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NFL - Sports Rumors - Yahoo! Sports: Bears' Smith not getting canned
MOUTHPIECE Blog // A Chicago-Addled Sports Blog: Why Lovie Smith’s Job Shouldn’t Be In Jeopardy … Yet
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Lovie Smith's job safe -- as it should be. http://tinyurl.com/ygkj75x 10/27/2009 |
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RT @DavidHaugh as awful as the Bears were, calling for Lovie's job is an overreaction. http://tinyurl.com/ygkj75x 10/27/2009 |
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Not a lot of people in Chicago agree but as awful as the Bears were, calling for Lovie's job is an overreaction. http://tinyurl.com/ygkj75x 10/27/2009 |
Bears' Smith not getting canned
NFL - Sports Rumors - Yahoo! Sports —
... !) who don't know what Bears fans are so upset about. But there was an expectation for Smith to deliver more this season and his head is apparently being asked to be delivered on a plate by the masses, according to the Chicago Tribune. ...
Why Lovie Smith’s Job Shouldn’t Be In Jeopardy … Yet
MOUTHPIECE Blog // A Chicago-Addled Sports Blog —
Well, a few things: it was one game. Lovie Smith’s teams are usually pretty competitive. He’s the NFC’s second-winningest head coach since 2005. The season isn’t even halfway over yet.
David Haugh, the voice of reason in a city full of knee-jerk reactions, continues in this morning’s Tribune:
If Smith handles this historic embarrassment correctly, it could be starting over again Sunday against the Browns. Catastrophes happen every week in the NFL. The trick is to isolate the damage, and an agreeable ...
Audibles From the Long Snapper
Da' Bears Blog —
David Haugh is preaching Lovie Smith's job safety in the Tribune. He argues that Lovie has earned patience due to a successful win-loss record while also using the McCaskey family's unwillingness to buy out his contract as the principal reason for his security. The only real way Lovie can earn the faith of the fans is for his team to beat up Cleveland Sunday and beat Arizona next week - a team that poses a legitimate threat to a fragile defense. Results. That's it. Missing the playoffs three second consecutive years after a Super Bowl appearance can ...
Smith’s Job Safe as Bears Coach
Bears Gab —
Despite an ugly setback this past week to the Bengals, the Chicago Tribune reports today that Lovie Smith is safe as head coach:
As a public service to save the next fed-up Bears fan from picking up the phone or clicking “Send,” please remember that Lovie Smith has two years and about $11 million left on his contract after this season. So unless Virginia McCaskey adopts Daniel Snyder into the family, the Bears aren’t likely to pay Smith a fortune to go away and open the vault for a $6 million-a-year replacement such as Bill Cowher or ...
David Haugh: Lovie's Job is Safe
Windy City Gridiron —
... But, David Haugh takes time to address the coaching situation, and says that Lovie is not going anywhere, if for no reason other than economics. ...
