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Also, safeties are meaningless?

I'd think thats a defense score.

I was wondering the same thing, I think he may have worded the defense bullet incorrectly. Unless he wants us to choose the crappiest D..

Definitely need clarification on this one.

He's not a Saints fan...

You picked Eli Manning and krew?

Ok... well, 5 points for bold.

yep. dude's a dbag, but he's been puttin up points maing.

It aint brain surgery, MB, it's a crap shoot and your strategy (especially the "didn't look at anyone else's picks" part) is as good as any.

Who had Seattle of New Orleans in the playoffs LAST year?

As for me, still doing intensive research for my but the Ouija Board said DALLAS and I can't find my MAGIC 8 BALL.

Best. Blog name. Ever.

Yeah, you should have that one.

Or maybe TheImpregnator?

Demon Seed Swim

TheInseminator...

...vs. ChastityMan. Sounds like an AFC wildcard matchup.

Thank you, sir. Just seeing this comment now. My wife isn't a huge fan of the name, but I thought it was hilarious when I came up with it a few years ago. Nobody on Xbox Live can pronounce it, though. Damn 10 year olds.

Great minds thinking alike?

that's just necks dy... cushing is a fucking meathead through and through.

And that list is bunk maings... how in theee hell did they leave out #1...

http://thesportshernia.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b84f69e20133f56386a5970b-450wi

his neck is so fucking bulging that it looks like it's a whole separate person.

my bad... the link above started at #3 and I didn't notice #2 and spikes till now.

Spikes is reeeaally bad. I chose Paulie cause he looks like a meathead in the pic. I reckon they should just make them scrap-losers have to submit to ridiculously intense drug testing.

sidenote: I'm pretty sure that I read somewhere that Spikes has never made the playoffs? He was with San Fran last year as well. Poor guy.

never... in 15 seasons with 4 diff teams I think.

They call it the "Spikes Curse". Fucked up cause he's a bad ass mofo at MLB.

sorry 14 seasons and 5 teams: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/don_banks/12/01/playoff.luck/index.html

(His NECK!!!)

poor guy. we should pick him up for a year to give him a break.

Gooddell is lucky that its James Harrison and not him who headbutts players cause with a neck like that driving it he'd likely kill.

That picture is terrible. Alex Brown in a SAINTS uniform with some vampire wearwolf teen hearthrob whats his face? Yeah, no thanks.

oooohhhh, thaaaaat's who that is. He looked familiar but I thought he was a college player going into the draft this year.

Basically, I thought he was our next free safet.... WAIT!!! Angelo is gone!!! We're FREEEEEEEEEEE... maybe we can get a real safety... who's black no less! Holy shit, I feel like rip van winkle!!! the cure has been lifted!

Oh yeah, and I'm gonna have to light you up tonight for knowing who that little douche actually was. Fag.

curse

Get some.

Hahahahahaha... look at you lurking, like you do around corners.

little more available GM info from pompei…

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/bears/ct-spt-0105-gm-bears-chicago--20120105,0,7792809.column

God I hope we don't end up having to take ruskell because no one else would sign on with us… like martz, mari, and tice in ’09 (although two of those turned out well).

Common teddy, use your magic fucking abacas to get DeCosta or at the very least McKenzie signed you nerd.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UIO2dAGjgE

"Yeah, sorry Jerry fucked around with you guys in the draft. We fired that asshole. Come work for us now."

Bingo!

I uploaded the highlights from our gun game match here:

http://tinyurl.com/89sg23u

MBHP with a rick roll?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_ff46b58Hk

Hahahahaha.... rick rolled!

The Bears GM position is the most coveted one up for grabs MB, make no mistake about that one. Baltimore has a very similar football philosophy to the traditional Bears model. I think DeCosta will be our next GM.

I hope so Trac. If we have to accept another fucking schmuck my heart will explode. Just once I'd love us to do something right.

Yeah im with you MB, someone from the Ravens front office would be great. Don't know much about DeCosta but if he has learned from Ozzie Im all for it.

You really think Stafford will put 21 up in the Superdome?

The kid has been playing pretty well. I think he can put 21 up.

fuck stafford... fuck him right is his bigass lesbian looking face murph.

you really think tebus is going to beat the steeler D?

