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Lovie Smith: A Look Back at Mediocrity
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Jimmors, so well written. I have promoted this to an Article.
Thank you.
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Awesome work, Jimmors. Lovie's tenure truly was a monument to mediocrity. After suffering through the Wanny/Jarhead years, his initial success was awesome to behold. He brought the team almost to the point of respectability. It's just that we should have known better then, and tempered the excitement with the realization that it was just a small rise from the deepest darkest doldrums. Hopefully, the next guy will take the next step and return this franchise to it's rightful place at the pinnacle of the league.
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There was no way to know. He was a first time coach (no previous red flags to go on), the players loved him and he was much better than Wanny. Plus he had initial success. I was a Lovie fan in the early years, then it became apparent he didn't know how to move the ball forward (literally). It seemed like he himself was not going to be the driving force and he needed the others around him to do it, but he never could get the people to get it done. He wasn't doing it and his people weren't doing it so it just wasn't getting done. And the last time he was in trouble, he did enough to get JA (who was much easier than Emery) to let him stay.
Originally Posted by
Shark86x 
Awesome work, Jimmors. Lovie's tenure truly was a monument to mediocrity. After suffering through the Wanny/Jarhead years, his initial success was awesome to behold. He brought the team almost to the point of respectability. It's just that we should have known better then, and tempered the excitement with the realization that it was just a small rise from the deepest darkest doldrums. Hopefully, the next guy will take the next step and return this franchise to it's rightful place at the pinnacle of the league.
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Originally Posted by
bearsinhouston There was no way to know. He was a first time coach (no previous red flags to go on), the players loved him and he was much better than Wanny. Plus he had initial success. I was a Lovie fan in the early years, then it became apparent he didn't know how to move the ball forward (literally). It seemed like he himself was not going to be the driving force and he needed the others around him to do it, but he never could get the people to get it done. He wasn't doing it and his people weren't doing it so it just wasn't getting done. And the last time he was in trouble, he did enough to get JA (who was much easier than Emery) to let him stay.
That will be Lovie's epitaph "He was better than Wanny" 
Brian Urlacher
Thanks For The Memories
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Good stuff Jimmors. 
I've wanted to do an analysis of how many challenges he won/lost, how many timeouts were taken just before or after a TV timeout or the end of a quarter/half, and (best for last) how many times he said "..and we will move on".
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Originally Posted by
BearStuff how many times he said "..and we will move on".
.... and in fact, he did
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