Week 15: Bears at Ravens, rescheduled for 3:15 on Fox

[NCCubFan]

Ogunleye is out for the year with a broken leg.

[Mark Priors Calves]

Ogunleye is out for the year with a broken leg.

Gaines Adams, come on down!

[Guest]

Ogunleye is out for the year with a broken leg.

Gaines Adams, come on down!

See! That's why we needed to spend our second round pick on him. To be prepared for just such an emergency during the critical part of the season.

[Banedon]

Lovie's press conference an hour and a half late. Could he be getting fired?

 

The last two weeks certainly provided more than enough reason, but I can't see that Christmas present happening just yet.

 

Yeah...what would be the point of firing him with 2 weeks left? Let him limp along. He's getting paid well enough to ride it out.

 

The point would be as an olive branch to the fans (Monday night could get really ugly, if not empty), and to give them an opportunity to talk to everybody that is available.

 

I never get the "what's the point of firing midseason" sentiments. And I can't believe that about a month ago there were media members essentially laughing at the notion that Lovie needed to go. This team has been a major disappointment since the Super Bowl, the only marginal positive was the Cutler trade, and that has been all but a disaster to this point.

 

You're paying Lovie for 2 more years. Let him coach 2 more games. He deserves the boos he's going to get.

 

The opportunity to talk to other coaches is semi-valid, though, of course, there's nothing to keep them from talking to other coaches with Lovie still in place. The Redskins are showing how possible that is.

 

Anyway..looks like it's a moot point. Lovie had his press conference.

[jersey cubs fan]

You're paying Lovie for 2 more years. Let him coach 2 more games. He deserves the boos he's going to get.

 

But why? If you are going to make a change, what is the point/benefit of delaying that change?

[Banedon]

You're paying Lovie for 2 more years. Let him coach 2 more games. He deserves the boos he's going to get.

 

But why? If you are going to make a change, what is the point/benefit of delaying that change?

 

Because you don't have to have someone Ron Turner or Bob Babich or Pep Hamilton or Rode Marinelli or one of the other bad coaches on this team take over in the interim. What's the point of going to one bad lame duck coach to another bad lame duck coach? I mean, if they think they can get Shanahan or Cowher easier by firing Lovie now, then I'm all for it. But short of that, I just think it's kind of pointless.

[jersey cubs fan]

You're paying Lovie for 2 more years. Let him coach 2 more games. He deserves the boos he's going to get.

 

But why? If you are going to make a change, what is the point/benefit of delaying that change?

 

Because you don't have to have someone Ron Turner or Bob Babich or Pep Hamilton or Rode Marinelli or one of the other bad coaches on this team take over in the interim. What's the point of going to one bad lame duck coach to another bad lame duck coach? I mean, if they think they can get Shanahan or Cowher easier by firing Lovie now, then I'm all for it. But short of that, I just think it's kind of pointless.

 

The point is you can do away with all pretenses of dealing with back channel negotiations with your most wanted replacement candidates because the job is truly open. You can throw the fans a bit of a bone even if you are going to lose, and you can shake up the players a bit with 2 games to play to reiterate how important it is to play their best. That message is not getting across right now. Some guys don't even look like they are trying.

 

Bottom line, if you are going to make a change, get the ball rolling on that change right now.

[Banedon]

You're paying Lovie for 2 more years. Let him coach 2 more games. He deserves the boos he's going to get.

 

But why? If you are going to make a change, what is the point/benefit of delaying that change?

 

Because you don't have to have someone Ron Turner or Bob Babich or Pep Hamilton or Rode Marinelli or one of the other bad coaches on this team take over in the interim. What's the point of going to one bad lame duck coach to another bad lame duck coach? I mean, if they think they can get Shanahan or Cowher easier by firing Lovie now, then I'm all for it. But short of that, I just think it's kind of pointless.

 

The point is you can do away with all pretenses of dealing with back channel negotiations with your most wanted replacement candidates because the job is truly open. You can throw the fans a bit of a bone even if you are going to lose, and you can shake up the players a bit with 2 games to play to reiterate how important it is to play their best. That message is not getting across right now. Some guys don't even look like they are trying.

 

Bottom line, if you are going to make a change, get the ball rolling on that change right now.

 

I certainly won't be upset if that happens. I just don't think it's likely.

[soapy]

I've never seen the point of keeping on a coach/manager/etc. to finish a season if you know you're certain that you're going to fire him at season's end anyway. Do it immediately so it is clear that the position is open and you can begin openly interviewing the next coach ASAP. I think it's particularly important in this instance because of the available (and highly sought after) coaching candidates on the market right now.