[CBFF] RosenBlog | ChicagoSports | Blog

Mon May 5 17:56:44 MDT 2008

But you can't have a zero tolerance.  Nobody in the league has zero
tolerance.  The Bears have lowered their threshold on jettisoning players,
maybe as low as any team in the league....  but after reflection, I think
Benson stays for another season unless something else happens, or his
attitude stays defiant, or this current issue escalates in one way or
another.

-Behr

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

>  OK, but Angelo said repeatedly that after the problems with Tank they
> were going to pay more attention to character. Now, he would only say that
> if the incident with Tank was an impetus for change. They tried one way with
> Tank, they didn't like the results so now they're trying a different way.
> Only, they're not really trying a different way.
> -Chris
>  ----- Original Message ----
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> To: post at chicagobearsfanforum.com
>  Sent: Monday, May 5, 2008 4:26:14 PM
> Subject: Re: [CBFF] RosenBlog | ChicagoSports | Blog
>
>
> Because Tank got a chance to prove his character to the organization.  He
> failed, and he was gone.  These guys, too, will get that chance.
>
> Tank deserved to be let go.  These guys coming in from college haven't
> shown to be consistent troublemakers and they too will get that shot.  If
> they fail, they'll be let go.
>
> RD
>
> 2008/5/5 mactbone <mactbone0 at yahoo.com>:
>
> >  Angelo was the one who said character concerns were important and that
> > they learned their lessons from Tank. Then they go into the draft and
> > continue citing character concerns while they pick people with character
> > concerns. Why is it hard to understand that none of this has anything to do
> > with the rest of the league and everything to do with the words that come
> > out of Angelo's mouth compared to the actions he takes? -Chris
> >
> >  ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Ryan Dietzenbach <ryandietzenbach at gmail.com>
> > To: post at chicagobearsfanforum.com
> >  Sent: Monday, May 5, 2008 2:40:36 PM
> > Subject: Re: [CBFF] RosenBlog | ChicagoSports | Blog
> >
> >
> > 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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