Comments on: Rod Marinelli could be leaving Chicago

By: philtration

philtration — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:00:03 +0000

“out of loyalty to Smith. ”

This is what happens when you hire your fishing buddies like Lovie would do.
No one in the league was beating down Marinelli’s door after that cluster in Detroit but now he wants to leave because Lovie is gone?

You can’t stay tied to Lovie’s hip forever and Lovie has shown that he will fire an assistant in a heartbeat if he is getting too much credit or seems like a threat to Lovie’s job.

By: fuzzytaint

fuzzytaint — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:34:58 +0000

Rod’s prettymuch telling you he’s not a coordinator.

He was never a defensive coordinator before getting the bears job.Lovie smith was the brains in chicago as was monte kiffen where rod worked for much of his career in tampa as an “asst d-coordinator”.

In detroit his defenses were worst and near worst in nfl history.That’s a fact!
His unqualified son in-law was the coordinator with an assist from rod.

You might’ve not have improved your head coach but you will have dodged a bullet weather you know it or not keeping rod.He’s not the guy who will make the half time adjustments.

This guy is a d-line coach, and by all accounts a pretty good one.Having seen him as the leader for 3 years my impression is he had a TON of help.

By: butkusrules

butkusrules — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:21:53 +0000

Why would Marinelli leave? To start over? Moving is stressful. He would have to learn all new players, a new system, move his home, and lose all the credibility he built up with the Bears organization.

Add to that the fact that he is 63 years old.

Further, if he did leave why would he ever go to the time-bomb known as Dallas? That is a sinking ship and the rats are fleeing-see Joe De Camilis and Garrett little brother. Jones is still considering firing the HC.

By: darkneptune73

darkneptune73 — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:18:29 +0000

Looks like 2013 is going to be a rough season for Bears fans,

By: whatjusthapped

whatjusthapped — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:02:35 +0000

Considering how old the Bears on getting on defense, now is a perfect time to leave. Its not like there is a huge upside in staying.

By: chi01town

chi01town — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 14:42:20 +0000

Real BEARS FANS wanna see real change. so Rod.. Urlacher.. Hester..
and anybody else crying about Lovie can follow him out the door.
Please leave NOW!! there are good coaches thats looking for a chance to really show what they can do. and Great players who just wants a good chance to become a Star and some of them wont even get drafted I wanna give them a chance
to be the next Urlacher… the next Hester.. the NEXT CHICAGO ICON

By: andyreidisthegoat

andyreidisthegoat — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 14:29:15 +0000

Rod-So I’ll be the assitant coach

Jerry-Well Rod you’ll be the assistant to the coach. coffee , buying wive’s b-day presents and what not. is that a problem?

Please let them figure this thing out. My faith in jerry dwindles everyday. Kiffin and marinelli. let’s hope it works.

By: chi01town

chi01town — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 14:19:23 +0000

Rod if you are threating to leave make sure somebody cares. I for one wont miss you or Lovie and I hope Urlacher follow you out the door too. I WANT CHANGE FOR BETTER OR WORSE. Like Emery Im NOT AFRAID. and tell Hester that the door aint locked

By: leeroyski

leeroyski — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 13:37:07 +0000

Marinelli to Seattle. We need a new DC.

By: kev86

kev86 — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 13:36:16 +0000

Fewell runs a bend but dont break defense in NY. Maybe Marinelli can sign on and help Perry out. I’m sure he would like working with the stable of DE’s the G-Men breed.

By: gmsingh

gmsingh — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 13:34:05 +0000

I would hate to see Marinelli go for a number of reasons, not the least of which is watching Phil Emery interview another 30 guys for the DC position.

By: papacrick

papacrick — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 13:29:07 +0000

Come back and coach the Lions. Can’t do worse than 0-16. I’m sure Calvin can steal a win somewhere on the schedule

By: snaponrules

snaponrules — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 13:19:17 +0000

I love Rod and what he has done for the D-line. He can go at any time though. The quicker we get away from that worthless tampa 2 defence the better. The tampa 2 only slows down the mediocre QB’s (Romo, Stafford) in the league. The decent ones figure it and you get like the end of the Seattle game where they make back to back 90+ yard drives to win the game. You wont get the big plays but you can go all the way down the field 7 yards at a time.

By: bk9876

bk9876 — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 13:01:17 +0000

As a long time bucs fan, I can tell you Rod is superb. If you ask Sapp, who made him great as a coach, Rod’s name would be said first then maybe Dungy.

