Some former Bears have the knives out for our ol’ friend John Fox

[ellis]

Two coaches in 17 years. 

[Seltzer]

27 minutes ago, ellis said:

John Fox did good work here. Took a 1-15 dumpster fire to all the way to a last-second Super Bowl loss in less than 24 months. He put the Panthers into the “final four” twice in three years. 

 

I think Fox has proven to be much better coach at building up organizations than sustaining them.  He successfully built the Panthers, Broncos, and even the Bears into contenders.  

I certainly think Fox's time was up after 2010, but I will be always remember and be grateful for how he turned a franchise that was the laughingstock of the league until a SB contender, even if he couldn't sustain it

[Davidson Deac II]

12 hours ago, ellis said:

This feels like an advocacy piece for sports media folks. 

Fox’s job wasn’t to curry favor with fans or the media. His job was to win games. He didn’t do that. Thus, he was canned.

Belichick is the most secretive, guarded coach in sports. He doesn’t engage with local hacks or fans for that matter.

He wins games. That’s the ONLY way to make fans happy. 

The media? They’re never happy.

Yeap, win and you can get away with almost anything.  Lose, and you can't get away with much.

[The Huddler]

12 hours ago, ellis said:

The media has a job to do. I can appreciate that. I’ve been a part of press avails on every level of football. It makes the job difficult when you can’t generate good quotes. 

The emerging role of an NFL coach is that of  goodwill ambassador. It’s a necessary evil for those guys. None of them want to do much more than lock themselves in an office and prep. Fox was old-guard, caught up in the new media age. But make no mistake: winning is the ultimate deodorant. He was fired for not winning games.  

fug the media

[Eazy-E]

PFT should really consider disabling comments on their website, good lord.

[ChibCU]

21 hours ago, ellis said:

For being the self-proclaimed toughest sport in the world, there sure is a lot of butt-hurt out there.

That would be hockey or rugby.