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Re: Draft Night
By: 46 Date: May 1, 2017, 4:39 pm
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More to the point, wouldn't be nice to have a gm and head coach
that don't have nicknames like "captain crazy" and "check
stealer"
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Re: Draft Night
By: Pekin Date: May 1, 2017, 4:55 pm
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The legend of Mitch Trubisky
Posted 3 hours ago
Eli Kaberon
Bears Web Writer
Mitchell Trubisky's Mentor Cardinals trailed the St. Ignatius
Wildcats 56-55 in triple overtime of the 2012 regional final of
the Ohio High School Athletic Association playoffs. With his
team exhausted, Cardinals coach Steve Trivisonno told his senior
quarterback before the drive that if they were to score a
touchdown, they were going to follow that up with a two-point
conversion try for the win. After the quarterback found the end
zone on a 2-yard run, Trubisky knew exactly what play to call.
Eagle-9, X-return.
"It was our bread-and-butter play," Mentor receiver Brandon
Fritts recalled to ChicagoBears.com. "A classic play, nobody
could stop us. We ran it earlier in the game, scored a two-point
conversion, same play. So we ran it again in the third
overtime."
With Fritts lined up wide to the left, Trubisky took the snap
out of the shotgun. As the quarterback rolled quickly to his
left, Fritts faked as he was running a slant towards the middle
of the field, only to stop his route and cut to the pylon at the
goal line. Trubisky lofted a pass directly into Frits's waiting
hands. Two points scored, game over. Mentor 57, St. Ignatius 56.
Bears rookie quarterback Mitch Trubisky played high school
football at Mentor High School in Ohio.
During his three years as Mentor's quarterback, Trubisky had a
lot of impressive moments. His first career start came as a
sophomore, playing in front of thousands of fans at Cleveland
Browns Stadium. By his junior year, he was among the most highly
recruited quarterbacks in the country, committing to North
Carolina over a host of blue chip programs, including Alabama
and Ohio State. And just the week before the win against the
Wildcats, in the regional semifinal, Trubisky threw for 478
yards in helping his team rally from a 21-point fourth-quarter
deficit to beat Ohio powerhouse St. Edward. As a senior,
Trubisky was named Mr. Ohio, throwing for 2,470 yards and 28
touchdowns in the regular season. He finished his prep career
with a 30-8 record As he drove west on Highway 76 from
Philadelphia to Mentor, a day after the Bears had traded up to
the No. 2 pick in the 2017 NFL Draft in order to select
Trubisky, Trivisonno couldn't help but bring up the St. Ignatius
game. Four-and-a-half years after the dramatic playoff victory,
the performance still sticks out in the coach's mind. It
showcased everything Trubisky is, both as a person and a player.
"When he got to his senior year, he was incredible. We had a
really young team at nearly every other spot, but he just put us
on his back," Trivisonno said. "St. Ignatius, who has won like
11 state titles and is a phenomenal football program, and they
blanked us in the first quarter. They were leading by 24 and
then we took it to 'em. We came back, and they couldn't stop us.
Mitch's will was great. He had that ability to put us on his
back and takes us for a ride."
Trubisky and Fritts became close friends in elementary school,
when they spent the year playing various sports together. Summer
was for travel baseball, winters were in the gym on the
basketball team. Fall, however, was for football. The two were
both raised in Mentor, a town of just under 50,000 people
located just 25 miles from Cleveland. In Mentor, football is
everything. Former Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel was
born there, as were several NFL players, including former Giants
receiver Joe Jurevicius.
When he was in sixth grade, Trubisky became the ball boy for
Trivisonno's team at Mentor High. That helped his love of
football grow even more. Young Mitch saw first-hand how players
interacted with one another and what it took to be a leader.
These skills evolved as he grew and became a player of his own.
By the time he was of high school age and able to play for the
Cardinals, Trubisky had a good idea of what it took to be a
successful all-around player.
"He was just a little guy who absolutely loved to be around,"
Trivisonno said. "He was diligent at being a ball boy, you never
had to worry about anything. He would learn from example, just
seeing how the older kids handled things and how to act and how
to behave, that was a great experience."
"Mitch is just a genuine dude," said Fritts. "Very unselfish,
cares about other people, he goes out of his way to introduce
himself. That's just the kind of guy he is, great overall dude.
Great people person, very outgoing."
Combining those characteristics with his love for football make
a well-rounded quarterback. Though he played other sports at
Mentor, his mind was never far from the gridiron. Trivisonno
recalled hearing from the high school's basketball coach that
prior to games, Trubisky, Fritts and some other multi-sport
athletes would ask to get into the locker room early to
"stretch." It turned out they were grabbing a football and
running passing routes in the empty gym, trying to perfect their
timing.
