The Bears are Finally Looking for a New Coach
To all those screaming for Lovie Smith’s head (I’m one of them), there is some good news out of Halas Hall. Or at least good rumors. According to Hub Arkush at 670 The Score, the Bears are putting out feelers for a new head coach:
Someone in the Bears’ organization at a level above general manager Jerry Angelo has begun surveying options for changing the coach or general manager, or both, according to Hub Arkush, a football expert on WSCR-AM 670 and publisher of Pro Football Weekly.
“Inquiries have been made, feelers have been put out,” Arkush said on the radio station today regarding the initial step of gauging interest and affordability of some of the big-names candidates available.
Arkush specifically named former Broncos coach Mike Shanahan, who groomed Bears quarterback Jay Cutler and helped him earn a Pro Bowl berth in Denver; former Steelers coach Bill Cowher and former Buccaneers and Raiders coach Jon Gruden. All three have won Super Bowls.
Asked about the report, a team source said, “There’s absolutely no truth” to the report.
Hub is a great guy and I am inclined to believe he heard that. My guess would be that someone at the McCaskey level is reaching out behind Angelo and Lovie’s backs to see what options are available. As much as I want a new coach, this is no way to treat Lovie and a backhanded way to conduct a new coach hunt. Hopefully everyone up at Halas Hall gets on the same page.
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Comment from TONY
Time November 25, 2009 at 4:51 pm
I don’t believe the coach is the problem, If you are not taking care of the offense and giving the quarterback some protection. Then how you do think your going to win games. It can’t be all about defense.
Comment from Mark Bender
Time November 25, 2009 at 10:21 pm
Hi, Replacing coaches isn’t always the answer, if that was the case. Why did Shanahan, Cowher last so long in Denver and Pittsburgh respectively. Its the program and developing chemistry among your current starters. It takes time to develop chemistry with receivers and quarterbacks. I say, Quit all the trashtalking and give Cutler and company a year to get use to each other. The media in Chicago is horrible. I don’t know why anybody would like to play in Chicago. Don’t get me wrong. I’ve been a Bears fan since Butkus and Sayers hayday. I just think your wanting to every team to be the 85 Bears. Even they took a few years to build into the Super Bowl Bears. Ease up ! Please its all about chemistry! Team chemistry!
Comment from zoner
Time November 26, 2009 at 2:22 am
Lovie is paid well enough that he should be one of the difference making coaches in the league. He’s not good with clock management and the defense has gone downhill ever since Rivera left.
BTW, how is it “no way to treat Lovie”? He’s gonna get paid in full. That’s the NFL.
Comment from randy
Time November 26, 2009 at 5:58 pm
Team Chemistry? alright lets wait another 20 years for `team chemistry’ and another SB. LOLOL Team Chemistry? We waited through 2 years of downhill ball and it was team chemistry all along! doh!
You have got to be a McCaskey adptee lolool have us waitin since 1985 and then tell us it’s `team chemistry’ may as well just say it was `achilles heel’ lolol
Sorry but team chemistry is only when you actuall have a team. Think we have NO probowlers cause of Team Chemistry? and Cutler was a probowler untill he came here. Thats just plain bad team, bad coachin, bad draftin, there.
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Time November 27, 2009 at 10:57 am
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Comment from Mark Bender
Time November 27, 2009 at 6:36 pm
When I talk about team chemistry its about Cutler and his receivers. Yes
It is about team chemistry and having idiot fans cuss them out all the time doesn’t do anybody any good. Their human too! They don’t go out their to lose, nobody plays to lose. The Bears management gambled that Cutler would be the final piece to the puzzle. So far it hasn’t worked. But hell, no one expected to lose Urlacher and the other linebacker in the same game. Your forgetting that we lost Brown to free agency and we have virtually a new defensive backs other than Tillman and Vasher.
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Time November 30, 2009 at 11:08 am
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Comment from MorgMan
Time December 1, 2009 at 1:30 pm
If YOU were “responsible” for a team who was NOT making ANY progress at all, would you NOT do something?? IMHO: It starts at the top with Phillips & why is HE sitting on his hands .. Then the GM … What is HIS story .. Then see Lovie yell at the defense in the Viking game saying they are not playing up to potential … And over to the offense who just stare into space without a vision or focus or … a leader !!! My 2 cents would have been to let Caleb Hanie play cause first of all the other team would NOT be expecting that & maybe just maybe give us some positive momentum !!!!
Logical move for the rest of the season: Let ALL players play … That’s the least the management (loose term) can do !!
Oh yeah I almost forgot — and I quote, “We will go back to the drawing board next week & try to fix what is wrong!” … Sound familiar ???
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Comment from brian
Time November 25, 2009 at 2:18 pm
Please give us Bill Cowher of Mike Shanahan. I would even be happy with just a new offensive coordinator.