Love for lovie? Chicago axed coach

[Panther53521]

Peppers has infected that whole team with "take a play off sydrome"

[carolina-chuck]

Lovie Smith as DC for me all day.

Turner as OC and Chico stays as HC, I'm fine.

[rayzor]

Lovie Smith as DC for me all day.

Turner as OC and Chico stays as HC, I'm fine.

rivera leaving chicago was lovie's idea because rivera wasn't lovie's choice for a DC and the first opportunity he had to move on from rivera he took it.

the problem, aside from lovie wanting someone else, was that the two defensive styles were very different. rivera comes from the jim johnson 4-3 (a very aggressive/attack defense) and lovie comes from the dungy tampa 2 system...which is a bend/don't break, soft cover defense whose goal was to prevent the big play.

their styles didn't mesh.

[rayzor]

oh...and whose idea was it to put mike tice in charge of the offense?

and then mike martz before that?

not trusting at all his taste in OCs.

do not want.

[carolina-chuck]

rivera leaving chicago was lovie's idea because rivera wasn't lovie's choice for a DC and the first opportunity he had to move on from rivera he took it.

the problem, aside from lovie wanting someone else, was that the two defensive styles were very different. rivera comes from the jim johnson 4-3 (a very aggressive/attack defense) and lovie comes from the dungy tampa 2 system...which is a bend/don't break, soft cover defense whose goal was to prevent the big play.

their styles didn't mesh.

I know that, just wishful thinking and due to having connections between them. I'd take Lovie and Norv over Sean and Chud anyday.

[PhillyB]

i'd be surprised if he doesn't land a HC gig somewhere, but i'd be shocked if it was here.

DC? maybe so, but i'm not even convinced mcdermott isn't the answer.

[mickdman]

Lovie is very similar to Norv.....Great coordinator, Terrible head coach.

[teeray]

Lovie is a good coach. My personal feeling is that the Bears made a mistake,

[frash.exe]

Lovie looks like a very good coach in some regards and then he looks terrible in others

[Wanderlai]

Didnt he play the dad on Good Times?

[rodeo]

It's a ludicrous scenario, but if Rivera could swing Lovie as DC and Norv as OC it would be pretty fun.

[Kevin Greene]

Lovie went to the Super Bowl with Rex Grossman as his QB. He's a fine coach. Bears f'd up.

Defense got old, Uhrlacher cant stay on the field.

Mentioning Grossman is like mentioning that guy who took the 2000 Ravens to a Super Bowl victory.

I think he was gone in the off season.

Hope Peppers enjoys the rebuilding, guess playing with that great Chicago D didn't work out.

[frash.exe]

It's a ludicrous scenario, but if Rivera could swing Lovie as DC and Norv as OC it would be pretty fun.

that's a lot of head coaching experience for one staff to not be successful

[Kevin Greene]

It's a ludicrous scenario, but if Rivera could swing Lovie as DC and Norv as OC it would be pretty fun.

Two Assistant Coaches Rivera was once a subordinate to?

No thanks, this is a guy who the only time he yelled on the field was at his own players for celebrating after kicking the Falcon's butts and telling them to get off their field.