Comments on: Matt Cavanaugh is the new Bears quarterbacks coach

By: deiong

deiong — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 03:49:09 +0000

holly cow. really? hire a qb coach from the jets??? really, they couldnt even throw against a college team this year??

either this guys a freggin genius or the stupidest person in nfl coaching position right now…….

By: thevza

thevza — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 03:42:27 +0000

hawksandsawx says: Jan 18, 2013 4:25 PM
@thevza every coach hires other coaches they have known along the way. Were you throwing a fit when lovie hired marinelli? Because if you weren’t then you are clearly a hypocrite who just wants to see his own voice in type

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None of your baseless accusations makes any sense. I’m wary of cronyism in the Bears organization going back to Lovie convincing the team to pay big bucks to his pet project from St. Louis, Adam Archuleta. Or when he hired his old colleague from the Rams, Mike Martz. Or when Jerry Angelo brought on board his old buddy, the dreadful Tim Ruskell. The list goes on… How did those work out? You only mentioned the one example that didn’t end poorly with Marinelli. And yes, I was nervous when that hire was made.
I’m not “throwing a fit” over any of Trestman’s hires, just questioning why he’s snatching his old boys up so quickly after being out of the league so long. I was at least hoping to see a little Phil Emery-esque due diligence.
And lastly, you bring up hypocrisy and me wanting to see my own voice in type, but I can’t help but notice you left multiple comments on this page alone. Hmmm.

By: LilTmac2003

LilTmac2003 — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 22:26:41 +0000

To be honest, I was in shock when I read this. Mainly b/c the absolute first thing that came to my mind was Mark Sanchez.

Cavanaugh is actually not bad. There is a reason he kept his job for 4 years despite poor work from Sanchez. His specialty is mechanics and footwork, something Sanchez was good at.

Sanchez was terrible at making decisions and was a turnover machine.

Cavanaugh should definitely bring out the best in Cutler — even better than Bates did.

Again, it’s always a good thing to have some chemistry rolling. Trestman + Cavanaugh worked together before.

By: hawksandsawx

hawksandsawx — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 21:30:30 +0000

I think this move is most likely predicated on compiling a completely new environment for Jay. Trestman really wants to push Jay as hard as he can and see if Jay responds and becomes the qb he all hope he can be

By: hawksandsawx

hawksandsawx — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 21:25:52 +0000

@thevza every coach hires other coaches they have known along the way. Were you throwing a fit when lovie hired marinelli? Because if you weren’t then you are clearly a hypocrite who just wants to see his own voice in type

By: taudaddy79

taudaddy79 — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 19:36:08 +0000

The Jets have/had TERRIBLE quarterbacks…I have no idea why they hired this guy.

By: filthymcnasty1

filthymcnasty1 — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 19:23:13 +0000

How long is this rebuilding project expected to take?

By: damadgreek

damadgreek — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 18:49:02 +0000

I like watching Kaepernick break every record known to man against the packers

By: packattack1967

packattack1967 — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 18:38:25 +0000

I like beating the Bears when theyre on top of their game. This will be like kicking a kitten.

By: Deb

Deb — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 18:34:57 +0000

Given that Tebow didn’t function as a quarterback–in any real sense of the word–for the Jets this past season, what would be the point of bringing the Jets’ QB coach to Chicago as a precursor to bringing Tebow? I’ll bet Cavanaugh is just happy to be working with a talented passer for a change (although at least Greg McElroy could actually play the position).

By: sfkforever

sfkforever — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 18:27:58 +0000

Nerdball!!!

By: damadgreek

damadgreek — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 17:58:43 +0000

Tebow for Peterson…you cant stop me

By: cervetta12

cervetta12 — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 17:46:40 +0000

Sad day to be a Bears fan…

By: filthymcnasty1

filthymcnasty1 — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 17:46:38 +0000

All the new QB’s Coach needs are some new QB’s.

By: rethinklogic

rethinklogic — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 17:43:36 +0000

One of the worst offensive minds in football

By: thevza

thevza — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 17:39:00 +0000

Let’s see… So far Trestman has brought on board Kromer and Peete, buddies of his who coached the o-line and RBs during their Oakland Raider days in ’01-’02, and Cavanaugh, an offensive assistant from the 49er days back in ’96. Is Trestman filling up the staff with Yes-men? Or just grabbing whoever is available from his old, dusty NFL rolodex? I guess we’ll find out soon enough…

By: brassknuckles47

brassknuckles47 — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 17:36:27 +0000

Oh this just keeps getting better and better…..

By: themidwaymonsters

themidwaymonsters — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 17:32:50 +0000

This move doesn’t make any sense to me. I’d rather they had kept Bates and have Trestman help Bates cont. to groom Cutler, not this guy from the Jets. Maybe Trestman and/or Emery felt that Bates was too hard-headed and wouldn’t be flexible, who knows. I wonder what Cavanaugh is going to do differently under Trestman that Bates couldn’t (or wouldn’t) do…

By: rocketcrab

rocketcrab — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 17:22:31 +0000

For the Bears and their fan’s sake, I hope he’ll be a better QB coach than he was as an OC. He was dreadful in that role with the Ravens under Billick.

By: benroethlisberger7

benroethlisberger7 — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 17:18:46 +0000

Cavanaugh is a good coach. There is no QB coach that can make Sanchez a good QB.

By: bigjimatch

bigjimatch — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 17:15:57 +0000

The man has an eye for talent- picking up the QB from one of the worst passing teams in the league and the RB coach from one of the worst running teams in the league.

By: captainslapnuts

captainslapnuts — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 17:12:38 +0000

Re: Tebow talk and btowngetsdown…

All of this talk about Tebow being a hard worker. Well, going off and doing underwear ads and promoting your book and posing for magazines and doing a evangelist tours….that’s not hard work. Being recognized, almost apologetically, as a horrible practice player….that’s not a hard worker. When your game hasn’t improved in over 3 years….that’s not a hard worker.

Show me the proof and the results.

By: abefroman00

abefroman00 — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 17:12:05 +0000

QB coach for the Jets = Most impossible job in the world

By: btowngetsdown

btowngetsdown — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:51:30 +0000

The shame about Tebow is, all of his crazy fans who always push for him to play (even put up billboards in Denver) and the media that loves to cover him, they are going to hurt his career because I can’t imagine a team is going to want to deal with all of that for a probable back up QB.

It’s a shame because he’s such a good young man and hard worker.

By: notor23

notor23 — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:44:41 +0000

Zero chance Tebow comes to the Bears. They have a quarterback and there is no reason to keep bringing it up.. you guys are almost as bad as espn with all this Tebow hype.

By: mazblast

mazblast — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:43:27 +0000

I’m not sure I’d put “Jets QB coach” on my resume. I’m not sure I’d put any Jets experience on my resume, for that matter.

By: metalhead65

metalhead65 — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:39:46 +0000

well that settles it then the bears will trade their #1 pick to the jets for the rights to Tebow because the brainiacs at pft have put all the pieces together. actually he would probably be the best backup they have ever had because at least you know what he can do unlike the other clowns they have had here.

By: vicnocal

vicnocal — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:38:42 +0000

Man, I sure hope those two nerds Emery and Trestman know what they’re doing.

By: bearfan1957

bearfan1957 — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:37:24 +0000

Cavanaugh had previous exp with Bears, good move, enough with the Tebow talk,