No, I think the Steelers offense is going to beat the Steelers defense, with a little help from the Broncos D and ST.

Maybe it's just to say fuck the Steelers. Fuck them right in their face.

I get it dave. Not a steeler hater, but don't love 'em either.

Steelrers D? I must have been thinking Moops....

said the same thing reno, problem is that end up netting us fucking ruskell.

At some point these guy have to go, 'why the fuck does this always happen to us?!"

Let's just hope we get DeCosta

Seems like he might be the best one anyway, but only time will tell. It is really hard to imagine why the CHICAGO BEARS, of all franchises, cannot attract front office talent.

It is hard? Really?

Two words: Teddy Ballgame

yup. I was going to go with...

Cash. Money.

No changies, MB. I call it's against the rules.

I didn't see any rules but the ones above Corm.

Tattle tale!

that's interesting. I wouldn't be totally against it. He obviously has expereince getting some huge names in FA.

btw, I think the eagles are going to be a force in 2012. They didn't have time to be a team in 2011. All that talent has to come together at some point.

Just my $.02.

Agree about the Eagles. I have no clue about Grigson or any of the GM candidates mentioned. Unless the guy has a publicly available track record in an organisation that is known to have thrived because of him (rather than in spite of him or regardless of him), how do you really know? Seems like you'd have to be a true insider.

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

We have enough room for him.

yes we do. If there's anything that's worth spending cap space on it's that. It's not like a manu or chester gamble... spend this money to get the right guy and we won't have a fucking moron pissing away $12M on busts every year, or picking second tier talent in every single draft for 11 years.

Imagine the money we'll save Erik!

Sounds too logical lol

you writing a theme for class jokey?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEedFHxSVSI

A dysfunctional family on par with the catholic church in coddling pedo bears is not really a healthy family, and could perhaps use some new blood.

The Royals knew it which is why Diana got the nod. Penn State should know it.

Sinead O'connor ought to do a concert there, with a picture of the Papa. Imagine the outrage.

Then she could tear it in half and spit on it.

That would be epic.

I'm fucking outraged too!!!

I was hoping he'd be our OC instead. Damn it!

I love Sinead, even when she's not serenading the Pope. Here she is at the Nobel Peace Prize festival:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbrDlVl3Ul8

That is definitely a rebel song.

It'd be beast!

:)

She's the most embarrassing Irish person and never ceases to amaze me. Her fourth marriage just ended after a week (I thought sahe said she was a lesbian).after a twitter-search. On her wedding day, she brought her new husband into crack town in a taxi looking for some weed. Her new hubbie is a drug counselor - you couldn't make this stuff up.

+ aboutamillion

Blogfather makes TYPOS? Who knew?

Thanks

I don't think it was a good idea when it was my knee-jerk reaction to losing to the Cheifs, but it would have made more sense THEN, than it does now.

He hasn't ever called an offensive play in his life, has he?

Are we going to be running plays out of the Madden playbook next year?

We're so fucked.

Ah, fuck.

I guess it makes sense.

But, fuck.

It seemed like a better idea when it was solution to getting Martz out of here. Now that Martz is out of here, it seems like a bullshit half hearted solution.

"Eh, well, we got this guy over here. Why don't we let him try?"

Maybe he'll let Jay call the plays.

He was HC of the Viqueens for several years. I don't know if he was the play caller.

i remember reading somewhere that he had called some plays for the vikes, but that was mostly up to OC Scott Linehan.

of course now i can't find the article so feel free to call me a liar and a charlatan.

You read it in the SunDontShine-Times, no doubt, which is now behind a paywall to hide the lies. I will take the liberty of posting the article in full:
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Bears GM search will be methodical
Updated: January 5, 2012 10:47AM

As he searches for a new offensive coordinator, Bears coach Lovie Smith shouldn’t have to file a single expense report or travel too far. He can walk into the office of offensive line coach Mike Tice.

Last offseason, after the Tennessee Titans requested an interview with Tice for their offensive coordinator vacancy, the Bears declined and handed Tice a contract extension. This season, after overseeing a unit that lost two opening-game starters, Tice still contributed toward the Bears somehow gaining 2,015 rushing yards.

