Week 16: Lions at Bears on Fox at noon Sunday

[jersey cubs fan]

What is everyone's favorite Trestman cliche?

 

*.....and that starts with me

*We had a great week of practice

*Any explanation of anything that involves the word "process"

 

Any others?

not a cliche but I will always remember his early quotes about Cutler that reinforced his pervy serial killer look:

 

"I can't wait to get my hands on him, and get started with him."

 

and then something about a hotel room

[Thed Hoyerstein]

Kyle Long on why they have confidence in Jimmy Clausen: “Jimmy has had a lot of success against our No. 1 defense (in practice)."

 

i can't tell if that's a joke or serious, but either way it's hilarious

[Banedon]

Kyle Long on why they have confidence in Jimmy Clausen: “Jimmy has had a lot of success against our No. 1 defense (in practice)."

 

i can't tell if that's a joke or serious, but either way it's hilarious

 

Um...so has Jay from all reports.

 

Whatever.

[BigSlick]

I guess I deserve this. I supported the decision to fire Lovie Smith after a 10-6 season and was insistent on hiring an offensive mind. I'll still defend the decision to fire Lovie, but clearly Trestman wasn't the hire.

 

I still mostly like Emery's talent acquisition skills. He's basically the anti-Angelo, in that he can hit on early picks (with the exception of Shea McClellin, his early rounders are extremely good: Jeffery, Long, Fuller) we just need that depth.

 

Ah well.

Edited December 18, 2014 by BigSlick

[jersey cubs fan]

I guess I deserve this. I supported the decision to fire Lovie Smith after a 10-6 season and was insistent on hiring an offensive mind. I'll still defend the decision to fire Lovie, but clearly Trestman wasn't the hire.

 

I still mostly like Emery's talent acquisition skills. He's basically the anti-Jay Angelo, in that he can hit on early picks (with the exception of Shea McClellin, his early rounders are extremely good: Jeffery, Long, Fuller) we just need that depth.

 

Ah well.

 

I wanted Lovie replaced with an offensive mind but the CFL weirdo was obviously never the option, and surrounding himself with a joke of a coaching staff was doomed to failure. There should not have been a single CFL coach on the staff beyond Trestman.

[Banedon]

Yeah, firing Lovie wasn't the mistake.

[jersey cubs fan]

Lots of people seem convinced that both Trestman and Cutler are gone. Cutler dropped quite a few clues that he's ready to move on and Trestman made it obvious he thinks Cutler should look to revive his career elsewhere.

 

 

 

But I am not at all convinced that they are going to get rid of both guys. I think there's a good chance Trestman is gone and Cutler stays.

[Banedon]

But I am not at all convinced that they are going to get rid of both guys. I think there's a good chance Trestman is gone and Cutler stays.

 

I think if Emery stays, Cutler stays. I don't think Emery gets rid of a guy that he signed to a big extension...that's admitting a big, big mistake.

[BigSlick]

Yeah, firing Lovie wasn't the mistake.

 

I hope the McCaskey's don't learn the wrong lesson from this. They seem to default to conservativism, not in their nature to make bold risky decisions. Two of those decisions, the Cutler trade and the Smith firing, have not paid dividends for the team. Both were absolutely the correct move to make, and the team should be applauded for it.

 

Don't feel the need to go back to "safe" hires! Continue to be dynamic, just be smarter about it!

[gscool89]

Lovie Smith is not a good NFL head coach. Nor is Marc Trestman.

[kujay]

Lovie Smith is not a good NFL head coach. Nor is Marc Trestman.

 

Lovie needed to be fired, but at least with Lovie the Bears were a professional, competent organization. Not spectacular, not going to win championships. But not laughingstocks. That shouldn't be the standard, of course.

 

Emery must be held accountable for the Trestman hiring. Simple as that.

[rawaction]

Kyle Long on why they have confidence in Jimmy Clausen: “Jimmy has had a lot of success against our No. 1 defense (in practice)."

