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Dec 31, 2017 18:08:11 GMT -6
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Here’s Ryan Pace’s cheat sheet for the press conference announcing John Fox’s firing
Steve RosenbloomSteve RosenbloomContact ReporterChicago Tribune Link: www.chicagotribune.com/sports/rosenblog/ct-spt-bears-ryan-pace-john-fox-firing-rosenbloom-20171231-story.html
Dear Stupid (and you know who you are, Ryan Pace),
You should’ve fired John Fox after last season’s 3-13 record. But you didn’t.
You should’ve fired Fox after that challenge in the Packers game that helped your Bears lose to Brett Hundley. Brett Hundley, do you hear me? But you didn’t.
Now, though, it’s time. The 2017 death march is over. Another season of 10 or more losses is over. Fox’s time is over.
I know it’s your first firing as a GM, and seeing as how you’ve been lame all year, lucky for you that I’m a pleaser, not a teaser, and so, I have some helpful hints for the press conference to announce Fox’s firing:
Stand at the podium by yourself. Don’t sit at a table with chairman George McCaskey and team president Ted Phillips. Stand at the podium by yourself because optics matter. Look like you’re in charge. Here’s the deal, junior: If you’re at a table with McCaskey and Phillips, then you’ll look like a kid being chaperoned by his grandfather and uncle because he’s too young to drive.
Introduce yourself. This is important. Say this with me: “I’m Ryan Pace, the general manager of the Bears.’’ Good, and now say it at the press conference because nobody gets to see and hear from you. Explain that you’re the guy who’s never around to answer questions about the teams failings, using Fox as a human shield to explain why you gave substandard receivers to a potential franchise quarterback.
Say you fired Fox today. No, I mean say it: “I fired John Fox today.’’ The operative word is “I.’’ Don’t say you talked to Phillips and McCaskey and “we’’ let Fox go. Don’t say it was a group decision because the other part of the group you’d be talking about are ownership and management wonks who are challenging the Browns for the worst organization going.
Mention that it just as easily could be you who’s being fired today, and that’s just for Mike Glennon alone and for saying it would be his year again and again and coming off like you were a McCaskey.
Say you went to McCaskey and Phillips to tell them of your decision. Say it with me: “It was my decision and my decision alone to fire John Fox.’’ Thank the McCaskeys for their faith. Don’t state the obvious: that faith is code for extended bouts of stupidity.
Apologize for Glennon again. Cannot do it enough. Cannot.
Explain that everything going forward revolves around Mitch Trubisky. Duh. But you can’t pull the franchise out of the embarrassment of one stinking Super Bowl title in more than 50 years without a franchise quarterback these days. Make clear that you want your new coach to bring a new, creative offensive mind and system that launches Trubisky’s career the way the Rams have unlocked the code for Jared Goff and the Eagles had created that environment for Carson Wentz. Also say you’re open to a defensive-minded head coach if he can find that smart offensive coordinator the way Vikings coach Mike Zimmer turned over a wrecked offense to Pat Shurmur and was rewarded with an NFC North title and a top seed in the conference this season.
Apologize for Markus Wheaton. Say you learned your lesson and from now on you’ll find receivers who can catch.
Don’t say you’re excited. Enough already. You’re the boy who cried “Excited.’’ You always say you’re excited. Always. Repeatedly. Annoyingly. That excitement has brought 14 wins in three years. Look, saying you’re “excited’’ without credibility is a clown at a kid’s party making balloon animals.
Say you expect the Bears to make the playoffs next season, no matter who the next coach is. No, not expect — even better, demand it. So what if you’re wrong. It still sounds better than whatever you’ve been shoveling since you got here. The Bears haven’t been to the playoffs for the last seven seasons. Don’t you think it’s about time? You, Mr. Excited over there, wise up. Get tough or get out.
Apologize for Glennon again. Yes, again. Do you realize how far down the toilet your credibility is because of that decision?
Got it, Ryan? It’s pretty simple if you follow my cheat sheet. Now go out and do something that’s a year too late.
