[CBFF] Rumors

[Jason Cetina]

Agreed. The Bears were in continual disarray after the Ditka years in 
part because of lack of continuity. The team that sticks out in my mind 
for the benefits of continuity is Pittsburgh - continually an above 
average team, and occasionally great. They just kept plugging players 
into the system. I wonder if Lovie and Jerry can do the same.

mactbone wrote:
> I think continuity can help. I know the temptation is to blow it all up, but with the Bucs and Colts we know the Cover 2 can work and that it's not that hard to find guys to fit the system. The Bears look better now than they did with Jauron and I think giving Lovie another year is a good decision. I'm not sold on Angelo because he can't seem to find offensive talent but maybe it'll be a no brainer decision next year (Jake Long or McFadden are available... though Dorsey with Harris would be niiiiiice).
> -Chris
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Westmalle van 't vat <westmalle at comcast.net>
> To: post at chicagobearsfanforum.com
> Sent: Thursday, November 8, 2007 5:11:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [CBFF] Rumors
>
> On 11/8/07 1:20 PM, "mactbone" <mactbone0 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> This is exactly why I was so pissed off at that article near the beginning of
>> the season that argued the Bears were so deep they would have suitors for half
>> the roster.
>> -Chris
>>     
>
> I gotta hand it to you, Chris, you look freakin' prophetic, my man.
>
> But my how winning casts a powerful spell!  I mean, I was tempted to agree
> with that article's analysis--especially on the defensive side of the
> ball--though I felt the offensive line had the potential to implode.   Right
> now, I can't refute Mully and Hanley's analysis that we have real needs
> right now at 13 different positions.
>
> Only caveat I would add is this:  What remains an open possibility is that
> the coaching staff is misusing our talent, such as it is.  I do feel as if
> Lovie and the coaching staff are stubborn and mentally inflexible to a
> fault, trying to run a pure 1-gap defense when it is just a bad idea (at
> least under these circumstances).  We've also now heard murmurs this week of
> soft and undisciplined practices.  Both of these issues, if true, come back
> to the coaching staff.  They must identify problems and fix them.  They must
> maintain a consistently high level of excellence.  Players alone cannot be
> expected to do these things.
>
> For I think you can have--and waste--all the talent in the world.  Case
> Numero Uno: Randy Moss, who looks like a new player when put into a winning
> system on a winning team with first rate coaching.  So we, too, might have a
> stronger roster than it appears.  Good players, used wrongly or not
> disciplined, can look bad.  Real bad.
>
> That being said I would not be sad to see a revamped OL, a couple of new
> safeties, two other DTs (to complement Tommie Harris), two better WRs, two
> better RBs, and a franchise QB (so at least 11 new players!).
>
> At any rate, they've got 8 games left.  Let's hope the changes begin Sunday.
> That's all we can hope for right now.
>
> Steve
>
>
>
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