1PM Conference call with George

[Penny Traitor]

Ted took care of the word-salad aspect of the presser.

I just let out one long annoyed groan when they put him on and missed most of it.

 

[JoJoBoxer]

what's with the Bill Polian involvement?

Every once in a while, the Bears need to add someone with some football knowledge to the decision making.

 

[Aquineas]

I just want to know if Virginia is pissed.

I'm sure she is. But I also believe that some of the short-term-oriented decisions that were made were made to try to win one while Virginia is still alive. That's one of the things I always kept in mind with Pace's decisions, that there were some "win it all now" circumstances that drove the Mack, Robert Quinn, and Glennon/Foles moves. Please note I have no direct evidence that this in fact the case; this is just a belief of mine.

 

[Nelly]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1479107927830982659

I've always said that success starts at the top. We have an ownership group who knows nothing about football or winning because Virginia was handed this cash cow on a silver platter. Even if they wanted to win football games on top of making an enormous amount of money, they don't even know how to. Halas was the reason this franchise ever won anything, and since his fingerprints on the team wore off (basically when Wannstedt became coach) it's no wonder we've only tasted fleeting moments of success buffered by extended periods of failure.

Don't know how that could be any more clearly displayed than in this press conference.

 

[remydat]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1480630220529053703

Olin sound shook.

 

[bears26]

Well that press conference did not go well. Off to a bad start is a really nice way to put it.

 

[Chicagosports89]

A lot of nothing in that press conference. Sounds like the same failed process we've seen over and over

 

[JoJoBoxer]

So if Bill Polian really is running this search more under Ted and George's guidance (I personally am not confident that is the case), do Bears fans feel good about Bill making the call?

More than Tweedle Dumb and Tweedle Dumber.

 

[PeppersSweater]

I like how George said the #1 trait he is looking for in a new GM/HC is "leadership", only to be followed a few minutes later by Ted saying, "You can't find better leaders than Matt & Ryan".

 

[remydat]

A lot of cunting. Not sure what people expect. I would rather Pollian be involved than just George and Ted so not sure what the alternative would be.

 

[WestCoastBearsFan]

A lot of nothing in that press conference. Sounds like the same failed process we've seen over and over

It was 2015 but sub Ernie for Polian.

 

[WestCoastBearsFan]

A lot of cunting. Not sure what people expect. I would rather Pollian be involved than just George and Ted so not sure what the alternative would be.

No Ted and somebody who actually knows football help George lol. Guy has no idea what he’s doing.

 

[Bears Backer 54]

I had to drop off for a meeting phone call... anyone got a link yet to the replay?

 

[BNB]

Why wouldn’t he be pitching Flores as well? Or Harbaugh?

Dungy and Frazier are friends.

Also, after this sort of endorsement from Dungy, I don't think he'd rank anyone above Frazier:

“In this business, we talk so much about the relationships and the harmony needed between a GM, a head coach, an owner and how that has to be in place,” Dungy told Wiederer. “You’d have to search long and hard to find somebody who wouldn’t be able to work with Leslie Frazier.”

“Leslie is special,” Dungy told Wiederer. “With his connection to the Bears and knowing that city, the organization and the mentality there, I don’t know how you couldn’t give him serious consideration. … Les knows how to galvanize people. He brings players together. And he has always had a good vision for how to get the most out of people.”

 

[remydat]

No Ted and somebody who actually knows football help George lol. Guy has no idea what he’s doing.

Isnt that what Polian is for?

 

[Nelly]

A lot of cunting. Not sure what people expect. I would rather Pollian be involved than just George and Ted so not sure what the alternative would be.

It's that people don't want George and Ted there, which is perfectly reasonable, which is why I say this franchise isn't winning anything short of getting really lucky until the team is sold to someone(s) else.

 

[ZOMBIE@CTESPN]

I had to drop off for a meeting phone call... anyone got a link yet to the replay?

Don’t waste an hour of your life on it trust me

 

[WestCoastBearsFan]

Isnt that what Polian is for?

Sorry I thought Polian was there to try and move Fields to a WR like he suggested openly with Lamar.

 

[wonky73]

I need a george as harold avatar now

 

[remydat]

It's that people don't want George and Ted there, which is perfectly reasonable, which is why I say this franchise isn't winning anything short of getting really lucky until the team is sold to someone(s) else.

Ok and I want Halle Berry to answer my door in a bathrobe but then I accept I live in the real word. The McCaskeys own the Bears. Quite silly to expect him not to be involved.