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Pretty much
He's already established the deadline (the 19th I think?) for hiring a coach and is being amazingly thorough plowing through all possible candidates, I consider that highly focused. My gut tells me that they are just waiting for Denver to spit the bit/win it all to annouce McCoy is the man. By the way, anyone know where I can get a Phil Emery fathead?'RBM said:
With many candidates on playoff teams, i'm sure this delays getting second interviews. Emery appears as professional as can be, so I assume he's trying to work with the playoff candidates so he doesn't affect their current position.
Why the feeling on McCoy? They just met for the first time yesterday.
Nothing other than a hunch. Reviewing his history it seems like McCoy is willing and able to modify offenses to match players' strengths instead of forcing square pegs into round holes. If there is one thing Chicago can use it's an offensive gameplan that cater's to Cutler's strengths while minimizing his weaknesses. Discounting this year because of Manning, McCoy appears to have gotten some pretty good results out of mediocre QB talent. Another benefit of McCoy might be that since it would be his first gig at HC he may not expect/demand more power than Emery is willing to concede. And finally I'm sure McCoy would take a substantially lower salary from Chicago than any other team since he wouldn't have to replace his blue and orange wardrobe.
I keep reading this but if Tebow is any indication, he really only won those games on 4th quarter comebacks when he just let it all hang out, right?
This is getting interesting.
eta: not nec. the Texans coach - given the talent they have there I think you could make a strong case that the offense has underperformed. But SEA, DEN, and the Testman options are intriguing.
Of course, but how many offensive coordinators could start the season with Orton and switch midstream to Tebow and still give their teams an opportunity to win? To me it displays open-mindedness and a willingness to work with what you have and learn/adjust along the way. All traits that Chicago has been lacking. Then again, I'm just some dude banging on a keyboard about some guy I've read about on the internets.
No question, although we could debate all day whether it was the right decision to bench Orton for Tebow. Orton gave them exactly what he gave to Chicago, and his results were similar iirc.So at least these 2 mediocre QB's don't convince me that McCoy is anything special in that area. Besides, we have something other than a mediocre QB in Chicago - so does it even matter what McCoy does with those types of QB's?
Not sure we can ever figure that one out. 1) I think that Chicago has had an issue of developing talent. So whether those were flat out bad draft picks or they were talented players that couldn't get developed correctly is one of the biggest issues.2) Lovie had the 2nd worst offense since he became HC. After awhile he couldn't get a legit OC because he wasn't stable enough as a HC(on the hotseat).A fresh start was needed for everybody.
Comparing Orton's full seasons in Denver (2009-2010) vs. Chicago (2005-2007) shows improvement. After leaving Chicago and starting in Denver he set career highs for completion percentage, passing yards, passing TD's, yards per attempt, yards per completion, and QB rating. In each of those categories his worst season of 2009-2010 was better than his best season in Chicago. They weren't pro-bowl improvements, but Orton isn't pro-bowl talent either. It appears to me that Denver got more out of Orton than Chicago did.We will never know how much of that was his maturity, the coaches, or offensive gameplanning/playcalling. And while he started handing out interceptions like candy in 2011 and got benched, I don't think that was McCoy's call. Regardless McCoy was faced with having to revamp the offense from centering around Orton to being led by Tebow, a RB who could occasionally throw the ball. They got some ugly wins, but they were wins nonetheless. You can't take someone like Tebow at QB and produce Manningesque victories. The bottom line IMO is that most offensive coordinators would have completely faceplanted when forced to gameplan with a handicap like Tebow at QB. Instead Denver cobbled together a ridiculous sandlot offensive scheme and got some ugly wins. I don't think many people could accomplish that, and if McCoy was the driving force behind it I would love to have him as OC in Chicago.
Good points all. Over all, I'm pretty happy with the names being thrown around. We could do a lot worse than McCoy imo.
nope, because the pick the got they traded for brandon marshall.who would you rather have brandon marshall or greg olsen?
Marshall cost two 3rds, Olsen only netted one. Of course, I'd still take Marshall over Olsen and Egnew... Can't help but wonder if the Bears could have traded their 3rd and 4th or 2012 and 2013 3rds for Marshall, and they could have had both Olsen and Marshall.
Originally I thought that it was a bad pick up but time has proven me wrong. Brandon Marshall is worth trading a 1 for
from the BB show.Singletary called someone high in bears circles and asked if Emery would give him an interview so emery said yes to his boss, dont think any thing of it.So what - good for Emery.'whitem0nkey said:
Agree 100 %. In fact I hope they're doing this.So what - good for Emery.'whitem0nkey said:
If that's the case, why bring in guys you have no intention of hiring? To try and get information from them? Pretty shady way to handle things imo.So what - good for Emery.
WTH does this mean?
I mean he fired Lovie with seemingly no plan. There is a reason we have never seen such a broad coach search. He fires a good coach, I would hope he had an idea or direction he wanted to go in. He is shooting fish in a barrel at this point.
