Bears vacancy at quarterback has been going on for decades
Oct 23, 2016 20:32:24 GMT -6
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2016 20:32:24 GMT -6
Oct 23, 2016 2:30:55 GMT -6 @soulman said:
When we all post our different views of "The Problem" with the Bears team, it reminds me of that old story about the six blind men trying to describe an elephant.
LOL, to some of us the "elephant in the room" is the GM, others the head coach, still others the QB, some the injuries, and others the roster talent. Each of us rails about 1 part of the problem and then we try to describe the elephant in terms of 1 contributing factor. And you are 100% right, that fans are 99% emotion based. I know that I am guilty as charged there.
Anyway, for those who may not have heard of the elephant & blind men story, here it is... it's a story originally told in India:
"He said to the blind men assembled there, 'Here is an elephant,' and to one man he presented the head of the elephant, to another its ears, to another a tusk, to another the trunk, the foot, back, tail, and tuft of the tail, saying to each one that that was the elephant.
"When the blind men had felt the elephant, the raja went to each of them and said to each, 'Well, blind man, have you seen the elephant? Tell me, what sort of thing is an elephant?'
"Thereupon the men who were presented with the head answered, 'Sire, an elephant is like a pot.' And the men who had observed the ear replied, 'An elephant is like a winnowing basket.' Those who had been presented with a tusk said it was a ploughshare. Those who knew only the trunk said it was a plough; others said the body was a grainery; the foot, a pillar; the back, a mortar; the tail, a pestle, the tuft of the tail, a brush.
"Then they began to quarrel, shouting, 'Yes it is!' 'No, it is not!' 'An elephant is not that!' 'Yes, it's like that!' and so on, till they came to blows over the matter."
"When the blind men had felt the elephant, the raja went to each of them and said to each, 'Well, blind man, have you seen the elephant? Tell me, what sort of thing is an elephant?'
"Thereupon the men who were presented with the head answered, 'Sire, an elephant is like a pot.' And the men who had observed the ear replied, 'An elephant is like a winnowing basket.' Those who had been presented with a tusk said it was a ploughshare. Those who knew only the trunk said it was a plough; others said the body was a grainery; the foot, a pillar; the back, a mortar; the tail, a pestle, the tuft of the tail, a brush.
"Then they began to quarrel, shouting, 'Yes it is!' 'No, it is not!' 'An elephant is not that!' 'Yes, it's like that!' and so on, till they came to blows over the matter."