"The basketball coach was not happy, but that's the kind of kid
Mitch is," Trivisonno said with a chuckle. "Even during
basketball season, it was about football."
The passion for the game and the constant striving to improve
also has an infectious quality. Fritts, who is two years younger
than Trubisky, followed the quarterback to Chapel Hill and saw
the same effect on the Tar Heels. It also shows in how Trubisky
handles himself on the field. He doesn't get too up after a
great play or too down after a mistake, but he always makes sure
he's on the same page with his teammates.
"Mitch is one of those guys who is cool, calm, he keeps it
together," Fritts said. He doesn't panic, never gets frustrated.
Always just in the zone. He makes a mistake, he's not going to
show it. And if he makes a big play, he'll get hyped but he's
not going crazy. Cool, calm, just a great demeanor on the
field."
That calmness will help Trubisky handle any pressure that comes
his way. The pressure could be from being in the spotlight of
playing in Chicago, or the pressure of a Clay Matthews blitz.
His ability to stay focused on the prize, combined with his love
for the game, gives the young quarterback the proper state of
mind to take on any challenge in front of him. His high school
coach has seen first-hand how Trubisky deals with stressful
situations, and the result is often exceptional play. The stakes
are a little higher with the Bears than they were in triple-OT
against St. Ignatius, but it's going to be the same Mitch, the
same kid from Mentor, no matter what.
"I think he's going to thrive under that pressure," Trivisonno
said. "He'll go to work, work very hard. He's going to represent
the city of Chicago very well. He's not the kind of kid who's
going to thump his chest and run around and this and that. It's
never been about him.
"He's the kind of kid who will handle the pressure extremely
well. Seeing him (on draft night), he had a light in his eye. He
can't wait to get to work. I think you're going to find a great
young man who is going to be the face of that franchise. I think
the city of Chicago is going to love him. He understands what
that type of town is. He's going to get that, because he grew up
in a similar place."
#Post#: 309046--------------------------------------------------
Re: Draft Night
By: WshflThinking Date: May 1, 2017, 6:03 pm
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Nice article. Gives us something to hope for. Right now this
team could use a lot of hope
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Re: Draft Night
By: dallasbear Date: May 2, 2017, 12:19 am
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octagon
More old than football savvy.
Bears have drafted 4 QBs in the first round: McMahon, Harbaugh,
McNown and Grossman. 2 of the 4 got us into the Super Bowl.
As far as QB expectations, the bar has been set very low.
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Re: Draft Night
By: Grizzlybear34 Date: May 2, 2017, 4:59 am
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My ideal scenario would be to see Glennon perform so well that
we have the problem of two QBs on the roster that are productive
in the NFL. Give me the Rivers/Brees problem of 10 years ago
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Re: Draft Night
By: Bears4Ever Date: May 2, 2017, 9:02 am
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This sure seemed like a swing for the fences draft by Pace.
Say what you will about him but if he wants a guy he goes up and
gets after him. Pace's career (and perception hereafter) as well
as the fate of the Bears for the foreseeable future now hinges
on this draft. And the history of this team developing QBs in
the modern era is poor at best (and by poor I mean abysmal).....
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Re: Draft Night
By: BearHit Date: May 2, 2017, 10:11 am
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You didn't like the "let's see who the Packers want - and pick
him" approach?
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Re: Draft Night
By: dallasbear Date: May 2, 2017, 1:11 pm
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In a couple recent drafts the Packers have figured out who we
were going to take and traded up in front of our pick.
Morgan Burnett and last year the tackle the drafted in round 2.
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Re: Draft Night
By: Jackiejokeman Date: May 2, 2017, 1:54 pm
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[font=Verdana][/font][quote author=dallasbear
link=topic=484.msg309111#msg309111
date=1493748679][font=Verdana][/font]In a couple recent drafts
the Packers have figured out who we were going to take and
traded up in front of our pick.
Morgan Burnett and last year the tackle the drafted in round 2.
[/quote]
If that's true then Halas Hall isn't all that fuuckin smart are
they ?
Shouldn't it be the other way around ?
When should you replace morons that are being out smarted by
other teams ?
Hey ... anybody seen the latest NFL draft picks ?
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Re: Draft Night
By: dallasbear Date: May 2, 2017, 2:01 pm
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Jackie, you should be happy. The Bears drafted a running back
like you had wanted them to.
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