Copyright © 2017, Chicago Tribune
Steve RosenbloomSteve RosenbloomContact ReporterChicago Tribune Link: www.chicagotribune.com/sports/rosenblog/ct-spt-bears-ryan-pace-john-fox-firing-rosenbloom-20171231-story.html
Dear Stupid (and you know who you are, Ryan Pace),
You should’ve fired John Fox after last season’s 3-13 record. But you didn’t.
You should’ve fired Fox after that challenge in the Packers game that helped your Bears lose to Brett Hundley. Brett Hundley, do you hear me? But you didn’t.
Now, though, it’s time. The 2017 death march is over. Another season of 10 or more losses is over. Fox’s time is over.
I know it’s your first firing as a GM, and seeing as how you’ve been lame all year, lucky for you that I’m a pleaser, not a teaser, and so, I have some helpful hints for the press conference to announce Fox’s firing:
Stand at the podium by yourself. Don’t sit at a table with chairman George McCaskey and team president Ted Phillips. Stand at the podium by yourself because optics matter. Look like you’re in charge. Here’s the deal, junior: If you’re at a table with McCaskey and Phillips, then you’ll look like a kid being chaperoned by his grandfather and uncle because he’s too young to drive.
Introduce yourself. This is important. Say this with me: “I’m Ryan Pace, the general manager of the Bears.’’ Good, and now say it at the press conference because nobody gets to see and hear from you. Explain that you’re the guy who’s never around to answer questions about the teams failings, using Fox as a human shield to explain why you gave substandard receivers to a potential franchise quarterback.
Say you fired Fox today. No, I mean say it: “I fired John Fox today.’’ The operative word is “I.’’ Don’t say you talked to Phillips and McCaskey and “we’’ let Fox go. Don’t say it was a group decision because the other part of the group you’d be talking about are ownership and management wonks who are challenging the Browns for the worst organization going.
Mention that it just as easily could be you who’s being fired today, and that’s just for Mike Glennon alone and for saying it would be his year again and again and coming off like you were a McCaskey.
Say you went to McCaskey and Phillips to tell them of your decision. Say it with me: “It was my decision and my decision alone to fire John Fox.’’ Thank the McCaskeys for their faith. Don’t state the obvious: that faith is code for extended bouts of stupidity.
Apologize for Glennon again. Cannot do it enough. Cannot.
Explain that everything going forward revolves around Mitch Trubisky. Duh. But you can’t pull the franchise out of the embarrassment of one stinking Super Bowl title in more than 50 years without a franchise quarterback these days. Make clear that you want your new coach to bring a new, creative offensive mind and system that launches Trubisky’s career the way the Rams have unlocked the code for Jared Goff and the Eagles had created that environment for Carson Wentz. Also say you’re open to a defensive-minded head coach if he can find that smart offensive coordinator the way Vikings coach Mike Zimmer turned over a wrecked offense to Pat Shurmur and was rewarded with an NFC North title and a top seed in the conference this season.
Apologize for Markus Wheaton. Say you learned your lesson and from now on you’ll find receivers who can catch.
Don’t say you’re excited. Enough already. You’re the boy who cried “Excited.’’ You always say you’re excited. Always. Repeatedly. Annoyingly. That excitement has brought 14 wins in three years. Look, saying you’re “excited’’ without credibility is a clown at a kid’s party making balloon animals.
Say you expect the Bears to make the playoffs next season, no matter who the next coach is. No, not expect — even better, demand it. So what if you’re wrong. It still sounds better than whatever you’ve been shoveling since you got here. The Bears haven’t been to the playoffs for the last seven seasons. Don’t you think it’s about time? You, Mr. Excited over there, wise up. Get tough or get out.
Apologize for Glennon again. Yes, again. Do you realize how far down the toilet your credibility is because of that decision?
Got it, Ryan? It’s pretty simple if you follow my cheat sheet. Now go out and do something that’s a year too late.
Copyright © 2017, Chicago Tribune
