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Ian Rapoport was on Bernstein and McKnight last week [March 14th] and was talking about Chicago,

-Chicago is a destination for free agents

-Players are very high on the culture

-Players love the vibe of Nagy and Pace

-They have a reputation in the league of being straight shooters and of looking after there players

-Offered Callahan a really good contract at the end of the season, the Bears did not feel they could continue to wait on Callahan to decide
 
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Would be curious to how that contract compared to the DEN one.
 
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WindyCity said:
Ian Rapoport was on Bernstein and McKnight last week [March 14th] and was talking about Chicago,

-Chicago is a destination for free agents

-Players are very high on the culture

-Players love the vibe of Nagy and Pace

-They have a reputation in the league of being straight shooters and of looking after there players

-Offered Callahan a really good contract at the end of the season, the Bears did not feel they could continue to wait on Callahan to decide
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This last one is hard to count in their favor... do we even know the contract details he was offered?
 
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Well I was told players just fell into Pace's lap
 
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What team isn't a destination for free agents? Sounds like something remydat would say.
 
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WindyCity said:
Ian Rapoport was on Bernstein and McKnight last week [March 14th] and was talking about Chicago,

-Chicago is a destination for free agents

-Players are very high on the culture

-Players love the vibe of Nagy and Pace

-They have a reputation in the league of being straight shooters and of looking after there players

-Offered Callahan a really good contract at the end of the season, the Bears did not feel they could continue to wait on Callahan to decide
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Well shit i can add this to the "R.Pace good or bad GM" thread. He's done something fans were screaming for for years and changed the culture of our team.
 
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bamainatlanta said:
Technically, Antonio Brown wasn't a FA when he declined to play there
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I know. Im going off experience of being there myself. Aint shit in buffalo but a path to Canada
 
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Rory Sparrow said:
What team isn't a destination for free agents? Sounds like something remydat would say.
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Before the naggy hire players were declining better offers from us to go to other teams. We were paying tier three players tier one money to come here.
 
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Rory Sparrow said:
What team isn't a destination for free agents? Sounds like something remydat would say.
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Apparently you haven’t followed the board very long. For the few years I have been here, Chicago NOT being a place players want to go has been the montra of several more negative posters.
 
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dabears70 said:
Well shit i can add this to the "R.Pace good or bad GM" thread. He's done something fans were screaming for for years and changed the culture of our team.
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dabears70 good or bad poster thread
 
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Rory Sparrow said:
What team isn't a destination for free agents? Sounds like something remydat would say.
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I get what you are saying, but all things being pretty close or equal contract wise, I would assume that things like team culture / a better chance to get a ring / the place you have to live / etc would all be factors that could tip the decision.
 
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BearFanJohn said:
Apparently you haven’t followed the board very long. For the few years I have been here, Chicago NOT being a place players want to go has been the montra of several more negative posters.
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Team culture matters. Are you a bulls fan? They are the greatest example of a terrible team culture that turns potential fa off to joining the team.
 
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BEARZOMBIE said:
Team culture matters. Are you a bulls fan? They are the greatest example of a terrible team culture that turns potential fa off to joining the team.
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Not an NBA fan, so no. But I have read and heard enough to get your point.
 
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