Bears President and CEO Ted Phillips in 2007. (Tribune photo)
Two things emerged from Bears president Ted Phillips' interview Monday night on the team's flagship station, WBBM-AM: He fully supports embattled coach Lovie Smith and believes the Bears still can turn this season around in time to make the playoffs.
"We expected better,'' Phillips said in an hour-long talk with play-by-play man Jeff Joniak. "I know Lovie knows how to get things turned around, so does Jerry [Angelo]. From the top down, there's disappointment but still believe we can pull it out.''
Phillips referred to the Cardinals' Super Bowl run in 2008 after going 9-7 in the regular-season as an example for the Bears to follow. As positive as the Bears' CEO tried to steer the conversation, he couldn't deny being "shocked,'' by the second blowout loss in three games.
"We didn't expect a second game like the Cincinnati game,'' Phillips said.
He used the word "schizophrenic,'' to describe the Bears in the first half and acknowledged the pain was as deep on the second floor at Halas Hall as anywhere in Chicago during a long Monday. But unlike much of the rest of Chicago, Phillips didn't point the finger at Smith or anybody in particular for the stunning lack of competitiveness Sunday. He chided the media for being mostly negative.
"It hurts a lot,'' Phillips said. "Fans want to place blame, media wants to place blame...everybody knows we didn't play well, Lovie does, ownership does, I do, the whole staff does. And the goal is to find out as soon as you can how to solve those problems. Lovie's done a good job of that.''
Overall, Phillips sounded more disappointed in the season than his head coach.
"We're 4-4 and are not happy about that,'' he said. "I think everyone here believes we're a better team than that, better talent than that, expected more than that. [But] our coaching staff has showed ability to overcome adversity in the past....When Lovie was hired we talked a lot about communication and when you win football games everybody is a genius and every decision you make is the right one. The key for an organization is to have people in place that help get you through the rough times.''
Few times during Smith's six-season tenure have been tougher than the past three weeks -- due to the Bears falling short of expectations that soared after the Jay Cutler trade.
"It takes time but our goal hasn't changed,'' Phillips said. "We have a lot of work to do. I wish I was talking to you on a three-game winning streak but we know what's ahead of us.''
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Still like 'em Ted ? You are a complete failure. Leave my Bears alone and get thee hence to endless night ...
Dear Chicago,
Thanks for the trade! I see Cutler hasnt changed.
Sincerely,
Bronco Nation
Go Vikings! Chicago loves a winner.
He is SO delusional he must be a Cubbie fan.
I agree with Ted Phillips that things can change for the Bears. However that will only happen if....
THE BEARS FIRE OFFENSIVE COORDINAOTR RON TURNER!
Ever since this man came back as offensive coordinator of the Bears the Bears offense has been ranked 20th or below in the NFL. Only once in his five years here as offensive coordinator the Bears offense was ranked 15th and that was in the last time the Bears were in the Superbowl.
Don't like the product these teams (Cubs included)put on the field. STOP going to the games and buying those overpriced jerseys...
Wake up Bear fans. The sooner you understand the system, the sooner you understand football. This is a business. Period. End of statement. Do you think for one minute that any of those people in the front offices care. Look at the cubs. As long as they are making money and lining their pockets every single one of those bloodsuckers are laughing all the way to the bank. Look at OPEC. They do it every single day. Sports are exactly the same thing. They aren't who we think they are. Not the place where you take your son to enjoy a hot dog and dream anymore. It's business. The only way to change it is to stop supporting it. Quit the frickin crying and have every Bear fan stop buying, watching, and contributing to anything that has to do with the Chicago Bears and I guarantee they will loose enough money in one year that they will have no choice but to fire Lovie and his crew. They will loose so much money in revenue they will have no option. But it takes everyone. Don't sell your home tickets to away fans, instead boycott the games altogether. It is the only way. Other than that accept what you get and just buy a crying towel because you get exactly what you pay for. It's simple economics and politics.
Is this guy for real ? He goes first, even before Lovie and Angelo.