Now, after two seasons with Mike Martz, the Bears should promote Tice to coordinator. During an interview Tuesday, Martz spoke fondly of Tice. Asked how Tice would do as his replacement, he said, “I think Mike would so a terrific job. But that’s not my business.’’

The biggest knock against Tice is that despite his extensive NFL career as a player, assistant and even head coach, he never has called plays. But that’s a fallacy.

My tenure covering the Minnesota Vikings included Tice’s four seasons as the head coach. Twice, he empowered a college coach by making him the offensive coordinator, and he helped in the transition by assisting in play calls. The first appointee, Scott Linehan, starred in that role, later accepting a lucrative contract to serve in the same capacity with the Miami Dolphins. He’s now in the same position with the Detroit Lions.

The second, Steve Loney, struggled in 2005 after then-owner Red McCombs financially handcuffed Tice in his search for a replacement for Linehan. Without receiver Randy Moss, who had been traded to the Oakland Raiders, or any notable offensive threat, the Vikings struggled, but Tice did handle the play-calling duties before ceding the responsibility to Loney.

After a 2-5 start, the Vikings won six consecutive games and finished the year 9-7. Their leading receiver was tight end Jermaine Wiggins. In the season finale, a 34-10 win against the Bears, the offense racked up nearly 400 yards.

Since he has been with the Bears the last two seasons, Tice understands the personnel as well as the playbook. Although he was a quarterback at Maryland, he has played and coached in multiple systems, and he likely wouldn’t overhaul the scheme, which would benefit quarterback Jay Cutler.
In Minnesota, Tice always emphasized a running game balanced with a deep passing attack. That suits Cutler.

In 2002 and 2003, respectively, the Vikings’ run offense was ranked first and fourth in yards. Overall, as an offense, the Vikings were in the top four in total yardage in three of Tice’s five seasons. And they were eighth or higher in points scored in three of those five seasons.

As for innovation, Tice spearheaded the infamous “Randy Ratio’’ — a formula designed to frequently get the ball to Moss — as well as the ‘‘Duh Offense,’’ predicated on how the defense lined up to defend his team.

The Bears don’t necessarily need anything like that. But what they do need is continuity, especially for the sake of their franchise quarterback.

Todd Haley, who coached Kurt Warner in Arizona, would appear to be a strong candidate, along with Clyde Christensen, who served on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ coaching staff with Smith. Jeremy Bates, who coached Cutler in Denver, may also be an option.

Ultimately, though, Smith shouldn’t have to venture too far to get his man.
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WTF? Sun-Times wasn't granting access 15 mins ago. Now it is.

Here's the link to the article I posted in full, in violation of all applicable copyright laws. Maybe someone should delete that. Mods? Mods...?

http://www.suntimes.com/sports/football/bears/9818272-606/bears-had-better-think-tice-about-next-o-coordinator.html

Plus I got the title wrong, and forgot to mention the author, Sean Jensen.

you're going to jail. that stinks.

but i appreciate you going to jail on my behalf. =]

But I asked for it to be deleted!

If I go down, I'm taking Mr-I'm-too-busy-watching-my-beard-grow-to-fix-my-crappy-website down with me.

Hey, look at it this way, Willie. If we go to the Pro-offense for Dummies playbook, maybe we won't burn three timeouts each half just trying to get the calls in.

Hahaha.. Ever the optimist!

Where ya hear that Artoo? I can't find anything anywhere.

PFT -

Here

Readers view pages, too. Might even actually click on SmileTrain ads.

Hell, your biggest fan could be out there! There could be a guy who just waits to see what you have to say next, and now you've offended him... and he hates you... and he's tracking your IP address... and

#16!?

AWWWW Wille, There ya go makin me feel bad. Hangin the head in shame. I still hope a reg wins though. One thats never had a Lou Malnattis even better.

Murph -

This happens all the time. I've cried about this for three years now.

And Murph... you can go BUY Malnati's... like from a restaurant... without styrofoam and dry ice involved...

Me? In Nebraska... I got one guy here open 5-8 M-F who couldn't master a deep dish if his life depended on it.

But, yes, I agree... I hope you win the pies before any of these other jokers.

Read above Willie, I hope someone wins who has never had one. Hell if I win Ill offer some up to the out of town guys. I'm from here.

Put you on the list for one if I win?

