Kinda feel like Mel's issue, in addition to his coaching deficiencies, was a talent issue and that's supported by what the Fang said. This team wasn't built for anything, the defense had no talent. Mel sucked - sure but the lack of talent on this defense has been a huge issue for a long time.
No doubt but when it rains lemons you make lemonade. Fangio, to the best of his ability, has been able to do that. Tucker could not and overall Fox has not at least from an offensive perspective. He's no more of what this team needs right now than Trestman and Tucker were.
Emery's coaching hires were even worse than his player personnel decisions. Neither Trestman or Tucker were capable of performing in their jobs and eventually Kromer proved why his highest and best position is that of an OL coach. He went cheap on coaching and it sent the team into a slide we're still trying to dig out from.
I still say these are little more than extensions of 30 years of poor hires on the part of ownership. I have to even question whether Accorsi made the best recommendations or only those Teddy Bears and GMcC were most likely to accept. I doubt it was the former if only because he realized there was no way those two would ever allow themselves to be pushed out of their comfort zone and that zone tends to embrace losers.
I'd bet you my best guitar there's not a day that goes by they don't regret ever letting Phil Emery talk them into letting him fire Lovie. Lovie was their ideal HC type. Low key, non confrontational, religious, conforming, even keeled, never called attention to himself, well liked by his players, and he won often enough to keep the natives from getting too restless. Lovie's tenure was the only time in the past 30 years this team has ever looked like it had a plan it was following. If we'd have had a better personnel GM like Pace in those days and been willing to spend on offense to back Cutler we'd have won more than we did.
The move to Emery backfired in so many ways and who was the guy who brought Emery in and why is he still involved in the Bears football team in any capacity? We keep having to replace everyone but the one guy who actually need to be replaced tomorrow.
You know Fox was the DC in NY when Accorsi was there...right?
@bearsinhouston I don't want to absolve Tucker. He was terrible but he did have some significant personnel and philosophical issues making his job even harder. He didn't get to pick his guys AND he didn't get to pick his scheme. Few if any defensive coordinators could thrive under those conditions. Tucker def. was not one.
that's really not true Belli. That first year, he was "saddled" with that highly ranked defensive scheme that he couldn't seem to keep functioning. The next year, since it was the the fact that he didn't get to choose his own scheme, they allowed him to do that. He chose the "not built for anything" scheme. And things got even worse.
Not sure how there really are too many things that are really legitimate here. He was just bad. Really bad.
He inherited a large contingent of Lovie's " guys " , who were resentful of the new regime and played half assed from then on out . Tucker isn't a great DC , but I haven't seen much criticism for the old guard who deserve it . That D could have been better if they cared - they didn't , and that's an indictment of their crappy attitudes also .
