OT: Another article on Lovie Smith

[Omeletpants]

the failure

How & Why Lovie Smith Turned Illinois Into 'Transfer Portal U'

Illinois will have 15 players on its 2020 roster come via the transfer portal, the second-most of any Power 5 school.

www.si.com

 

[run and shoot]

the failure

How & Why Lovie Smith Turned Illinois Into 'Transfer Portal U'

Illinois will have 15 players on its 2020 roster come via the transfer portal, the second-most of any Power 5 school.

www.si.com

why?
He was the last Bear HC to get to the SB. And he did it without a Qb

 

[Omeletpants]

why?
He was the last Bear HC to get to the SB. And he did it without a Qb

Tons of talent, he developed no viable offense. Failure

Only coach in history that could take a nap standing on the sideline

Continuing the UI tradition of shitty teams at only $5M/year

 

[run and shoot]

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why?
He was the last Bear HC to get to the SB. And he did it without a Qb

Tons of talent, he developed no viable offense. Failure

Only coach in history that could take a nap standing on the sideline

Continuing the UI tradition of shitty teams at only $5M/year


who was his Qb? then and now....that's the question

 

[Leomaz]

Tons of talent, he developed no viable offense. Failure

Only coach in history that could take a nap standing on the sideline

Continuing the UI tradition of shitty teams at only $5M/year

Could you imagine how awful the articles about you would be if someone were hard up enough to write about you? Maybe they could publish something in Denny’s Digest

 

[Black Rainbow]

I liked Lovie as our HC, but completely understood why he got fired after a 10 win season. He was too stubborn for too long about his defense, and he & Angelo neglected to o-line for far too long.

When they finally got around to fixing it, their moves didn't pan out, and they ended up losing their jobs. History is repeating itself.

 

[Payton!34]

Devin Hester was a huge part of their offense. he was a true game changer.

Maybe I’m remembering incorrectly but didn’t the bears throw a lot of bombs early in games and then just ride the leads they obtained?

 

[KoreanBear]

I liked Lovie as our HC, but completely understood why he got fired after a 10 win season. He was too stubborn for too long about his defense, and he & Angelo neglected to o-line for far too long.

When they finally got around to fixing it, their moves didn't pan out, and they ended up losing their jobs. History is repeating itself.

Yeah he was too feast or famine with more famine than feast.

 

[Brum Bear]

Always liked Lovie. Started watching in about 2002 (Dick Jauron?) and we were rubbish, so liked that Smith was able to make us into a good team.

As mentioned, OLine was never great under him, although decent when we got to the Super Bowl. Think we had Kreutz, Brown and Miller.

 

[run and shoot]

I don't like that Smith didn't allow Rivera to keep going aggressive on Manning in that game. Fact remains, Smith got to the SB without a Qb