Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2017 20:40:48 GMT -6
Whatever issues Rosenbloom has, at least he and I see Fox the same way.
Alshon Jeffery’s apparent exit continues the Bears’ lousy pattern
Bears wide receiver Alshon Jeffery
Photos of Bears wide receiver Alshon Jeffery.
Steve RosenbloomSteve RosenbloomContact ReporterChicago Tribune
The Bears have until Wednesday to apply the franchise tag on Alshon Jeffery, but they won’t do it, which means that on March 9 the wide receiver would be able to pull a hamstring as he raced into free agency.
To be fair, as loathe as I am to be fair, each player’s exit requires a specific look.
Brandon Marshall was an organizational nightmare and continued his perfect playoff-less career with the Jets.
Matt Forte was a 30-year-old running back, but he was still the best and smartest all-around back the Bears had.
Martellus Bennett caught seven TD passes for the Patriots, which is three more than any Bears target scored, oh, and by the way, the guy Bears coach John Fox didn’t want just caught five passes in the Patriots’ Super Bowl win.
Jeffery, the next expected Pro Bowler to leave Fox’s roster, was supposed to become a star No. 1 receiver after Marshall was traded, but instead spent half of the first season hurt and a quarter of the second season suspended for cheating.
This is so Fox: dumping talented players because he doesn’t like something about them, no matter how productive they are, but standing fiercely behind Dowell Loggains and his oft-inexplicable play-calling.
While some reasons for letting players leave are understandable, the Bears still have lost four offensive Pro Bowlers and replaced them with a rookie Pro Bowler in Jordan Howard and, what, Josh Bellamy and a biology graduate from Harvard.
That, see, is the issue here and now: If you’re a coach who can’t coach or won’t coach players with personality or players who aren’t all-football all the time but still produce, then you’d better produce as a coach.
But the only thing Fox has produced is the lame consolation that his players tried hard, the sure sign of someone desperate to hold a job.
The Bears had better be good in free agency, I guess. Or Fox had better be good picking the players he thinks he can coach.
But then, maybe that’s part of Ryan Pace’s plan: Let Fox have his way with these player decisions so the general manager has solid reasons to fire the head coach when the Bears go 3-13 again and then hire a coach he wants instead of someone who appears passive-aggressively forced on him by a consultant and a Bears Senior Disorganizational Figure or two.
Alshon Jeffery’s apparent exit continues the Bears’ lousy pattern
Bears wide receiver Alshon Jeffery
Photos of Bears wide receiver Alshon Jeffery.
Steve RosenbloomSteve RosenbloomContact ReporterChicago Tribune
The Bears have until Wednesday to apply the franchise tag on Alshon Jeffery, but they won’t do it, which means that on March 9 the wide receiver would be able to pull a hamstring as he raced into free agency.
To be fair, as loathe as I am to be fair, each player’s exit requires a specific look.
Brandon Marshall was an organizational nightmare and continued his perfect playoff-less career with the Jets.
Matt Forte was a 30-year-old running back, but he was still the best and smartest all-around back the Bears had.
Martellus Bennett caught seven TD passes for the Patriots, which is three more than any Bears target scored, oh, and by the way, the guy Bears coach John Fox didn’t want just caught five passes in the Patriots’ Super Bowl win.
Jeffery, the next expected Pro Bowler to leave Fox’s roster, was supposed to become a star No. 1 receiver after Marshall was traded, but instead spent half of the first season hurt and a quarter of the second season suspended for cheating.
This is so Fox: dumping talented players because he doesn’t like something about them, no matter how productive they are, but standing fiercely behind Dowell Loggains and his oft-inexplicable play-calling.
While some reasons for letting players leave are understandable, the Bears still have lost four offensive Pro Bowlers and replaced them with a rookie Pro Bowler in Jordan Howard and, what, Josh Bellamy and a biology graduate from Harvard.
That, see, is the issue here and now: If you’re a coach who can’t coach or won’t coach players with personality or players who aren’t all-football all the time but still produce, then you’d better produce as a coach.
But the only thing Fox has produced is the lame consolation that his players tried hard, the sure sign of someone desperate to hold a job.
The Bears had better be good in free agency, I guess. Or Fox had better be good picking the players he thinks he can coach.
But then, maybe that’s part of Ryan Pace’s plan: Let Fox have his way with these player decisions so the general manager has solid reasons to fire the head coach when the Bears go 3-13 again and then hire a coach he wants instead of someone who appears passive-aggressively forced on him by a consultant and a Bears Senior Disorganizational Figure or two.
