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****Official 2014 Chicago Bears Thread **** (2 Viewers)

Jay Cutler on last week: "It was more of a bye week."

Cutler: "Hopefully we make it through the next couple of days without anything else happening, but you never know."

:lmao:

 
RBM said:
I feel really bad for Jay, Gould said. When youre having a tough season like this, hes not the guy to be the scapegoat or the guy to blame. Therere a lot of guys you can put that blame on.

You could bench the whole team. Its not like anybodys really played fantastic or great. Were 5-10 now. Its not like Jays the problem. Jays not the issue. I hope hes back next year for us.
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Robbie, you've been a nice kicker here, but ####. Talk about being blind to the situation. Highest paid player in the league this year, so yeah, he is the guy to blame. No leadership ability at the position where it's supposed to come from. There's not a good thing to say about Cutler if we're being perfectly honest.
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He's not being blind. He's taking up for his own guy. I got no problem with it. That's a lot more than I can say for Marshall or Kromer.
 
3nOut said:
Top 10 Head Coaching candidates:

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000448364/article/jim-harbaugh-leads-top-10-headcoaching-candidates?campaign=Ext_Email_1st10_20141225&cvosrc=Ext_Email.Epsilon.1st10_20141225

Interesting that they have Singletary as an honorable mention.
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I noticed that too. It got me to thinking. I don't believe I have heard Singletary's name come up as a possible head coach candidate since he left the Niners. In his last season with the Niners Singletary was 6-10. When he was hired, Harbaugh took almost that same roster the following year and went 13-3. I thought Singletary was a disaster as a head coach.

But Singletary might just be exactly what the Bears front office is looking for. They could keep Cutler and Emery, launch Trestman, and hire Singletary. A lot of diehard Bear fans would be satisfied with Singletary because of his role on the 85 Bears. I don't think the Bears would have to pay him huge dollars because he isn't a hot prospect as a head coach. Singletary would be willing to put up with Cutler because I think he realizes this may be his only opportunity to get a head coaching job again, and I am sure that Singletary feels strongly about the Bears. Emery might be willing to deal with Singletary because otherwise he gets canned. And the Bears office could save a lot of money by not having to eat the contracts of Cutler or Emery.

I'm not saying that I like this idea. I think this would be a mistake. I think the right thing to do is to clean house. You need to get rid of Emery, Trestman, Cutler, and the entire coaching staff. But this is exactly the kind of thing I think the Bears front office will be looking to do. They find a way to look like they are doing the best thing for the team, but in reality they are simply finding the cheapest way to look like they are trying. I think they would like to find a cheap way to placate the fan base, without having to eat all these contracts. You have Singletary run things for two years and then you can launch Cutler without it costing you anything. And Emery's contract would be up. Then you could get rid of both Emery and Cutler and it doesn't cost anything. You blame Singletary for the Bears stinking for those two years and fire him too. Then you start over after you have gotten out from under those contracts. I am probably wrong, but this sounds like something the Bears front office would cook up.

 
I just can't see them getting rid of all the coaches, the GM, and the qb. What coach would want to come here with nothing in place?

 
For me football was more enjoyable when the Bears could put some fear in this Packer fans heart. My New Year's wish to Bear's fans is that the organization sorts itself out.

 
flapgreen said:
I just can't see them getting rid of all the coaches, the GM, and the qb. What coach would want to come here with nothing in place?
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Anyone with an ego. It would be easier, IMO, to find someone for that kind of situation than to find someone who would buy into this dysfunctional organization as it is now.

 
3nOut said:
flapgreen said:
I just can't see them getting rid of all the coaches, the GM, and the qb. What coach would want to come here with nothing in place?
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Anyone with an ego. It would be easier, IMO, to find someone for that kind of situation than to find someone who would buy into this dysfunctional organization as it is now.
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I think you have to keep one of the 3 for a little stability.
 
flapgreen said:
3nOut said:
flapgreen said:
I just can't see them getting rid of all the coaches, the GM, and the qb. What coach would want to come here with nothing in place?
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Anyone with an ego. It would be easier, IMO, to find someone for that kind of situation than to find someone who would buy into this dysfunctional organization as it is now.
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I think you have to keep one of the 3 for a little stability.
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You look for stability if you have something good going that you want to keep rolling. Trestman has demonstrated that he really is overmatched as a head coach, so you don't want stability with him. Emery has made some good moves, but the two biggest decisions he had to make in the last three years he blew badly. He hired Trestman, and he signed Cutler to a big contract. So do you really want to keep him around to screw up the signing of the next coach? And we know who Cutler is. He is a bad attitude, turnover machine, who will continue to kill whatever team he plays for. Is that really the type of stability that helps the team?

The best scenario is to clean house from Ted Phillips on down. Bring in a football guy as a consultant like Bill Polian. Hire a GM to build this thing from the top down. Any good GM will want to hire his own head coach. A good head coach will want to bring in his own staff. A good head coach is probably not interested in working with Cutler. There really seems to be nothing that is working that you would want to hold on to.

 
flapgreen said:
Would love to see Cutty light it tomorrow
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Why? What possible good could come from Cutler having a good showing tomorrow? If Cutler remains the Bears QB next year the team is setting themselves back a couple of years. The Bears will never win with Cutler. We all know that. So anything that makes it more likely that Cutler will remain the Bears QB is detrimental to the team long term in my opinion. If they hold on to Cutler they won't be looking for the quarterback of the future. That sets them back.