As a huge longtime fan of the Bears,from Canada,starting in the late 50s and watching the 63 Bears with Halas coaching,I think the worst humiliation I have seen was the switchover from the game between Bears and Cards to another game,the Bucs and Packers. I had to leave the high def.Fox channel and pick it up ,in low def.on my special football package. What this says is that the game was such on an embarrassment that they supplanted it with teams that were mediocre but better than the one sided slaughter that was going on . Troy Aikman's remark about thinking the game was a Friday night high school game probably sealed the deal.Good for him for saying it like it was.
Ted Phillips has said his goal for the team is to make the playoffs, not to win a superbowl, just to make the playoffs. That way the team will appear competative every year and Bears fans will continue to fork over the money. And that is Ted's main job getting fans to fork over the money.
Unhappy with this team and the team president, gm and coaches bears fans? Then don't fork over the money to them. Don't spend a nickel on their pack of posers and failed leadership. That is the only thing they really care about and will respond too. The rest is just an annoyance to them.
If bears fans just stop buying stuff at soldier field, Lovie will be gone in an instant. If bears fans stay home, angelo would be gone too. Want to see a new team president, have a couple of games blacked out on local tv because of no sell outs. Its really all up to the fans.
Ted, your team ranks at the bottom or bottom 1/3 of EVERY NFL STAT! These numbers continue to go down, NOT UP! I want to win a PGA tour, but I am a 22 handicap. Face reality man. It's not happening. The numbers speak for themselves.
The only place you'll get objective commentary about how badly the Bears stink is from the media OUTSIDE Chicago. Example: Did Jeff Joniak even try to pin Phillips to the wall during his interview? No--he lobbed him a bunch of softballs he could knock out of the park. Same with the post-game show on Sunday: one caller after another talked about the poor coaching and gave specifics. But Schwantz, Hilgenberg and the others are a bunch of wusses who would just say mealymouthed things like, "You have a point there." Guess those folks over at WBBM are afraid their jobs will be in jeopardy if they called a spade a spade. Admit it, folks--this team has been mismanaged and poorly coached, and can't even capitalize on the few strengths it has.
WOW...I MEAN FREAKING WOW !!!!There must be REALLY good CRACK floating around Halas Hall !!!
When the Bears made the trade for Jay Cutler, I was a realist. I didn't think the Bears were very good - certainly not as good as their 9-7 mark last season.
I didn't expect Cutler to carry us to a championship in year one, or even year two. I knew there were some serious holes to fix. I realized that the offensive line was aging and not very good... I didn't think the WR's would be any good (though they're better than I thought they'd be)... and I thought the defense was attrocious.
The bright side of it all was that the Bears finally had one of those franchise quarterbacks that could eventually lead them to a championship. After all, he isn't a one-year rental ... he's here for good.
Unfortunately, the defense not only is worse than even I expected, but there is zero belief in the front office that there is anything wrong with it. You know what the worst part of Tommie Harris getting ejected so quickly in Sunday's loss? It gave Lovie Smith a built in excuse. As if the defense would have been great had Harris not been ejected... Well you know what? The defense has been bad since the day Ron Rivera left town.
Funny. The only person Lovie Smith has held accountable during his 6-year stay with the Bears was a defensive coordinator who received "too much" credit for a top-5 ranked defense.
Just goes to show you - So long as you don't step in Lovie's spotlight, your job is safe.
You want real accountability with this organization? You won't find it.
Lovie Smith in his tenure has:
-Failed at isntalling a Rams style offense into a cold-weather system with an outdoor stadium.
-Fired his first offensive coordinator after one season.
-Fired his first defensive coordinator after three seasons, despite that coordinator guiding the team to a top-5 defense.
-Refused to open a quarterback competition even when it became obvious to the most casual football fan that Rex Grossman was not the answer.
-Fired his second defensive coordinator after two more seasons while the defense slipped to a bottom-10 defense.
-Led a defensive unit that allowed 31 points in one half of football- marking the fourth time in franchise history that it had been done.
