I can remove myself from it, as I usually try to do when the Bears embarrass themselves, but that still doesn't change the fact that they look silly when they don't need to. I can close my eyes, but that Eagles game from a couple years ago still exists.
And there's a difference between not criticizing your players and the Bears insulting their fans intelligence. "We want character guys...like Ray McDonald." "White is day to day and the injury is minor". It's like they try to ape more successful organizations but don't really know how or when to do it.
Every team "wants" character guys and every team will for go character here and there if they think it makes them better. As far as injuries, well, lying about injuries is as old as organized sports.
I can't tell if some of you are naive or just self entitled. But this is normal. If you want to go back to the revolutionary ways of trestman and his touchy feely bullshit by all means. This is normal NFL stuff. The Bears problems aren't due to not being honest with the fans and media. Its been talent evaluation, coaching and roster construction.
Personally, I think showing disdain for the media is the most honest thing a coach can do. Because they don't like the media, and pretty much every coach would prefer to not have the bottom feeding garbage hounds masquerading as journalists anywhere near their teams.