Devin Hester was a huge weapon those years. And not just for his TD's, but the field position he gave them.
And the Bears' defense was on the upswing until Love dumped defensive coordinator Ron Rivera.
But keep singing Lovie's praises. Meanwhile he let the Packers (of all teams) in the playoffs when the Bears could have eliminated them. Lovie chose to rest his starters in that game, even though the Bears had a bye the next week. Then in the title game, the Packers beat the Bears. And Lovie F-upped that game as well. The Bears, faced a 4th and 2 and as the play clock was counting down. Lovie, in his infinite wisdom, signals for a timeout just before the ball is snapped. That bonehead decision negated a 20-yard touchdown run right up the middle with the Packer defense spread wide.
So when I say that Lovie couldn't coach someone to lick a stamp, these are just a few examples.
But, you want Lovie so bad, he is all yours.
I am not singing Lovie's praises. I just think he wasn't nearly as bad a coach as you and others think. No, he's not the best coach I have ever seen either. Not by a long shot. I am not saying the guy never made mistakes. He sure did. But the absolute hatred for Lovie many people had was so unwarranted. Just another scapegoat for fans and sportswriters.
I'm sorry. All your post proves is one thing and it's so typical of Chicago fans and sportswriters. It proves how easy it is to second guess coaches, managers, etc. after the fact. I see it every single day when I open the Trib and Sun-Times which is why I have very little respect for the vast majority of sportswriters. I see it from the fans when I see their nonsense in the comments sections after the articles when I read online. To these people it's always a bad decision IF and AFTER it doesn't work.
I have far more respect for the TV analysts in MLB baseball and NFL football because those guys have been out there in the ring and have done it. They are doing their jobs in real time too. If Steve Stone wants to criticize a player have at it. He's done it, he has more of a right to criticize. I don't care for Tony Romo's style yet, but the guy forgot more football than these writers and fans will ever know. He has more of a right to criticize. He earned it. Those two and many others like them give a person insight and most importantly the have great anticipation and can tell you what's coming next. And they are right more often than not.
Yes, if a fan buys a ticket that does give him a right to criticize effort. I believe that 100%. But writers don't pay to get into games. They are freeloaders who think they have almighty power just because they have a keyboard.
I would love to go and sit with you at a Bears game and you could tell me before every single play what defense the Bears should run. Then when they are on offense you could tell me exactly what play they should run. Then we might see if what you called might have worked. It would be real interesting to see how you would do. I guarantee, it would be real ugly.
Let's go to a Sox game and you can tell me what pitch is coming next and location. As a matter of fact I'd love to do that with you. You guess on the pitch and I'll guess on the pitch and we'll see how we do. But, you have to call the pitch before the pitcher gets the sign and before the catcher sets up.
I'd love to sit with a lot of these guys whose garbage I read every day. Let these guys take a whack at it and see how they do. Let them tell me what they would do BEFORE things happen. They would shit their pants. It's easy to criticize when you aren't in the ring. I used to see and hear that shit in bars all the time. Everyone is an expert. I have disagreed with a lot of managers and coaches but I am a hell of a lot more respectful of what their job is.