Murph - you are a mensch.

I'm going to win anyway, as revenge for the DBB beatdown, but thanks for offering to give me a deep dish pizza. You are offering, right?

About 3/4 of the people here (including me) picked the Saints on O. So much for that.

Maybe MB will teach us all a lesson and Eli will put 50 up.

I haven't built my spreadsheet yet...waiting to work on that until tonight. Don't they re-seed after the wild card round or is the divisional round?

Yeah I am, If I win Jeff can send a pie to six of the regulars who don't live around Chicago and would like to taste one of the finer pizzas on this planet.

Hell yeah - thanks, Murph! I am trying like all get out to find a decent pizza here but they just don't know.

I'm thinking they need a decent Chicago-style hot-dog place here too.

There's one in Omaha owned by an old friend of mine; maybe I could franchise it.

Dawg House right?

I am under the impression that they shut down... That's what I was told anyway. Either way, I ordered the "Sandberg" (Italian Beef) there once (Piscopo - "ONCE!"), and I swear I had three slices of beef on it. Vienna Beef dogs, though.

Haven't been back since I found Vienna Beef dogs at HyVee.... I bought every pack - 12 or so. Still have ~4 in the freezer.

Pudgee's on Harrison is the only place left, I think...

They were still open when I visited in October, but they've been on a downslide.

Sucks that you got a shitty sandwich. When Troy was actually running the kitchen, it was good. I think Jimmy John's opening next door put a hurting on them.

Hahaha.. yeah buddy! I don't nearly provide enough value to deserve one... plenty of other much more worthy.

Besides, I get to Chicago at least 2x/year, so I've had my Malnati's fix plenty. I prefer Gino's or Giordano's, myself, but I get the folks in AZ the TastesOfChicago gift cards every year.

If any of you are lucky enough to find the Gino's pizzas in your frozen food section, BUY THAT SHIT UP! Delicious and cheap... if you can't get the real thing.

Seen 'em twice here in Omaha. Bought every single one.

Where did you find them?

Fareway on 72nd/Giles, when I first moved here (3 yrs ago).

Super Target, somewhere (maybe Maple), about a year ago. All of those were expired, but damn if I didn't eat 'em up.

Willie...the clowns around the southwest think Domino's is great pizza...ugh$@#!$#!@$#!$#$#!!!!!. two boyz from New York moved here in NM about four years ago and they make a decent pie...but most of these morons have no idea what a great Chicago Pizza is...NONE!!!!!

when my wife and I moved here in the early 90's...my sweet sister-in-law would send the four pack of Lou's...YUM!!! it was great, we watched Jordan and Pip rip through the NBA Playoff's and having a little taste of Chicago while watching didn't make us to homesick.

We moved from Chicago to Lubbock, TX when I was 6... You sound exactly like my folks. "PIZZA HUT!?!!?" Hey, if anyone is interested in living in west Texas... don't. Kill yourself.

Sadly for me, I grew up in the southwest, so, to be honest, I like ALL pizza. In fact, I don't think there is a brand of pizza out there that I don't like.

But, in my defense, I like some A LOT more than others.

The inedible one has to be Little Caesar's. That is just foul.

Ha! Caesar's helped me survive freshman year of college. Large pizza for $5 back then was unheard of. Crazy bread for a buck!

You get drunk enough and it's not only edible, but DELICIOUS!

The one I tried in Omaha made pizza that had the consistency and odor of cardboard soaked in hobo urine.

it's all good WIllie...but you are right about West Texas...

the only thing that southeast NM and West Texas had was a boy named LACH!!!!! and then he became a lobo and then a bear and this state still loves him!!!!!

Just posted on Bears web site. I'm not sure how I feel about it. Wouldnt be my first choice. Hope he isnt too old school. Innovative offenses seem to win. The importance of the run has diminished with the Dru Brees and Payton Mannings in the league. Not that it isnt important, it just isnt the foundation it once was.

Murph...I think Cutty will have a bigger say in passing for the O...and if Tice can actually get a line to work for him...it could be interesting..I'll say that.

as Tice will also remain OL guy, i think we'll see an offense tailored more towards the line's strengths. three step drops. maybe a five-stepper in there every now and again. sweeps around end with chris williams pulling and paving.

maybe even a roll out pass now and again. who knows.

evan..Cutty was scary on bootlegs....open the field and he could throw it across the feild with insane accuracy..

which is exactly why martz never called them. so flummoxing.

