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Post#1 » by SportsWorld » Mon Feb 1, 2010 9:03 pm

per Chicago Tribune!

They're already engraving Cutler's gravestone.
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Post#3 » by The Explorer » Mon Feb 1, 2010 9:18 pm

Come on. At least they upgraded over Ron Turner.

I think the bears offense will be at least average now. It will be interesting to see who the QB coach will be.
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Post#4 » by WAYSA » Mon Feb 1, 2010 9:29 pm

"He's a terrible ... coach, and he would ruin that kid like he ruined Kurt Warner and drove him out of St. Louis. He's the worst thing that could happen to any young quarterback."

Unreal.
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Post#5 » by Magilla_Gorilla » Mon Feb 1, 2010 9:44 pm

WAYSA wrote:"He's a terrible ... coach, and he would ruin that kid like he ruined Kurt Warner and drove him out of St. Louis. He's the worst thing that could happen to any young quarterback."

Unreal.



And yet that QB he supposedly 'ruined' absolutely raves about Martz. As does Jon Kitna. Both said they learned more under Martz than any other coach they played for.


Armey is a bitter old man who never got over the personal issues he had with Martz - do you really think he's objective?
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Post#6 » by Magilla_Gorilla » Mon Feb 1, 2010 9:54 pm

They just had Vermeil on ESPN Radio 1000. Said he thinks its a tremendous hire, and that he had dinner with Kurt recently. Kurt told him that regardless of how his time in St Louis ended, he'd go play for Mike Martz in a second.


What can I say - I'm excited as hell. It might end up being a catastrophe - but it will be exciting as hell to watch.
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Post#7 » by Balance-a-Bull » Mon Feb 1, 2010 10:09 pm

Tice will have to do a monster job rebuilding the line if Martz still intends to utilize the deep 7 step drop that could put Cutler 7 feet under.

Cutler was getting dropped with regularity basically with a three to four step drop.


Hopefully he will modify that approach.
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Post#8 » by The Explorer » Mon Feb 1, 2010 10:12 pm

Bears now have to get a right tackle, a center, a running back, and Vincent Jackson!
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Post#9 » by SportsWorld » Mon Feb 1, 2010 10:21 pm

The Bears need an O-LIne, a D-Line, a WR, a RB, a secondary, and a new head coach and general manager. And then we can start talking playoffs.
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Post#10 » by Balance-a-Bull » Mon Feb 1, 2010 10:22 pm

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/footb ... nator.html

Chicago Bears hire Mike Martz as offensive coordinator

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Originally Published:Monday, February 1st 2010, 5:12 PM
Updated: Monday, February 1st 2010, 5:22 PM


CHICAGO - Mike Martz, the headstrong coach who orchestrated the "Greatest Show on Turf" while molding Kurt Warner into a Pro Bowl quarterback with the St. Louis Rams, is the Chicago Bears' new offensive coordinator.

Martz's hiring on Monday ended a nearly monthlong search to replace the fired Ron Turner. His job is to turn around a struggling offense and get the most out of Jay Cutler after the quarterback and team failed to meet high expectations this season.

Cutler threw a league-leading 26 interceptions after a blockbuster trade with Denver, while the Bears went 7-9 and missed the playoffs for the third straight year since the 2006 team's Super Bowl run. That led to a major coaching shake-up in which Turner and five other assistants were let go.

The Bears are still looking for a defensive coordinator.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/footb ... z0eKF289Wx
A plea for post scoring is a plausible Bulls plan, but plainly isn't a priority. In response to a post player's dismay about his lack of points in the paint, Paxson said.... "I'm not nearly as concerned about the offensive stuff as he is."
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Post#11 » by Balance-a-Bull » Mon Feb 1, 2010 10:24 pm

Mike Martz hired as Bears' offensive coordinator
February 1, 2010 2:32 PM | 78 Comments | BREAKING STORY


By Brad Biggs

The search is over.

Twenty-seven days after the Bears set out to find a new offensive coordinator, they have hired a man who was one of the most logical choices from the start, passing wizard Mike Martz.