 
A good head coach would rather work with Cutler than nothing at all. Look, I've been as critical of this entire organization as anyone but I just can't seeing firing everyone from the president to the qb will work. Maybe I'm wrong but I think that's asking a lot.

 
twistd said:
flapgreen said:
Would love to see Cutty light it tomorrow
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Why? What possible good could come from Cutler having a good showing tomorrow? If Cutler remains the Bears QB next year the team is setting themselves back a couple of years. The Bears will never win with Cutler. We all know that. So anything that makes it more likely that Cutler will remain the Bears QB is detrimental to the team long term in my opinion. If they hold on to Cutler they won't be looking for the quarterback of the future. That sets them back.
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You make it sound like Cutler has ruined the entire team. I don't think it's that simple or easy to replace him. Elite qbs don't grow on trees. Look at the history of qbs who were drafted and failed. It's astounding. I'm far from a Cutler apologist and I understand what he is but the defensive problems are far more pronounced IMO. the defense is completely devoid of talent, except for a couple of the lineman and possibly Fuller. Now Young will likely be out into next season. Ferguson and Sutton are unproven. Houston was terrible, yet I don't hear anyone complaining about that. Allen started coming on and can still make a difference, though. The secondary is a disaster. There's no excuse for that. That's why Emery has to go. Trestman is obviously gone. I'm on the fence with Cutler. Even if they do want him gone, they have to find suitors. They can't cut him outright. I'm not even sure about Phillips. What do his responsibilities consist of?

 
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flapgreen said:
A good head coach would rather work with Cutler than nothing at all. Look, I've been as critical of this entire organization as anyone but I just can't seeing firing everyone from the president to the qb will work. Maybe I'm wrong but I think that's asking a lot.
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Brad Biggs wrote a column in the Chicago Tribune a couple of weeks ago. He had interviewed the agents for a couple of the top head coaching candidates. In both cases those guys had no interest in the Bears job if Cutler was in place. I think any coach would rather have a less talented guy who runs the offense the way it was designed, rather than a more talented player who freelances and turns the ball over. No question that if the Bears move on from Cutler the guy they will have playing QB will either be less talented than Cutler, or a rookie. But the Bears aren't going to the playoffs with or without Cutler. The longer you wait in replacing Cutler the longer until the Bears are actually a serious contender.

 
flapgreen said:
twistd said:
flapgreen said:
Would love to see Cutty light it tomorrow
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Why? What possible good could come from Cutler having a good showing tomorrow? If Cutler remains the Bears QB next year the team is setting themselves back a couple of years. The Bears will never win with Cutler. We all know that. So anything that makes it more likely that Cutler will remain the Bears QB is detrimental to the team long term in my opinion. If they hold on to Cutler they won't be looking for the quarterback of the future. That sets them back.
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You make it sound like Cutler has ruined the entire team. I don't think it's that simple or easy to replace him. Elite qbs don't grow on trees. Look at the history of qbs who were drafted and failed. It's astounding.I'm far from a Cutler apologist and I understand what he is but the defensive problems are far more pronounced IMO. the defense is completely devoid of talent, except for a couple of the lineman and possibly Fuller. Now Young will likely be out into next season. Ferguson and Sutton are unproven. Houston was terrible, yet I don't hear anyone complaining about that. Allen started coming on and can still make a difference, though. The secondary is a disaster. There's no excuse for that. That's why Emery has to go. Trestman is obviously gone. I'm on the fence with Cutler. Even if they do want him gone, they have to find suitors. They can't cut him outright. I'm not even sure about Phillips. What do his responsibilities consist of?
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I have actually been in Cutler's corner for a long time. I think the Kromer incident changed my mind. Kromer said Cutler was killing the team by not changing out of bad running plays. So either Cutler wasn't reading the defensive keys to know to audible out of a bad running play, or he was simply refusing to do it. From watching him play I have suspected he doesn't read defenses very well. You see him consistently miss an open receiver underneath while throwing to a deep receiver in triple coverage. And regularly in doing that he throws interceptions. He just doesn't get it, and he never will.

For the longest time we all had excuses for Cutler. First it was he needed receivers. Now he is surrounded by perhaps the best group of skill position players in the league. Under Martz he was getting pummeled. So last year they shored up the offensive line and at least upgraded it to average. But still the results are the same, some good plays, but too many boneheaded turnovers. Now, as far as I am concerned, the failure is on Cutler.

What do you think Belichick would do with Cutler? If you turn the ball over you sit. Cutler would either cut down on his turnovers, or he would be riding the pine. But I don't think there is anything that Cutler can do at this point to change who he is. I think this offense would be more productive with McCown than it is with Cutler. Getting rid of Cutler would be addition by subtraction.

 
RBM said:
So we're going to need a new president, GM, HC and staff, QB.

Should be a fun off season.
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That is what should happen. However, I think Phillips, Emery, and Cutler will stay. At least they will probably get rid of Trestman and the entire staff. The Bears are just far too cheap to eat all those contracts. Should be an interesting Monday at Halas Hall.

 
Yeah. So how does this work?

8AM - Trestman fires Culter

9AM - Emery fires Trestman

10AM - Phillips fires Emery

11AM - McCaskey fires Phillips

12PM - McCaskey's fire themselves

1PM - Janitor holds a press conference.

 
KCitons said:
Yeah. So how does this work?

8AM - Trestman fires Culter

9AM - Emery fires Trestman

10AM - Phillips fires Emery

11AM - McCaskey fires Phillips

12PM - McCaskey's fire themselves

1PM - Janitor holds a press conference.
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If only we could get rid of the McCaskeys.

 
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