the Detroit Lions. They are 11-4 with Stafford and he's every bit of Jay Cutler as Jay Cutler. Hell Cutler has played in an NFC Championship game.
If we're lucky next year will be Cutler's last with the Bears, but nothing will improve if we don't get rid of all the people making the awful decisions. They are a bigger problem than any individual player.
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Originally Posted by Keyz
at least Clausen only turned the ball over once. it goes to show that when you actually hold onto the football, it gives your defense more rest, better field position, etc.
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Cutler has had games with 0 INT's. I get people want to see anybody that's not Cutler, but if he played that same game nobody is impressed. Clausen was terrible early, but the defense played hard to entire game irrelevant of him. If the defense needed a different QB to player hard, then screw those players and screw the defensive coordinator.
Not to mention the 14 points came off the Lions being dumb. You think Clausen would be successful if the Lions go up big and they have to try and pass to get into it? Also annoying that they had to bench Cutler to attempt to run the ball. I don't care who the QB is, they should have tried that weeks ago.
My greatest fear in life is that the Bears look just mediocre enough that ownership will say "It was all on Cutler. Lets keep Trestman and see what he can do with Clausen next year." They need a complete house cleaning. Bring in a new head coach. Tell that coach "it will hurt the cap, but if you want Cutler off the team at any point we'll eat the money and cut him."