BUT. as much as i, and most of the people here, will bash martz, he did get rid of ron turner's fullback dive. which i applaud voraciously.

agree..but we never had a FB & or an O-line that we actual would be successful at the dive..

I think we may have that with Clutts

Eff that.. Give me Barber any day we need a yard or two.

@art: not to mention acrobatics: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2SAnyvFbUk

NBT...agree

word on the street is that Bates was irked by Angelo and has nothing against the rest of the organization. I would be surprised if he is not the qb coach.

I still need the hiring of Shane Day explained to me. Seriously. One day you're stapling the Niners' playbooks together and making sure they don't run out of liquid paper, next you're mentoring Jay Cutler on the finer points of throwing passes in the NFL.

great question irish... I was wondering that too.

Shouldn't QB coaches be guys like Kurt warrner and Phill sims (yeah, I know, but who else was I going to say... dan fucking marino?)?

I didn't throw you under the bus trac......hahahahahahahahahahaha...

the hell I did..did you see how I did that?

Who you crappin? When was that? hehehe Your in charge of keepin "trac" of who is all for this Tice thing. So if the Tice thing doesnt work, and that poster starts bitching about him, you can throw him under the bus or on the "tracs"

Actually Murph, it wasn't too long after Cutty's beat down against the Giants. You remember that game don't you? The one were Collins came in for Cutty and got tossed around like the pathetic rag doll that he was.

Shocked - but hey, good call!

I never in a million years thought they'd go that route.

lol everyone keeps saying he has not called a off. play yet.

I think Jay and him went to Lovie to tell you the truth.

He called plays when he was the head coach at minny. It may have been Martz calling the plays the last two years, but I can guarantee that Tice had a lot of say in the adjustments that were made. I don't have the stats, but I don't think a martz team ever came close to rushing for 2k, yet all of Tice's teams in minny were near the top of the league in rushing. Tice = more comitment to the run

I don't like the idea of Tice as OC - it means we get some ducheyne in as line coach.

Then you should have no trouble posting links to the relevant comments. Haaaaaaaaa. Not on this so-called blog.

Sugar...Honey...Ice...Tea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Uh... Jerry? Where you going so fast, buddy? You know we were only joking, right?

Lmao good one Crunch

There is a price he would leave for. Just like very coach that says he is stayin with his team and two weeks later takes another job.

Hope you're right. DeCosta is definitely in demand. He must be good.

I'm hopin you are right gp. I'm forever the optimist so I'm goin all in.

Gp...I think Murphs line of thought is valid....Tice..OC old school smashmouth run game...Bates to develop Cutty and the Passing Game...could be a good mix....

think of it this way...wev'e seen the last of the "F"ing seven drop and sack Cutty call.....$#@!#!$@#%$#!!!!!

Forte is not smash mouth... We know this.

Hopefully Tice does, too.

Willie ....I'm talking more the O-line on smashmouth..run..run..run..

yes. Double Deuce is not abetween the tackles guys more edges and following his blockers but, If Tice has more of a say..I think we see more pulling and miss directional runs..

Willie..I think Bell & Clutts may fit that smashmouth which would make our backfield one hell of a scary scenario for any D

maybe when we are in the redzone we actually score ..sweet small hard pounding yards for TD's

Are we done with Barber?

I, personally, am not... I give him a pass.

no WIllie...I like the Barbarian..my bad on that....I think the media was looking for a scapegoat for the loss to Tebow..and he was the sacrificial lamb...

I would like to see Barbarian stay....

He can run the Power O just fine.

Especially in Madden 12!

Good point.

Yep Gault.. Thus, keep Barber.

Agree 100% The perception is that one man has to run everything as the coach but that's less and less true. More and more you see head coaches that focus on one side of the ball and bring in an OC or DC to almost be a second head coach on the other side. Saw an article about this recently concerning Wade Philips in Houston.

I don't see any reason why we can't have the OC position work similarly. I understand you're working with the same players, but its okay to install a bunch of passing plays and a bunch of running plays that were put together by two different guys working closely together.

