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<blockquote data-quote="TJV" data-source="post: 580099" data-attributes="member: 4300"><p>Last night was a Packers fan’s s<em>chadenfreude</em> dream. I understand some Packers fans consider the Vikings the biggest rival but many (perhaps mostly old-timers like me) consider the Bears the <em>permanent</em> chief rival of the Packers. The rivalry took a very positive turn when Bob Harlan brought Ron Wolf to Green Bay; since then the Packers have won over 72% of the games against the Bears (according to the jsonline game story <a href="http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/Packers-roll-to-another-easy-victory-over-Bears.html" target="_blank">http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/Packers-roll-to-another-easy-victory-over-Bears.html</a>). More recently, McCarthy has won 9 of the last 10 against them, including the game that has to burn a hole in the heart of true Bears fans: Their biggest rivals beating them at their house for a chance to go onto Super Bowl XLV. And to rub more than a little salt in the wound, the Packers went on to win their second championship since the Bears last won one, nearly three decades ago. (Keeping the Bears out of the playoffs in last season’s dramatic finale was just the cherry on top of that huge Sundae.)</p><p></p><p>Fast forward to this season and the Packers not only annihilated the Bears last night – the amazing thing about the 41-point margin was the game wasn’t that close. I’m not even sure how early that game was over, but it was early, early, early. The Bears played with the Packers for almost a half in their first game this year and then the Packers scored 69 unanswered points. Sixty-nine. Even worse for the Bears is they became the first NFL team since 1923 to surrender 50 or more points in back-to-back games. <em>Wow, how long has it been since Lovie roamed the Bears’ sidelines? </em>This is from the Tribune’s Steve Rosenbloom column, <em><u>Why wasn’t Marc Trestman fired at halftime?</u> </em><a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/rosenblog/chi-bears-packers-sunday-night-debacle-20141109-column.html" target="_blank">http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/rosenblog/chi-bears-packers-sunday-night-debacle-20141109-column.html</a> In January, Cutler signed a seven-year, $126.7 million contract. According to Rotoworld, he will receive $22.5M this season, $15.5M next year and $16M in 2016. That’s the $54M <em>all guaranteed</em>. That Trestman’s contract has two-and-one-half seasons to run seems like a footnote in comparison. Imagine if the team you rooted for had that much cash and cap space tied up with Cutler. But I think it’s even worse than that for the Bears.</p><p></p><p>Here’s the Sun Times Rick Morrissey’s reaction to last night, titled <em>The Bears are Finished</em>: <a href="http://chicagosuntimes.com/football/the-bears-are-finished/" target="_blank">http://chicagosuntimes.com/football/the-bears-are-finished/</a></p><p></p><p>After a bye week to work out their problems, the Bears’ HC could only say he was ‘confounded’. After hiring an “offensive genius” and tying up a “franchise QB” to work with him, what’s left to say about the GM, except he doesn’t have a clue? (BTW, did you see the graphic showing the Bears have the most players signed from other teams in the league and the Packers the fewest?). Morrissey indicates why the Bears problems could be even worse than Emery, Trestman, and Cutler. Years ago I read the McCaskeys have enough loyalist in the organization to undermine the authority of the GM. <em>If</em> that’s true, firing Emery and Trestman and even eating Cutler’s contract won’t work. I’m not sure if firing team president Ted Phillips will help much either. So Morrissey may be onto something: The fix may require selling the Bears and how likely is that to happen?</p><p></p><p>The situation reminds me a little of the post-Lombardi pre-Bob Harlan dark ages. Not exactly of course but their organization may need an even greater fundamental change than Harlan instituted. If that’s really what it will take to turn the Bears around, last night’s s<em>chadenfreude</em> dream could signal a Bears fan’s nightmare with no end in sight.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TJV, post: 580099, member: 4300"] Last night was a Packers fan’s s[I]chadenfreude[/I] dream. I understand some Packers fans consider the Vikings the biggest rival but many (perhaps mostly old-timers like me) consider the Bears the [I]permanent[/I] chief rival of the Packers. The rivalry took a very positive turn when Bob Harlan brought Ron Wolf to Green Bay; since then the Packers have won over 72% of the games against the Bears (according to the jsonline game story [url]http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/Packers-roll-to-another-easy-victory-over-Bears.html[/url]). More recently, McCarthy has won 9 of the last 10 against them, including the game that has to burn a hole in the heart of true Bears fans: Their biggest rivals beating them at their house for a chance to go onto Super Bowl XLV. And to rub more than a little salt in the wound, the Packers went on to win their second championship since the Bears last won one, nearly three decades ago. (Keeping the Bears out of the playoffs in last season’s dramatic finale was just the cherry on top of that huge Sundae.) Fast forward to this season and the Packers not only annihilated the Bears last night – the amazing thing about the 41-point margin was the game wasn’t that close. I’m not even sure how early that game was over, but it was early, early, early. The Bears played with the Packers for almost a half in their first game this year and then the Packers scored 69 unanswered points. Sixty-nine. Even worse for the Bears is they became the first NFL team since 1923 to surrender 50 or more points in back-to-back games. [I]Wow, how long has it been since Lovie roamed the Bears’ sidelines? [/I]This is from the Tribune’s Steve Rosenbloom column, [I][U]Why wasn’t Marc Trestman fired at halftime?[/U] [/I][url]http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/rosenblog/chi-bears-packers-sunday-night-debacle-20141109-column.html[/url] In January, Cutler signed a seven-year, $126.7 million contract. According to Rotoworld, he will receive $22.5M this season, $15.5M next year and $16M in 2016. That’s the $54M [I]all guaranteed[/I]. That Trestman’s contract has two-and-one-half seasons to run seems like a footnote in comparison. Imagine if the team you rooted for had that much cash and cap space tied up with Cutler. But I think it’s even worse than that for the Bears. Here’s the Sun Times Rick Morrissey’s reaction to last night, titled [I]The Bears are Finished[/I]: [url]http://chicagosuntimes.com/football/the-bears-are-finished/[/url] After a bye week to work out their problems, the Bears’ HC could only say he was ‘confounded’. After hiring an “offensive genius” and tying up a “franchise QB” to work with him, what’s left to say about the GM, except he doesn’t have a clue? (BTW, did you see the graphic showing the Bears have the most players signed from other teams in the league and the Packers the fewest?). Morrissey indicates why the Bears problems could be even worse than Emery, Trestman, and Cutler. Years ago I read the McCaskeys have enough loyalist in the organization to undermine the authority of the GM. [I]If[/I] that’s true, firing Emery and Trestman and even eating Cutler’s contract won’t work. I’m not sure if firing team president Ted Phillips will help much either. So Morrissey may be onto something: The fix may require selling the Bears and how likely is that to happen? The situation reminds me a little of the post-Lombardi pre-Bob Harlan dark ages. Not exactly of course but their organization may need an even greater fundamental change than Harlan instituted. If that’s really what it will take to turn the Bears around, last night’s s[I]chadenfreude[/I] dream could signal a Bears fan’s nightmare with no end in sight. [/QUOTE]
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