Good luck Rod. I wish there was a chance you could come back to us as dc but I know the nfl is biz and that’s not possible. Wish u the best.

By: chi01town

chi01town — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 12:58:54 +0000

This just gets better everyday. thats
GOOD!! get Rod out of Chicago and bring in a NEW defensive coordinator. I dont want to hold hands with the players on defense they are professionals so if Urlacher dont like it he can keep going too. Im loving this!!! anybody else wanna cry the lovie blues and walk out? PLEASE give another young player a chance to step up and prove hes a star

By: jwisz

jwisz — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 12:53:46 +0000

In a way, I was shocked that they didn’t fire Rod with the rest of Lovie’s staff. When we brought Emery aboard, everyone knew he was a 3-4 guy. His first draft…he took a prototypical 3-4 guy in the first round (Shea).

Maybe he is just thinking to get one or two more years out of this existing D before switching over. But watch, if Rod goes, he takes the 4-3 Tampa crap with him. Todays NFL is moving more and more towards the necessity of having a solid 3-4.

By: phillynorth

phillynorth — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 11:58:39 +0000

We got the offensive genius with Chip in the fold. Time to go show the money to Marinelli and give him full autonomy on Defense like he did with his DC in Oregon. Let’s right this ship fast.

By: larryboodry

larryboodry — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 11:53:59 +0000

They could refuse to grant permission for a lateral move, but if he doesn’t want to be here that’d just cause tension in the locker room, and undermine Trestman among those defensive players who are also loyal to Lovie. I hope Trestman wins him over in Thursday’s meeting. If not, promote one of his assistants and keep some continuity…I would hate to have a new system that doesn’t emphasize takeaways so aggressively.

By: fishfiletkray

fishfiletkray — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 11:42:21 +0000

Best d line coach in the league.

By: Christian

Christian — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 11:37:27 +0000

That would be pretty petty of him to take a demotion with another team just because his boss got himself fired for missing the playoffs five out of the past six years. Talk about cutting off your nose to spite your face…

By: johnnycash19

johnnycash19 — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 09:13:41 +0000

At least his shovel is sharp, his pick is sharp, and his will is outstanding!

By: maddbearfan

maddbearfan — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 09:13:32 +0000

This would be a real shame if he left. Rod seems to have done a great job here but he has to realize Lovie had his chance and came up short. The offense has been a mess for 4 yrs now and Lovie just didn’t address it soon enuf.

By: thesmedman

thesmedman — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 09:06:16 +0000

Tell him to call the Eagles. They need an NFL experienced DC.

By: brauningj

brauningj — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 08:52:54 +0000

Chip Kelly please hire this man and bring him with you to the eagles. Name him your defensive coordinator and assistant head coach. Restore our image as one of the more feared defenses in the league like we were every year under Jim Johnson. Do it please!

By: murty77

murty77 — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 08:37:46 +0000

This would make me one angry Bears fan. The only way I would be able to get over it is if they bring Juron back. He had that Cleveland D playing out of their a$$. Should never have been fired. Not sure if he’d do a round 2 in Chicago though.

By: riverace19

riverace19 — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 08:36:50 +0000

The Packers would welcome him with open arms assuming they read the writing on the wall and fire Capers

By: hockeyfan28

hockeyfan28 — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 08:18:22 +0000

Man Rod Marinelli and Monte Kiffin running the defense in Dallas almost makes Jerry Jones look like he knew what he was doing…almost

By: vertskate900

vertskate900 — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 07:57:59 +0000

Good riddance. We in Chicago saw it year after year how this defense beat up on the lousy teams and put up all these wonderful numbers but against the better teams in the League they’d get exposed and humiliated; the San Fran game comes to mind, or Chicago vs the Pats in 2010. Marinelli is nothing special and Mr. 0-16 can follow Lovie right out the door for all I care. Get someone who actually schemes and makes adjustments to call the defense because the toothless “bend but don’t break” philosophy we had basically guaranteed opposing offenses would march down the field at the end for the winning score.

By: asublimeday

asublimeday — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 07:52:51 +0000

If he does this, I wish him a thousand failures. In life, in football, in everything.

By: countduku

countduku — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 07:38:43 +0000

This would be a great move for Dallas, and possibly the beginning of the next move to get Lovie Smith to Dallas as soon as Jerry Jones wakes up enough to release Jason Garrett. He could also offer to keep Garrett as the OC since he has to pay him anyway. If all those pieces fall into place which are just waiting to happen, Dallas could become the team to beat in the East.