-Two weeks later, led a defensive unit that allowed 31 points in one half of football - marking the fifth time in franchise history that it had been done.
If Ron Rivera is fired for guiding a top-5 defense... and Bob Babich is demoted for guiding a top-20 defense... Then it would actually make sense that Lovie get an extension for guiding the worst defense in Bears history.
Now I can see that the problem extends all they way to the top. We have an Offensive Coordinator who still has his playbook from Pop Warner and Illinois. We have a Head Coach and Defensive Coordinator who is clueless as to what is happining on the field at any given time and his baby sitting attitude with his players is the reason that they don't truly listen to him. We have a GM who makes a good decision on player acquisition at a ratio of 1 out of 10 and has no guts to fire a Head Coach who is clueless and an embarrassment to Bears football legacy. Lastly, the Bears have a President who is good at talking with politicians but who can't run a franchise worth sh$#. Lastly, Ms. McCaskey really doesn't care whether the team wins a champoinship because the seats are filled every week. Her daddy would be embarrassed. They all must go. This is worse than the Abe Gibron years !!!!
third string coach (would not be hired as a coordinator for any team), clueless offensive coordinstor would not be hired to coach 8th grade girls half backs. a Gm who thinks tampa is full of talent, a president promoted to cover up the mistakes of the pencil necked son of a barroom clarinet player that gold dug his way into the Halas family. is john shoop still availabe???
Folks, Nuntin, I mean nuthin, is gonna change until Phillips and Angelo (best buddies) are gone! No one is held accountable up there and the McChumps are too illiterate to know if someone is incompetent or not.
Hey sports fans...
Read between the lines here.
Phillips is putting out a gentle "Jerry & Lovie, you better get your act together by year-end".
He knows better than to
But he ought to consider busting up the J&L show after 2010; there's no real momentum here--one step forward (Cutler), 3 steps back. Typical Bear history.
In 2010 they will have a bunch of mediocre players, draft picks, and only Urlacher and Cutler to show for it.
Translation-- still on the road to 8-8.
Clean house after next year!
He means maybe the Bears will pullout wins against STL and DET.
Is there any other team in the NFL that has an accountant as team president. That says all you need to know. A bean counter who is not a football man. Ditka couldn't fight them anymore. Build a new stadium and let the suckers fill it up.
when a football team hires an accountent as there president this is what you get. also the nfl makes more on tv contracts then they make on tickets. so anybody that says fans are dumb to keep buying tickets there dumb to keep wacthing and making the game the highest rated show of the day
Great posts bear fans! We know where the real issues are and it doesn't stop on the field.
I'll have what he's smoking.
His comments prove that the whole organization is willing to accept mediocrity.
The organization from top to bottom STINKS.
But as long as dummies pay to get into what passes for pro football games, they'll keep getting crap.
I've been a Bears fan for 70 years and was a 1/2 day walk-on wonder in the 1954 training camp an if I were in the last year of my contract, I couldn't wait to be traded. No pride, top to bottom. Nothing but excuses. Coaching from the sidelines use to draw a 5 yard penalty. If this were still a NO-NO it would be at least a 15 yarder the way Offense and Defense plays are being called. I'd love to see someone turn off the helmet phones and let the players make the calls. They couldn't possibly be worse. Remember how they scrambled to explain the Turner REALLY AND TRULY was calling the plays when the QB's headphone went out. Like little children.
WAKE UP TED --- WAKE UP STOP CLICKING THOSE HEELS
STOP SUPPORTING THE TEAM ENOUGH IS ENOUGH FOLKS. FIRE EVERYONE THAT WAY YOUR NOT A RACIST BUT AN ACTIVIST!!!!!
