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This isn't directed at you Soul, but more of a general comment that also applies to your post.  I have thought about this a lot since Pace arrived.  Pace has been entrusted with rebuilding the franchise.  He is the GM... nobody else.  Success or failure is based on Ryan Pace's judgement.  Obviously, coaches and players can fall short - and some percentage of them absolutely will fail.  But the "key" to all of this is Ryan Pace keeping that percentage low enough to still enable the team to win consistently.  

I know that sounds like "NFL Football 101" but fans often see it differently.  

They want to blame everything on one player, or a coordinator, or a head coach.  But make no mistake here.  The buck stops with the GM.  Ryan Pace is our GM.  These are his players.  These are his coaches.  This is his team.

Nobody should expect Pace to bat 1000 with the draft picks, and I like to think we all here understand there will be busts.  But the key to success is to have these kept to a minimum.  Very few.  Certainly not like our team history over recent years (I've posted that... it's enough to break your heart).  

I think it's probably too early for final judgement on Pace's picks, or the other's drafted, or the coaches.  Not yet.  But he's made mistakes already (to be expected in a young/new GM on his first GM gig).  But let's see how he performs over the first 3 or 4 years here.  I feel the same way about Fox too.  3 games into the 2nd year of a major rebuilding project is too early to form a final judgement, IMHO.  Yes, he has been a coach for many years.  That really doesn't mean a whole lot to what he has been tasked with here.  Situations are different and unique.  This isn't Denver or Carolina.  This is Chicago.  I want to see what he does here before I make up my mind about him here.  I suspect we will lose a lot of games this year and many fans will want him fired at the end of the season... and some will want Ryan Pace fired (posters are already calling Pace an "idiot").  And maybe Pace/Fox will prove to be duds.  But I think it is prudent to try and be more patient, even though it is painful going through a major rebuilding effort like this.

EDIT:  One other point.  Rebuilding efforts are not all the same.  Every rebuild is unique.  What other teams have done over the years has no bearing on this present situation.  I think many fans don't understand that fact.  I've read posts (on the old board) where people say some other team rebuilt with quick results.  Good for that team.  But that really has zero bearing on this present Chicago team.  I really think fans want instant gratification.  That is not going to happen here.