And he's a poor talent evaluator, takes too long to adjust when his personnel stinks (Tommie Harris), bad at challenges, forced out good coaches (Rivera) and so on and so on. lovie is a pretty good evaluator of talent as it relates to his scheme. Mark Anderson and Tommie Harris were both terrible and Lovie refused to take them out of the lineup until it was obvious to everyone that they couldn't play anymore. Manning was his personal project and not until this year has he showed anything. But he really hurt the team last year. manning had a decent year last year, actually, and he led the league in KR average. but, the other guys that he put in a position to succeed are totally lost on you, aren't they? lovie gave idonije a shot over a failed angelo draft pick in michael haynes, too. but you haven't mentioned him. all coaches give high-priced players or valued draft picks a shot to prove their potential, it would dumb not to. urlacher didn't exactly light the world on fire in his first few games with the bears, but jauron let him play and continued to search for a place for him rather than simply release him after a few games because it would be moronic. but i doubt that's something that you could understand fully. you're making me hope lovie keeps his job for 20 more years.