2015 Bears Offseason (Foxy new Head Coach page 104)

[Banedon]

Pretty happy with this TBH

 

Same. I was resigned to Ballard...but not excited.

[jersey cubs fan]

I'm sick of Bernstein's insistence on "forgetting about next year". He's stuck in some mind numbingly dumb "do it the way the Cubs did it" mindset.

[Banedon]

I'm sick of Bernstein's insistence on "forgetting about next year". He's stuck in some mind numbingly dumb "do it the way the Cubs did it" mindset.

 

Yeah, I get his line of thought, but he's going too far with it.

[jersey cubs fan]

Pretty happy with this TBH

 

Same. I was resigned to Ballard...but not excited.

 

I was not expecting to be excited about the GM hiring, but for really no good reason I am.

[jersey cubs fan]

[scarey]

I'm sick of Bernstein's insistence on "forgetting about next year". He's stuck in some mind numbingly dumb "do it the way the Cubs did it" mindset.

 

I don't know if it's so much "do it the way the Cubs did it" as much as it is "do it without Cutler and Marshall because I don't like them". It's kind of hilarious that he wants to do away with two positions that the Bears actually have talent at.

[ctcf]

Handsome GMs are the new market inefficiency

[gscool89]

37 years old, same age as Theo was when the Cubs hired him

[Banedon]

@seankjensen

 

Last year, the #Saints blocked Ryan Pace from interviewing for #Dolphins GM opening.

[scarey]

He kind of looks like a young Sean Bean. At worst, we'll have an awesome collection of GIFs with his face subbed into various Sean Bean death scenes when he gets fired.

[Guest]

I'm sick of Bernstein's insistence on "forgetting about next year". He's stuck in some mind numbingly dumb "do it the way the Cubs did it" mindset.

 

I don't know if it's so much "do it the way the Cubs did it" as much as it is "do it without Cutler and Marshall because I don't like them". It's kind of hilarious that he wants to do away with two positions that the Bears actually have talent at.

 

No, it's definitely the Cubs thing.

[Sammy Sofa]

Handsome GMs are the new market inefficiency

 

Have some goddam taste; this oaf looks like he's constantly pumped about the [expletive] Catalina Wine Mixer.

 

Hoyer, meanwhile, hosts yet another press conference about living with extreme handsomeness:

 

http://www.trbimg.com/img-5045e01c/turbine/chi-cubs-gm-jed-hoyer-pays-211m-for-lincoln-pa-001/600

[ctcf]

Dude looks like he should be in a Just For Men ad.

[Sammy Sofa]

I'm sick of Bernstein's insistence on "forgetting about next year". He's stuck in some mind numbingly dumb "do it the way the Cubs did it" mindset.

 

I don't know if it's so much "do it the way the Cubs did it" as much as it is "do it without Cutler and Marshall because I don't like them". It's kind of hilarious that he wants to do away with two positions that the Bears actually have talent at.

 

No, it's definitely the Cubs thing.

 

Bernstein is a walking doom boner; he should not be listened to.

[Banedon]

I'm sick of Bernstein's insistence on "forgetting about next year". He's stuck in some mind numbingly dumb "do it the way the Cubs did it" mindset.

 

I don't know if it's so much "do it the way the Cubs did it" as much as it is "do it without Cutler and Marshall because I don't like them". It's kind of hilarious that he wants to do away with two positions that the Bears actually have talent at.

 

No, it's definitely the Cubs thing.

 

Bernstein is a walking doom boner; he should not be listened to.

 

I don't know about that. He's been a huge, huge supporter of the Cubs rebuild process. But when he turns on something, there's no swaying him back.

[gscool89]

RT @BradBiggs: Ryan Pace was with #Saints when Doug Marrone was offensive coordinator there from 2006 to 2008.

[rawaction]

Zaidman is suggesting that they may have passed on Ballard to go in an "whole new direction".

 

I hope this wasn't a different for different's sake situation. But I do like that he is very different from Emery. He's young, not a "lifer" who paid his dues. He didn't spend 20 years teach S&C in college. He's a handsome man in the mold of Theo Epstein..., ok I'm done.

 

My understanding of the Saints is they are not a feature back team, they rotate multiple guys with varying skillsets. I like that type of approach to the roster.

 

This is what I wanted. I didn't know much about Pace, but I knew the Saints wanted to keep him. That was good enough for me. I was OK with Ballard, but this seems better.

[Banedon]

From 3 days ago:

 

Reports: Ryan Pace unlikely to leave Saints

 

http://espn.go.com/blog/new-orleans-saints/post/_/id/12799/reports-ryan-pace-unlikely-to-leave-saints

[Sammy Sofa]

These guys aren't very happy:

http://saintsreport.com/forums/f2/bears-hire-ryan-pace-gm-336574/

 

Guys, that board led me to this:

 

http://brees-stats.com/index.php

 

Why does that site exist?

[Mark Priors Calves]

I'm pleasantly surprised. I was resigned to Ballard being GM, which was not necessarily a bad thing, of course. I'm curious to see if there are new candidates for HC brought in soon, might be a sign that Pace wants to go his own direction.

[Sammy Sofa]

I'm sick of Bernstein's insistence on "forgetting about next year". He's stuck in some mind numbingly dumb "do it the way the Cubs did it" mindset.

 

I don't know if it's so much "do it the way the Cubs did it" as much as it is "do it without Cutler and Marshall because I don't like them". It's kind of hilarious that he wants to do away with two positions that the Bears actually have talent at.

 

No, it's definitely the Cubs thing.

 

Bernstein is a walking doom boner; he should not be listened to.

 

I don't know about that. He's been a huge, huge supporter of the Cubs rebuild process. But when he turns on something, there's no swaying him back.

 

He loves it because he's a miserable sad sack and is convinced that the way they've gone has been the "right/only" way. He dresses it up with some mildly advanced stat and prospect talk, but it's still the typical "we must suffer to be truly good" garbage too many Chicago fans lap up.

[jersey cubs fan]

I'm pleasantly surprised. I was resigned to Ballard being GM, which was not necessarily a bad thing, of course. I'm curious to see if there are new candidates for HC brought in soon, might be a sign that Pace wants to go his own direction.

 

Somebody tweeted earlier than he and Marrone were on the Chiefs together.

[d_money]

Glad to hear EIU continues to make an imprint (albeit a small one) in the NFL

[Banedon]

Bernstein's source just said that his source said that all things being equal, they wanted a break from the past. Also that Pace had a much better feel for the bigger picture, and the need to build over multiple years.

[Guest]

I never looked into Pace that much but my cursory glanced at Pace left me nothing to be excited for.

 

Someone convince me this is good.