You could ask that question the other way around, too.
2011 NFL Season - A New Game
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You could ask that question the other way around, too.
That's a fair point. Both of them. But it will interesting to see what happens to NE long term once Brady retires.
Hopefully Crennel will rise to the challenge. I'm not holding my breath though. And to be clear, it's not that I dislike the guy, I'm actually rooting for him. The players seem to like him. But I'm skeptical. But that comes from years of being a "beat down" disillusioned Chiefs fan.
Hopefully Crennel will rise to the challenge. I'm not holding my breath though. And to be clear, it's not that I dislike the guy, I'm actually rooting for him. The players seem to like him. But I'm skeptical. But that comes from years of being a "beat down" disillusioned Chiefs fan.
Crennel is much more a product of Bill Parcells than he is Belichick.
Yeah, I wasn't expecting much, but it turned out to be the most exciting game of the four.
On a numbers board I had 3-6 for all four games, and when it went into overtime, I figured I finally hit paydirt. Just my luck they scored a TD instead of a field goal in OT. And it turned out that the add-up for all the games was 3-9 as well: Sure wish the receiver would have fallen down on the 1 yard line.
No idea why they were favored. Ben was hurt and we've played lackluster ball for the second half of the season. I'd have loved us to win, but the Patriots would have absolutely annihilated us next week (even though we beat them earlier this year).
As for officiating, are you kidding? Most of the calls went the Broncos way. But I didn't really see any bad officiating, either way, to be honest.
Buzz out of Halas Hall suggests that the Bears are leaning towards not formally interviewing anyone for the GM vacancy, and simply promoting Tim Ruskell, since he has a good relationship with Lovie Smith and the Bears apparently don't care that Ruskell spent five years burning Seattle to the ground.
Ah, gay earth, we meet again. Get fucked.
Ah, gay earth, we meet again. Get fucked.
You could have talked all day without saying that.
Ah, gay earth, we meet again. Get fucked.
I'll give you one thing Timby, you certainly have a unique way with words. And you don't beat around the bush.
Buzz out of Halas Hall suggests that the Bears are leaning towards not formally interviewing anyone for the GM vacancy, and simply promoting Tim Ruskell, since he has a good relationship with Lovie Smith and the Bears apparently don't care that Ruskell spent five years burning Seattle to the ground.
Ah, gay earth, we meet again. Get fucked.
The whole organization is geared towards mediocrity. Maybe they need to sell the team to the Ricketts family
At least they know how to divide their people into business & team functions. The Bears seem to have Ted "Crane Kenney" Phillips running the show more than anyone else.
Buzz out of Halas Hall suggests that the Bears are leaning towards not formally interviewing anyone for the GM vacancy, and simply promoting Tim Ruskell, since he has a good relationship with Lovie Smith and the Bears apparently don't care that Ruskell spent five years burning Seattle to the ground.
Ah, gay earth, we meet again. Get fucked.
The whole organization is geared towards mediocrity.
Interesting how you put that, because I've heard many Chiefs' fans describe KC in pretty much the same manner.
Well, Phillips is the team's president and CEO, so that makes sense that he's running the show.
The problem is that Phillips' background is in operations and finance, and he basically got the job by default after Virginia McCaskey removed Michael from power following the Dave McGinnis botch in 1999, and they needed someone to fill the position, so they promoted the bean counter with no football experience. He's a mealy-mouthed toady, and like Angelo, he's surrounded himself with yes-men and nincompoops -- so not only are the Bears' scouting and personnel departments complete dumpster fires, but the organizational management is, as well. Virginia's a pretty hands-off owner at this point, especially with her declining health in recent years (she's never been the same since Ed died in 2003
), and George McCaskey seems to have no clue what the hell's going on, which is a pretty bad position for the chairman of the board to be in. 
(I just love that picture of George. It's so hilariously unflattering, I can't believe the Tribune printed it.)
Anyway, the Bears are a pretty fundamentally broken organization. For those who don't remember, in 2001, when it was decided that it was time to finally hire a general manager (they hadn't had one since Jerry Vainisi was fired in 1986), their thought process was so fucked up that they hired an outside search firm to find candidates. They were so out of touch with the rest of the league that they had to hire a fucking headhunter.
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Exactly right. Kenney was the President, but got shifted sideways when they installed Theo as President of Baseball Operations.