Mr. W. Frank, I would like to be a supporter of your cause to have the Bears team be owned by the fans...but for that to EVEN come into discussion, the team would have to be put up for sale. And to be honest, don't believe Dear Ms. Virginia calls the shots of what happens to the team, those calls come from her son Micheal and if you think Ted, Angelo, and Lovie are 1 dimensional statues, Micheal is no different! Doesn't show anykind of emotion when it comes to the product on the field as long as the bottom line is met...and that my freind is revenue. If any of these clowns were real Chicago Bear fans, excluding Ms. Virginia, than you would see some kind of movement, change, or accountability. But from what you just read above, they all have each other backs. As long as they stay together with their heads up each other poopers, they can collect HUGE PAYCHECKS!! So screw the looser Chicago fans who make 20k, 30k, 50k a year just to watch some competitiveness entertainment on the field or on the tube after putting looong hard hours at work to earn their pay! They surely show they don't CARE from what you read and see. GO NINERS, GO EAGLES, GO VIKINGS...WOO-HOO!!
Wake Up Ted.......you are part of the problem!
My last thought and I WANT TO HEAR FROM ALL YOU long-suffering Bears fans on this......................WHAT ABOUT THE TEAM BEING SOLD SO THAT IT WOULD AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE SALE BECOME A PUBLICLY HELD TEAM? ( it has been dome you know) Anybody willing to buy some shares, or at least a share?
We could let Virgina name a price and as long as it wasn't way out of the ballpark, we could price out shares and garner enough interest to buy up enough shares to buy her her out. Think of it! I would bet my last dollar that here are enough business savvy and football savvy fans out there to buy this team, hire real talent to run the day-to day operations, and obtain and field only those players whose sole desire is to win it all. Think of it!
Ted thinks we can pull this out? With these premadonnas hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhaha
Well there it is folks. You heard it from the horse's mouth. Lovie and Angelo have no accountability and no fear of losing their jobs, so why should there be a sense of urgency? Well unfortunately, the mindset of the CEO, Lovie, Angelo of "we have XX number of games to go" rationality transfers to the player and it shows. Where else can you do a half-a$$ job and get paid well, and not worry about losing your job til your contract ends...Last I heard, when coaches don't get to the playoffs for 3 years in a row, they get fired. Problem is, even if Lovie gets fired, Angelo is running the show til 2013. Yikes. And who wants to coach a team that Angelo wants full control of personnel decisions? Not Cowher, Shanahan, Holmgren, etc...Philips, Lovie and Angelo are intertwined and all protecting each others a$$e$ until we become another Detroit and the sh#$@t hits the fans...So sad for a great city with historical traditions.
Really considerate of Phillips for chiding the media for being negative. I mean, how dare the media for not trying to sugarcoat that total aniallation. Instead of chiding people, he best get his team back on track somehow. The Bears may have sold out the season's tickets already, but that doesn't mean the fans have got to come to the games and watch that pathetic play. And there's a good bit of concession monies out there that Philips stand to lose, and let's face it, money is the main issue for the Bears, far moreso than winning or anything else. I thoroughly believe that.
Ted Phillips is the McCaskeys puppet. Money is all they care about. I am not not Jerry Jones fan, but at least he cares about his team. I wish the fans would just STOP going to games until Virginia sells the team!!!! PLEASE Virginia...I beg you...sell the team to someone who actually cares about Bears football and Bears fans.
When Chico (Ron Rivera) was the Defensive Coordinator the defensive players damned well knew the meaning of attack and everyon displayed sure tackling techniques or they didn't get on the field. That defense carried us into and through the postseason. In fact, it carried us right into the Super Bowl. What did Chico get for his efforts? Asked to resign (fired?) or whatever the hell it was. Any Bear's fan out there know exactly what happened with that deal? Chico wil not say because he is a man of integrity. Something that the Bear's upper management demonstrates time and again that it knows little of. I'm thnking that Chico wouldn't acquiesce to Lovie's need to have his beloved Tampa 2 run no matter what the cost. Chico and Mike Singletary are men of honor who understand ( because they played and were bloodied) the game and know that any defense you can design will be obsolete inside of three years because good/great offensive coordinators ( which is definitely not Ron Turner!) will game-plan to beat it. You must be flexible and adjust your schemes especially at halftime ( both offensively and defensively) or you will find that the good teams ( those who will possess good management and coaching)will simply outcoach you and when you cannot (or will not) adjust your playcalling, they will beat you on the field and on the scoreboard. One final thought Bears fans......have you noticed that when the team is coached in a way that is clearly evident of a team being coached not to lose....that they tend not to win? How many years of this have we had to suffer through? You do understand that that is is exactly the mindset and temperment that we currently have in place. When you do the same things over and over agin with the same results and expect things to change for the better, what is that called? I wish the the team would be sold to someone who understands football and is willing to make the commitment to the team and it's fans to put the right leadership and players in place to put Super Bowl rings on the players and make the city and fans proud of what was once a great franchise. May a minor miracle be forthcoming for us long suffering Bears fans........
