This was from a couple of weeks ago. The seat just continues to get hotter for Fox and both places now appear to be fully on board with that point.
On Pace. I'm not trying to argue for Pace to get fired, but I think you have to hold in your mind that his first year was awful. The rebuild IS behind schedule. Too early IMO to fire a GM, and I think subsequent years have generally been better, but he needs a couple of superstars quick, or patience will justifiably run out. They may even already be on the roster, who knows, but they need to show up.
To recap Pace:
Y1 - Hiring Fox - Failed
- FA - Failed
- Draft - Failed
Y2
Draft - good
FA - good
Y3
Draft - Inc
FA - failed.
Probably gets more time, but I understand why people aren't happy with him to date.
With all things you need the appropriate context, much of which people here seem to have forgotten.
When Ryan Pace came on board, the initial reports were he wanted a younger guy such as himself and an offensive mind.
When John Fox was fired from Denver, Ernie accorsi recommended him to the mccaskeys and the mccaskeys urged pace to meet with John Fox, with the reports sighting that they wanted an experienced veteran head coach paired with their young general manager.
We don't know what pressure was put on that for Pace to hire Fox given that, but the initial reports were Fox was not Paces first choice. There was also an initial reports of friction.
Soon thereafter came the reports coming from the Bears themselves that everything was okay, that Ryan Pace did indeed pick John Fox's first choice, ( you know, kind of like the reports that Ryan Pace did indeed tell John Fox that Mitch trubisky was going to be the number one overall pick ahead of time and not just 15 minutes prior), and everybody is holding hands and singing Kumbaya much the way a football organization comes together in order to sell a unified front.
Now let's look at free agency. Many people have been bitching over and over again that pace doesn't land Big Time free agents. What these people are failing to realize or simply can't comprehend is Ryan Pace isn't even trying to for good reason. Teams that build through free agency don't last and most times don't even work. One simply has to look at the legacy of Dan Snyder's Redskins to see that. Ryan pace is renting players on one and two year deals, people who have potential upside and no risk if they suck. Those who end up being good are rewarded and those who are not are quickly discarded because the goal is to replenish with the draft.
What I find is that the people who say is free agency selections suck are people who disagree with that fundamental concept of building through the draft and lack any sort of patience whatsoever to allow that process to happen. They also are too simple-minded to understand that you cannot get out from under 7 years of draft picks so horrible that most of them aren't even in the league anymore, in just three years.
Another potential reason why Pace hasn't made big splashes in free agency is that quite frankly he wasn't allowed to dive into the rebuild right away. Again consistent with reports when Pace was hired through the first year and the second was that pace was not allowed to cut Jay Cutler until they had drafted a replacement. This was an edict that came from ownership. Ryan Pace had his hands fucking tied.
And if you follow the reports, you realize he tried to trade up for Mariota but didn't have enough draft picks or ammunition that year. He also tried to trade up for Wentz last year but again didn't have enough for what the team in position to take him wanted or the teams ahead.
They finally convinced ownership to say goodbye to Cutler, signed Mike Glennon to what essentially amounts to a single year contract because there's practically no penalty for cutting him at the end of the year and the Bears have nothing but cap space, and he finally got the quarterback he wanted.
In the meantime if you look at his drafts, Ryan pace is consistently bringing in Talent. Jordan Howard, Tarik Cohen, Adam Shaheen, Cody whitehair, Mitch trubisky, Floyd, Nick kwitkowski, and so on.
Some idiots are going to bitch that they're not all pro bowlers but if you look at even the best GM's, all their pics aren't pro bowlers top to bottom. What they do is bring in Talent that can either be starters, depth, or pro bowlers.
Ryan Pace has done that. If you look at the actual abilities of the people Ryan Pace has brought in, they flash Talent. They show signs. But what's happening is they aren't showing growth. That points to one thing and one thing alone: COACHING!
The team under John Fox has long been too injured, often penalized, undisciplined, and unable to identify Talent let alone develop it.
If Ryan Pace were the one who decided he really wanted John Fox of course I would lay that at his feet. But he isn't, a story that just last week was corroborated by Greg Gabriel, that John Fox was in Ernie accorsi pick.
Dumbass meatball Backwoods idiots wants to light the Torches and pitchforks and stab and light on fire anything that moves because they are too simple-minded and stupid to see the big picture or to put two and two together. the same brain-dead idiots who say they hate the mccaskey's and don't trust them also believe all the pr reports the Bears put out. in short, there are plenty of dumb motherfuckers out there.
I will add this. The Halas Hall expansion that was announced recently was all Ryan pace. His vision. His idea. That doesn't go forward with a GM you're about to fire.
on top of which I also caution people who want to believe in many of the media reports. given what I said I know that sounds contradictory, but here's the point. The initial reports tend to be the most honest.
once those break and leak everybody goes into spin mode and damage protection. Reporters are not immune to this. Reporters like having their jobs easy. In the past with Phil Emery and Jerry Angelo, there were plenty of people in those front offices willing to talk to reporters and give them gossip. This made reporters look smart and gave them easy stories, even if they were stories passed along to Halas Hall channels. This isn't even something I am making up. For as much as he is hated, Dan Bernstein once worked the Bears beat and confirm that this sort of thing does happen, and has said that a number of times on his dumbass radio show. Him being an ass wipe doesn't mean he's wrong and you or I for that matter hating him doesn't mean he's wrong. He worked in the profession and therefore knows how the profession Works more so than any of us.
Fast forward, Ryan Pace runs a tight ship. There are no leaks unless Ryan wants it to leak. those of us who remember when Ryan Pace was hired should also remember the bitching by veteran beat reporters and established Sports media that ensued because suddenly they didn't have their good old boy network connections that made the reporting life easy.
so guess what? Some of these seem grouchy ass wipe media people full of course want Ryan Pace to be fired in the hopes that the next guy will be more prone to having leaks on his staff and return to the good old days where Sports reporters didn't have to work for a living and got their stories handed to them by Halas fucking Hall.
And these assholes know what meatballs we have in the city and aren't afraid to rile them up to serve their own reporting purposes.
they end the brain-dead morons are going to be very disappointed when Ryan pace is still the GM and gets to pick the next coach. and I would imagine they are going to be even more disappointed next year, when with better coaching, the bears go 9 and 7 or 10 and 6.
Last time I stepped out when things looked this dire was when people were bitching non-stop at the end of the 2004 season. I told people then that the Bears would be in the Super Bowl in two years. I got eviscerated on the forums. Guess who was right?
while not a Super Bowl I am getting a similar vibe from this group. too much talent and too many close games. Better coaching makes this team .500 this year.
Another draft similar to the last two and coaches who can actually develop Talent as well as a run an offense, and I could see this team easily being 9 and 7 or 10 and 6. Still think they don't have the depth to win a playoff game next year, but at the very least it will let fans and League know that the Bears are coming. I see a dramatic turnaround in their future starting next year.
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