Why Are We Even Talking About Fangio Leaving And Not Fox?...
Dec 8, 2016 17:50:27 GMT -6
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Why is the Bears question about Vic Fangio's exit and not John Fox's?
Bears head coach John Fox
Steve Rosenbloom Contact Reporter Chicago Tribune
Here’s the problem with John Fox having to talk about a reported rift with defensive coordinator Vic Fangio and Fangio’s possible exit after this season:
The story assumes Fox will come back next season.
Seriously? Why is that such a sure thing? Has anybody watched this team?
Somebody should address Fox’s employment status, and that somebody should be titular general manager Ryan Pace, but I guess Fox won’t let Pace come out of his room to talk to the adults, so it’s Fox as the face and voice of this failing regime.
If you missed it, a column in Wednesday’s Tribune by Mike Mulligan, a special contributor to the sports section and co-host of “The Mully and Hanley Show’’ on WSCR-AM 670, said Fox would be parting ways with Fangio even though the defense is the only unit playing like it belongs in the NFL.
Put another way, the head coach is being asked about retaining his defensive coordinator while the head coach has done his job worse than the defensive coordinator has done his on this 3-9 team.
Fox regularly says you can’t blame injuries because every team has injuries. Fox also says the NFL is a production-based business. That, then, invites hanging on Fox the 3-9 record that the Bears have produced. That Fox’s Bears have produced.
Oh, and by the way, Fox never said specifically that Fangio is coming back. Instead, Fox said he wants all his coaches back.
Seriously? Is anybody buying that crock? Do the Bears care how stupid the face and voice of this failing regime makes the once-proud franchise look?
First, the head coach’s job status should be atop the hit parade after Fox failed to post a better record than Marc Trestman over two seasons.
Second, the head coach should have his intelligence questioned for wanting to bring back an entire coaching staff of a 3-9 team with an offense that can’t score 24 points unless it’s playing Prairie View A&M and a special teams unit that could apply for funds from FEMA.
Fangio’s defense is the unit that is working. The offense and special teams are the issues. And same goes for the head coach’s oft-inexplicable clock management. That covers a lot of coaches, and something has to change, but it’s not the coaching staff? Seriously? Does Bears ownership appreciate the way the head coach is playing the fans for stupid?
When Fox says he wants all his coaches back in a season like this, then he’s either lying or he’s blaming his players.
Or he has suddenly lost the ability to identify good coaches, and first-year offensive coordinator Dowell Loggains would stand as Exhibit A in that argument.
Or perhaps in saying he wants all his coaches back, Fox is blaming Pace for the players he and his assistants are stuck coaching. Maybe that’s why it seems like Fox won’t let the GM come out to play.
Whatever the reasons, the first topic to be addressed shouldn't be whether Fangio will exit, it's why it's apparently so certain that Fox won't.
Copyright © 2016, Chicago Tribune
Bears head coach John Fox
Steve Rosenbloom Contact Reporter Chicago Tribune
Here’s the problem with John Fox having to talk about a reported rift with defensive coordinator Vic Fangio and Fangio’s possible exit after this season:
The story assumes Fox will come back next season.
Seriously? Why is that such a sure thing? Has anybody watched this team?
Somebody should address Fox’s employment status, and that somebody should be titular general manager Ryan Pace, but I guess Fox won’t let Pace come out of his room to talk to the adults, so it’s Fox as the face and voice of this failing regime.
If you missed it, a column in Wednesday’s Tribune by Mike Mulligan, a special contributor to the sports section and co-host of “The Mully and Hanley Show’’ on WSCR-AM 670, said Fox would be parting ways with Fangio even though the defense is the only unit playing like it belongs in the NFL.
Put another way, the head coach is being asked about retaining his defensive coordinator while the head coach has done his job worse than the defensive coordinator has done his on this 3-9 team.
Fox regularly says you can’t blame injuries because every team has injuries. Fox also says the NFL is a production-based business. That, then, invites hanging on Fox the 3-9 record that the Bears have produced. That Fox’s Bears have produced.
Oh, and by the way, Fox never said specifically that Fangio is coming back. Instead, Fox said he wants all his coaches back.
Seriously? Is anybody buying that crock? Do the Bears care how stupid the face and voice of this failing regime makes the once-proud franchise look?
First, the head coach’s job status should be atop the hit parade after Fox failed to post a better record than Marc Trestman over two seasons.
Second, the head coach should have his intelligence questioned for wanting to bring back an entire coaching staff of a 3-9 team with an offense that can’t score 24 points unless it’s playing Prairie View A&M and a special teams unit that could apply for funds from FEMA.
Fangio’s defense is the unit that is working. The offense and special teams are the issues. And same goes for the head coach’s oft-inexplicable clock management. That covers a lot of coaches, and something has to change, but it’s not the coaching staff? Seriously? Does Bears ownership appreciate the way the head coach is playing the fans for stupid?
When Fox says he wants all his coaches back in a season like this, then he’s either lying or he’s blaming his players.
Or he has suddenly lost the ability to identify good coaches, and first-year offensive coordinator Dowell Loggains would stand as Exhibit A in that argument.
Or perhaps in saying he wants all his coaches back, Fox is blaming Pace for the players he and his assistants are stuck coaching. Maybe that’s why it seems like Fox won’t let the GM come out to play.
Whatever the reasons, the first topic to be addressed shouldn't be whether Fangio will exit, it's why it's apparently so certain that Fox won't.
Copyright © 2016, Chicago Tribune