When Chico (Ron Rivera) was the Defensive Coordinator the defensive players damned well knew the meaning of attack and everyon displayed sure tackling techniques or they didn't get on the field. That defense carried us into and through the postseason. In fact, it carried us right into the Super Bowl. What did Chico get for his efforts? Asked to resign (fired?) or whatever the hell it was. Any Bear's fan out there know exactly what happened with that deal? Chico wil not say because he is a man of integrity. Something that the Bear's upper management demonstrates time and again that it knows little of. I'm thnking that Chico wouldn't acquiesce to Lovie's need to have his beloved Tampa 2 run no matter what the cost. Chico and Mike Singletary are men of honor who understand ( because they played and were bloodied) the game and know that any defense you can design will be obsolete inside of three years because good/great offensive coordinators ( which is definitely not Ron Turner!) will game-plan to beat it. You must be flexible and adjust your schemes especially at halftime ( both offensively and defensively) or you will find that the good teams ( those who will possess good management and coaching)will simply outcoach you and when you cannot (or will not) adjust your playcalling, they will beat you on the field and on the scoreboard. One final thought Bears fans......have you noticed that when the team is coached in a way that is clearly evident of a team being coached not to lose....that they tend not to win? How many years of this have we had to suffer through? You do understand that that is is exactly the mindset and temperment that we currently have in place. When you do the same things over and over agin with the same results and expect things to change for the better, what is that called? I wish the the team would be sold to someone who understands football and is willing to make the commitment to the team and it's fans to put the right leadership and players in place to put Super Bowl rings on the players and mke the city and fans proud of what was once a great franchise. May a minor miracle be forthcoming for us long suffering Bears fans........
Mr. Phillips obviously you already know the outcome and you're just pandering to the masses. The media has been to harsh on your football team. Are you kidding. We the people of this area are what pays these inept coaches and mgmt. to put out this crappy product. Please don't insult the intelligence of your fan base. BTW that's what's been going on all over America...over paying for everything and then getting the proverbial excuses for not putting out quality products.
Bear's President Ted Phillips said, "There's disappointment but still believe we can pull it out.(...and make the playoffs)" Sir, you and your employees CAN'T even figure out how to pull there heads out their A$$ES to see the games everyone else is watching. But, I guess the grass in your world is GREENER,Tommie Harris has earned every single dime in his contract, Lovie is really not an overpaid statue, and the Bear fans are OVERREACTING to the a$$ whooping the team has gotten in the past 3 weeks....right! I finally understand who's supplying the COOLAIDE all the way down to the players, it starts from all the way from the very TOP of this dysfunctional organization. Hey Teddy, this is coming from a 30+ year loyal Bear fan...GO NINERS AND RUN OVER THIS COMMATOSED VERSION OF THE CHICAGO BEARS!!!
looks like the mafia is involved in these games and ted philips and lovie smith are obviously aiming for a different agenda than we are...maybe they get paid more to lose who knows because they seem happy and satisfied and they do this everyday....what a good one got cutler so our odds went up then started losing like this ..they beat the steelers and then lost to two crappy teams real badly...this is Chicago people this is the same game Cubs play 100 yr curse? more like 100 yr non stop highway robbery...we should boycott these games because obviously the people "in charge" are happy haha. This is truly sad that people get played like this by these penis lickers
Its very obvious that thee ONLY thing the Bears ownership group cares about is the profit margin. These people have ZERO interest in actually putting a winning product on the field.
