Lack of Personal Accountability is Why Fox Needs to Go......

I figure the Bears swung for the fences and tried to "think outside the box" when they hired a highly successful CFL coach in Trestman.  I'll admit that I was pretty pumped when they hired Trestman.  He seemed like the anti-Lovie guy.  Offensive coach, that we all had talked about wanting for the Bears.  A winner of multiple CFL championships (their equivalent of super bowl victories).

Of course he was a bad coach for us.

But I actually liked that the Bears tried to break out of the mediocrity of Lovie and swung for the fences there.  At least they tried.  Us fans were so happy at first.  Most of us (me included) were ecstatic with the hire.  

Then when Trestman failed we all turned to the pitchforks and torches.  

It was all the McCaskey's fault.  They should sell the franchise.  And on and on.  It's what fans do.  We have 20-20 hindsight.

Once the team was in the toilet bowl after Emery/Trestman, the Bears hire the anti-Trestman guy.  A veteran "safe" pick in John Fox.  Most (not all but most) fans were pretty happy with that pick.  I was.  The team was a mess at that point, and I figured that even if Fox couldn't get us to a super bowl, he could at least help straighten up the mess.  I figured it would take a respected veteran coach to do that - and Fox's past players seemed to like and respect him.  We had a locker room mess after Trestman left... we could use a dose of a respected veteran to right the ship.

Of course it didn't happen that way.

So now the fans are grabbing the pitchforks and torches again.  You read the hateful fan reaction now towards Fox.  But in all honesty, I thought the hire (at the time) seemed like a good one.  At least I could see the logic in the choice of a solid veteran to try and clean up the Trestman mess.  And I liked the idea (very much) of going back to having a stellar defense again.  Monsters of the Midway on defense again.  

I liked having Gase and Fangio as coordinators too.

I figured one of the advantages of having a respected veteran head coach like John Fox here, was that you didn't have to have 2nd rate coordinators like Mel Tucker around.  We could attract guys like Gase and Fangio - two of the best coordinators in the NFL in my humble opinion.  

Fox gave us that quality with his presence here as head coach.

But the problem was Gase gets the HC gig in Miami and we are left with Loggains right now.  And we really don't have the players yet to power-up the schemes properly on offense or defense (not full power anyway... and not with the injuries to many key starters).

Our starting QB has been injured for multiple games and we have a backup guy with a noodle arm trying to run the O.  It's not working.  We can't score points.  Fans are pissed.  You still read occasional posts (on the old board) that the McCaskey's should sell the franchise.  Heads should roll.  Etc. Etc. Etc.

I understand the fan and sports media anger and disappointment.  I'm disappointed too.  But I just think the rebuilding of the Bears franchise is tougher than what we first realized.  Add in a few misses in the draft and free agency to the mix.  And a few GM misfires by the rookie GM, and it all adds up to a tough situation.

One thing that makes me shake my head is when fan boils a very complicated situation with many causation factors - they boil it all down to one factor being the cause of it all.  It's all on Cutler, or Pace, or Fox, or Hoyer or (just fill in the blank).  In reality we are in our present situation due to a LOT of factors coming together in a perfect storm.  Believe me.  Getting rid of Cutler won't solve our woes.  Or Hoyer.  Or even firing John Fox.  

None of these things in a vacuum will magically make the Bears into the Patriots.

There is a lot wrong with the team.  Kind of like the Cubs when they were a shit team for so long.  It does take some time to completely turn the ship around.

And people are wanting Fox fired now.  I don't argue about that thought.  But who is "The Guy" you bring in here?  Of course fans will yap about crazy hires like "Hire the Chin" or (just fill in the blank).  Those guys are NOT coming here.  It's not happening.  So who DO you hire?  Realistically?

And what if we hire a guy who wants totally different schemes again?  Like wanting a 4-3 defense.  How about them apples?  Years more to revamp the roster to fit what the NEW guy wants.  I'm not staying that's bad.  I'm just saying it's gonna be a long haul with no Mike Tice pixie dust fixes here.  But all the fans want is to just fire somebody and it will all be "good" here.  LOL.