[CBFF] Bears' rise and fall

[Jason Cetina]

Yes and no. Sure, you should be able to have guys who are of the same 
philosophy as you, but to what extent? Rivera was successful. If it were 
me (and you will note my lack of NFL coaching credentials), I wouldn't 
care if my DC ran the Greg Blache "sacks don't matter" defense and my 
O-C ran the run-and-shoot. If they were consistently winning games, they 
get to stay.

Victor Waldron wrote:
> In all fairness, Rivera wasn't fired, rather his contract expired and
> he wasn't offered a new one.  I personally don't think Smith handled
> the situation very well, but I can't blame him if he didn't see eye to
> eye with Rivera and would rather have Babich as DC. It's Smith's bed
> and he has to sleep in it.
>
> V
>
> On Nov 24, 2007 10:15 PM, Jason Cetina <jason at cetinas.org> wrote:
>   
>> Lovie fired Rivera and elevated Babich. He's had that promotion in mind
>> since the day he was hired.
>>
>>
>>     
>
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