Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2017 1:28:31 GMT -6
Can someone knock on Ryan Pace’s door and tell him his coach needs to be fired?
Steve RosenbloomSteve RosenbloomContact ReporterThe RosenBlog
Link: www.chicagotribune.com/sports/rosenblog/ct-wake-up-ryan-pace-bears-rosenbloom-20171115-column.html
Bears coach John Farce tried to defend his coaching staff’s handling of the worst challenge in the history of the NFL by saying he has “very smart guys’’ who suggest whether to throw the red flag, and I’m thinking, yeah, they’re so smart that the head coach admitted nobody considered the possibility of a touchback.
It’s as if John Farce is daring the Bears to fire him.
But no. Didn’t happen. Unfortunately. Because there he was this week, standing up to represent the once-proud franchise formerly known as the Bears, still employed after an embarrassing home loss to the bitterest of rivals because a coach and his staff didn’t know the full consequences of its actions.
Isn’t considering every option of every decision part of the job of the coach and his staff?
Yes, and so, why does John Farce still have the job?
I’ll hang up and listen for GM Ryan Pace’s indicting, embarrassing, dead silence.
Whatever the cost of dumping the old coach’s contract and those of his staff doesn’t matter. Whatever the cost of the new coach’s contract and those of his assistants doesn’t matter. What matters is this:
There’s nothing more expensive than a team that looks bad on the field, worse on the sideline, lobotomized in the GM’s office, and cheap in the owner’s suite.
Don’t the Bears have a consultant to tell them that? I mean, they hire consultants for so many other big decisions. For a franchise that can’t wait to tell everyone about its beloved top-down management style, there seems to be nobody from top to bottom explaining that someone, anyone, needs to change how numb, dumb, and tone-deaf the Bears come off.
It ought to be easy to narrow down. I mean, look who the voice of the franchise is: The coach who is 12-29 in his Bears career and is coming off a loss following an open date to an evil, dreaded rival on a short week in a game that will forever be known for the worst challenge in history. Hel-LO.
The Bears are 0-3 against the NFC Central this season and 3-12 since John Farce has been here. This is progress?
If the Bears’ goal is to continually have their credibility challenged, then congratulations.
The Bears probably won’t do anything until the end of the season, but why wait? Everyone knows defensive coordinator Vic Fangio deserves a shot, so give it to him now. I’d rather use the last seven games to evaluate a new coach than one who’s going to be canned.
But that’s not the Bears’ style. The Bears’ style is winning one Super Bowl in, what, 52 years. Pace needs to change that the way he needs to change coaches.
It never felt as if Pace made the coaching call himself. It felt as if his bosses dropped strong hints he should take the coaching suggestion by the consultant the franchise brought in. A first-time GM who walked into Halas Hall from New Orleans still agog at offensive genius Sean Payton and future Hall-of-Fame quarterback Drew Brees doesn’t figure to choose a senior citizen who’s about running the ball and playing defense. Doesn’t figure to choose him on his own, anyway.
But that’s what happened. And that’s where the Bears remain. Fox is doing the talking. Pace is doing the — I don’t know what he’s doing.
I only hope the reason we haven’t heard from Pace in the wake of his team’s pantsing by the Packers — standing headline: “Pantsing by the Packers’’ — is because he’s neck-deep in data and video of the best offensive minds available, determining who can turn Mitch Trubisky into a latter-day Brees. The change must happen and the decision must be Pace’s and Pace’s alone.
If not, then Pace is as useless as his coach or any number of garden-variety McCaskeys who are or have been in charge.
Copyright © 2017, Chicago Tribune
Steve RosenbloomSteve RosenbloomContact ReporterThe RosenBlog
Link: www.chicagotribune.com/sports/rosenblog/ct-wake-up-ryan-pace-bears-rosenbloom-20171115-column.html
Bears coach John Farce tried to defend his coaching staff’s handling of the worst challenge in the history of the NFL by saying he has “very smart guys’’ who suggest whether to throw the red flag, and I’m thinking, yeah, they’re so smart that the head coach admitted nobody considered the possibility of a touchback.
It’s as if John Farce is daring the Bears to fire him.
But no. Didn’t happen. Unfortunately. Because there he was this week, standing up to represent the once-proud franchise formerly known as the Bears, still employed after an embarrassing home loss to the bitterest of rivals because a coach and his staff didn’t know the full consequences of its actions.
Isn’t considering every option of every decision part of the job of the coach and his staff?
Yes, and so, why does John Farce still have the job?
I’ll hang up and listen for GM Ryan Pace’s indicting, embarrassing, dead silence.
Whatever the cost of dumping the old coach’s contract and those of his staff doesn’t matter. Whatever the cost of the new coach’s contract and those of his assistants doesn’t matter. What matters is this:
There’s nothing more expensive than a team that looks bad on the field, worse on the sideline, lobotomized in the GM’s office, and cheap in the owner’s suite.
Don’t the Bears have a consultant to tell them that? I mean, they hire consultants for so many other big decisions. For a franchise that can’t wait to tell everyone about its beloved top-down management style, there seems to be nobody from top to bottom explaining that someone, anyone, needs to change how numb, dumb, and tone-deaf the Bears come off.
It ought to be easy to narrow down. I mean, look who the voice of the franchise is: The coach who is 12-29 in his Bears career and is coming off a loss following an open date to an evil, dreaded rival on a short week in a game that will forever be known for the worst challenge in history. Hel-LO.
The Bears are 0-3 against the NFC Central this season and 3-12 since John Farce has been here. This is progress?
If the Bears’ goal is to continually have their credibility challenged, then congratulations.
The Bears probably won’t do anything until the end of the season, but why wait? Everyone knows defensive coordinator Vic Fangio deserves a shot, so give it to him now. I’d rather use the last seven games to evaluate a new coach than one who’s going to be canned.
But that’s not the Bears’ style. The Bears’ style is winning one Super Bowl in, what, 52 years. Pace needs to change that the way he needs to change coaches.
It never felt as if Pace made the coaching call himself. It felt as if his bosses dropped strong hints he should take the coaching suggestion by the consultant the franchise brought in. A first-time GM who walked into Halas Hall from New Orleans still agog at offensive genius Sean Payton and future Hall-of-Fame quarterback Drew Brees doesn’t figure to choose a senior citizen who’s about running the ball and playing defense. Doesn’t figure to choose him on his own, anyway.
But that’s what happened. And that’s where the Bears remain. Fox is doing the talking. Pace is doing the — I don’t know what he’s doing.
I only hope the reason we haven’t heard from Pace in the wake of his team’s pantsing by the Packers — standing headline: “Pantsing by the Packers’’ — is because he’s neck-deep in data and video of the best offensive minds available, determining who can turn Mitch Trubisky into a latter-day Brees. The change must happen and the decision must be Pace’s and Pace’s alone.
If not, then Pace is as useless as his coach or any number of garden-variety McCaskeys who are or have been in charge.
Copyright © 2017, Chicago Tribune