Likewise in the game - if Tice wants a pass, he can look over to his QB coach and say "get a pass play ready if we're more than five yards out next play." Nothing wrong with that. And nothing wrong with telling Cutler "call a play to Bennett, we like the matchup in this package."

The biggest concern with this approach is getting everything decided in real-time in a game. But that's (a) why you establish a hierarchy so there's no debating, and (b) wasn't exactly better with Martz and Shane Day anyway.

I'm not a long reg but I would love to taste some good pizza lol

You're a long enough reg Artoo.......plus your famous for the endzone shot. And we all like ya!

Murph is right - you're the closest thing we have to a celebrity in here!

Great idea Murph. I'll do the same (I'll keep one).

I'm in if you're so inclined sir... never had one.

I'm in, Murph.

GP....don't put that sheite out there bra.....he is "the name we don't speak of" bad "f"ing bad jojo.......

During Tice’s tenure as head coach, the Vikings established an NFL record for most consecutive games with over 300 yards of offense with 36 from 2002-04.

In 2004, The Vikings under Mike Tice defeated the Cheese in their first ever playoff meeting, 31-17.

In 2010, The Bears offensive line, under coach mike tice, surrendered 9 sacks in 1 half to the New York Football Giants

Mike Martz had a big hand in that too. He did absolutely nothing to take pressure off that o-line...and really, after the second hit, Jay was concussed and was holding the ball way, way, way too long. I watched the game; I kind of doubt you did.
But don't let that ruin a good story.

i was at that game, sitting with a friend in our bears jerseys in the endzone. it was not a friendly crowd and they had lots to prod us about as jay kept getting knocked to the turf.

but you're right, MBP. Martz was doing that shit on purpose to teach Jay a lesson.

As I recall, Tice wasn't blocking that day either.

I remember it well. It's really amazing what Tice has done with what he's had to work with, given all the injuries and poor drafts. How many sacks did GB record in the last meeting between the Bears and Packers? None?

Btw, what's up with Wied? You really think he's hooked on Camomille?

Really Cheese? Why are you on this site? You are a closet Bear fan. You have to be.

Who's excited?

I don't think any of think Tice is THE answer...

Plus, addition by subtraction only gets Doc excited.

I don't think Tice used this in Minnesota, but maybe the next oline coach will know it. I don't think it's a good idea though. Forte is already effective, and we're in a win-now mentality. Which is also why I'm good with this hire. If next year sucks, then Tice and Lovie will be let go, and the new GM might go into major rebuilding mode. So now, it's "maybe next year, 2013, or 2016."

Will you tell Murph how much you love him?

Yeah yeah I know. Not sure how much I'm buying that. hehehe

Cutler may actually think twice before telling Tice to "F-Off", although I whole-heartedly supported him when he let Martz have it.

It was Tice who put Culpepper, Carter and Moss together in what was the Vikes best air attack they ever had dating back to Fuckhead Fran and Ahmad 'Cosby' Rashad.

I'm not necessarily against promoting Tice, but with no GM yet I think that's "putting the cart before the horse".

Carter was gone before Tice became head coach.

Well... Hester, Knox, and Bennett are definitely no Carter or Moss.

Tice and Lovie's insistence on running to set up the long pass makes me somewhat hopeful we will try to get VJack, DBo, or SteJo (that one was a stretch).

Plus, what better way for a GM to make that first big win than to get us a true #1 WR in Chicago?

Hell, Peppers and Cutler kept JA in a job two years too long.

If SteJo is Stevie Johnson, then no fucking thanks. That guy drops more passes than roy williams, and isn't he 5 '11 or 6ft? Just another smurf, but one that things he's bigger than the team with all of his endzone dancing bullshit. Fuck Stevie Johnson's face.

6'2" and somewhere north of 220 lbs. He's not a smurf but he's not Megatron either.
Of course, not many are.

This is a very good point.

As if having no say in Lovie wasn't bad enough, now you get no say in the whole coaching staff.

Just makes it harder on the Bears.

This org is so dysfunctional.

That's exactly what I was thinking but Gp said it best " This org is so dysfunctional."

I say"KISS OF DEATH" becuse now that I'VE picked them, the Saints will probably struggle to score 20 and the Steelers will probably have Tebow lay a 30 spot on them.

