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I think a rebuild is what is needed. The effect can be lessened with a better tactical HC and the moorings that we do possess. I believe it's a quicker rebuild/turnaround than say the Chiefs. The quicker a new culture/discipline can be installed the easier the transition. I don't think it'll take a rocket scientist to use the O more effectively.

Originally Posted by short faced bear

I think a rebuild is what is needed. The effect can be lessened with a better tactical HC and the moorings that we do possess. I believe it's a quicker rebuild/turnaround than say the Chiefs. The quicker a new culture/discipline can be installed the easier the transition. I don't think it'll take a rocket scientist to use the O more effectively.

There.....it's been said and said correctly shorty! Lovies biggest shortcoming is that he simply does not adjust well on the fly and that is what tactical skills are all about. We've watched far too many game in which he's been hopelessly out coached and even in games like today we see his stubborn insistence on staying with his strategic plan of a turnover based "soft zone" defense even when the other team begins to pick it apart.

As with at least half our wins this season once you take away those turnovers we lose the game because the offense has problems both with scoring even when they're handed gifts as they were today AND holding onto the ball in order to keep the other guys scoring opportunities at a minimum. Where are the adjustments needed. We squeaked out a win today only because the clock ran out. One more Lions possession and we lose.

What irks me is that this team was a lot closer to being a 6-10 team overall by the way they played than the 10-6 they are. If not for a year of being one of the most opportunistic defenses scoring wise in the history on the NFL there is no way we would have won 10 games. So when people start throwing out crap like "you can't fire a coach who went 10-6" I say Lovie didn't go 10-6. His defense bailed his ass out of at least 4 or 5 of those games that would have been lost without the turnovers and defensive scores. Does anyone think THAT'S gonna be repeated?

This is the kind of fine pencil, hard line analysis that Phil Emery needs to be doing or to have done already. Do we actually keep a HC whose team probably lucked into a 10-6 season based off of no better than 8-8 play and I could still make and argument for 6-10 play. On top of that after reaching mid point with a 7-1 record and a two game lead in the NFCN he still couldn't keep his team from folding like a sad sack of shit again this year despite the fact that he had two starting caliber NFL QBs and an All Pro WR and RB on his offense!

I'm sorry but I'm not buying into that old key injuries excuse anymore. He's gotten to ride that pony too many times before. Good HCs and good teams fight through those injuries, battle out wins, and make the playoffs with at least an even chance of winning a game or two. Who really gives a shit whether we made the playoffs or not. Were ya'all up for another ass kicking in SF? You know that's all that would have happened. We'd have gotten embarrassed on national TV again!

Lovie may be one hell of a guy and one of the most well liked and popular HCs in the NFL but he's not getting his job done because HIS coaches aren't getting their job done but he hired them and he seems reluctant to replace them when they fail him. If there is no way to completely severe Lovie from the offensive side of the football and replace those on that staff who need to go then Emery has no choice. Lovie has to go.

Bears fans are waiting for an answer on this and if Emery is gonna retain whatever credibility he's garnered so far his answer has to be sure and swift. Either he gets behind Lovie and they jointly begin those changes that must be made or he expresses his regrets and deep gratitude for what Lovie has done during his nine years as the Bears HC but says it's time to move on. If we're getting new coaching at any level including HC that work needs to begin NOW.

Hopefully, the Bears will be thoughtful about this, and not overreact like us fans do. We have a lot of solid players to build around. We have a lot of younger players who are going to help Emery build a Super Bowl team.

Be thoughtful. Build that offensive line first. Go from there on offense. Add a TE who can catch a football. Maybe get a replacement for Hester (at WR). On defense we have to replace aging players, but it won't happen in one off season. It's at least a two year project. But that doesn't mean we can't be competitive in 2013 as we replace these players.

I'm hopeful, and not thinking we're screwed in 2013. Get a HC who has a clue. Fix the oline. Upgrade some key positions of need. Prosper.