Martz will be charged with turning around the Bears' dismal offense and doing it quickly with quarterback Jay Cutler, someone he was pining to work with even during last season

"They hired my main man,'' said running back Kevin Jones, who played under Martz with the Lions. "I love it. He was the best offensive coordinator out there.

"I think it's false information when people say he doesn't run the ball. He just has to have the back who can run the ball and catch the ball. Obviously, he did it with Marshall (Faulk). I did it in Detroit. The one season I was healthy, I had 61 catches in 12 games.''
Martz becomes the third offensive coordinator during the Lovie Smith era and potentially the last if the coaching staff doesn't turn things around. That's what the news conference the team held Jan. 5 insinuated. Team president Ted Phillips has demanded an immediate turnaround after three straight seasons without a trip to the playoffs.


Martz hired Smith as the defensive coordinator of the St. Louis Rams in 2001 when he was still directing one of the most potent offenses in the history of the NFL, the Greatest Show on Turf. Since, Martz has served as the offensive coordinator in Detroit, coaxing a 4,000-yard season out of Jon Kitna, and in San Francisco before being let go after the 2008 season.

He sat out this last year and did some work for NFL Network, criticizing Cutler for his demeanor in a postgame press conference following the season-opening loss at Green Bay. Martz and Cutler are in this thing together now as they look to reach new heights now that Ron Turner and most of his staff has been let go.

Martz won out over Kevin Rogers, the Minnesota Vikings quarterbacks coach who interviewed at Halas Hall Thursday. Martz arrived Friday afternoon and the last man to meet with Smith and general manager Jerry Angelo got the job. He'll work with new offensive line coach Mike Tice on revamping the offense and the Bears must hire a quarterbacks coach and tight ends coach, as well as a defensive coordinator.

Smith and Angelo also interviewed Ken Zampese and Rob Chudzinski. The Bears failed in their bid to interview Jeremy Bates, Tom Clements and Frank Cignetti.
A plea for post scoring is a plausible Bulls plan, but plainly isn't a priority. In response to a post player's dismay about his lack of points in the paint, Paxson said.... "I'm not nearly as concerned about the offensive stuff as he is."
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Post#12 » by WAYSA » Mon Feb 1, 2010 11:26 pm

Magilla_Gorilla wrote:
WAYSA wrote:"He's a terrible ... coach, and he would ruin that kid like he ruined Kurt Warner and drove him out of St. Louis. He's the worst thing that could happen to any young quarterback."

Unreal.



And yet that QB he supposedly 'ruined' absolutely raves about Martz. As does Jon Kitna. Both said they learned more under Martz than any other coach they played for.


Armey is a bitter old man who never got over the personal issues he had with Martz - do you really think he's objective?


Why do you think Martz couldn't get a job? He's been fired at every stop he's been at.

7 step drops - with this OL? How do you think that line is going to hold up next season?

Martz doesn't utilize the TE - The Bears best receiver is a TE. How do you think that is going to work out? Is Martz finally going to figure it out after all this time? He couldn't do it with Vernon Davis, what makes you think he will do it with a far less player in Olsen?

Martz doesn't run the ball at all. Lots of 3 and outs next season. Do you think the defense will be good enough to overcome that?

It is a god damn horrible hire.

We just wasted a year of Cutler's development in a system where he is bound to take a ton of hits. Next year, Cutler will be forced to learn a brand new system.

The new OC should have been a guy that planned on being around for more than one year. This is a prime example of why the Bears do not get it and can't develop a QB. You can't have a QB changing systems every year. Cutler's confidence is at an all time low - why Mike Martz? And why a guy who will only be here for one year? It makes no sense.

HORRIBLE hire.
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Post#13 » by WEFFPIM » Mon Feb 1, 2010 11:49 pm

This is trying to fit a square peg in a round hole, and the square peg won't stop trying to fit into the round hole.

This wide receiving core has one offseason to learn the most complicated playbook in the game. This will certainly go well.
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Post#14 » by Chewie » Tue Feb 2, 2010 12:39 am

If Earl Bennett had to sit out a year because he couldn't grasp Ron Turner's playbook, we might not see him again until 2012 now.
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Post#15 » by DJhitek » Tue Feb 2, 2010 1:00 am

Chewie wrote:If Earl Bennett had to sit out a year because he couldn't grasp Ron Turner's playbook, we might not see him again until 2012 now.