The Bears could learn something there, if they were capable of learning anything.
^I think George just realized Ted's fly was open.
The Bears could learn something there, if they were capable of learning anything.
^I think George just realized Ted's fly was open.
And that's the problem. Unfortunately, the McCaskeys benefited from the 2009 NFL rule change regarding ownership. Previously, one sole owner had to own at least 20 percent of a team, with other family owning at least another 10 percent for a total of 30 percent; in 2009, the NFL shifted the rule so that the controlling owner only had to hold 10 percent, while other family members must hold at least 20 percent (for the same 30 percent total). The rule was made after the whole fiasco regarding the Rooneys' ownership of the Steelers, but the Bears were a direct beneficiary -- even after Virginia dies and her shares are divested among her children and grandchildren, none of them would have had a full 20 percent of the team. Michael was the closest at something like 15.4 percent, but he's leveraged his ownership share in other investments, and NFL regulations prohibit borrowing against your own interest in a team to acquire a larger share, so he couldn't have bought out one of his siblings.
Now that that rule's on the books, though, Michael will almost certainly take over the Bears following Virginia's passing (she's the only person blocking him from resuming his old roles as president and de facto GM) which unfortunately is coming sooner rather than later -- she's 89 and has had multiple health issues lately -- and they'll continue their same spiral of idiocy. Virginia's a wonderful woman and it will be a sad day when we lose Mama Bear, but that family needs to get the fuck out.
You can't really hold that against him.... part of why he was there was to cover the run if it looked like it was going that direction, which the way Denver lined up certainly pointed towards a run. Add on top of that the fact that Denver ran 23 out of 24 first downs. The only one they passed on was the game winner. There have been complaints about Mike McCoy's play calling being too predictable this season, and it finally paid off for us.Especially a blown coverage play from the strong safety who SHOULD have stayed where he was instead of playing the run.......
If the Bears have any future Hall of Fame offensive linemen that the offense can't function without coming up for free agency soon, you might as well wave good bye to him now.
I'm not above Darth Sidious like conspiracies involving Lord Belichick and his hand picked Sith minions playing both sides.
He sent his apprentice Count McDooku to the arid, mountainous region of Utapau, err I mean Denver. Allowed himself a 'debilitating' loss at the hands of his former apprentice in 2009, and set the wheels in motion.
McDooku trains a strong yet raw apprentice, knocks of Darth Bill's biggest threat in the form of the Steel Guild and Refno Union, before returning to his rightful place at the dark master's side with the secret plans to the Denver offense.
Fotunately, Tebow has never shot his payload into a small and unforgiving opening before. The plan is proceeding exactly as Belichick has forseen.
Unfortunately, the way the Ewoks fit into this analogy/homage is as that Pats' secondary.
He sent his apprentice Count McDooku to the arid, mountainous region of Utapau, err I mean Denver. Allowed himself a 'debilitating' loss at the hands of his former apprentice in 2009, and set the wheels in motion.
McDooku trains a strong yet raw apprentice, knocks of Darth Bill's biggest threat in the form of the Steel Guild and Refno Union, before returning to his rightful place at the dark master's side with the secret plans to the Denver offense.
Fotunately, Tebow has never shot his payload into a small and unforgiving opening before. The plan is proceeding exactly as Belichick has forseen.
Unfortunately, the way the Ewoks fit into this analogy/homage is as that Pats' secondary.
Love it. Absolutely love it.
Tim Jumppasser is also being trained in the ways of the Jedi by John El-Way Kenobi, who used to be a powerful Jedi himself.
Bob Costas is the diminutive yet wise teacher.
If it weren't for fucking Tebow, I'd be cheering for Denver to beat Belicheat any day of the week. As a team, I (used) to like Denver, but not now, not with Tebow. Tebow has replaced Farve on my list of "I don't want to ever hear that fucking name again!".
As much as it saddens me, and as much as it makes no sense for a Texans fan to hope for a New England win, it's what I'm going to do. We probably won't make it past Baltimore anyway, but still, it would have been nice to root for Denver just to dream about an AFC championship game in Houston.
As much as it saddens me, and as much as it makes no sense for a Texans fan to hope for a New England win, it's what I'm going to do. We probably won't make it past Baltimore anyway, but still, it would have been nice to root for Denver just to dream about an AFC championship game in Houston.
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