Lovie Smith fired fired after 9 seasons.
Despite having a 10-6 record they fail to make the playoffs for the 5th time in the past 6 years since the super bowl. More importantly, they've lost to the Packers the last 8 out of 9 games, including the last 6 in a row. Beating the Packers was Lovie's #1 priority when he was hired.
While having amazing defense just about every year since he's been coach, the offense has never got it going, only ranking higher than 23rd once in 9 years. That's what it boils down to.
Lovie truly was a players coach however, and the team absolutely loves him. Many of the players are pretty depressed, Devin Hester reportedly said he doesn't even know if he wants to return to the NFL anymore (surely a knee-jerk reaction).
Bears have already requested permission to speak to Bronco's offensive coordinator Mike McCoy.
Who would you like to see da bears hire?
Despite having a 10-6 record they fail to make the playoffs for the 5th time in the past 6 years since the super bowl. More importantly, they've lost to the Packers the last 8 out of 9 games, including the last 6 in a row. Beating the Packers was Lovie's #1 priority when he was hired.
While having amazing defense just about every year since he's been coach, the offense has never got it going, only ranking higher than 23rd once in 9 years. That's what it boils down to.
Lovie truly was a players coach however, and the team absolutely loves him. Many of the players are pretty depressed, Devin Hester reportedly said he doesn't even know if he wants to return to the NFL anymore (surely a knee-jerk reaction).
Bears have already requested permission to speak to Bronco's offensive coordinator Mike McCoy.
Who would you like to see da bears hire?
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Tony