 

i can't tell if that's a joke or serious, but either way it's hilarious

 

I think that's a jab at the D. This team is a mess.

[UMFan83]

Lovie Smith is not a good NFL head coach. Nor is Marc Trestman.

 

Come on, don't have revisionist history. Lovie is not an elite coach but he's not bad. He provided stability and leadership* and his players seemed to always play hard for him and loved playing for him. There were no instances of inmates running the asylum in Lovie's tenure, there were no situations where a live ball lay on the ground while his players were walking off the field, there were no situations where one of his assistants bad mouthed a player to the media anonymously and then allowed that coach to stay on. Did Lovie have significant flaws? Yes, definitely. Did he deserve to move on after 2012? Yeah, probably. But I don't think its fair to say he's not a good coach.

 

*Although its clear that the Bears had strong leadership on both offense and defense in the form of Kreutz and Urlacher which certainly helped him maintain control in the locker room.

[jersey cubs fan]

Lovie Smith is not a good NFL head coach. Nor is Marc Trestman.

Lovie is a good NFL head coach with flaws.

[Guest]

I'd use above average but we're talking minor differences here. He's leaps and bounds above Trestman.

 

 

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[kujay]

I haven't listened to B&B in awhile. Two questions. First, are the callers always this stupid? And second, are B&B always so out and out hostile to them?

[gscool89]

I haven't listened to B&B in awhile. Two questions. First, are the callers always this stupid? And second, are B&B always so out and out hostile to them?

Yes and they deserve it

[Banedon]

I haven't listened to B&B in awhile. Two questions. First, are the callers always this stupid? And second, are B&B always so out and out hostile to them?

 

1) Yes. I'm pretty sure the producers actively seek dumb people, but they don't have to look hard. Sports talk radio callers are the worst.

 

2) Absolutely yes. It's their thing. Most deserve it, but it gets them ratings, so yes.

[Guest]

I feel like that's just how sports radio has always been. I can remember listening to sports radio in the car with my grandpa as a kid and thinking everyone sounded like an idiot. And it wasn't even that I had that strong of opinions to disagree with them on, they just SOUNDED dumb. I've never listened to talk radio as an adult...

 

 

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[kujay]

They are as entertaining as they always were, but I get weary of the constant stupid calls and them making fun and then laughing.

[Soul]

Yeah, firing Lovie wasn't the mistake.

 

I hope the McCaskey's don't learn the wrong lesson from this. They seem to default to conservativism, not in their nature to make bold risky decisions. Two of those decisions, the Cutler trade and the Smith firing, have not paid dividends for the team. Both were absolutely the correct move to make, and the team should be applauded for it.

 

Don't feel the need to go back to "safe" hires! Continue to be dynamic, just be smarter about it!

 

Most of us thought we wanted to go in the other direction, away from Lovie's style.

 

It just should have been Arians instead of Trestman, that's all. A blown hire, not much else. Emery got too cute again. And it cost him.

[minnesotacubsfan]

Didn't we blow a hire when we ended up with Jauron too?

[Guest]

I haven't listened to B&B in awhile. Two questions. First, are the callers always this stupid? And second, are B&B always so out and out hostile to them?

 

1) Yes. I'm pretty sure the producers actively seek dumb people, but they don't have to look hard. Sports talk radio callers are the worst.

 

2) Absolutely yes. It's their thing. Most deserve it, but it gets them ratings, so yes.

 

To #1, maybe they occasionally try to get the fun-bad callers on the air, but I'm pretty sure it's just the fact that the majority of people who would call into any radio show are criminally dumb, which you alluded to.

[Guest]

Didn't we blow a hire when we ended up with Jauron too?

 

Dave McGinnis

 

IIRC, Mike McCaskey let it leak and set up a press conference to announce his hiring when a contract hadn't been agreed to yet.

[squally1313]

In case anyone missed it.

 

http://deadspin.com/media-falls-in-love-with-jay-cutler-all-over-again-1672864300