Could you GM the Bears?

run and shoot · Feb 25, 2014

xer0h0ur said:
I don't care what profession anyone is in. Nobody likes a micro-manager. Nobody likes getting their toes stepped on. There is a difference between stepping in when your subordinate is not performing their duties properly or to the best of their abilities and exerting your authority over the few areas they are supposed to have control over.

Prime example of this ass-clown behavior. Jerry Jones. Mic drop.

Jerry is about grandstanding and being in the limelight. What he does has nothing to do with winning or he woulda' stuck with Jimmy Johnson

Kazu2324 · Feb 25, 2014

JDB_219 said:
As I said in the other thread. I don't think I could be a position coach because I don't know those things well enough to teach them.

The GM hires players, coaches and scouts. I can figure that out and lean on the staff as.needed.

. The GM is a big picture guy. The coaches coach, the president runs the business, the contract guy does the contracts. I can delegate and make choices from a limited set of options, where is the special magic I'm missing?

You kind of proved why you couldn't be a GM. As a GM, you'd at least need to have an above-knowledge of football, schemes, etc. and drafting isn't just drafting whoever looks the best, but knowing who would fit in well with your scheme as well. To be able to find those kinds of players, you need to have a pretty damn good understanding of how to build your football team based on your team schemes, head coach, and how they fit with the culture, etc. of the team. Highly doubt any arm chair person on the internet could do that because we don't even have remotely the type of knowledge needed to run a team let alone all the other business stuff that everyone else has mentioned with the connections and what not. Your head coach wouldn't even want to sit in a room with you if you don't know enough either.

personally, I wouldn't even pretend to think I could even be a GM. I don't even think I could be a scout to be honest. Also managing a team is way more than just knowing how to pick players and free agents, so many intangibles that go along with being a good GM. I'm surprised you actually think you could be a better GM than Emery. Hell, dunno if you could even be a better GM than Angelo, doubt any of us can. I know everyone bitches about how bad JA was, I have too. But to actually be in his position is completely different than criticizing from the outside.

JDB_219 · Feb 25, 2014

Nick80 said:
Unlikely, you have no pull in football circles, you are but a set of letters and numbers on a message board.

Phil didn't have much pull till he got the job. He was going backwards on the ladder till the Bears came along.

BearsFan51 · Feb 25, 2014

Apparently there's a lot of people who think they could be a GM judging by the build your own team thread up above.

BaBaBlacksheep · Feb 25, 2014

I want to take this a step further and say I could be the NFL commissioner. All you have to do is... fine players, call out draft picks, and tell Jerry Jones to STFU a few times a year. Easy gig right?

ijustposthere · Feb 25, 2014

JDB_219 said:
I think this deserves its own thread.
In another thread I said yes and I don't see why any reasonably competent person couldn't do the job.

I don't see what Phil has done that I or others couldn't have done. He has drafted at best, OK and made a decent hire for HC.

I actually think I would do some things better as far as strength, conditioning and diet.

I am talking about doing the job walking into the same job that Phil had. Taking over the same roster and organization, I think if you used your resources and put in the required study, you could do as well as Phil.

I am also a way better public speaker for whatever that's worth.

LOL, no wonder you're such a bad poster, you have delusions of grandeur. Could I GM the Bears? Sure. Could I do a good job? I'd probably be fired within 2 seasons, and likely after one.

ijustposthere · Feb 25, 2014

JDB_219 said:
Phil didn't have much pull till he got the job. He was going backwards on the ladder till the Bears came along.

LOL. The guys been in the league and league circles for years, and you thought he had no pull at all. Like he worked alone for the past 3 decades?

iueyedoc · Feb 25, 2014

BearsFan51 said:
Apparently there's a lot of people who think they could be a GM judging by the build your own team thread up above.

ijustposthere · Feb 25, 2014

run and shoot said:
Show me the organization with no clear cut direction,agenda or management expectation and I'll show ya' a loser. If players or PPL. in other org. aren't performing at a high level.....then they need to be Micro-managed

No, they need to be fired. Micro-managers more often than not create the opposite of their desired outcome, mostly because people stop giving a shit.

