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Re: 2013 Chicago Bears
DIR By: dallasbear
Date: January 15, 2013, 10:18 am
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Special teams scores are a luxury...you may get one or two a
year.
I'm more concerned about kick/punt coverage - there about 10 of
those plays a game. Emery showed that he bought into STs by
bringing in Weems, Costanza, and trading Massey for McManus
and bringing back Bowman.
Hopefully, the new HC has the same dedication to STs as Lovie
had - there's only so much practice time in a week.
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Re: 2013 Chicago Bears
DIR By: vj
Date: January 15, 2013, 10:35 am
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I prefer Trestman over Arians but I would be happy with both.
Bevell shouldn't be in the conversation IMHO.
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Re: 2013 Chicago Bears
DIR By: yapper
Date: January 15, 2013, 10:55 am
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Agreed that ST coverage could be a concern... but again if our
offense gets to where it needs to be, we'll be kicking off a lot
more than punting anyway.
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Re: 2013 Chicago Bears
DIR By: navigator
Date: January 15, 2013, 10:56 am
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the buzz on NLFN is that Trestman is the favorite to get the HC
gig.
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Re: 2013 Chicago Bears
DIR By: yapper
Date: January 15, 2013, 10:58 am
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Tell you what, there will be some serious buzz around the Bears
this offseason if Trestman is the hire.
And a lot of DCs on our 2013 schedule scrambling for CFL film.
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Re: 2013 Chicago Bears
DIR By: WshflThinking
Date: January 15, 2013, 11:04 am
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I felt the same way as VJ but this kinda changes my opinion:
Profiling the Bears' head coaching candidates
January 15, 2013, 9:50 am
JOHN "MOON" MULLIN
Reports surfaced yesterday that Bears general manager Phil Emery
had narrowed his head coaching search to three coaches after
interviewing more than a dozen for the open position. One of
Darrell Bevell, Bruce Arians or Marc Trestman will roam the
Chicago sidelines in 2013, filling the void left by Lovie
Smith's dismissal.
Darrell Bevell -- Seattle Seahawks offensive coordinator
Overview: Organizations are often particularly impressed when
they experience someone’s handiwork at their own expense. The
Seahawks rocked the Bears backwards, literally and figuratively,
when they drove 97 yards for a go-ahead touchdown late in
regulation of their Dec. 2 game at Soldier Field, then won with
an 80-yard drive for a touchdown in regulation.
The Seahawks put 459 yards on the Bears’ top-10 defense, the
largest total of the 2012 season. The loss was a showcase for
rookie quarterback Russell Wilson, the developmental project of
Bevell as offensive coordinator. Wilson capped off Bevell’s
“resume” with one of the more epic comebacks of this season when
Seattle rallied from 20 points down to overtake the Atlanta
Falcons before losing on a field goal in the final 8 seconds in
last week's Divisional Round.
It was Bevell who is credited with installing a read-option
offense to exploit Wilson’s skills (and opposing defenses). And
Bevell was the Seattle offensive coordinator in 2011 when the
Seahawks crushed the Bears 38-14, accomplishing that with
Tarvaris Jackson as their quarterback.
Bevell broke into the NFL as an offensive assistant and later
quarterbacks coach for Brett Favre in Green Bay (2000-2005).
When Brad Childress was hired as Minnesota Vikings coach in
2006, he hired Bevell as offensive coordinator.
Comment: Bevell is more than a little familiar with the Bears
and the NFC North. And Seattle played the Bears in Chicago
during both of his seasons coaching the Seahawks. He has studied
the Bears’ defense in preparing to play – and defeat – it and in
the process given more than a creditable account of himself
winning with two different Seattle offenses.
Bruce Arians -- Indianapolis Colts offensive coordinator
Overview: The turnaround of the Indianapolis Colts from doormat
to playoff team traces to the selection of quarterback Andrew
Luck with the No. 1 overall pick of the draft. And development
of Luck into a winning NFL quarterback in less than a season is
being credited, in no small measure, to Arians.
Arians was credited for much of the success enjoyed by Ben
Roethlisberger during Arians’ five years (2007-2011) as
offensive coordinator there, which followed two years as
Steelers’ receivers coach, seasons in which Pittsburgh went 15-1
and lost in the AFC Championship game and went 11-5 and won the
Super Bowl.