What else is he supposed to say? At team president, he bears all responsibility for this. From the business side, the Bears cannot afford to eat what is left on the contracts of Angelo and Smith. Everyone who thinks that it's as simple a firing those two and hiring new people are not living in the real world. Unlike a lot of teams, the Bears are the McCaskey families major source of revenue and eating those salaries and hiring new people is essentially paying two people in each job. This works for fans but will not fiscally for the team.
The fact is that there doesn't seem to be anyone connected to the team that is capable of making the right decisions from a football perspective to bring the team up to the level that fans want. This will not change anytime soon.
Heh Phillips, this is the NFL not the Disney Channel! Happy endings with some guy named Lovie as your hero would make a great cartoon feature BUT ITS B.S. HERE!!!
The Bears really need a good house cleaning. From ownership all the way down to players who don't give a darn. I haven't seen any desire or passion with the exception of a very few players in the last few seasons. The game against Cleveland was the Bears "Honored" Walter and that wasn't enough to get the team fired up enough to slaughter the Browns?
I said "Honored" because just like everything else with the Bears, it's all done half a$$ed. Unless it is about them making money.
Until this season I bled orange and blue. I went to the Green Bay opener this year. First time in another teams stadium. Not that I have become a fan of the packers but, those people know how to honor past legendary players and treat their current players and fans especially.
For Lovie (who I believe is a good and honest man, just not a great coach)to have any credibility left, right after the game on Sunday he should have walked up to the microphone and said "First of all, Tommie Harris will never play another game for the Chicago Bears. Now I'll take your questions." Instead he's saying that he thinks the ejection from the game is punishment enough. What about SPORTSMANSHIP? It's a violent game but punching another player in the face? C'mon!
PLEASE Mrs. McCaskey, sell the team. Sell it to someone who cares and wants to win like your father did.
Where can I get a prescription for what Phillips is taking?
Fire this idiot too!
One Word: Delusional
Hard to believe as a decades long season ticket holder but I will be cheering for Mike Singletary's team this Thursday if nothing else than to wake up the higher ups of this organization. I have written off the season now that the Bear players have.
time to boycott the games fans.. if you keep filling seats nothing will change.. i watch teams like the Steelers with a great owner and tough minded coaches produce winners year after year and the monsters of the midway have become the twinkies of the lake..
I love lovie but his time is done as is angelos.. ted is too conservative and probably nver played football in his life. a sad day to be a bears fan...
Call the Rooney's see if they would be willing to buy the team.
typical CEO - no idea what is happening. This dude may know how to wheel and deal for a stadium but that does NOT translate to a high caliber judge of NFL talent and knowledge in how to run an NFL franchise. Da BEARS must be sold - simple as that - the are a below 500 team since Halas passed on. If you take out Ditka's coaching years - hand picked by George for head coach - the records is much worse.
Sounds like the firing has to start at a higher level than angelo.
Lol!!! Really I MEAN REALLY TED!!! Even When On Drugs I Can Rationalize Better!!! How Bout You Go behind Virginia eat $h|t and tell her to hire a psychic and ask her Father what he thinks and what to do!!! Something Anything Please! Fire Ted Jerry Lovie and tell them the Three Stooges has already been done and doesn't belong in Da Bears Organization!!! I think Papa Bear just wrote that through ME!!! Get a Hint Ted, Accountability is a Must!
Pull what out of where? No, don't tell me.
I'm still ally confused. Are they watching the same team we are? What do they see what WE don't? I am so sick of mediocrity. Why do we have to sit through this stuff every year????
Suggested caption for the above-foto of 'ceo' Ted Phillips -
"insert penis here"
After reading this, I've pretty much given up on the season. I'm still going to watch the games, and even continue go to my local watering hole, but that's purely out of habit. Ughhh. What a disappointing year.
