da_bears6
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When doesn't a player fawn over a new coaching staff coming in and blow smoke up everyone's ass? Everyone was all over Trestman's nuts too until the loses started mounting and everyone jumped off the bandwagon. Same thing will happen with Fox and Pace if they don't win games.
Having "man's men" coaches talking shit with the players in the weight room is great and all but I don't see how that translates into wins on the football field.
So beyond tired of people scapegoating Trestman and his hippy "nerd culture" for the Bears losing games and acting like a new set of macho alpha male coaches is some magical quick fix. The problems with this team isn't "nerd culture" it's having a roster devoid of talent and what little talent we do have continually underachieving.
Fox and Pace's alpha male personalities aren't going to amount to jack shit if their FA and draft acquisitions don't pan out and the players don't improve their execution on the field. Fox doing bicep curls in the weight room isn't going to make Jay Cutler make better reads, decisions, and accurate throws on the football field.
Noting that Trestman was over his head as an NFL HC is not scapegoating him. It was pretty clear by the middle of year two that he had lost the locker room and "Bernstein's source" said Trestman had basically checked out around there too.
Fox brings a real NFL pedigree and put together one of the best coaching staffs in the NFL. Even with all the things that went wrong last year the team wouldn't have quit for a guy like Fangio or Fox. I seriously doubt we are looking at back to back 50 point blow outs this year or any time under Fox's regime. They won't quit.