NFL.com analysts laud Bears for hiring Trestman

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01-24-2013, 12:46 PM
JustAnotherBearsFan99

NFL.com analysts laud Bears for hiring Trestman

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In a recent NFL.com feature about the teams who hired new head coaches this offseason, analysts Ian Rapoport and Charley Casserly praise the Bears for landing Marc Trestman.

"There was no better situation than Chicago for any head coach, and it's this spot that holds the most promise for future success," Rapoport wrote. "The Bears went outside the box and hired Marc Trestman ... In doing so, Chicago took a giant leap toward fixing its offensive issues.

"Trestman was the 49ers offensive coordinator during Jerry Rice's record-setting 1995 season. Think Brandon Marshall likes that? Trestman also tutored quarterback Jay Cutler before the 2006 NFL Draft. Think Cutler enjoys the new hire? The Bears should have success immediately."

Casserly, a long-time NFL general manager with the Redskins and Texans, agreed with Rapoport.

"I think Marc Trestman has the best chance to enjoy immediate success," Casserly wrote. "He is very good at working with quarterbacks and establishing a productive passing game, so he can certainly make do with Jay Cutler, Brandon Marshall and Co."

Trestman spent the last five seasons in the Canadian Football League as head coach of the Montreal Alouettes, compiling a 59-31 record and winning back-to-back Grey Cup titles in 2009 and 2010.

Before heading to the CFL, Trestman spent 17 years as an NFL offensive coordinator and position coach, earning a reputation for developing quarterbacks such as Steve Young and Rich Gannon.

More praise: One of the quarterbacks who excelled with Trestman in the NFL raved about his former position coach Tuesday morning on WSCR-AM 670.

In their only season together in 1997, Scott Mitchell helped the Lions reach the playoffs by passing for 3,484 yards and 19 touchdowns.

"He was one of the best coaches I ever had," Mitchell said. "He knew football so well. I've kept in touch with Marc throughout the years, and I think he's grown and matured. You guys are in for a treat, I'm just telling you right now. He's an excellent coach.

"He's been a lot of places, and everywhere he's been the quarterback has succeeded. In preparing you for a game each week he made sure you knew what you were doing. His way in how he prepares quarterbacks and teams to play is you learn it and you know it on an intuitive level to where you just go out and react and play."
01-24-2013, 01:56 PM
soulman

I've been convinced from the start and even before the final decision was made that Trestman was the right fit. It may be an unconventional move but I think it's the right move. His offense get a lift this year if for no other reason than it hasn't been seen that much for that long or in a certain sense at all.

No NFL DC is gonna get much out of watching CFL games tapes and his NFL stuff is dated. I'm sure he's adapted and added new wrinkles since. He has the advantage of surprise and if you're running an attack that's exactly what you want. It's worked pretty well for Jim Harbaugh this year hasn't it?
01-24-2013, 04:38 PM
Nakoma1

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I wasn't keen o nthe hiring at first , but now that the dust is settling ,... i'm liking the move ,..and well gettting PIMPED ! !

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"I think Marc Trestman has the best chance to enjoy immediate success," Casserly wrote. "He is very good at working with quarterbacks and establishing a productive passing game, so he can certainly make do with Jay Cutler, Brandon Marshall and Co."
01-24-2013, 04:46 PM
4DaBERS

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Originally Posted by soulman

I've been convinced from the start and even before the final decision was made that Trestman was the right fit. It may be an unconventional move but I think it's the right move. His offense get a lift this year if for no other reason than it hasn't been seen that much for that long or in a certain sense at all.

No NFL DC is gonna get much out of watching CFL games tapes and his NFL stuff is dated. I'm sure he's adapted and added new wrinkles since. He has the advantage of surprise and if you're running an attack that's exactly what you want. It's worked pretty well for Jim Harbaugh this year hasn't it?

Good find and thanks for sharing 99. You are great at bringing good stuff to the board, and I for one really appreciate it. As soul writes above, I couldn't agree more. Like most of you on here, I was hitting the webb every time I heard a new name set to interview, as there were only a couple names that I actually knew. It wasn't long before I really began to like what I was reading about Trestman. I've gotta say, he doesn't look like your typical football coach, but I've learned that looks are quite often deceiving. I'm really freakin excited about what this hire could mean for the beloved. This team had become so stale, we really needed a major shake-up like this.
01-25-2013, 11:24 AM
ticat

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I've been convinced from the start and even before the final decision was made that Trestman was the right fit. It may be an unconventional move but I think it's the right move. His offense get a lift this year if for no other reason than it hasn't been seen that much for that long or in a certain sense at all.

No NFL DC is gonna get much out of watching CFL games tapes and his NFL stuff is dated. I'm sure he's adapted and added new wrinkles since. He has the advantage of surprise and if you're running an attack that's exactly what you want. It's worked pretty well for Jim Harbaugh this year hasn't it?

Things have changed in that regard.

American football starting to look like the Canadian game

"The game's looking different, the athletes are a little different at some of the key positions, and the coaching - Wally can speak to this, but we've had calls over the last little while from people wanting film from the CFL about defences and how to counter an attack that now has more of a flavour of the CFL than used to be the case."

"What's happened to college football is now happening to the NFL - it's almost like it's evolving into the CFL," Buono said. "This is what's amazing. If Atlanta had called us, the defensive coordinator, they could have stopped San Francisco's running game.

"You don't put the defensive end up on the quarterback, because when you do, the running back is going to cut off that guy every time. He's going to get big yardage. Right, Angus?" he said to the Lions' 36-yearold, freshly re-signed centre, Angus Reid.

"We all know that. They don't know that.