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This is what it takes...
Fire Phillips, angelo, lovie, babbage, marinelli at minimum.
Would help if the McCash-keys sold the team.
Until this happens, the bears are going to be the doormat of the nfl.
The only reason the Bears even got to the superbowl was because of Ron Rivera's defense. That is why Rivera was fired right after the game.
Let's do a quick exercise.
Scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being best.
Football IQ
Ditka - 10
Gruden - 10
Lovely - 3? (generous?)
Leader of Men, Inspirational
Ditka - 10
Gruden - 10
Lovely - 2? (how many "flat" games have we had at key times lately)
Bottom Line Success - Super Bowl Win
Ditka - yes
Gruden - yes
Lovely - will never happen and the Super Bowl loss was probably one of the most embarassing ones that I have ever seen from a Super Bowl loser. Stupid mistakes, bad coaching, etc. We got lucky to even get there that year with a "soft" path to the Super Bowl from relatively weak teams
How far we've fallen.
Too bad. The fans remain top notch.