Are we getting Black Monday II? No, but we got a Black QB!!!

[UMFan83]

I had low expectations for this press conference but its still worse than I expected

This is not good. I think there is a way to sell this decision as the right way to move forward, but they aren't going that at all.

 

I assumed the family was looking for stability after years of constant turnover, but this press conference is really just selling stability for stability's sake.

 

Also:

 

-The bounce back from the 6 game losing streak (against 3 bottom feeding teams) helped George make the decision to keep these guys. In order to bounce back from the 6 game losing streak (against 3 bottom feeding teams) you still had to....lose 6 games in a row.

 

-Called the season an improvement because we made the playoffs, nevermind that we finished with the same record as last year despite a significantly easier schedule and made the playoffs only because they created an extra spot, otherwise we would have missed it by 3 games (2 games plus losing the tiebreaker to the 6 seed).

 

I mean I get that he's trying to sell an unpopular decision by using empty platitudes, but he's choosing the complete wrong tone.

[Outshined_One]

I'm so ready to change the thread title again. This is nauseating.

[Brian]

I was pro keeping Nagy, and was fine with Pace as President and a new (KC guy perhaps) GM, but holy hell this thing is a disaster.

[jersey cubs fan]

They're really beating around the bush on the "is Ted really staying around" issue and I think they need to be more persistent on that issue. Stop asking George why he is in charge. He's the GD owner. Start asking about Ted.

 

Specifically there should be a questions about succession planning at the president's level. Is Ted here for another year? Is Ted here for 2-3 or is the next round of chopping blocks in 2021/22 going to be a Ted/Ryan/Matt triumvirate?

[Brian]

I'm sure there's a lot of presidents of sports teams that started as the guy that did their taxes.

[jersey cubs fan]

Ted straight up refusing to answer what year Ryan's contract goes through is STRANGGGGGGGGGE.

[minnesotacubsfan]

Ted straight up refusing to answer what year Ryan's contract goes through is STRANGGGGGGGGGE.

 

 

yea, if he doesn't have an extension, they are discussing it

[minnesotacubsfan]

Pace looks irritated to have to be there. he said about 25 words

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Time to mortgage the future even more for another 8-8!

 

[Brian]

The least they should have done is Crane Kenney Phillips and make him the business president and have a football president.

[minnesotacubsfan]

Time to mortgage the future even more for another 8-8!

 

 

 

we're going to trade up as far as we can to take Kyle Trask. We feel he's the next Ben Roethlisberger

[WrigleyField 22]

Matt is tense. You can see him shaking the chair behind him lol

[jersey cubs fan]

Matt is tense. You can see him shaking the chair behind him lol

restless leg syndrome, a side effect of the drug to treat it is gambling

Edited January 13, 2021 by jersey cubs fan

[WrigleyField 22]

The least they should have done is Crane Kenney Phillips and make him the business president and have a football president.

That's more or less what it is though.

[jersey cubs fan]

The least they should have done is Crane Kenney Phillips and make him the business president and have a football president.

That's more or less what it is though.

The problem is Crane Kenney has no input on who runs the baseball department, Ted Phillips, for some reason, has a lot of input on who runs the football department. Ted should not have input on that matter.

[Bertz]

 

There's probably a real and valid argument to drafting a quarterback being a crapshoot. So if you think the right processes are in place, and we simply rolled snake eyes with Trubisky, keeping Nagy and Pace around is the right call.

 

But I am not at all convinced that the right processes are in place and we simply rolled snake eyes with Trubisky. Particularly in the last twelve months, there's been a lot of horsefeathers.

[minnesotacubsfan]

The least they should have done is Crane Kenney Phillips and make him the business president and have a football president.

That's more or less what it is though.

 

yea, I dont get the idea either. Kenney had far more ranging power as I understand it

[WrigleyField 22]

The least they should have done is Crane Kenney Phillips and make him the business president and have a football president.

That's more or less what it is though.

The problem is Crane Kenney has no input on who runs the baseball department, Ted Phillips, for some reason, has a lot of input on who runs the football department. Ted should not have input on that matter.

Well that's the "more or less" part. You could basically have Pace report direct to McCaskey would be the only change. I'm not sure how much actual say Phillips has in these decisions. If you read through the lines I think you can argue he's just the business-capable extension of McCaskey to carry out his vision.

[jersey cubs fan]

There's probably a real and valid argument to drafting a quarterback being a crapshoot. So if you think the right processes are in place, and we simply rolled snake eyes with Trubisky, keeping Nagy and Pace around is the right call.

 

But I am not at all convinced that the right processes are in place and we simply rolled snake eyes with Trubisky. Particularly in the last twelve months, there's been a lot of horsefeathers.

The right processes were very clearly not in place when Pace traded for Mitch. He was more or less on his own. There was no input from the head coach let alone anybody who coaches offense at the NFL level. It was the first time he ever evaluated college QBs, as a pro personnel guy this was all new.

 

Nagy is there now and presumably the other offensive coaches and there is no way Pace can go rogue in the draft and do the same dumb process he did last time. Will that be enough? I don't know. I still think they can do it.

 

 

 

I do not think Ted and George can find a better GM/HC combo, not because there are none available, but I don't think they are capable of finding better.

[raw]

Meanwhile, in the division....

 

 

The one thing the Bears always had was being run better than the Lions.

[jersey cubs fan]

That's more or less what it is though.

The problem is Crane Kenney has no input on who runs the baseball department, Ted Phillips, for some reason, has a lot of input on who runs the football department. Ted should not have input on that matter.

Well that's the "more or less" part. You could basically have Pace report direct to McCaskey would be the only change. I'm not sure how much actual say Phillips has in these decisions. If you read through the lines I think you can argue he's just the business-capable extension of McCaskey to carry out his vision.

That's a pretty damn huge "more or less".

 

I think it's been clear every time they've made these decisions that Ted has major input on not just how much they pay the guy, but who the guy ends up being. George clearly leans on him and shows no disappointment in his work.

[WrigleyField 22]

I do not think Ted and George can find a better GM/HC combo, not because there are none available, but I don't think they are capable of finding better.

Well they could but it's like throwing a dart at a dartboard and hoping you got bullseye without really knowing what they're doing.

[Wilson A2000]

[CaliforniaRaisin]

https://twitter.com/pff_brad/status/1349402803907784714?s=21

[d_money]

The whole Bears “family” bit is a little tiresome.