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https://chicago.suntimes.com/sports/bears-expansion-project-halas-hall-pictures-behind-scenes-look/
That article is the reason why, or rather what it's about.
The Halas Hall Expansion Project is 100% Ryan Pace's baby.
You don't make that kind of investment without commitment to the person heading the project.
I will go a step further. I would not be surprised if at the end of the season, in addition to John Fox being fired, it is announced that Ted Phillips will relinquish all duties relating to the football operations of the team to Ryan Pace. He would remain on as team president but effectively would be like the Cubs Crain Kenney when Theo took over.
Not a prediction, mind you, but something I think might be in the air and could happen.
Ryan Pace either way is going to hire the next head coach. It'll be an offensive mind.
And for everyone bitching, I'm going to stick my neck out on this one:
Next year, the Bears make the playoffs.
In two years, they will win playoff games.
I haven't seen enough to go beyond that, but the last time things looked this bad for the Bears, and I made a prediction like this, was 2004 when I said the Bears would be in a Superbowl in 2 years.
I got shredded then just like I expect to be shredded now for stepping out. But I am seeing a lot that can be improved simply by better coaching and for the first time in a long time I am seeing raw material that could really excel with the right coaches.
It's not Kool-Aid. I am the same guy who during the dick jauron 13 and 3 season said it was all smoke and mirrors. I predicted at the beginning of the season that the Bears would have a record somewhere between 5 and 11 & 7 and 9; not exactly what a Kool-Aid Drinker who thinks Super Bears Super Bowl every year would say.
What it is going to come down to is who they get as the head coach. At this point I really couldn't give a rat's ass if they get someone who I've heard of or not.
Coaches come from all over the place. Sometimes college, sometimes the pros, sometimes a new Innovative mind shakes up the NFL coming from college and guys who have been around the NFL for a while are just crappy coaches in the good old boys network.
Other times, the hot coordinator ends up being an awesome coach, and still other times they fail.
Finding the next coach from a fan perspective is a crapshoot. We can only evaluate coaches when they're actually doing the job in the head coaching position. Otherwise we are all just throwing spaghetti at a wall and hoping something sticks. We get hung up on names and think that it will solve everything.
Think about Adam Gase. Head coaching candidate who gets one good year out of Cutler with the Bears. Gets the job down in Miami and lures Cutler out of retirement to bring the band back together.
How does Adam Gase look now with the shitshow that is down in Miami and Cutler reverting back to Cutler?
Yet after that one good Cutler season with the Bears, everyone here wanted him to replace Fox. Some even wanted him before instead of Fox.
The point is none of us really know until they start doing the job. The NFL is littered with guys who are awesome coordinators but couldn't be a head coach to save their life.
So I am not going to freak my shit out regardless of who Ryan Pace picks be it an established coach, some coordinator or quarterbacks coach in the league, or some college coach somewhere.
Sure, I have a preference. I would prefer they get the Eagles quarterbacks coach. But I'm not going to lose my shit if Pace doesn't pick him.
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That article is the reason why, or rather what it's about.
The Halas Hall Expansion Project is 100% Ryan Pace's baby.
You don't make that kind of investment without commitment to the person heading the project.
I will go a step further. I would not be surprised if at the end of the season, in addition to John Fox being fired, it is announced that Ted Phillips will relinquish all duties relating to the football operations of the team to Ryan Pace. He would remain on as team president but effectively would be like the Cubs Crain Kenney when Theo took over.
Not a prediction, mind you, but something I think might be in the air and could happen.
Ryan Pace either way is going to hire the next head coach. It'll be an offensive mind.
And for everyone bitching, I'm going to stick my neck out on this one:
Next year, the Bears make the playoffs.
In two years, they will win playoff games.
I haven't seen enough to go beyond that, but the last time things looked this bad for the Bears, and I made a prediction like this, was 2004 when I said the Bears would be in a Superbowl in 2 years.
I got shredded then just like I expect to be shredded now for stepping out. But I am seeing a lot that can be improved simply by better coaching and for the first time in a long time I am seeing raw material that could really excel with the right coaches.
It's not Kool-Aid. I am the same guy who during the dick jauron 13 and 3 season said it was all smoke and mirrors. I predicted at the beginning of the season that the Bears would have a record somewhere between 5 and 11 & 7 and 9; not exactly what a Kool-Aid Drinker who thinks Super Bears Super Bowl every year would say.
What it is going to come down to is who they get as the head coach. At this point I really couldn't give a rat's ass if they get someone who I've heard of or not.
Coaches come from all over the place. Sometimes college, sometimes the pros, sometimes a new Innovative mind shakes up the NFL coming from college and guys who have been around the NFL for a while are just crappy coaches in the good old boys network.
Other times, the hot coordinator ends up being an awesome coach, and still other times they fail.
Finding the next coach from a fan perspective is a crapshoot. We can only evaluate coaches when they're actually doing the job in the head coaching position. Otherwise we are all just throwing spaghetti at a wall and hoping something sticks. We get hung up on names and think that it will solve everything.
Think about Adam Gase. Head coaching candidate who gets one good year out of Cutler with the Bears. Gets the job down in Miami and lures Cutler out of retirement to bring the band back together.
How does Adam Gase look now with the shitshow that is down in Miami and Cutler reverting back to Cutler?
Yet after that one good Cutler season with the Bears, everyone here wanted him to replace Fox. Some even wanted him before instead of Fox.
The point is none of us really know until they start doing the job. The NFL is littered with guys who are awesome coordinators but couldn't be a head coach to save their life.
So I am not going to freak my shit out regardless of who Ryan Pace picks be it an established coach, some coordinator or quarterbacks coach in the league, or some college coach somewhere.
Sure, I have a preference. I would prefer they get the Eagles quarterbacks coach. But I'm not going to lose my shit if Pace doesn't pick him.
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