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Finger pointing in the windy city?

Mr. Scot

By Mr. Scot,
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"Two things—attitude and coaching,” Angelo said during a 45-minute session with Chicago media Saturday at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis. “I think both of those things could get our defense back and going and being a very good defense.

“Do we want to infuse it with more talent? Yes, we do, and we’re going to be looking at some positions to do that. But I certainly feel like we have a pretty good nucleus and there’s no reason to believe that we can’t play good defense this year and be the defense maybe not that we were a few years ago but certainly be a more consistent defense and a more opportunistic defense.

“I feel very strongly about that, and it starts with the front. There’s no reason to believe that we don’t have the talent up front to do that, and we know that the front drives the train, particularly in our scheme.”

“Rod’s an excellent football coach. I think he’s going to get the most out of the players and hopefully they can take another step collectively as a group and individually. I don’t feel any reason why they can’t. Some have higher ceilings than others, but I feel that will be an improved group.

“I like the way our defensive staff is shaping up, and I’m counting on the fact that we’re going to do a better job of coaching. That in itself is going to make us a better football team, irrelevant of what [new players] we infuse in our football team this year.”

I wouldn't call it finger-pointing, really. Lovie has said he's going to take a more active role in the coaching and play-calling of the defense, and Angelo essentially intimated that he expects to see an improvement on defense because of that. That, and the signing of Rod Marinelli to coach the D-Line, he expects to see an improvement there

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If those are the things he said, it's valid that this puts the onus on the coaches.

Whether that means they're on the hot seat or not is speculation.

Here's the full article: http://www.chicagobears.com/news/NewsStory.asp?story_id=5609

I don't necessarily consider it a hot-seat situation in Chi-town, anymore so than usual. It's one of those cities where success is demanded, no matter what

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