Comments on: Lovie Smith: Packers game wasn’t must-win, but this week is

By: Mr. Wright 212

Mr. Wright 212 — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 21:07:45 +0000

Was he drunk when he said this? Not only has he deviated from his initial press conference (which marc127 refers to), but his team, with its slide, went from being able to remain in contention to win the NFC North to needing New York, Washington AND Dallas to lose this week, just to keep hope alive to even make the playoffs. And it wasn’t a “must win”? Who knew?

By: marc127

marc127 — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 04:16:35 +0000

It wasn’t a must win but one of two of Lovie’s three goals when he became the coach of the Bears was to “beat Green Bay” and “win the division”. So apparently his goals and standards have changed.

By: chi01town

chi01town — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:47:51 +0000

Greg Roman offensive coordinator
in San Francisco would most likely be my first choice. but I would try to take a look at Sean Payton’s contract too. Dont go pay a truck load of money to Cower or Gruden to bring in ANOTHER OLD PLAY BOOK. if thats the case keep Lovie. Pete Carmichael Jr. from the Saints. wouldnt be a waist of time to look at him and talk to his agent.

By: kenstabler

kenstabler — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:46:00 +0000

How could the tough bears with the history they have, hire a coach named LOVIE. Go figure.

By: linemanguy74

linemanguy74 — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:31:34 +0000

Bears get in Pack has the one playoff team they can beat

By: LilTmac2003

LilTmac2003 — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:29:00 +0000

themagicman1223 says:

Dec 17, 2012 1:57 PM
Is this guy an idiot? Every game is a must win…
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You obviously didn’t understand what Lovie was implying. Yes every game is a must-win, but Chicago media has put this theory into the fans’ minds that the loss to the Packers would mean the end of the season.

Bears have still have a slim chance of making the playoffs. I believe they play the Cardinals this week – an absolute must win if they want to remain in the race for the playoffs.

By: beefbus

beefbus — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:07:42 +0000

@Niubears- You forgot the best of them all….Terry Shea.

By: beefbus

beefbus — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:06:22 +0000

Lovie hired Tice, which makes him culpable for their horrendous offense. That side of the ball has been the main reason why this team failed to win a title.

By: niubears

niubears — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 23:47:41 +0000

Ron Turner, Mike Martz, Mike Tice… Three winners at OC. hahaha
Way to pick coordinators Lovie!

By: ortonsneckbeard

ortonsneckbeard — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 23:16:54 +0000

Bring in THE CHIN!!!

By: wickedfootball

wickedfootball — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 23:14:28 +0000

Lovie is our coach. We like Lovie.

By: wnstonchill

wnstonchill — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 23:13:21 +0000

Not only does Lovie need to get axed, the person who is giving him the flexibility to say such a stupid thing should be held accountable as well. It’s sad to think that arguably the best coach the Bears have had in decades, is just a mediocre coach in the big picture of the NFL. This family ownership garbage needs to end! Honestly, that’s where the accountablity needs to start.

By: canuck54143

canuck54143 — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 23:11:47 +0000

Lovie the fat lady is singing.

By: paulycoasters

paulycoasters — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 22:48:48 +0000

Bears’ fan here, time to go Lovie! If I were the Bears Organization I’d say it’s Rod Marinelli’s time to shine.

By: gsomatt

gsomatt — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 22:45:07 +0000

No! Leave Lovie right where he is.

It’s just injuries that have the team hurting. This is a Super Bowl contender with just a couple tweaks.

Go! Pack! Go!

By: firejerry

firejerry — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 22:43:27 +0000

The good news is that Lovie is at the end of his contract…..he does not have to be fired, he is a free agent!!!!

By: vikescry1

vikescry1 — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 22:41:14 +0000

axespray says:
Dec 17, 2012 5:10 PM
hatesycophants says:
Dec 17, 2012 1:59 PM
“Where is the uproar over the horrible officiating that hand GB the win? I hate both teams and Packers fans equally, but Chicago got jobbed.”
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The uproar is right there – next to the uproar over Shields getting face masked by Alshon and Sam being the one penalized …. Uproar? Over what, A WR thinking he can get away with shoving a CB? So you don’t want refs to throw a flag for obvious offensive pass interference? The uproar is right there, next to the bears awful 3rd down percentages compared to the Packers 3rd down percentage….

