Harry Chappas

They do not need to sell the team. They just need a create a structure that can win games. A McCaskey does not need to be the CEO, hell let Phillips be the CEO and hire an actual football guy to be the President. Do that I do not mind letting Pace hang around under the new President.

The Lovie Smith era was pretty good. Maybe I am misremembering as it has been horrific since he was fired. It is amazing he was fired after a 10-6 season and this is what we are getting now. The game was lost due to the terrible penalties extending drives. That was one of the worst officiated games I'd seen. The Bears two personal fouls on 3rd down plays were amazingly bad. Then Minnesota does the same thing the Bears did and Jenkins gets the penalty. Ifedi confronting Jenkins on that the way he did was bad as well. I felt like the Bears were waiting for the other shoe to drop on their defense the whole game and it did not. Nagy, Pace, Phillips and George the ticket manager all need to go. George McCaskey has no ability to run a football team yet here we are.

The problem with a defensive minded HC is that the OC is fired because the offense stinks or takes a HC job if the offense is decent. See Adam Gase. Best case scenario is to get an older OC that isn't looking to be a HC. I thought the Bears had that In Fangio no the defensive side of the ball.

Like Bobby Bonilla. Larry Himes rebuilt it nicely after Hemond so there was never really any missing of Hemond in the 90's

The outpouring of support for him all over the baseball is rather amazing. He was a cool guy that would spend time to tell baseball stories that you never thought you'd hear. Stuff from the 70s is great to hear. As I read all of that I then circle back to how this franchise couldn't retain the talent they produced off the field. I read a story about how he almost traded Arthur Rhoades for Mark Langston on the final day of the season to pitch one game for Baltimore v Toronto for the division title. Dave Dombrowski was the Montreal GM at the time.

George was the ticket guy. Probably the easiest job in America is selling Bears tickets and that was his role in life prior to taking charge of the organization. George probably knows less about football than most folks on this Board, yet there he is along with the team accountant running the operation and wondering why they can't get it right. Pace will take a new title, Nagy with be fired and some other crap will be moved around. Nothing will change but talk radio with continue to spend hours on end trying to fill the airwaves with content while this is nothing that needs to be discussed after about 30 minutes.

I think Pace being gone is 50/50 and if the Bears run the table in the last four I think he stays.

I believe Graham could have been cut and Fuller retained. If that is in fact true it doesn't take a football genius to surmise that the Bears roster is a disaster. 1 CB and 5 TE's

They knew he would be over priced and never joined in the conversation and I'd have to say rightly so but I am not a fan of the large contracts that can hamper a team.

Playing in his neck of the woods. Can watch him live.

I find it hard to believe that they would move on from Tomlin. The problem with the Bears is that while there are salary constraints with players and they spend there, with non-salary operating expenses the Bears are still as cheap as they come. I don't think they pay for an experienced coach of additional football operations people.

He can go to LSU and why not...may end up there anyway.

Remember when White Fence Farm in Colorado closed and people (i.e. me) were ready to cry because we thought it was the one off I-55. Damn that Twitter.

He was never going to leave nor should he. Hopefully he is a the uber utility guy and a real RF and 2B are brought in.

Semien's contract had too many years and Ray and Gausman were gambles as neither have a long track record of success. I look at the cubs and see what bad contracts do to the long range plan of an organization. Darvish and Heyward cost them their core. This is carrying water for JR I know but I look more at securing pieces of the current core over adding high price long term deals that can impact the future.

You are 100% correct. I am guessing he ends up with the Yankees or San Fran.

No rationale fan thought this. Nor does any rationale Sox fan see them investing over $150M for a player on the wrong side of 30. Whether you like it or not that is the philosophy of the organization. How often does aiming really high in free agency pan out for teams that are not the LA Dodgers?

Yes that was a pretty amazing run. That conference is as good as any especially with Sandberg looking like they have improved.

This is lateral move or a downgrade but it sounds like he was not a fan of the OU move to the SEC and he can now compete with about as much competition as the Big 12 had.

You have to feel for the guy. He seemed like a good fit and is still a good person. I am concerned how this inabilities were not seen in the interview process.

Maybe the White Sox will do the smart thing with the new budget news, eat some salary and get a legitimate prospect or two. That won't help the old men in the room but will replenish what was lost on this trade.

Until Pace has a boss that can lead the organization they are going nowhere. Even if they fire Pace and Nagy, they have nobody in the organization with any football knowledge to hire the next guys. Some outside source will tell Ted who to hire and in 4 years they will fail and be fired as they try and learn on teh job. Neither Pace nor Nagy has gotten better at their job.

You are divorced from reality. What the White Sox do not do is cripple themselves with free agent contracts. They may sign some bad ones but they are not crippling themselves over bad signings. We as fans don't like it but it worked. Who did you want them to sign last offseason?

Is MLB going to the Ivy leagues and seeking out candidates or are the candidates going of the Ivy's seeking out MLB jobs. My opinion is that if you are a person of color you seek out a more secure opportunity upon entering the professional field than that offered in the MLB. When Hanh took the job he was grossly underpaid but had a support system that allowed for him to do that. The White Sox basically told Hahn he was stupid for taking on what essentially was an internship while a long list of educational accomplishments. Do POC want to take that route?

Barry Sanders & Calvin Johnson retiring in their prime from the same team