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Originally Posted by DMBZeppelin
Well how many coaches are we going to hire that are no longer good?
Love Smith was a great coach, but not elite. He failed to hire a quality offensive coordinator and his lack of offensive production did him in, but he was given more than enough time.
Marc Trestman was awful. No one in that locker room had any ounce of respect for him. How can you possibly defend him?
John Fox was fired by John Elway because his team started to lack discipline. He has come here and gotten everything he wanted. If he wanted you gone, you were gone. He's basically Lou Piniella with the Cubs just trying to coast by.
Which coach didn't deserve to be fired? You can say it's not the coaches, but what have they done since leaving here?
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First off, who said I would defend Trestman?
Second, Fox has been successful everywhere he went. Did he just lose it? More importantly - his team this year had it's best defensive player on the PUP to start the season, it's 1st round draft pick CB has yet to play a snap this year, it's other 1st round pick WR has barely been healthy, it's best OL has been playing injured all year, they signed a brand new LG as the season was starting and had to shuffle the line right before the first game, and oh yeah, the starting QB went down the 2nd game of the season. And that's not even all of it. This team is barely limping by.
I'm not saying Fox is the best, but this shit sandwich isn't entirely his fault. It was already at best an average football team, and it's been decimated by injuries.
The constant rotation of coaching staff (whether it's HC, OC, or DC) doesn't make for a consistent organization. I don't care if you're running a football team or a Fortune 500 company, you need consistency and a clear organizational objective. I have no idea what that is for the Bears. What are they trying to accomplish as an organization? There's no consistency and no clear direction, and that starts up top. Ted Phillips has NO business in his role. I don't see anyone calling for his job, and WHY NOT?! He's been CEO/President for 17 years and has had shown no evidence he has any idea what he's doing. This organization has been a fucking mess for almost the entire time he's been at the helm. He's not a football guy, he's a freaking accountant.
I mean, this argument would be a chicken or the egg thing. But at the same time, isn't it the front office's job to hire a good coach? It's a classic scapegoat situation. Firing the coach or GM just distracts everyone from the real issue. Ted Phillips is step one. He needs to go. Until you get rid of him, I really don't care what coach you hire, this organization is going to continue to be a circus.
Drafts are a mess. Player development doesn't exist. Every year seems like we're just scrambling to piece some sort of mess together. It's trash, and it's embarrassing. Phillips could very well be a great CEO, but he shouldn't be President. Leave the football decisions to a football person. He's an accountant. Maybe he makes the McCaskey's a lot of money, I'm actually quite sure he does, but he runs a shit football team.
But I really don't think the McCaskey's care about football anyway. The Bears are just a money printing machine to them.