But I forgot, you’re totally not biased.
——————————————————————————————————————————————— hey not all football fans can have brains… there has to be a few meatheads out there right? complaing about the officiating is an excuse, copout. i mean really are the bears a better team than the packers? if so, why didn’t the bears score a touchdown when they had 1st and goal at the 5yard line? or on the botched punt/pass by cobb? another field goal? yeah your team just isn’t as good as you were lead to believe. on the brighter side you might get a new coach and maybe next time your offense can put some points on the board… tears of joy in chitown

By: olv65

olv65 — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 22:25:52 +0000

Rogers vs. Cutler is as big a talent gap as Favre vs. Grossman was.

By: vikescry1

vikescry1 — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 22:19:39 +0000

beating the packers wasn’t a must win game??? what the hell happened to him standing up when he was first hired talking about his number 1 goal was to beat the packers? and to the brilliant people talking about officiating being bad in that game, really? you only bring that up if you actually think the bears are a better team than the pack. and after the last few weeks i guessing no one thinks the bears are better.

By: onbucky96

onbucky96 — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 22:14:07 +0000

But I thought Lovie said when hired they’d beat the Packers, or was that just his first 3yrs. Don’t fire Lovie, in Green Bay we “love” Lovie. He’s a great DEFENSESIVE head coach, lousy on offense. Don’t change a thing!

By: axespray

axespray — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 22:10:08 +0000

hatesycophants says:
Dec 17, 2012 1:59 PM
“Where is the uproar over the horrible officiating that hand GB the win? I hate both teams and Packers fans equally, but Chicago got jobbed.”
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The uproar is right there – next to the uproar over Shields getting face masked by Alshon and Sam being the one penalized …. Uproar? Over what, A WR thinking he can get away with shoving a CB? So you don’t want refs to throw a flag for obvious offensive pass interference? The uproar is right there, next to the bears awful 3rd down percentages compared to the Packers 3rd down percentage….

But I forgot, you’re totally not biased.

By: judsonjr

judsonjr — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 21:55:17 +0000

I think the biggest knock against Lovie from this week was how the Bears (or Cutler at least) just gave up on the last drive.

Yes the chance of going 98 yards in a minute is almost nil, but at least take a shot to get the ball down field. There’s no point to a 10 yard checkdown in the middle of the field that eats 25 seconds. It at least should be a ~10 yard play that gets OB, or something aimed at 25+ yards down the middle.

Then the last play was just a pure give up, you should have a plan to lateral or keep the play alive. Again you have almost no shot to score, but maybe you get to around mid-field and GB makes a dumb penalty to give you one last play.

By: ruvelligwebuike

ruvelligwebuike — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 21:36:55 +0000

From a Packer fan perspective, even I have to admit I was just sad for Bears fans yesterday. That is a proud organization with great fans…our biggest rivals. And that performance yesterday was pitiful.

I’ve always respected Lovie as a great guy, but it was sickening how they just quit yesterday.

By: wafflestomp

wafflestomp — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 21:27:42 +0000

Somewhere…Brandon Marshall is still crying

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Look, as a Packers fan, I wanted so much for the Bears to eat the words they were spouting off most of the week, but at least I can tell that Brandon Marshall cares.

Honestly, do you Lovie?

By: murty77

murty77 — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 21:15:35 +0000

Lovie’s situation is similiar to Andy Reid’s and Jeff Fisher’s (when he was in Tennessee). All good coaches, who did alot for their organizations, but just couldn’t get over the hump and win a championship. As a Bears fan, I appreciate the Superbowl appearance and everything else Lovie has done for the Bears organization. But, there comes a time when you wear out your welcome and it’s just time to move on. It’s about that time now for Lovie and the Bears. With the way the NFL is nowadays, it’s time for the Bears to get an offensive minded coach for once. Lovie doesn’t have to worry though, if the Bears fire him, he’ll be snatched up very quickly.

By: glac1

glac1 — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 21:07:40 +0000

I have a feeling the Bears will be visiting Lambeau Field in the opening round of the playoffs….

By: purpleguy

purpleguy — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 21:07:27 +0000

As much as it pains me to say, with that schedule they have a much better chance of making the playoffs than my team does.

By: iowahbr

iowahbr — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 20:55:23 +0000

What is the point about the making play-offs if beating the Cardinals and Lions is a tough job as neither team is play-off bound. Lovie needs to stay home next week and watch the game on a big screen and he’ll be just as mad as we Bears fans are right now.

By: gwylie1

gwylie1 — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 20:21:54 +0000

“The Bears are who we thought they were”

By: 2difshoe

2difshoe — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 20:10:00 +0000

” Lovie Smith: Packers game, wasn’t must-win. ”

” Bear fans: A coaching change…. a must to win! “