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[Ryan Dietzenbach]

Yeah, and they gave Tank several chances.  So what?  Are they not to give
anyone any chances anymore, while the rest of the league still can and will?

I'm more than a little lost here.

RD

2008/5/5 mactbone <mactbone0 at yahoo.com>:

>  No, they're not. Jerry Angelo and Lovie Smith have consistenly and
> persistently talked about character after cutting Tank Johnson. They were
> the ones that made it into an issue but it's only an issue when they want it
> to be. The attacks are well deserved.
> -Chris
>   ----- Original Message ----
> From: Ryan Dietzenbach <ryandietzenbach at gmail.com>
> To: post at chicagobearsfanforum.com
> Sent: Sunday, May 4, 2008 9:44:29 PM
> Subject: Re: [CBFF] RosenBlog | ChicagoSports | Blog
>
>
> Who wrote this garbage?  Giving good players more breaks than crappy
> players happens EVERYWHERE.  The attacks on the Bears are just plain silly.
> They are no worse than other teams.
>
> RD
>
> 2008/5/4 Tom Shannon <tshanno at gmail.com>:
>
> >
> > http://blogs.chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/rosenblog/2008/05/bears-will-cut.html
> >
> > Bears will cut, run and posture
> >
> > The Bears like what they see of running back Matt Forte. Then again,
> > they'd like any running back who (insert predictable, vicious, but accurate
> > Cedric Benson joke), and man, am I going to hate it when the Bears cut
> > Benson after the June 1 deadline.
> >
> > No, wait, they might cut Benson today after the plodding goof was
> > arrested over the weekend<http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/bears/cs-080504-cedric-benson-arrested-chicago-bears,1,5934907.story>for boating while intoxicated and resisting arrest.
> >
> > *Police pepper-sprayed Benson*, a move that seems a little over the top.
> > Police apparently didn't know that the quickest way to get Benson to the
> > ground is simply first contact.
> >
> > *Oh, and if you think I'm kidding* about the Bears cutting Benson right
> > now, then you've missed how inconsistent, hypocritical and transparent these
> > Bears wonks are when it comes to the character issue. I mean, they just drafted
> > a guy with recent drug charges<http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/bears/cs-080503-marcus-harrison-chicago-bears-haugh,1,6576501.column>,
> > so character only matters if you can't take on a double-team, or average 4
> > yards a carry. The Idiot Benson is supposed to be rehabbing an injury, and
> > I'm just going to take a wild shot here that boozing it up on the Colorado
> > River isn't part of the therapy. That's all you need to know right there.
> > You can already hear the phony-baloney Bears describing their utter
> > disappointment in Benson, and the only question is not whether they launch
> > the big dope but whether general manager Jerry Angelo tears a hamstring
> > racing for the high moral ground in announcing it.
> >
> > --
> > Another unsettling element in modern art is that common symptom of immaturity, the dread of doing what has been done before.
> >   - Edith Wharton
> >
> >
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