RockRaines Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 QUOTE (knightni @ Jan 9, 2015 -> 08:49 AM) Goal #1 should be to hire a quality coach and acquire players that thrive in that coach's system. Let the coach and players worry about beating Green Bay. And when you dont beat green bay all the blame is on the coaches and players, never the GM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 We should probably stop criticizing the guy for a fake tweet he never said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GGajewski18 Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 QUOTE (rowand's rowdies @ Jan 9, 2015 -> 09:09 AM) I wrote about the Bears last 5 drafts and the Pace hire. Enjoy (or suffer through I should say) the last 5 NFL drafts of our Chicago Bears. http://blog.suncoastsocial.com/the-last-5-...ars-hire-new-gm Conte was actually decent when he was on the field this year. Easily the best safety this year when he wasn't hurt. Not defending him, but there are much worse players than him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoSox05 Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Bears focus should be to beat anyone in the division. They went 1-5 last year. 2-4 the year before that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2Jimmy0 Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Jan 9, 2015 -> 09:16 AM) A reporter from New Orleans felt that he had been sought out and offered more jobs over the past couple of years but he always wanted more control than was offered. Ted Phillips is the President of Football Operations while not making moves or evaluating talent he has a role and the GM reports to him so he is a layer of management that has some over-site along with the Board over the GM This isn't really true though. Ted Phillips doesn't make football decisions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigruss Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 9, 2015 -> 09:30 AM) We should probably stop criticizing the guy for a fake tweet he never said. Seriously, this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 A lot of smoke out their that Ballard wanted to tear everything down and it upset the McCaskey's. However, Hub Arkush (who is typically extremely anti-Bear) has indicated it is all BS and those are all leaks from the respective candidates trying to save face. http://chicagofootball.com/2015/01/09/hub-...aq1xrfl/?page=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Chappas Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Jan 9, 2015 -> 09:55 AM) This isn't really true though. Ted Phillips doesn't make football decisions. I believe that is what I said. The GM still reports to him though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockRaines Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jan 9, 2015 -> 10:22 AM) A lot of smoke out their that Ballard wanted to tear everything down and it upset the McCaskey's. However, Hub Arkush (who is typically extremely anti-Bear) has indicated it is all BS and those are all leaks from the respective candidates trying to save face. http://chicagofootball.com/2015/01/09/hub-...aq1xrfl/?page=1 Right its not hard to use the media when they all want to be first with any information true or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shakes Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Jan 9, 2015 -> 09:55 AM) This isn't really true though. Ted Phillips doesn't make football decisions. I haven't seen anything disputing this. In fact, it looks like the current Bears structure was very attractive to GM candidates. DeCosta being the only one to turn down an interview with the Bears, but he has turned down everyone. The Jets and Philly jobs were repeatedly turned down because of their structure. I think the George and Phillips structure problems myth needs to be put to bed, along with the Bears are cheap myth. It's pretty clear the GM has full control over personnel decisions, and this was a very sought after job. The Lovie/Angelo era saw them go to one Superbowl and another conference championship under this structure, so it wasn't a complete failure. The Emery era clearly was a failure, but he was given free reign to give out huge contracts, which helped get him and everyone else fired, and then the Bears picked up the tab to clean house. I have no idea if Pace will work out(rooting for him as I went to college with him), but if it doesn't it won't be because he wan't given the freedom to do what he wanted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Patrick Mannelly is also indicating that his sources indicate that Pace talked about control and laid out what control he wanted and he got all of it. I guess the real answer will be after the draft when we start to see new football people brought into his structure cause you have to imagine turnover at halas hall is going to be high after the draft (when the contracts of the scouts are up and when you typically can make changes). I think its nearly impossible to make changes now, given that pretty much everyone in the biz is under contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockRaines Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jan 9, 2015 -> 10:30 AM) Patrick Mannelly is also indicating that his sources indicate that Pace talked about control and laid out what control he wanted and he got all of it. I guess the real answer will be after the draft when we start to see new football people brought into his structure cause you have to imagine turnover at halas hall is going to be high after the draft (when the contracts of the scouts are up and when you typically can make changes). I think its nearly impossible to make changes now, given that pretty much everyone in the biz is under contract. Want to know whats motivating? Drafting/scouting for your job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jan 9, 2015 -> 10:26 AM) Right its not hard to use the media when they all want to be first with any information true or not. Hub can be a curmudgeon, but man was he right about the Bears last few years. He had been calling out how much a rebuild effort was necessary for 3 years now. And he's right that, we basically just have to hope he gets it right. We have no idea how he is going to build this out yet, or whether it will work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jan 9, 2015 -> 08:35 AM) Want to know whats motivating? Drafting/scouting for your job What is funny is the most recent draft is the only one which Emery had where a year out, you looked at the list and the majority of the guys still looked like they had potential. First two years you pretty much wrote off the bulk of our picks, which is just absurd (part of that was because I wrote off Bostic and Greene very quickly and by and large look smart by doing that). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Briggs is going to be on ESPN 1000 after the press conference. I bet that will be an interesting interview. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 i just have one request for the new coach and gm.....be on time to your press conferences. That used to drive me nuts about Emery and Trestman, they were always late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soxsoxsoxsox Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jan 9, 2015 -> 10:55 AM) i just have one request for the new coach and gm.....be on time to your press conferences. That used to drive me nuts about Emery and Trestman, they were always late. 1 MINUTEEEEEEEEEEEEE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoSox05 Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jan 9, 2015 -> 10:55 AM) i just have one request for the new coach and gm.....be on time to your press conferences. That used to drive me nuts about Emery and Trestman, they were always late. I think this is true of a lot of coaches. Mike McCarthy is always late for his press conferences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Jan 9, 2015 -> 10:59 AM) I think this is true of a lot of coaches. Mike McCarthy is always late for his press conferences. You get slack when you have a superbowl ring and an elite QB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soxsoxsoxsox Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Ryan will oversee all football operations and will report to Ted Phillips Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleHurt05 Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jan 9, 2015 -> 11:00 AM) You get slack when you have a superbowl ring and an elite QB And when you are the only game in town, what else do those GB reporters have to do all day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 I'll post a summary from this thing shortly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 I like the guy. Dont know if he can pull it off, but I like him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jan 9, 2015 -> 09:27 AM) I like the guy. Dont know if he can pull it off, but I like him Me too. I'm going to post a summary shortly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soxsoxsoxsox Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 STEP 1 FIND OFFICE STEP 2 GET COACH STEP 3 BRO DOWN WITH JAY CUTLER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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