:lol:

So funny because it's so true.....

Personally, I don't like the hire. But since we exhausted all means of denials and requests I'm good either way.
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Post#16 » by emperorjones » Tue Feb 2, 2010 1:45 am

You guys are nuts. This is a great hire. We will not be out schemed on offense next year.
Quick vote..

WHO THE HELL DID YOU GUYS WANT! :lol:

Show of Hands...

A. Keep Ron Turner
B. College Coach with no NFL Play calling Experience
C. NFL Position coach with NFL Play calling Experience

and be SPECIFIC on who you wanted.

This guy has improved offenses where he's gone. Hell, he even improved the frickin LIONS when they had no players. geeeeeeez!
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Post#17 » by WEFFPIM » Tue Feb 2, 2010 4:46 am

Martz's offense relies on these things:

-Athletic, above average tackles
-Smart, capable receivers who know where to be when

Where are those on this roster? The team is hoping Chris Williams does...something. Who's on the right, Frank Omiyale? There's no one on the free agent market out there, there's no draft picks to snag one. Martz has arguably the most complicated playbook in the game, and the Bears don't have one single receiver who is intelligent enough to digest it. They were running the wrong routes and in the wrong places under Ron Turner. Just imagine the places they'll be under Mike Martz.

But the most important thing of all, the Bears have one year to succeed or everyone is gone. And Jerry Angelo and Lovie Smith have decided that if this team is going to succeed offensively, they'll have to do it by learning the most difficult playbook available and nailing it the first time. There's no second chance. The Bears' offense has to get this right this season or it'll be a slaughter. And I think it will be.

Mike Martz is a fine coordinator in the right system. A system with an above average offense line and an above average receiving core. Those are the two things offensively the Bears are hideously below average at. Martz's offense isn't one revolved around progressive success, especially in the Bears' one season window they're operating in. Martz has cut guys who didn't learn plays in time, there's no margin for error with him, and there's no margin of error with this team. That is a lot to ask of a team that I don't think is capable of answering it.

Oh, and by the way, the Lions had Calvin Johnson and Roy Williams when Martz was there. Sure the hell beats anyone the Bears currently have.

As far as specificity, I probably would have preferred Rogers who has run similar offenses to what Cutler has operated in since Vanderbilt
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Post#18 » by emperorjones » Tue Feb 2, 2010 5:21 am

Good points....but if the choice is between the Queens QB coach that coached up Tavaris Jackson & Mike Martz....
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Post#19 » by Balance-a-Bull » Tue Feb 2, 2010 3:59 pm

Interesting article.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/fo ... 6935.story


Bears hire Mike Martz to run offense

Three desperate men got together on Monday when the Bears hired Mike Martz as offensive coordinator. It just might be the move all three needed.

Martz needed someone to give him an opportunity to prove himself again in the NFL. Lovie Smith needed someone to construct a potent offense for the first time since he has been the Bears' head coach. Jay Cutler needed a coach to put him on a winning track.

Let the experiment begin.

The Bears, who were put under a win-or-else mandate by team President Ted Phillips last month, made a bold move 27 days after firing Ron Turner and most of his offensive staff by bringing in the architect of "The Greatest Show on Turf." Now, we'll find out if he can direct "The Greatest Show on Soldier Field Sod" with Cutler, who he called the most gifted quarterback he'll ever work with, remarkable praise from someone who was at the controls when a young Kurt Warner took the league by storm in St. Louis.

Martz and the Bears' brain trust said all the right things from the get-go.

Martz described an "instant connection" with Cutler at a meeting Saturday in Nashville, Tenn.

Smith talked about the tedious process taking the Bears elsewhere before coming back to Martz. He was chosen over Vikings quarterbacks coach Kevin Rogers.

General manager Jerry Angelo allayed concerns that he wasn't on board with the move, reminding everyone it's the most important decision the organization has made since Smith was hired in 2004. Remember, it was Martz's offense Smith wanted then, a move that led him to Terry Shea.

Now, the Bears will get off the bus passing — deep — and Smith has the man with the original playbook.

