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Writing is on the wall for Lovie Smith et al

dimbee

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I do know this: We all share in to what happened this year. I'm not going to sit here and put blame on any one thing. (We will) talk to ownership as well as the coaches, our personnel people, it will be an organizational decision on what we do going forward on everything. ... There's really nothing I can say any more than that because we haven't made any definitive evaluations on anything right now.

"I have my thoughts. I feel very good about going into the offseason, but I want to see these next (two) games and see how we continue to develop."

Sounds like regime change is in the air

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It is interesting to note that the last time we had an offensive minded coach (Ditka), we won the Super Bowl... we also had a talented QB with a bit of a "screw loose" mentality... and the greatest RB ever, mind you.

I just think that with what you have invested in Cutler, you have to make it work, or at least try everything in your power...your being Chicago ownership.

And that means getting a offensive minded coach, and a FANTASTIC QB coach in there to try to fix Jay. He is broken, I know that none of you Bears fans want to admit that, but it's the truth. He needs some help, and I can't see as to how Lovie and crew can fix it.

I don't believe in hiring coaches that made their living on the coattails of HOF QB's, but you almost have to figure out a way to get Shanny, if for nothing else to try to fix Jay.

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Jay will be fine with the right coach and the right system. I agree with thefuzz though that once you invest that much into a QB, you have to find a way to make it work.

If that means booting Lovie out of town, I don't see why you wouldn't. Although he has had some success (ala, the Bears aren't a laughing stock), he's been like Fox where he's been unable to sustain any of it, or win the big game in one of his better years.

I say fire Lovie. Good news for Lovie would be, due to the Rooney Rule, he'd probably get a call from just about every team looking for a coach.

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