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Mel Tucker coming back for 2014
Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2013 11:58 pm
by bearadonisdna
Per dan roan on wgn just right now.
Re: Mel Tucker expected to be back.
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2013 12:07 am
by bearadonisdna
Today was the last day at halas hall so the team was talking him up. Hopefully this is just some happy go lucky bs to end the season nicely than factual.
Which i would respect i dont think the team needed to scapegoat anyone and just end the season thanking everyone for their services.
Re: Mel Tucker expected to be back.
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2013 12:55 am
by emperorjones
Re: Mel Tucker expected to be back.
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2013 1:18 am
by CBS7
Meh. I'd rather someone else but whatever. I don't think its a huge deal.
His coaching was definitely questionable but the injuries we sustained would make any defense look bad. Not to mention poor play from our actual players, and not just things you can blame on coaching. He'll probably get a year to prove that it wasn't just him.
Re: Mel Tucker expected to be back.
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2013 1:29 am
by blumeany
Cutler all but guaranteed it on his show, FWIW. To me, it's much more critical to improve the talent, then we can better evaluate Tucker.
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Re: Mel Tucker expected to be back.
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2013 1:58 am
by patryk7754
It doesn't really surprise mme. If anything I would have been more surprised if he was fired since this is o ly his first year for the bears and there were so many injuries.
He was on my watch list when we were searching for a DC but something I didn't realize until recently is that his best seasons were when he was gifted pro bowl caliber defenders and they only decline. That would mean he can't develop talent. Hopefully I'm wrong and it was the injuries. Two things are for sure. One, our defense will be at least average as long as we stay healthy and if we have a bad defense again he'll be fired
Re: Mel Tucker expected to be back.
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2013 2:19 am
by bearadonisdna
i think this is catastrophic to the development of our d.
Re: Mel Tucker expected to be back.
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2013 2:21 am
by RedBulls23
I expected this anyways. With all the injuries it gave Tucker an excuse to have another shot.
Maybe they can still change their minds.
Re: Mel Tucker expected to be back.
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2013 2:52 am
by bearadonisdna
Red-Bulls83 wrote:I expected this anyways. With all the injuries it gave Tucker an excuse to have another shot.
Maybe they can still change their minds.
maybe.
Re: Mel Tucker expected to be back.
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2013 3:07 am
by CBS7
They actively went out and got him over other candidates last year. It kind of makes sense for management to give him more than just one year, and an injury riddled year at that.
Re: Mel Tucker expected to be back.
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2013 3:12 am
by bearadonisdna
CBS7 wrote:They actively went out and got him over other candidates last year. It kind of makes sense for management to give him more than just one year, and an injury riddled year at that.
why do u think these guys were injured? They were undisciplined and out of position all year long.
Re: Mel Tucker expected to be back.
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2013 3:48 am
by CBS7
bearadonisdna wrote:CBS7 wrote:They actively went out and got him over other candidates last year. It kind of makes sense for management to give him more than just one year, and an injury riddled year at that.
why do u think these guys were injured? They were undisciplined and out of position all year long.
Right, definitely not because it's a tough game and injuries happen.
Put everything on the coaching and Emery. 100% their faults, right?
Re: Mel Tucker expected to be back.
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2013 4:10 am
by bearadonisdna
CBS7 wrote:bearadonisdna wrote:CBS7 wrote:They actively went out and got him over other candidates last year. It kind of makes sense for management to give him more than just one year, and an injury riddled year at that.
why do u think these guys were injured? They were undisciplined and out of position all year long.
Right, definitely not because it's a tough game and injuries happen.
Put everything on the coaching and Emery. 100% their faults, right?
this defense has no foundation. The players were there. Seriously do guys remember before melton was mercifully put on ir, the type of season he was having. Playing some of the worst DT in the league!
We sucked all year long. Even healthy.
The main culprit people wanna blame is peppers but ur gonna tell me that tucker is better at his job than peppers is at his? Or that melton , briggs, peppers, tillman , jennings werent enough pieces. The talent wasnt there?, we didnt hold one team all year long under 20 points. Only time in team history, the worst run defense in the nfl since 1961. Injuries happen to every team and its apart of the game but of all the terrible teams in the nfl since 1961 no one sucked more than we did.
Injuries my ass thats an excuse.
Re: Mel Tucker expected to be back.
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2013 4:16 am
by bearadonisdna
emperorjones wrote::banghead:
Thats an understatement. Its been crazy few months. Drose and his injury, this all time worst d that i have never seen from the bears before, setting new lows. and now this retention, i thought i was disallusioned before.
Re: Mel Tucker expected to be back.
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2013 4:16 am
by RedBulls23
If Tucker is going to be back, then he needs to implement his own system and Emery needs to draft accordingly. Cover 2 is not going to work for him.
Re: Mel Tucker expected to be back.
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2013 4:18 am
by bearadonisdna
Red-Bulls83 wrote:If Tucker is going to be back, then he needs to implement his own system and Emery needs to draft accordingly. Cover 2 is not going to work for him.
how would we know what works for him. He hasnt had much success in the nfl.
Re: Mel Tucker expected to be back.
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2013 4:20 am
by bearadonisdna
So did they they're playing the ol' tanking game aye? Been spending too much time on the bulls boards bears FO ; )
Re: Mel Tucker expected to be back.
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2013 4:20 am
by patryk7754
You can't blame injuries on a FO guy at all. Tucker probably deserves some. Most of it goes to the lack of practice time that involves actual hitting. And 100% is to be blamed on the fact that this is sports and injuries happen all the time. Hopefully since Trestman is such new age thinker maybe he'll adopt Chip Kelly's practice habits. I think they had the fewest injuries which is amazing considering how much their defense plays and the pace the offense plays
Re: Mel Tucker expected to be back.
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2013 4:23 am
by bearadonisdna
patryk7754 wrote:You can't blame injuries on a FO guy at all. Tucker probably deserves some. Most of it goes to the lack of practice time that involves actual hitting. And 100% is to be blamed on the fact that this is sports and injuries happen all the time. Hopefully since Trestman is such new age thinker maybe he'll adopt Chip Kelly's practice habits. I think they had the fewest injuries which is amazing considering how much their defense plays and the pace the offense plays
i guess im just gopnna have to stop. U guys seem way more accepting of this than i would have thought. Im the opposite, i think we all saw emps reaction. i think that is the reality. Id also pretty sure i know what biggiesmall23 reaction to this would have been as well.
Re: Mel Tucker expected to be back.
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2013 4:27 am
by patryk7754
bearadonisdna wrote:patryk7754 wrote:You can't blame injuries on a FO guy at all. Tucker probably deserves some. Most of it goes to the lack of practice time that involves actual hitting. And 100% is to be blamed on the fact that this is sports and injuries happen all the time. Hopefully since Trestman is such new age thinker maybe he'll adopt Chip Kelly's practice habits. I think they had the fewest injuries which is amazing considering how much their defense plays and the pace the offense plays
i guess im just gopnna have to stop. U guys seem way more accepting of this than i would have thought. Im the opposite, i think we all saw emps reaction. i think that is the reality. Id also pretty sure i know what biggiesmall23 reaction to this would have been as well.
I would have fired him but not because of injuries. A coach can be blamed for little for injuries.