Bears Offseason Thread (Trestman new HC, pg 37)

[Magnetic Curses]

I'm kinda bummed O'Dea is leaving. Would've been a pretty seamless transition on special teams.

 

the fact that o'dea is leaving tells me that we didn't want to retain him as STC.

[Guest]

Are we assuming that Trestman has completely ignored the NFL while he's been in Canada?

They don't have TV's up there.

[kujay]

Are we assuming that Trestman has completely ignored the NFL while he's been in Canada?

They don't have TV's up there.

 

So he didn't ignore the NFL like I didn't ignore the NFL.

 

Perfect.

[UMFan83]

still waiting to hear that marinelli will stay. he could be our dick lebeau.

 

Given the inexperienced coach hire, I'm sure Emery will make sure Rod stays.

[Butterscup1679666578]

I'm kinda bummed O'Dea is leaving. Would've been a pretty seamless transition on special teams.

 

the fact that o'dea is leaving tells me that we didn't want to retain him as STC.

 

Probably true.

[Butterscup1679666578]

RT @seankjensen S-T #Bears Blog: 2 sources believe Trestman will retain defensive coordinator Rod Marinelli. http://t.co/hAiaXV2n

[Magnetic Curses]

RT @seankjensen S-T #Bears Blog: 2 sources believe Trestman will retain defensive coordinator Rod Marinelli. http://t.co/hAiaXV2n

 

awesome. so we keep the good and get rid of the bad.

[kujay]

RT @seankjensen S-T #Bears Blog: 2 sources believe Trestman will retain defensive coordinator Rod Marinelli. http://t.co/hAiaXV2n

 

awesome. so we keep the good and get rid of the bad.

 

Yeah I'm good with this. For the most part, the D wasn't broken.

[bukie]

RT @seankjensen S-T #Bears Blog: 2 sources believe Trestman will retain defensive coordinator Rod Marinelli. http://t.co/hAiaXV2n

 

awesome. so we keep the good and get rid of the bad.

Except for Toub.

[Guest]

My phone auto-corrects Trestman to Treat man, so there's that.

[Guest]

I put up a poll on the hire.

[Magnetic Curses]

RT @seankjensen S-T #Bears Blog: 2 sources believe Trestman will retain defensive coordinator Rod Marinelli. http://t.co/hAiaXV2n

 

awesome. so we keep the good and get rid of the bad.

Except for Toub.

 

true. but it's not like he coached an elite unit the last couple of years. he's a good coach, though.

[UMFan83]

Football Outsiders Special Teams rankings for the Bears

 

2012 6th

2011 1st

2010 1st

2009 4th

2008 5th

2007 1st

2006 1st

[Banedon]

http://i.imgur.com/NzNUX.jpg

 

Internet poll....but that's a high percentage.

[Magnetic Curses]

Football Outsiders Special Teams rankings for the Bears

 

2012 6th

2011 1st

2010 1st

2009 4th

2008 5th

2007 1st

2006 1st

 

hmmm, i thought they were ranked something like 8th and 9th the last couple of years.

 

but a lot of that was lovie, he overvalued special teams and it supplemented the defense well. however, let's draft more players that have a shot of playing every down on offense or defense and have less of an eye on if they are special teams material.

[Magnetic Curses]

we wasted two picks at the back of the draft on potential special teamers and our first round pick was taken, in part, because he could play special teams, too.

 

that kind of nonsense has to end.

[minnesotacubsfan]

Guys I'm sure he'll be the next dick vermeil. You know, pop out of the league for a couple of decades and pop right back in with immediate success

[minnesotacubsfan]

Emery hires head coaches like Angelo picks 1st rounders

[Banedon]

Emery hires head coaches like Angelo picks 1st rounders

 

So you're trolling this thread today. I see.

[kujay]

I don't know that we so much let Toub go as he was made a great offer by KC and he wanted to move on. So I don't blame Emery for Toub leaving.

[Magnetic Curses]

Emery hires head coaches like Angelo picks 1st rounders

 

that's a little pessimistic. by all accounts emery did a ton of homework on this hire and believes trestman to be the best candidate.

[ConstableRabbit]

Put me firmly on the Trestman bandWGN. There's no way our offense should have performed as poorly as it did for as long as it did, terrible OL or not. I think we'll see the team make some pretty big strides next season.

 

This is also under the assumption that we keep Rod as DC

[Guest]

Toub on the radio asked what he thinks of Cutler. Says he's a great, great athlete and needs to get better at leadership skills.

 

 

Also said that a lot of his (head coaching) interview had to do with Jay.

Edited January 16, 2013 by David

[jersey cubs fan]

I don't know that we so much let Toub go as he was made a great offer by KC and he wanted to move on. So I don't blame Emery for Toub leaving.

 

We let him go. Emery had to let him go after interviewing him for HC position and not giving it to him. I'm not so sure it's such a huge loss. Special team success relies as much on the emphasis placed on it by the people in charge as anything else. Toub was fortunate to work in an organization that did more for special teams work than the offense. Almost from the beginning they were drafting guys like Manning and Hester with a huge emphasis on their return ability instead of what they can do the rest of the time on the field.

[jersey cubs fan]

There's no way our offense should have performed as poorly as it did for as long as it did, terrible OL or not.

 

I don't understand what this means. The fact that the OL sucked so bad for so long is a huge reason why the offense performed so poorly for as long as it did. They also had an awful receiving group for all but the last year and even then it was one guy and a bunch of nobodies or undeveloped rookies.