When his contract expired in 2011, Arians went to the Colts as
offensive coordinator under new coach Chuck Pagano. Why this was
significant was that Pagano is a coach from a defensive
background, meaning that the offense was Arians’.
Of major significance, when Pagano was forced to leave his
duties for leukemia treatment this season, it was Arians who was
elevated to interim head coach. The Colts went 9-3 in those
games, the most wins by an interim head coach in NFL history.
And Luck continued to progress, even with Arians taking on added
responsibilities.
Comment: Notable in Arians’ background is a record of consistent
success. He was Peyton Manning’s first quarterbacks coach with
the Colts from 1998-2000. He left to become Cleveland Browns
offensive coordinator from 2001-2003; the Browns reached the
playoffs in 2002.
Arians went to the Steelers in 2004; Pittsburgh won Super Bowls
in 2005 and 2008 with different head coaches (Bill Cowher, Mike
Tomlin), both from defensive backgrounds, meaning Arians’ was
heavily involved in the results of the offenses.
Same in Indianapolis.
Marc Trestman -- Montreal Alouettes head coach
Overview: Trestman’s interview with Phil Emery went eight hours
at Halas Hall. NFL.com came up with the nickname “The
Quarterback Whisperer” for his successful associations with that
position (Rich Gannon, Jake Plummer, Steve Young).
Trestman, who finished his law degree as a Jimmy Johnson
assistant at the University of Miami, has experience with the
“excellence” criterion sought by Emery. He was offensive
coordinator with the 2002 Oakland Raiders, which went to the
Super Bowl with Gannon as NFL MVP among four Pro Bowlers. He was
offensive coordinator with the 1995 San Francisco 49ers when
Young, Jerry Rice and the offense were No. 2 in the NFL in
scoring.
And when Trestman was promoted to offensive coordinator in
Cleveland, working with Bernie Kosar, the Browns reached the
1989 AFC Championship game. When he coached Plummer and was
Arizona Cardinals offensive coordinator in 1998, the Cardinals
reached the playoffs for the first time in 51 years, when they
were the Chicago Cardinals.
[More: Trestman should be serious candidate for Bears]
When the NFL stopped calling – or he decided to stop answering
for a while – Trestman went to North Carolina State as the
offensive coordinator for two years and then to the Canadian
Football League where he coached the Montreal Alouettes to two
Grey Cup championships.
Comment: Few coaches on Emery’s list have the depth of
experiences on offense, most of them positive. And he is one of
the few with head-coaching experience, albeit in a league where
teams punt on third down.
A nagging question is why Trestman has never been in a job
longer than three years prior to the stint with Montreal. And he
has not been in the NFL game since 2004, going first to colleges
for two years and then to the CFL. But if Emery had significant
doubts around those issues, best guess is that their
conversation would not have gone on for the better part of a
full day.
Trestman turns 57 on Tuesday; a call from Emery and the Bears
would qualify as a present.
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Re: 2013 Chicago Bears
DIR By: yapper
Date: January 15, 2013, 11:06 am
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Are all 3 of the finalists being interviewed in Chicago today?
I would assume those will consume most of today and there will
need to be some time for deliberation. Then they've got to work
out the contract.
In other words I would be very surprised if we know the final
decision before tomorrow night at the soonest. If they can't
get all 3 interviews done today it will be even longer than
that.
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Re: 2013 Chicago Bears
DIR By: yapper
Date: January 15, 2013, 11:10 am
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New ST coach could give Emery license to clean out the bottom
third of the roster.
If our current ST players aren't guys the new coach likes we
could be seeing a whole lot of personnel moves the next few
months.
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Re: 2013 Chicago Bears
DIR By: WshflThinking
Date: January 15, 2013, 11:14 am
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Sounds logical
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Re: 2013 Chicago Bears
DIR By: yapper
Date: January 15, 2013, 11:19 am
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I'm interested to see if this represents a change in thinking
regarding our ST personnel.
Specifically, it was pretty widely known that under Lovie/Toub
the bottom third of the roster was populated heavily by guys who
were MUCH better special teamers than viable positional backups
(e.g., any number of our backup DBs, our backup LBs, Rasheed
Davis, Garrett Wolfe, etc.). I'm wondering now if the pendulum
will swing more toward guys who are good on STs but can also
carry their weight as offensive or defensive backups as needed.
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