Rapaport: Pace likely to get contract extension

[shoopster]

It makes sense.

- GM
- HC
- QB's development

All tied together on the same timeline.

The nice part about Black Monday is it will finally usher in put-up-or-shut-up time for Snails. It appears he is going to succeed in smearing the shvt of 14-and-33 onto "King" George (who hired "Uncle" Ernie Accorsi, who hired John Fox) and "Sweaty" Teddy Philliips (who strong-armed Pace into spending his first two years trying to make Jay Cutler work on behalf of Ginny, who always had a cryptic crush on the cranky calypso). And probably he deserves that pass, because at this point the alternative is to go full nuclear and clean house, with the Kingster, the Sweatster and Ernie Accorsi (now that he's free after hiring the Giants GM and apparently convincing them to hire John Fvvking Fox, of all people) starting over. While the shoopster is concerned about Pace, he has more hope in him than he does the Awful Kingster an evil Sweatster (not that that's saying much ...).

So from here on out, it's Pace's a-fifty-five on the line. The Bears need to start showing immediate improvement or he's going to go in 2020. A .270 winning percentage cannot stand.

Black Monday is upon us - let's get on with it already, Snails . . .

 

[PeterMbangala]

It makes sense.

- GM
- HC
- QB's development

All tied together on the same timeline.

I'm OK with it. It's a pragmatic decision.

But please, let's stop with using it as some sort of vindication of Pace's record as GM. Not aimed at you Bearmick!

 

[Teddy KGB]

I'm OK with it. It's a pragmatic decision.

But please, let's stop with using it as some sort of vindication of Pace's record as GM. Not aimed at you Bearmick!

No one is using it as Vindication for Pace's record.

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[PeterMbangala]

No one is using it as Vindication for Pace's record.

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Good, then we can proceed!

I'm OK with Pace staying at the alternatives are likely worse. I like his drafts and hope they continue to improve. I hope he gets a clue with the other aspects of the job. I wish him all the best with the coaching hire and the awkward press conference he has coming up.

 

[ZOMBIE@CTESPN]

Not my money the beauty of tech is when the product on the field sucks there are many other games as alternatives

 

[WindyCity]

While I don’t think Pace deserves an extension.

I understand that it will have a positive effect on the coaching search.

 

[ZOMBIE@CTESPN]

While I don’t think Pace deserves an extension.

I understand that it will have a positive effect on the coaching search.

Pretty much especially with what looks like a potential to have a record amount of coaching vacancies the job needs to look as attractive as possible.

 

[PeterMbangala]

While I don’t think Pace deserves an extension.

I understand that it will have a positive effect on the coaching search.

It's also got to be beneficial to Trubisky to have the GM that drafted him in place.

Coaching hire is critical. I'm more worried about that than anything else.

 

[bears26]

If true I'm very happy with this and it's the right move.

I agree that this is 100% the right move. I was concerned about a new coach coming in with concerns about how long Pace would be around. There are no guarantees in the NFL but this shows that that the McCaskey's are committed to new regime and a new coach coming in would not be hesitant to take the job.

 

[shoopster]

While I don’t think Pace deserves an extension.

I understand that it will have a positive effect on the coaching search.

There's still the very remote possibility of the Kingster going to a nuclear option via prompts from certain candidates; i.e. a Harbaugh type coming in wanting personnel control or input and selling the Kimgster on parting with Pace. If "Sweaty" Teddy is as at odds with Pace as some under tinfoil lids here would like us all to believe (not naming any names but one poster's screen name starts with "T," ends with "B," and in the middle is "eddyKG"), then the Sweatster might in fact encourage such a move to step out of football operations on his own terms instead of getting pushed out unwillingly by Pace, thereby positioning himself a "hero" for overhauling the franchise's front office in the process.

A remote possibility, obviously, but if Pace doesn't get an immediate extension in order to facilitate the HC search, something like this might be underway. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if we haven't heard the last of Accorsi, of all people . . .

 

[westcoast bear fanatic]

I agree that Pace should be kept around for the next HC hire unless of course it's a big splash like Harbaugh.

What I don't understand is all of the chest bumps and Hi-5's over this news, as if it really is unexpected news, or as if the Pace reign is anything to get excited over and celebrate.