For Martz, it's an opportunity to reinvent himself after sitting out of the game for a season. Critics have said he can't change. This is his chance to prove he can, and he knows he has to tailor his work to the roster. Cutler isn't the same quarterback Warner was. Martz will need to play to his athletic strengths like Turner did when it was too late this past season.

"I am very pragmatic in the approach," Martz said. "You have to analyze your personnel, the circumstances and the situation like Soldier Field and look at what you have and the conditions and then go from there. You tried to take advantage of the talent that you had in St. Louis. Marshall (Faulk) led the league in yards per rush. I think in '01 we had more rushing touchdowns than anybody in the league. So we were always a top-10 rushing team, those first three years particularly, and ran it very effectively. But really, it's just about winning games and doing whatever it takes to take advantage of your strengths."

Martz said the Bears' stable of receivers can be a "real strength" of the team and said the matchups with Johnny Knox, Devin Aromashodu and Devin Hester could be "extreme." Running back Matt Forte has some skill sets that should make him a good fit, and Martz raved about coach Mike Tice's work with the line.

"Our roster is pretty well set," Angelo said. "We don't have the first two picks in the draft. Free agency potentially will be very limited. It's not like we won't look for players like we do every year, but we're not going into this thinking we have to have an overhaul with our offense.

"I spoke with Mike and went over the roster as did Lovie and gave him my perception of our roster, and I feel it's applicable with his philosophy. I feel like the nucleus of what he needs to make his offense work (is here)."


Martz, who lauded the work of wide receivers coach Darryl Drake and running backs coach Tim Spencer, will be involved with the hiring of the remainder of the offensive staff. The word in the coaching community is he would like to hire Adam Gase as quarterbacks coach. Gase coaches wide receivers in Denver and worked for Martz in San Francisco and Detroit. It's unknown if the Broncos would allow him to leave. The Bears already interviewed Mike DeBord for the tight ends position.
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Post#20 » by Balance-a-Bull » Tue Feb 2, 2010 10:27 pm

http://blogs.suntimes.com/bears/2010/02 ... .html#more


In His Own Words: Martz
By
Neil Hayes
on February 2, 2010 8:59 AM

The advantage of blogging is there are no space restrictions. Here are Mike Martz's answers to some of the more pertinent questions asked Monday.

I'll add entries from coach Lovie Smith and general manager Jerry Angelo later in the day.

Martz on his offensive philosophy:

"I am very pragmatic in the approach. I think you have to analyze your
personnel, the circumstances and the situation like Soldier Field and
look at what you have and the conditions and then go from there.
Detroit was different just because we were in situations often times
where we were obliged to throw it and that's not fun. It's just the way
it was. You tried to take advantage of the talent that you had in St.
Louis. Marshall [Faulk] led the league in yards per rush. I think in
'01 we had more rushing touchdowns than anybody in the league. So we
were always a top 10 rushing team, those first three years
particularly, and ran it very effectively. But really it's just about
winning games and doing whatever it takes to take advantage of your
strengths."

On the Bears' receiving corps:

"Boy they've got some speed. And that really is kind of a diamond to me.
When you look at that group, they can be a real strength of this
football team. With Aromashodu and Knox is really a diamond to me, and
Hester, what he can do whether he's outside or in the slot, the
matchups on these guys are extreme. When I went to St. Louis from
Washington, Isaac Bruce was too skinny. They weren't real happy with
him. He was always hurt. They drafted this little guy, Oz Hakeem, and
they didn't know what they were going to do with him. And Ricky Proehl
was a slow white guy. That's three-quarters of the Greatest Show on
Turf. And really what we'll do with these guys. I think there's plenty
of talent there. I'm real excited about their speed and the potential,
and what we'll do is give them every opportunity to explore that and
not make a definition on what any one of those guys can do but let them
prove to us and put no limits on them."

Martz was asked if he had the players he needed up front:

"Yes, especially with Chris Williams going over to left tackle, I think
the biggest issue here is Mike Tice and what I know of him as a coach
and being able to visit with him, I think this is just a terrific hire
and a major reason that I was very interested in this job. This guy
will get this group squared away and going good. It's a tough physical
group and they'll attentive to all the little details. This will be a
really well-coached group and he'll get everything that they've got to
give and I think there's plenty of talent to get it done."

