[CBFF] Another Lovie coaching friend fires on Cutler, Mora adds on too

[Jerry Madsen]

Funny, I would argue that they don't get it, taking aim from afar.

On 9/15/09, Tom Shannon <tshanno at gmail.com> wrote:
> Did anyone see this press conference? I was in bed.
>
> Tom S.
>
> Sent to you by Tom Shannon via Google Reader: Another Lovie coaching
> friend fires on Cutler, Mora adds on too via Inside the Bears by Brad
> Biggs on 9/15/09
>
> At this point, it's fair to wonder if Lovie Smith shares the same
> viewpoints as his mentors.
>
> Tony Dungy stepped out this spring and was critical of Jay Cutler's
> leadership ability, and now Mike Martz, another close friend to Smith
> who lobbied hard for him to get a head coaching job, has piled on.
>
> Martz and Jim Mora Sr. made pointed remarks about Cutler's postgame
> press conference Sunday night at Lambeau Field after he threw a
> career-high four interceptions in a 21-15 loss to the Green Bay
> Packers. The Bears were 0-for-3 in the red zone and spoiled an
> all-around defensive effort. Cutler strung together a series of cliches
> and said miscommunications were partly to blame for the turnovers.
>
> "When I saw that postgame press conference last night, I thought he
> looked completely immature,'' Mora said on the premier of The Head
> Coaches on NFL Network Monday night. "He acted like he didn't even
> care."
>
> What's much more disturbing from the Bears' standpoint, however, is the
> criticism that came from Martz, who suggests the team is not handling
> him properly.
>
> "He just doesn't get it,'' Martz said. "He doesn't understand that he
> represents a great head coach and the rest of those players on that
> team ... somebody needs to talk to him."
>
> Smith remains close to Dungy and Martz both. It's difficult to imagine
> they would be critical of the marquee addition to the organization--the
> replacement for Sid Luckman six decades later--without knowing Smith
> would be understanding and accepting of their evaluations. Dungy called
> Cutler's makeup into question before.
>
> "We'll see about his maturity level,'' Dungy said in a teleconference
> announcing his addition to NBC's coverage in early June. "That's what I
> would question. And some of the things that happened leading to him
> leaving Denver ... that would concern me as a head coach. He can make
> all of the throws, but quarterbacking is much more than just making
> throws."
>
> Cutler can come across as being brusque in press conferences to
> uninterested and it's fair to say he was short Sunday night. What Dungy
> and Martz saw gave them reason to be concerned beyond the mistakes on
> the field.
>
> ``Having always handled my postgame press conferences in a professional
> way, I'm an authority on these types of things,'' Mora joked, referring
> to his "playoffs" rant that has become a popular beer commercial. "I
> just didn't think he was very professional, very accountable. I could
> give him a tip or two.''
>
> It's going to be interesting to see what Smith's take on the situation
> is Wednesday. His new quarterback continues to take fire, and this is
> more friendly fire.
>
>
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