I am sad to say I don't see the Bears making any changes. They don't care there making there money.It's not about winning any more, it's all about making money. The McCaskeys, Ted all of them don't have the passion for the Bears as us fans do, if they did they would be as mad as we are at this garbage. I have been a fan for over 50 years and don't remember a Bears team playing with so little passion and being so unprepared as this one. Maybe the front office is rubbing off on our players. If this keeps up we might start seeing fans with those brown bags on there head, and that will be a sad day in Chicago. Please fire JA, Lovie and his coaches before our Bears become the joke of the NFL. P.S. After Ted Phillips comments please fire him also. Better yet sell the team so we can get an owner that cares about winning.
Oh sh#$%#%ttt!!1 We are in a world-of-hurt. No hope folks. We have Lovie and Angelo and now-Philips on the same river...deNial. Where's the accountability? Instead of putting some pressure on your head coach, GM and even players to perform, management gives us more lame excuses (Lovie, Philips and Angelo must of went to the same school and got their BS degree). Oh my, the sh@#$#$t runs deep in this organization. Now, we must hope Philips gets his pink slip for Angelo, Lovie and coaching staff gets theirs...Yikes! Someone help! Anyone! Its like watching a train crash in slow motion...heeeeeelppp...
Always remember this is the team that literally hired a consulting firm to search for a general manager and they ended up with Angelo.
We could go on and on about his pathetic drafts and free agent signings.
The Bears are in the mess they're in now because of his incompetence.
The McCaskeys do NOT know how to run a football team.
This message in regards to Sid Fernandez's comment. Sid your comment may have been the Dumbest comment I have ever read in my entire life...Baseball Season? What about basketball season? I mean at least give the Bulls a chance to blow it before we start talking about baseball season. Let's look at the facts, neither the Cubs nor the White Sox finished with the fans wetting their pants about the potential of either team.
I keep on hitting all the sites waiting to see that someone is fired, cut, or otherwise held responsible for the joke our team has become. I live on the border between MN and WI (enemy territory)and I am embarrassed to be a bear fan. I have been one for 30+ years and never felt this terrible about my team. In the past we could be pathetic but at least the opponent knew they played a football game. Now when I read this article I know there is no hope this year. The freakin 5 million a year coach has no clue and cannot say why we are lame but Ted has such faith in him? Well I can always do yard work and hunting as this year is lost and probably the next 2 with the false faith the management is showing in our coaches. Might as well give Luvie a raise Ted.
Faster and smaller defensive and offensive linemen just do not cut the bill. Bears are being heavily out muscled. We need big guys to protect Jay and big guys on the defense to penetrate the opposition's line
Dear Mr. Phillips: I am SOOOO looking forward to the 2nd half of the season when Favre's Vikings will PUMMEL the Bears, not once, but TWICE. And 1st post Peter is absolutely right, but that concept should be applied to ALL SPORTS, especially those overpaid loser Cubs! Make all professional athletes EARN those millions via bonuses ONLY if they WIN! And then maybe more of the common people could actually afford to go to these sporting events.
The comments from Ted Phillips make me think it was a skit for Saturday Night Live.
Sadly, his actions - or in-actions - are but one more indicator confirming that the problem with the Chicago Bears is an organizational issue starting at the top.
The product on the field is now laughable and the status of the Bears might even be worse than that of the Browns. The ownership and management of the Browns have acknowledged that they are horrible, and they are looking for ways to turn it around.
The Bears will do nothing until it hurst their pocketbook. Since Chicago fans tend to be blinded by loyalty - almost like pet dogs - Bears management figures the problem will work itself out because they believe the coaches are the best as well as the players.
Hey Teddy, I live in Phoenix, AZ and they are all LAUGHING at your team down here! On sports radio here, they can't believe how the Cardinals were able to march, or better yet, stomp on that MIGHTY Bear defense for scores on their first six drives. One sportscaster even said, "That had to be the MOST perfect 1st half he has ever seen the Cardinals offense play EVER!" Even the announcers for FOX pointed out how bad the Bears looked. Why is it everyone else can see this but the Bears coaches and management...WHY, WHY!!!
