Mike Garafalo: Mitch & Bears will part ways
Jan 18, 2021 10:03:11 GMT -6
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Post by JABF on Jan 18, 2021 10:03:11 GMT -6
Mitch is better off on a new team. And he is not the long term answer here.
The Bears team is a mish-mash of a few good players mixed in with players who are not good enough to help the team win championships. And that should be the focus and goal - win championships. I don't believe that the Bears have the coaching staff or roster (neither) to accomplish that goal. The "ideal" would be to bring in a GM and HC who can accomplish the goal, but that's not going to happen. My hope was that the team would get a new GM and coaching staff in place and then let them do a complete rebuild - building it the RIGHT way, primarily through the next 3 or 4 years of drafts. The Bears have chosen to not do that but rather roll with Nagy/Pace and the roster the Bears continue to "cobble together" that is not good enough, and aging.
I'd be fine with the Bears pursuing Watson, considering that they have failed to draft a true franchise QB over the past 30+ years. But I don't believe for a moment that the Bears can do anything good with Watson here. I'd actually feel a bit sorry for Watson if he did come to play for the Bears. Nagy isn't going to do anything good with Watson, any more than he did with Foles and Trubisky. And if the Bears did trade away a ton of draft picks for Watson, then what the heck will Watson have to work with here? Right? Nothing.
It's a mediocre roster here already. Nagy doesn't look like a very good HC. Pace hasn't built anything special here, and this 7th year of his tenure just looks like the prelude to his firing at the end of this year.
I hope I am wrong. But I don't think so. The Bears (probably for financial reasons) are going to waste 2021 with the status quo of Pace and Nagy. Then begin again in 2022. Hopefully in 2022 the Bears will nuke it all and begin again. But my hope is that they get lucky and get a great GM and coaching staff who can rebuild the Bears right this time. In the meantime 2021 is pretty much another wasted mediocre year in the making - with or without Watson. JMO.
I feel the same way about it. First of all it would probably be the "kiss of death" for Watson's career if he did come here to play for Nagy. And there wouldn't be the draft or money resources to give Watson the OL and skill position support needed for any QB to be successful here. I think it would be like the Mack thing all over again. Here's a novel thought. If the Bears think Watson is "The Answer" here then why didn't they just draft the guy with our own draft pick? Right? LOL. It's a dysfunctional franchise and has been for many many many years here. Really after George Halas gave the team over to the McCaskeys THAT was the ultimate "kiss of death" for the team. They take one step forward and two steps back.
Hopefully Nagy and Pace can be upgraded in 2022 and the new guys hopefully won't be clowns. Then dig through the ashes after nuking the roster and build upon that primarily in the next 3 to 4 years of drafts. Don't do the "win now" thing. It's fools gold to pursue that goal. Humbly build something great from the foundation of the draft. Keep building upon that firm foundation each year. But it's going to take a GM with better skills and better planning and better vision than Ryan Pace. Pace isn't a bad GM. He is a mediocre GM. The team reflects that mediocrity. Some good stuff. Some bad stuff.
I'm ready to move on. But in the meantime we can watch another mediocre season. In 2022 the Bears will probably (finally) move on.