Se la guerre!

You are prob right. I think it will be the guy from ATL or WAS.

I'll try and stay positive and just say....

YOU GOT WORKED in gun-game last night.

Just kidding. Really, Tice, Lovie, and whomever else comes in on staff will all be in the same boat. This is a one-year deal for everybody, not just Lovie. So, I'm not sure it will be THAT big of a deal to the incoming GM. He will get some shiny toys for the coaching staff and if they fail to achieve remarkable success next year, they are all gone.

I don't know how things work in a front office, but if we can get a GM who is more interested in college and pro scouting than controlling the coaching staff, that's a good thing, imo.

yeah, day to day I get that BS... but for a deal to get done GMs want to run their own show, not use a bunch of retreads.

To MBP's point, it could be just a one year hassle to deal with. All that said... we still whiffed on our first two choices, which is starting to feel a LOT like 2 years ago.

Just once I want top tier talent eveywhere in the front office. Just once.

We don't REALLY know who the Bears' top 2 candidates are. We only know what has been leaked to or ferreted out by the press. And if the Bears make poor choices, our 3rd and 4th round picks might work out better anyway.

Besides, much is beyond the Bears control, like where McKenzie wants to work and whether DeCosta wants to go.

"We're fucked" - my sentiments exactly.

I have had a sick feeling Timmeh will be the GM.

Rearrange those dock chairs while we head over to that iceberg. We ran out of ice in the bar, and need to chip off a few chunks.

Your nuttier than a squirrel turd if you think Ruskel is going to be our long term gm.

Prob because we were gunning for Decosta

Vic...one word....McCaskey's.....

I feel a soon-to-be-uncovered child molestation ring coming!

Nah. In Green Bay, it's all cow-and-goat molestation.

Jason Wied, the Packers’ vice president of administration/general counsel, has resigned from the Packers, the team announced today, because of health reasons...

...“This was a difficult decision but the right one for me,” Wied said in a statement released by the team. “I’ve had some health issues, including sleep apnea and insomnia, for the last couple of years and have tried many treatments, herbal remedies and medications. Recently I developed a dependency on one of the herbal remedies that had been suggested, and my long-term health became a real concern...

http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/136820518.html

Weid... herb junkie. Are they f'ing kidding?

You can't make this stuff up!

Golden.

I went to school with Herb Junkie.

Nice guy.

hah!
For some reason, it makes me think of:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbdbwopsRZo

I thought I read "sheep apnea"

Crown... how you like the other Chicago team?

Not looking too shabby.

So pumped bro!!

RIP is a great addition if he can stay healthy.

Thibs needs to tighten up on Derrick's minutes late. That fall in Detroit the other night scared the piss out of me. He should have been on the bench.

Just ordered this dandy: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Taj-Gibson-Chicago-Dunk-D-Wade-Basketball-T-Shirt-/110691052818?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&var=&hash=item5f779424d3

Should be a goon one tonight against ORL if D is playing.

Back from the auld sod now Willie. A lot to catch up on but it was all good seeing Angelo got 86ed. The only way is up !

Too much of an opinion. Now, if it was " which running back loved the game the most?" Payton would have won.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJeTgQ-lgvE

MB...we can go round and round about the #1 & #2 but you have to admit..both WERE "F"ING BEAST'S!!!!!!!!!!

o btw...I would go with sweetness as #1..why? you say..this is why:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pi_sLc7mu-o

ps +1000000 on fucking Peter Douchebag

hey PDouche..the reason he was low on yardage in the beginning of his career he had a shit O-line in the 70's

Al.. remember this shit Noah Jackson

Playbook..almost Ron Turner...ish

Payton Right
Payton Left
Payton Center

My Dad called it Payton left, Payton right, Payton up the middle, punt.
Some of the other great OL were Revie Sory and Dan Neil, if I remember right. Robin Earl was a blocking TE, Bob Parsons punting.

..................ugh@#!@%$!@#%$#!@$#!$#!!!!!@@!@

Al.. stop making it worse lol

Al........I think I may have just puked a little in my mouth...

Sorry, but Ruskell makes absolutely NO sense whatsoever.

