Today, I stand before you, well sit before you because Im at my desk; but nevertheless, I come before you today a bruised and battered man. Cut and scrapped, yanked and twisted, taken down and transitioned into an epic ground and pound. But fellow Bear fans,.. I will not lay down! I will not be TKOd or beaten by a rear naked choke! This 2014 Chicago Bears team has led us into a dark, dumpster overflowing, Colt 45 urine smelling alley and has attempted to rob us for everything our great sports town & tradition is worth. And as the bitter, blustery winter cold approaches off the shores of the ever frozen waves of Lake Michigan. This Sunday, the seats of the Soldier Field will once again be occupied to capacity as our team takes the field, winless at home. If youve never had the pleasure of being inside the stadium when “The Hawk” has his wings spread in full flight, its an experience youll never forget. You think dressing in layers with packs of Hot Hands/Feet shaken up and placed in your pockets and socks will be enough...think again. Its pure B.S. You end up a hour away from frost bite. You cant feel your fingers until you stagger to the concessions for a cup of over priced hot chocolate. As a former employee, I know for a fact the hot chocolate is the next highest seller to the minimum of two draft beers per customer. So good luck standing in the over long lines if the hot chocolate machine has to be re-filled. Other than that, the atmosphere is usually still electric and second to none. Although this season has not lived up to its billing and expectations for the product everyone wades through Lake Shore Drive, downtown and Museum Campus traffic to see; & this team isnt worth the price of parking; & my die hard battery needs a jump; & the brave spirits of the soldiers and gladiators who once battled and took shelter on this land are turning in their graves right next to old man Halas. I still have a glimmer of Senator Obama hope. Despite a defensive coordinator who still allows minority hiring in the NFL to be an ongoing debate. Aside from an offense that has thrown on first down 115 times to 59 rushes with 26 penalties in which theyve only converted 46 out of 110 third downs. And a virtually non existent un-creative Special Teams unit. These guys are still professionals, and they have to a have sense of team pride and a band of togetherness minus the coaching staff since there has been no hint of a divided locker room. From the outside looking in on television, you can see a high level of frustration between the different defensive units (D-Linemen, LBs, DBs) mainly aimed at the secondary. Understandable, every quarterback for the last few seasons have morphed into gunslingers during Bears week and proceeded to aim at the Bears secondary. My superstitions lead me to believe having Chris Conte on the field for no apparent reason at all is bad luck. You can pretty much count on the proverbial blown assignment on his behalf every single game. Phil Emery signed/and or drafted four safeties in the offseason and let Major Wright walk in free agency, but somehow this guy found his way back into the lineup and has regressed in the process. This points to coaching. Marc Trestman continuously defends his staff for loving working with the players in practice. As a coach, I would too. Love my job that is. But I will not defend the job done on a week to week basis on gameday. Its unacceptable and someone would hear about it, both privately and through the media. Theres no excuse other than lack of talent which there is no substitute, so you have to coach better, plain and simple. Offensively, Trestman has been haunted by the soul Phil Emery sold, and Jay Cutler is the victim being preyed upon by Trestmans character as Annabelle in this horror story. Cutlers head is plastered on wanted posters labeled dead or alive in Chicago. Some posters have bullet holes in them its so bad. Im sure somewhere a Cutler bobblehead has been beheaded and thrown into the fire of a burning #6 jersey started by the lighter used to light an imfamous Cutler cigarette. His play has been off and on to be cool about it, but mostly off to be real about it. His decision making has been handcuffed by the voice in his headset coming from the guy with the extensive play sheet. His “whisperer”. Trestman needs to stop whispering, screw the over watching eye of Emery and the lovely Virginia Halas McCaskey, be a man and call some damn run plays to help alleviate some of the pressure and pain placed on his 126 million dollar signal caller and offensive weaponry. Theres only so much you can do in the air with three hurt (not injured) receivers/tight end and no slot receiver. Your tailback is your teams leading receiver for a reason. But this is what we asked for. We all wanted to vertically stretch the field more. A lot of people wanted Lovie ousted because he was too defense oriented and his offensive philosophy wasnt explosive enough. I was against firing Lovie. Hell I was against not resigning 54. Im still heated 23 is in Atlanta. Why, its simple as the old adage says..”Offense scores points; Defense wins games”. Period. Give me Lovie, Urlacher and Hester over Trestman, Boom Boom Bostic and Chris Williams any day of the week. But this is what you get when you have a mutt for a mans best friend. The Bears front office is the mutt ,and Chicago is a Bears city at heart. You do the math. With Minnesota coming in this Sunday, this is an opportunity to find something to play for. The Vikings have a rookie upstart quarterback prone to a few mistakes. If the Bears can make a couple big plays and dominate field position and time of possession, things could swing theyre way. No easy task, but Im looking for ticket buyers in attendance to lift the teams spirits and stay behind them even when all that is football lore is going wrong. This is our chance as fans to prove our worth. To turn Soldier Field and your Sunday afternoon living rooms up to the max. Give the team a reason to not to get bood at halftime. Pray for Trestman to have his group prepared and ready to fight for four quarters and maybe when Lovie comes back in Week 12 he can remember what hes missing. #GOBEARS – Coach Dave
Posted on: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 23:04:59 +0000
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