[CBFF] CBFF Blog: "Arrogant" Angelo Laughs Last

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Behrens" <steve.behrens at gmail.com>


> On 11/2/06, Matt Langschwager <matthewindc at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > While you're probably right about Briggs, I question your rationale on
> > Lovie.  How could he walk after this season?  Doesn't he still have one
more
> > year on his contract?
>
>
> Well, that's a good point.  I guess I was assuming that his contract was
up
> at the end of this year....  Don't know why I had that stuck in my
cranium.
> If he does have one more year, then obviously, that's a horse of a
different
> color.
>
>
>
> And if Lovie isn't complaining about the whole salary issue (and he
doesn't
> > seem to be, publicly) how do you know he'll feel disrespected?
>
>
> Let me go check the tape....  Now I said 'depending on how much he feels
> disrespected'.... 'Maybe none' to all the way to 'maybe alot'.  Again,
> assuming this is his last year, which I was,  to take a team with a rookie
> QB to 11-5 having so much of that due to coaching (I know, it didn't hurt
to
> have a great defense) and to basically be told ' Naw, I think we'll wait
and
> allow you to continue to be paid the lowest salary in the entire league
for
> a head coach'.  What does that tell you about how mngt truly feels about
> Lovie's coaching abilities?  At the very least,it tell me that they still
> don't believe in him.  This league is all about 'show me the money'...
> salaries are used to show how much an organization values it players and
> coaches.  His Salary is LAST in the league.  I thinking he might feel a
bit
> disrespected.
>
> And if there's one thing we know about Lovie, he's not going to talk about
> something like that to the media or his players or anyone else except his
> closest friends and family.
>
>
>
>  Since coaches don't count against the salary cap, I imagine the Bears
would
> > be willing to pay a Superbowl winner PLENTY come February.
> >
> > Matt
>
>
> Matt, I know things have changes since the 'nickles were flying around
like
> manhole covers', but it's still the Bears ownership....   Hope I'm wrong,
> probably am....
>
> -Behr

At the risk of coming off like the ignoramus that I am - if Lovie wins, or
maybe even just plays in, the Superbowl, how does management not make him
the highest-paid coach in the league without pissing in his Cheerios?