DeCosta staying in Baltimore is no big surprise. He's turned down several other opportunities and is obvioisly willing to wait for Ozzie Newsome's departure and has probably been told when that will happen..

McKenzie to Oakland can't be surprising either. He has ties there AND (to take a page from the early seasons of SNL) Al 'Darth' Davis "is still very seriously dead.".

Al....agree on makes no sense...the scary part about that Al.....Is it has the McCaskey's dysfunctional ideals written all over it...

Fook Mi...if this happens....

This town's collective sportswriters will storm Halas Hall with torches and pitchforks if Ruskell gets the job.

I'm not kidding here, this town will go absolutely APESHIT on the Bears if we get stuck with him.

To avoid that outcome, I would like to step up and throw my hat in the ring for GM.
It's a sacrifice, I know, but I'd be willing to do it if DaCosta and McKenzie are too weak to step up the plate.

Don't thank me all at once...but feel free to send birthday cards with large denomination US currency to honor my selflessness.

MBP..screw the large denom's...just wire me the money today...hahahahahahahahahaha

The Packers were working with the Bene Gesserit?

Limited clairvoyance does make for strong drafts, so it all makes sense now.

Doesn't it? But their breeding program is also doomed to spin out of control and bring about the destruction of the existing order in the universe.
Aaron Rodgers is the Kwizatz Haderach. Oh noes.

Does that make Jay the stand-in for Feyd?

Cavalerri bought him a pair of these maybe

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PbVoDEqtcHc/RpV01yP4_oI/AAAAAAAAAPs/swDZdA7der8/s320/dune_lynch_feyd.jpg

MBP...is the spice you speak of?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ro0FW9Qt-4

lol - Trixie Firecracker...wth.

When I FIRST saw that movie at the theatre during its initial release I thought it was an absolute TRAIN WRECK of a film and yet, for some in explicable reason, whenever it is on TV I am drawn to like a moth to a flame.

Appropriate reference: Someone in the Bears' hierarchy needs to throw his head back and scream

"FATHER...THE SLEEPER HAS AWAKENED!"

I lol'd at that.
The movie is actually kind of nonsensical until you read the books. I remember having a comic book adaptation of the movie when I was 10, and it was disturbing as f-ck.

The book series was great until Herbert's dumbass kid took over and churned out a bunch of schmegma.

Schmegma?

Would that be the "residue" of "The Spice"...?

no Al..that's frumunder cheese....

again with the wisconsin connection.

GP...full circle..full circle...when you want to talk about mold you can eat...
cow's you can backdoor...
or sing their State song " I'm my own grandpa"..
and the dueling banjo's

The FudgePecker's have a stronghold on it ALL!!!

Anyone who trades Lou for Giordanos is disqualified for stupidity.

I agree gp, but I cant disqualify I have to accept his choice in life. Diversity in pizza! Lous is all in the tomatoes used in the sauce.

No, you're a towel.

Giordano's is mo betta...

My stupidity has nothing to do with it.

Yes, I'm fine with giving up my spot...

Lou's is good, don't get me wrong... I just prefer Gino's, Giordano's, Uno, or Nancy's...

Preferring Nancy's to Lou's is like saying you'd rather have Kraft Mac n Cheese than a Porterhouse at Morton's.

Lou's don't do it for me...

And for the price, I'd go Kraft day in and day out.

Willie, if I ever meet ya, I'll bring you weed, because pizza doesn't get you high.

You're not seasoning your cheese with the proper herbs and spices.

tee hee hee

Nice! Neither one of them has a neck.

thanks for the link GP

The Illuminati is more likely. They're everywhere.

Where the hell is Robert Langdon when you need him?

I bet its those Rothschilds, Irish been ratting those bastards out all year. Scoundrels! He is being held in a vault at the Federal Reserve.

Pretty sure it's like 3am in whatever corner of the globe Irish is lurking in

Nately's whore got him.

(shhsshhhhhhh...)

...and I just BET the coupon has expired, like our hopes for Decosta.

I believe Steve Hutchinsen fled to the Vikings on Ruskell's watch as well.

all good points canada. not talked down from the ruskell ledge yet... just been burned so many times before.

I hope you're right and we get a real GM and not that uslesss shitstain ruskell.

I'm ok with tice for a year to see what he can do.

...new thread.