This official tells me that the bears feel us fans are stupid enough to believe anything....if it wasnt for the love i have for the old bears i would jump ship...
I thought that at least one person in management position would have some sense, but I see Ted is just as delusional as Jerry and Lovie. The coaching staff cannot or will not make adjustments to fix their problems and I doubt they know what self-scouting means. Why is it that all of the analyst know what is wrong but the coaching staff doesn't see it. There is a difference between stubborn (by not changing or believing what you're doing is still good enough) and being stupid (not knowing what to do). I'm beginning to think they are both. Their too stupid to get help and think they can get by with what they have. Dangerous combination in NFL coaching. Can't wait till baseball season!!
What needs to happen is Lovie's pay should be $100,000 a year and have bonuses put in place to have him earn the rest of $5.5mil. Give me $5.5 mil a year and no consequences and see what happens.
Hmmmm so us bear fans want to place blame? we sure do. the bears are playing horrible . pull it out for the playoff's are you kidding? bear fans time for no shows at home games.
Phillips, your delusional. Time to think about professional help.
REALLY...Lovie knows how to turn this mess around in time to make the playoffs? Really? By having his team so unprepared for a 3rd straight week and you still believe he can fix the mess he himself has made? Ted, take your head out your 'CULO' and see what all us fans have seen, not just this year, but the past 2 years. What type of dylusional people are running this crazy train for the Bears. Do you honestly expect us Bear fans to BELIEVE the sh!t you just barfed on us Ted? Do YOU honestly believe your own 'CACA' coming out your mouth that THIS years Bears can be turned into contenders after NOT BEING even competitive and getting your A$$ KICKED in the first half in the passed 3 weeks...ARE YOU FREAK'N KIDDING ME. Are you on METH or just really, really, really, STUP-ID!!! I think they should have drug tests for upper management, because what the fans see and they see are two totally different results.
I don't expect a coaching/gm change mid-season. I certainly don't believe that Lovie is a great coach. Even when the team won under his tenure, it was defense and special teams, each seemingly scoring more points than the offense. Now, the offense has picked up (by that, I mean is qualified to show up on an NFL field) and the defense is too old and injured and has no fire left (aside from Harris wanting out). Sorry Lovie, coaching one side of the ball is for offensive/defensive coordinators. Your job as Head coach is to develop a game plan that shores up the shortcomings in your team. You haven't done a decent job as a head coach in all the 6 yrs, winning or losing.
Ok. Folks at Halas Hall are definitely deluded and therefore they are what we thought they were. I bet Lovie has a picture of the good folks at Halas Hall smoking crack.
"Fans want to place blame, media wants to place blame...everybody knows we didn't play well, Lovie does, ownership does, I do, the whole staff does."
I hope he is not insinuating that the fans are over reacting. So what is being done about it? Is the coaching staff doing any self scouting to see why teams are able to get 3rd conversions on the Bears with blind folds on? I doubt that because our coaching staff believes in the Cover 2 so much that they won't change it at all. I am not saying to scrap what you do permenantly but you have to mix it up. Is the Bears Off staff looking at the film to see why teams have no problem getting pressure on Cutler with 4 down linemen? Are we looking at bringing in LJ to have a back up for Forte? Are we looking at getting Aromashadu on the field to see what he can do? What is being done. The fans care too much about this team as managment seems to prefer the status quo to keep their pay checks coming in every monday. Ted, what is being done?
"And the goal is to find out as soon as you can how to solve those problems. Lovie's done a good job of that."
Example please? Just one will do.... I call shenanigans...
Ted Phillips comments mean two things: (1) Things are worse than everyone thought since the ignorance is from the top down, and (2) Phillip's is too worried about getting himself fired if he did the right thing, change the GM and coaching staff soon.