KittiesKorner · Feb 25, 2014

iueyedoc said:

Incredible, isn't he? Can you imagine what his job interviews must have been like before he gave up trying to get a job?

sevvy · Feb 25, 2014

I could have done Jerry Angelo's job.

MaoTenDoo · Feb 25, 2014

No way. I need my beauty sleep. If there's one thing I've learned over the past two years, it's that Emery never sleeps.

JDB_219 · Feb 25, 2014

MakeMyDay said:
Well good ... Now we are getting somewhere...

From this point forward what is the plan for the Chicago Bears? Piece by Piece and person for person

Set up the roster with potential Free Agents Draftees and Undrafted Free Agents....

Build your draft board and targets for UDFA's for the following season

Declare our weaknesses and strengths with targets of who you are going to keep on the current roster and who are you letting go to save space and what positions you are targeting for camp competition next season...

You can build imaginary numbers but get something in the ball park...But put a roster together that is reasonable

Every GM has a plan of action and this where you can put your skills to work...

The exact opposite of last year has happened....The other side of the ball need of a complete overhaul just like the offense did last year. We can gauge your roster against Phils at the end of the season with stats to see how you match up.

Most admit and so do I that we can't do it...

You say you can; Which I doubt a billion times over...But anyway let us see the work you can do.

But I venture to say you will make some lame excuse and decline.

And I doubt very highly that you are a better public speaker than Phil...and not even as close to being as articulate on the subject...My bet is you would be as bad or worse than JA when it comes to public speaking and articulation about Chicago Bears football.

The one thing I actually have evidence to back my belief is that I am a better speaker than Phil, that is part of the actual work I do currently. The rest is just guessing.

As to the other stuff, given the resources and time that I would have as GM, I would provide all that you ask and more.

Also, how qualified was Theo when he got the GM gig at 28 in Boston?

Kekua Zombie · Feb 25, 2014

JDB_219 said:
I think this deserves its own thread.
In another thread I said yes and I don't see why any reasonably competent person couldn't do the job.

I don't see what Phil has done that I or others couldn't have done. He has drafted at best, OK and made a decent hire for HC.

I actually think I would do some things better as far as strength, conditioning and diet.

I am talking about doing the job walking into the same job that Phil had. Taking over the same roster and organization, I think if you used your resources and put in the required study, you could do as well as Phil.

I am also a way better public speaker for whatever that's worth.

BaBaBlacksheep · Feb 25, 2014

JDB_219 said:
The one thing I actually have evidence to back I'd that I am a better speaker than Phil, that is part of the actual work I do currently. The rest is just guessing and

I certainly hope you have a speech writer! :lmao:

JDB_219 · Feb 25, 2014

BaBaBlacksheep said:
I certainly hope you have a speech writer! :lmao:

I don't type work papers on my phone.

JDB_219 · Feb 25, 2014

ijustposthere said:
LOL, no wonder you're such a bad poster, you have delusions of grandeur. Could I GM the Bears? Sure. Could I do a good job? I'd probably be fired within 2 seasons, and likely after one.

So you think you could do the job,if poorly, but think others are delusional to think the same...

nobull · Feb 25, 2014

JDB_219 said:
Phil didn't have to build a staff and kept almost everyone he inherited. People seem to like NFL jobs and likely wouldn't run away just because a stranger walked in the room

I don't think I can teach your class and i wouldn't try to, too much specific knowledge required. Could I hire a qualified professional to teach the class? Sure I could.

You really believe this LOL

Wakacha · Feb 25, 2014

If anyone on this forum thinks they could be an NFL general manager, then they do not understand what an NFL general manager does.

MakeMyDay · Feb 25, 2014

JDB_219 said:
The one thing I actually have evidence to back my belief is that I am a better speaker than Phil, that is part of the actual work I do currently. The rest is just guessing and

As to the other stuff, given the resources and time that I would have as GM, I would provide all that you ask and more.

Also, how qualified was Theo when he got the GM gig at 28 in Boston?

Not even decent platitudes out of you...and Theo at the very least had a plan and aptitude for a roster.

you don't have anything...Very very weak; worse than Cleveland

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