Forte reminds Martz of Marshall Faulk:

"There are so many things you can do. He has the same kinds of abilities
as Marshall. He has the soft hands, the change of direction in pass
routes, good route runner, he's a very unselfish pass blocker, so he's
willing to stick his nose in there. We know what he has done as a
rusher. He's the complete package. We'll formation him and get him
matched up inside on backers and occasional safeties will be part of
what we do."

So, what did Martz learn while meeting with Cutler?

"This guy's all about winning now. He's frustrated that he's
not at an elite level and he can't contribute to helping that football
team win. So there's so many things that came out of that about Jay
that were exciting for me just on how he is and to kind of discuss what
he's about was very encouraging."

Here's Martz with a somewhat long-winded reply to question about how tight ends fit into his scheme:

"I think really just like all the positions, you take a look at what you
have at tight end and who that guy is and what they can do and then you
go from there. In the past, we've always had these big physical tight
ends, who really we tried to utilize in the running game and as pass
blockers and then as wide receivers.

"Greg is different; this is more of back in the Ernie Zampese era with Kellen Winslows and those guys that
the Chargers moved around and used him as a blocker. But when you can
get a defense that with normal personnel with Greg in the game and then
move like you would a receiver in the slot and get him matched up on
linebackers and safeties, it's going to be a mismatch.

"Then there is his ability to still stand in there and slug it out. He's a complete player
from every respect at that position, which is multi-dimensional, which
is a little bit like Ernie Conwell, but he's a little bit more fluid than Ernie Conwell was. Ernie was very physical player and had speed,
those kinds of things. Greg has such great body control and is a fluid
route-runner, there are so many things that he can do, which is
something I've not experienced yet."

Will the Bears still come off the bus running the ball or will Cutler be firing passes out the windows?

"It depends on who you're playing," Martz said. "The physical part of it I think is
really what Lovie is addressing. I think that's first and foremost.
Everything starts in the offensive line, everything. They allow you to
keep your defense off the field, allow you to protect the quarterback,
allows you to do what you want to do on offense. I think when that's
established, which will get done, then I think more than anything else,
you get off the bus and really you are getting in a position to hit
them right in the mouth.

"That's one of the things with Mike Tice, that
toughness and tenacity and run the ball and pound it in there and still
have a chance to fake that, show that ball, pull it up and then Knox or
somebody throw streaking to the end zone. The mix and match between
that, you do whatever it takes to win. Some weeks you're going to run
it pretty good. The next week you're going to throw pretty good. But
it's about winning, whatever you can do the best, that's what you do."

Here's Martz on his criticism of Cutler while serving as an analyst for the NFL Network.

"The thing I told Jay and I said this a few days after that show, the thing I felt bad when I
watched that was I felt like I knew what Jay was. I met him when he was
coming out in the draft for quite some time up in Detroit. I felt like
I had a pretty good understanding of who he was and the integrity and
the dignity that he has and how classy a guy he is, and how he kind of
misrepresented himself with that and really that was totally out of
frustration for that game.

"He's going to be one of the elite players in this league for a long time and those are things that he's just going
to have to deal with. That was a very difficult situation for him, very
difficult, but a great experience for him to go through it and know now
you've just got to kind of take that deep breath before you go in
there. As a former head coach, you go through those things and collect
yourself a little bit and then go in there."

Finally, on his relationship with Bears' defensive line coach Rod Marinelli. There have been reports of friction between the two when Marinelli was the Lions head coach and Martz was his offensive coordinator.

"I went to Detroit after I met Rod Marinelli, that's the only reason I went to Detroit. When I left Detroit, it had
nothing to do with Rod, there were other factors involved there, but
nothing associated with Rod or disharmony. I had a real good visit with
him when I was back there; I spent the morning with him, had breakfast
and laughed about some things. He and Lovie have been good friends and
there's just no issue there, it just doesn't exist."
A plea for post scoring is a plausible Bulls plan, but plainly isn't a priority. In response to a post player's dismay about his lack of points in the paint, Paxson said.... "I'm not nearly as concerned about the offensive stuff as he is."

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