Always felt bad Brian Baschnagel last year was the year before the 85 run

[iueyedoc]

Oh I agree. Waddle should've been a #3. Ditka never gave a damn about speed. I mean he let one of the fastest men on the planet leave (Gault). Ultimately it was probably Ditkas undoing. His idea of speed at WR was just splitting Neal wide. And yes that worked alot. But Ditka didn't understand that when Neal didn't split wide...you needed the ILLUSION of speed outside with your WRs. With Davis and Waddle split wide, those safeties moved right up.

Anthony Morgan was a poor man's Gault and should've been the starter opposite Davis. But that was Ditka. Preferred the lunch pail WRs like Waddle over speed.

Willie Gault and Anthony Morgan were Ditka's undoing? Are you fucking serious?

 

[SuperDitkaMan]

Willie Gault and Anthony Morgan were Ditka's undoing? Are you fucking serious?

Read much?

I said slow WRs were. Gault and Morgan were fast.

Ditkas old school mentality of lunch pails guys over actual talent cost him his job.

The only position where Ditka put actual physical talent FIRST was RB.

The other skill position spots on offense...not so much. Even QB.

So yeah, his constant carousel of average QBs and lunch pail guys at WR made his offense ONE DIMENSIONAL. Bears could run well year in and year out. But could not keep up wirh teams like San Fran toward the end that we're able to stretch the field.

 

[ridemywheelie]

Walter's longest career run from scrimmage (84 yds), was wiped out by a Baschnagel penalty in '79 against Philly. Knocked the Bears out of the playoffs!

Coincidentally they mentioned this on the score today. Did you hear that?

 

[number51]

Baschnagel was a great special teamer, very tough. Played WR and PR with a broken arm in a cast.

Even Mike Hartenstine.

He played in SB XX

And James Scott had the better career.

When he went to play in Canada the fan base lost their shit, he went 81 passes for 1422 yards and 6 touchdowns up there. After a year up there he returned to the Bears and went 2 catches for 44 yards and 0 TD's. He did have 3,202 yards and 20 TD's in 7 years with the Bears. Much better than Kevin White.

 

[Midway Fields]

I can’t believe this thread got to page 2 lol.

 

[iueyedoc]

Read much?

I said slow WRs were. Gault and Morgan were fast.

Sorry, I was unable to tell what you felt was his downfall due to your poor sentence structure. My bad.

 

[Payton_34]

Didn't Baschnagel also hold for FGs and PATs? He was kind of a utility player. Jeff Fisher also returned punts in '84 then either didn't make the '85 roster or was on IR, I'm not sure. Loved James Scott as a kid but that just shows how bad the Bears were in the 70s. Seems like Evans would connect with him deep, or at least try to, once or twice a game. That was about as exciting as it got on offense back then outside of Walter.

 

[sleke]

Coincidentally they mentioned this on the score today. Did you hear that?

No, I did not. I'm in Colorado and haven't listened to WSCR since the '90s. I just remember that play like it was yesterday.............and it WAS a bullshit call!

 

[Xuder O'Clam]

He played in SB XX

Yes, I know. I wasn't naming players who didn't get a Super Bowl, I was naming players I thought were fun to watch back then other than Walter.

When he went to play in Canada the fan base lost their shit, he went 81 passes for 1422 yards and 6 touchdowns up there. After a year up there he returned to the Bears and went 2 catches for 44 yards and 0 TD's. He did have 3,202 yards and 20 TD's in 7 years with the Bears. Much better than Kevin White.

Yes, I know. 1000 yards, and 11 Tds better than Baschnagel in 2 less seasons.

You know I was just having fun with this thread. This guy is having a mid life crisis I think.

 

[Mongo_76]

The white receiver whose best year was 34 catches?

What about Wally Chambers? Doug Plank? Even Mike Hartenstine.

This is racist..

 

[Xuder O'Clam]

lol

 

[number51]

Baschnagel

1) Scrappy
2) High motor
3) Gamer
4) Sneaky athletic
5) Gritty
6) Winner
7) High football IQ
8) Good fundamentals
9) Plays the game the right way
10) Lunch pail guy
11) Heady and/or cerebral
12) Deceptive speed
13) Gym rat
14) Intangibles
15) Gets the most out of his abilities
16) Has a lot of heart
17) Grinder
18) Out-hustles
19) Someone you’d love your daughter to date

https://awfulannouncing.com/2014/your-white-guy-code-word-power-rankings.html

 

[Diehardfan]

James Scott had his best years with the Chicago Fire catching passes from former Bear QB, Virgil Carter.

 

[Omeletpants]

The white receiver whose best year was 34 catches?

What about Wally Chambers? Doug Plank? Even Mike Hartenstine.

Excellent post, for an idiot

 

[Omeletpants]

:lmao:

I never saw Doug Plank play, only heard legends of him. I asked my grandpa about him once and he just said "he was a mean motherfucker." would've loved to see him and Fencik go. outside Payton I envision those 70s teams to be comprised of a bunch of bum white boys.

Gary Fencik one told me this story about Doug Plank:

"At halftime, the Bears were down 10-6 with no chance of winning the game. Plank came into the huddle and whispered to Fenick that they had no fucking chance to win the game and that he just wanted to blow people up" and that's what they did.

Plank's favorite thing was to go after tall OL and spear them under the chin with his helmet and knock them out

Plank was also forbidden from practicing when they wore helmets because he would injure his own teammates

Woody Hayes once said he was the hardest hitter he ever saw

Chuck Cecil (all pro safety) modelled his career after Plank

The hardest hit I ever saw was a game against the Bucs. Their all pro TE was coming across the middle of the field and out of nowhere Plank speared him with his helmet. The guy just crumpled to the ground. The announcer was concerned that the player might be dead

Here is a Plank video

[video=youtube;1pGlPedni8Q]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pGlPedni8Q[/video]

 

[Albert Flasher]

Steve Atwater played the same way.

 

[wklink]

Madden loved him, mostly because he liked to say Baschnagel.

 

[TexasBearfan]

Was there a two to your response?

I was just mentioning other players who were fun to watch.

And James Scott had the better career.

I liked James Scott, they also had I think Ricky Watts who I thought would end up better than he did. Bash to me was like a modern day Chris Hogan type

 

[TexasBearfan]

Gary Fencik one told me this story about Doug Plank:

"At halftime, the Bears were down 10-6 with no chance of winning the game. Plank came into the huddle and whispered to Fenick that they had no fucking chance to win the game and that he just wanted to blow people up" and that's what they did.

Plank's favorite thing was to go after tall OL and spear them under the chin with his helmet and knock them out

Plank was also forbidden from practicing when they wore helmets because he would injure his own teammates

Woody Hayes once said he was the hardest hitter he ever saw

Chuck Cecil (all pro safety) modelled his career after Plank

The hardest hit I ever saw was a game against the Bucs. Their all pro TE was coming across the middle of the field and out of nowhere Plank speared him with his helmet. The guy just crumpled to the ground. The announcer was concerned that the player might be dead

Here is a Plank video

[video=youtube;1pGlPedni8Q]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pGlPedni8Q[/video]

I was at the Monday Night game when they played Tampa and Plank ruined Jimmy Giles' career

 

[iueyedoc]

I vaguely remember a story about Plank making a kid cry at a team Christmas party. Not sure if urban legend or truth.