Thread: Drake: 'Frustrated' Hester needs to be more involved

I'm calming down a bit, now that the season has been over for us, for awhile, and looking at things more objectively. It was such a frustrating season, and I've vented a lot about Hester. But now I think the problem was an offense that was screwed up top-to-bottom. Head coach, OC, Cutler, oline, TE's, WR's (other than Marshall).....you name it, it was screwed up.

I do believe Hester could have been used in better ways by the Bears. I do believe Hester could help a team, and probably will. But I think he needs a fresh start on another team. Cutler gets upset with a player dropping balls, and it's like the guy is "dead to him" on the field after that. It's the same way with other players like K. Davis.

We really have to rebuild an offense from scratch here in Chicago. Build around Cutler, Forte, Marshall, AJ. It's a tall task IMHO.

About this....
"The thing about Devin is, the stars need to align right," Drake said. "What I mean by that is, things have to be in order for him to excel. That’s just how he’s made. If things are right, then he’ll excel. If not, then he may struggle here and there."

Sure at work or elsewhere when things are going great, it's easy. It's when this aren't going right, it's what you do then that tells the tell of you.

We haven't had a coaching staff that could develop offensive players. This is the underlying "disease" that killed us under Lovie Smith. Things like Hester not working out, are more indicative of "symptoms" of that disease.

In the NFL you have to be able to develop talented players. Even when we brought in FA players from other teams, who COULD play decent, they seemed to regress here in Chicago. Cutler is an example of this too.

I am so hoping, that we will finally have coaches who can develop young talent here on the Bears. Lovie just didn't bring in good coaches on offense, and of course it wasn't an area that he understood at all (offense) so he couldn't help the situation himself.

It was tragic.

Or..we keep Devin, remind him that he is the best returner in history by keeping him in that job, and that job only. Now that we have Marshall, Jeffrey and Bennett, we really dont NEED a WR. There's no shame in doing the job that you are best at. Get over yourself Devin and stick to returns.

Originally Posted by Jimmors

Or..we keep Devin, remind him that he is the best returner in history by keeping him in that job, and that job only. Now that we have Marshall, Jeffrey and Bennett, we really dont NEED a WR. There's no shame in doing the job that you are best at. Get over yourself Devin and stick to returns.

The only concern I have, is that we'll have at least one WR go down to injury every year. Some years we'll have more than one. We need a #4 WR who is capable of stepping up and playing solid, when one or more players go down to injury, that are higher on the depth chart.

Hester wasn't that guy IMHO.

Maybe, under this new staff, he can become that guy. Heck, I don't know. But if he can't be that guy, then we obviously need to get that guy. Maybe we already have a guy on the PS that can step into bigger shoes this year. If not, then we need to bring in a youngster who can be coached up to fill that role.