Don't you think it's pretty clear that he's looking for an offensive-minded HC?Why wouldn't you want to interview as broad a range of candidates as you can? If he misses his self-imposed deadline, then you can accuse him of lack of focus. Until then, it looks more like due dilligence to me.
how can you say he has not plan? the number of interview has not barring if you have a plan or not.firing Lovie was the correct move, if your goal is to win a super bowl, if your goal is to win 9-10 games be the 8th best team some years, then lovie is your guy.
From where I'm standing, most of the whining is coming from the national media. Chicago fans that I know and the local media seem fine with the decision and the process so far.eta: That seems to be the trend in this thread as well. Perceptions seem different for those outside of Chicagoland vs. in the area.
I just don't know where this abundance of confidence in Emery comes from. Sure, lets give him his shot but the confidence in your post is bizarre.I agree with the Lovie decision, but interviewing this many candidates gives me cause for concern.
I don't know. I listen to The Score almost daily and it does not coincide with what you're saying.
Where does the lack of confidence come from? Which moves has he made that indicate he's going to bomb?Managed to sign Forte ending an ugly situation. Sure Forte could tank and it could wind up being a terrible value, but it's also possible that Forter produces like he has in the past and both he and Chicago got a fair shake.Added Jason Campbell in case Cutler went down. Campbell played like junk when Chicago needed him but at the time he was the best backup QB available in the NFL.Added Michael Bush in case Forte went down. Was the best backup RB available in the NFL.Added Brandon Marshall. Wasn't even a free agent, or he would have been the best WR available in the NFL.Had (by most accounts) an average draft. McClellin's speed is legit, but can he add size without losing it? Jeffrey shows flashes of potential, are they long term? Can Brandon Hardin stay healthy enough to bring his freakish combination of size/speed to the NFL? We will need to review these in a couple years but I don't see any glaring mistakes. Many think he should have gone O-line but he clearly detailed his draft process in a press conference and it wasn't that he ignored it, the value/quality just never fell to them.Fired Lovie. Being comfortable is the hardest thing to change. You have a good head coach for almost a decade who the players love, fields a great defense, is a levelhead and likeable guy, and posts decent records. The problem is he continually neglected or didn't know how to fix the offense. Without an offense in the NFL today you can't be competitive against playoff caliber teams. To make the bold stroke and can a 10-6 coach is impressive. Emery proved that consistently decent is not good enough for Chicago.You can't fix a franchise with as many holes as Chicago had in one year. Emery did a great job with what he had available and I look forward to what he does this offseason. Thanks to Angelo I know what it's like to not trust your GM and always expect the worst, it sucks. Emery has done nothing yet to earn that.
As I mentioned earlier Emery thoroughly explained why a lineman wasn't drafted. Just because you choose to ignore the explanation doesn't mean Emery ignored the situation. In fact here is the nothing that Emery did about the O-line
ecember 31, 2012 Sign G Derrick Dennis and G Chris Riley to reserve/future contractsDecember 19, 2012 Sign G Reggie Stephens to the practice squadDecember 17, 2012 Elevate T Cory Brandon to the 53-man roster from the practice squadDecember 11, 2012 Waive G/C Andre GurodeDecember 11, 2012 Sign G Chris Riley to the practice sqaudNovember 27, 2012 Sign G/C Andre GurodeNovember 27, 2012 Sign OL Derek DennisNovember 27, 2012 Terminate the practice squad contract of G Chris RileyNovember 26, 2012 Place G Lance Louis on Reserve/Injured listNovember 22, 2012 Place G Chilo Rachal on Reserve/Non-Football InjuryNovember 21, 2012 Elevate G/T James Brown to 53-man roster from practice squadNovember 21, 2012 Place G Chilo Rachal on Reserve/Left SquadOctober 17, 2012 Sign T Cory Brandon to the practice squadOctober 16, 2012 Terminate the contract of vested veteran G/T Chris WilliamsSeptember 10, 2012 - Signed OT Jonathan Scott.September 10, 2012 - Terminated the practice squad contract of OT Cory BrandonSeptember 1, 2012 - Signed OT Cory Brandon to the practice squadSeptember 1, 2012 - Signed OT James Brown to the practice squad August 31, 2012 - Waived OT Cory BrandonAugust 31, 2012 - Waived OT Cornelius BrownAugust 31, 2012 - Waived OT James BrownAugust 31, 2012 - Waived OT A.J. GreeneAugust 31, 2012 - Waived G Ricky HenryAugust 26, 2012 - Waived G Nick PieschelAugust 8, 2012 - Waived OT Tyler HendricksonJune 14, 2012 - Terminated the contract of G Mansfield WrottoMay 14, 2012 - Waived OT Levi HornMay 14, 2012 - Waived G Reggie StephensMay 13, 2012 - Agreed to terms with G Nick PieschelMay 13, 2012 - Agreed to terms with OT Tyler HendricksonApril 29, 2012 - Agreed to terms with OT James BrownApril 29, 2012 - Agreed to terms with OT A.J. GreeneApril 23, 2012 - Signed G Chilo Rachal to a one-year contractMarch 1, 2012 - Released OL Frank OmiyaleEmery is grinding to fix the problem, he will take care of it but he can't fix everything in one offseason.