 

[PeterMbangala]

I'm hopeful that if Pace gets the HC hire right then his biggest area of failure to date - free agency - might also be better. Whoever he gets, they are going to need a certain type of player. Nagy would need some speed WRs, DeFilippo a better slot receiver etc. Perhaps having a more specific, targeted objective from another voice in the organisation might help Pace?

 

[shoopster]

I agree that Pace should be kept around for the next HC hire unless of course it's a big splash like Harbaugh.

What I don't understand is all of the chest bumps and Hi-5's over this news, as if it really is unexpected news, or as if the Pace reign is anything to get excited over and celebrate.

14-and-33 is apparently ALL John Fox's fault to some . . .

 

[WestsideResider]

I agree that Pace should be kept around for the next HC hire unless of course it's a big splash like Harbaugh.

What I don't understand is all of the chest bumps and Hi-5's over this news, as if it really is unexpected news, or as if the Pace reign is anything to get excited over and celebrate.

I've come to the conclusion that people like the idea of Ryan Pace(young, hotshot GM building the team the way he sees fit) more so than anything he's actually done. If Pace was an old dude more people would want him fired.

 

[Toast88]

Wasn’t it Rapaport who also reported a few days ago that Phillips was doing a bunch of legwork on potential coaching replacements for Fox? Seems to me that was met here with much skepticism. So now, is that looking more likely to be true, or is Rapaport just a sometimes-right hack in the eyes of some people here?

 

[PeterMbangala]

I've come to the conclusion that people like the idea of Ryan Pace(young, hotshot GM building the team the way he sees fit) more so than anything he's actually done. If Pace was an old dude more people would want him fired.

There's an element of that for sure. He seems like a good guy and I think we all want him to do well. But if you hire a guy like that on potential you have to live with the growing pains. His failures are on him but also on the putrid structure above him that offer nothing in terms of practical advice and support.

Anyway, it looks like he's staying. Get the HC hire right and he could actually have someone to work with.

 

[westcoast bear fanatic]

I've come to the conclusion that people like the idea of Ryan Pace(young, hotshot GM building the team the way he sees fit) more so than anything he's actually done. If Pace was an old dude more people would want him fired.

The young hotshot who apparently had no say over selecting his first HC. In other words he was hired with the agreement that he check his balls in at the door.

I understand he has been given more autonomy since then but I respect a guy like Ballard more who told the McCaskey's how it really is regardless if it hurt their feelings.

Pace going along with Fox = 3 wasted years.

 

[Toast88]

I've come to the conclusion that people like the idea of Ryan Pace(young, hotshot GM building the team the way he sees fit) more so than anything he's actually done. If Pace was an old dude more people would want him fired.

For what? He really hasn’t done much wrong.

Most people are on-board with Trubisky. They were cool with letting Cutler go. He got the steal of the past few drafts in Jordan Howard. He got Tarik Cohen, Leonard Floyd, Akiem Hicks, etc. Even his missteps were pre-tempered with reasonable outs (being easily able to get out of bad free agent signings like Glennon)

 

[shoopster]

Wasn’t it Rapaport who also reported a few days ago that Phillips was doing a bunch of legwork on potential coaching replacements for Fox? Seems to me that was met here with much skepticism. So now, is that looking more likely to be true, or is Rapaport just a sometimes-right hack in the eyes of some people here?

All leaks that fit the inexplicably accepted collective narrative that Ryan Pace is a wunderkind who holds no responsibility for a three year .270 winning percentage and is revolutionizing the Bears' front office by politically outmaneuvering master manipulator Ted Phillips are accepted without question. All others are just shvtty journalism . . .

. . . Hope that helps . . .

 

[westcoast bear fanatic]

Wasn’t it Rapaport who also reported a few days ago that Phillips was doing a bunch of legwork on potential coaching replacements for Fox? Seems to me that was met here with much skepticism. So now, is that looking more likely to be true, or is Rapaport just a sometimes-right hack in the eyes of some people here?

Rapoport is pretty spot on with Bears organizational news. He must have a source in Halas Hall because out of the national guys, he has a feel for the pulse better than the others.

I believe both reports.