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Lovie Smith was totally scapegoated here, by an incompetant GM.

Posted by groiny (aka groiny) Jan 3 '13, 11:00

everyone watching bears football for the last 6 seasons has been asking for 2 things :

1. An Offensive Line
2. A legit #1 receiver.

You see what happened when they gave Cutler a target like Marshall?

If they had one more legit OL to protect the running and passing game, we would have been perennial playoff team. The last 2 seasons were painful to watch vs an above average defensive opponent.

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I think this GM has been good so far, but he was hamstrung by Angelo for years. I still think firing Lovie was a mistake though. - pmb Jan 3, 11:13 7
- complete mistake. but the defense is getting older, and you have to figure they are gonna take a step back. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 3, 11:20 1
  - Maybe. They've done a really nice job replenishing the defensive line. Their second unit there is ready to step up. The safeties are young. - pmb Jan 3, 11:28
- I am amazed that if Green Bay had beaten Minnesota, we would be describing Chicago as a dangerous team rather than talking about Lovey's firing. -- nm - David Jan 3, 11:18 4
  - I think there's a reasonable chance that if they were one and done that he still would have gotten fired, but it's definitely not certain. Firing him - pmb Jan 3, 11:25 3
    - He had one year left on his contract right? I don't see why you don't do the OL upgrade and give it one. Esp with aging DEF -- nm - oblique2013 Jan 3, 11:26 2
      - Completely agree. It's just not unusual for a new GM to want to choose his own coach. Which is why it would have made more sense last year. - pmb Jan 3, 11:31 1
        
        exact;y it. He was unliked by most fans because he was so low key. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 3, 11:32
Arizona and Chicago's constant refusal to fix their offensive lines is sickening. -- nm - David Jan 3, 11:02 2
- the thought was, get rid of Greg Olsen for a better blocking TE to fix the problems with the OL. - groiny Jan 3, 11:05 1
  - I agree with your last inside sentence -- nm - crash davis Jan 3, 11:35
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- well, it goes back WAY further than that though. - groiny Jan 3, 11:01

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