Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2016 13:42:44 GMT -6
The Chicago Bears should fire John Fox
by Jordan Campbell5 hours ago
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John Fox is not the savior that he was hyped to be for the Chicago Bears organization. The Bears must part ways with Fox after the season.
In hindsight, perhaps something did feel funny about the Chicago Bears hiring John Fox to be their head coach two years ago.
At the time, Fox was one of the top coaches in the AFC as his Denver Broncos came up just short in making the Super Bowl. But, paying no attention to the reasons why the Broncos mutually agreed **cough cough** fired **cough cough**to part ways with Fox, Bears’ fans felt that they were finally headed in the right direction.
After all, the Bears were coming off two years of the quirky Marc Trestman. Trestman was in over his head and that much was evident by how he benched Jay Cutler and allowed his offensive coordinator Aaron Kromer to leak information to the media during the final weeks of his regime. Trestman was 13-19 in his two seasons as head coach of the Bears.
At the most, Fox will have a record of 11-21 after his first two seasons as head coach of the Bears. Regardless of the outcomes of the Bears’ final two games of the 2016 regular season, Trestman’s first two years with the Bears will have proven to be more successful than Fox’s. Though, that is not the reason why Fox should be fired as head coach of the Bears.
Fox’s parting with the Broncos changed him. Whatever transpired between John Fox and John Elway at the end of his time with the Broncos as changed the Bears’ head coach. Fox is now guarded in every aspect of the word. Think about the PR hits the Bears have taken over the course of the past two years. The hits include Kevin White‘s rookie season shin injury, Jay Cutler’s shoulder injury, and the latest being Kyle Fuller‘s knee injury. Those hits all occurred because Fox was guarded as if he was not trying to be hurt with his own words.
On the field, the Bears have looked inferior in a majority of their games under Fox. That was the case once more last Sunday in their loss to the Green Bay Packers. Fox’s decisions at the end of the game were baffling. Overlooking the fact that Fox should have went for it on fourth down instead of kicking a game-tying field goal, the Bears’ head coach was unprepared. At first, it had seemed that Fox was attempting to win the game and avoid overtime. Then, it appeared that Fox wanted overtime. Then, it looked as if Fox changed his mind once more and was trying to avoid overtime. How can any team be prepared if their head coach becomes an indecisive blob during games?
Fox has done nothing over the course of the past two seasons to prove that he is capable of bringing the Bears back to contention. If Fox is not fired this off-season, then he is bound to be fired after next season. Next season being a season in which the Bears are probably going to be bad again considering the uncertainty at the quarterback position and in the defensive secondary. The only difference between firing Fox this year or next is that firing him next off-season would mean one less year in which he is sitting at home getting paid by the Bears’ organization.
It’s understandable that the McCaskey family wants to avoid paying a coach to sit at home. But, the McCaskey family’s first priority is to their football organization. And, at this point, John Fox is a detriment to the Chicago Bears’ football organization.
by Jordan Campbell5 hours ago
Follow @campbelljordan_
Video worth listening to;dawindycity.com/2016/12/22/chicago-bears-fire-john-fox/?utm_campaign=FanSided+Daily&utm_source=FanSided+Daily&utm_medium=email
John Fox is not the savior that he was hyped to be for the Chicago Bears organization. The Bears must part ways with Fox after the season.
In hindsight, perhaps something did feel funny about the Chicago Bears hiring John Fox to be their head coach two years ago.
At the time, Fox was one of the top coaches in the AFC as his Denver Broncos came up just short in making the Super Bowl. But, paying no attention to the reasons why the Broncos mutually agreed **cough cough** fired **cough cough**to part ways with Fox, Bears’ fans felt that they were finally headed in the right direction.
After all, the Bears were coming off two years of the quirky Marc Trestman. Trestman was in over his head and that much was evident by how he benched Jay Cutler and allowed his offensive coordinator Aaron Kromer to leak information to the media during the final weeks of his regime. Trestman was 13-19 in his two seasons as head coach of the Bears.
At the most, Fox will have a record of 11-21 after his first two seasons as head coach of the Bears. Regardless of the outcomes of the Bears’ final two games of the 2016 regular season, Trestman’s first two years with the Bears will have proven to be more successful than Fox’s. Though, that is not the reason why Fox should be fired as head coach of the Bears.
Fox’s parting with the Broncos changed him. Whatever transpired between John Fox and John Elway at the end of his time with the Broncos as changed the Bears’ head coach. Fox is now guarded in every aspect of the word. Think about the PR hits the Bears have taken over the course of the past two years. The hits include Kevin White‘s rookie season shin injury, Jay Cutler’s shoulder injury, and the latest being Kyle Fuller‘s knee injury. Those hits all occurred because Fox was guarded as if he was not trying to be hurt with his own words.
On the field, the Bears have looked inferior in a majority of their games under Fox. That was the case once more last Sunday in their loss to the Green Bay Packers. Fox’s decisions at the end of the game were baffling. Overlooking the fact that Fox should have went for it on fourth down instead of kicking a game-tying field goal, the Bears’ head coach was unprepared. At first, it had seemed that Fox was attempting to win the game and avoid overtime. Then, it appeared that Fox wanted overtime. Then, it looked as if Fox changed his mind once more and was trying to avoid overtime. How can any team be prepared if their head coach becomes an indecisive blob during games?
Fox has done nothing over the course of the past two seasons to prove that he is capable of bringing the Bears back to contention. If Fox is not fired this off-season, then he is bound to be fired after next season. Next season being a season in which the Bears are probably going to be bad again considering the uncertainty at the quarterback position and in the defensive secondary. The only difference between firing Fox this year or next is that firing him next off-season would mean one less year in which he is sitting at home getting paid by the Bears’ organization.
It’s understandable that the McCaskey family wants to avoid paying a coach to sit at home. But, the McCaskey family’s first priority is to their football organization. And, at this point, John Fox is a detriment to the Chicago Bears’ football organization.
