Showing posts with label Jon Gruden. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jon Gruden. Show all posts

Do The Bears Need Change At The Top?



I knew it wouldn't take long before the calls for heads to roll would be coming in.  And I don't blame Bears fans.  Not one bit.

There are only so many times you can put up with failed screen attempts, dive plays run for players who are barely tall enough to ride a rollercoaster.  Bubble screens on third and long.  Ron Turner's playbook is so vanilla, chocolate wants no part of it in a swirl.  It's bad and embarrassing.  And to think, Bears fans (myself included) thought there would be an improvement with Jay Cutler under center.

And while Devin Hester, Johnny Knox and Earl Bennett have stepped their games up, the Bears offense as a whole is still as boring as ever at times.

The only way the Bears are going to get change in the offense is if it says good-bye to Lovie Smith, who prior to this week's debacle, had done a pretty good job calling the defensive plays.  But Smith, who has two years remaining on his current deal, seemed to have had his playbook switched with the old Bob Babich kind.

So, where should the Bears go with this?  You'll see after the jump.

What the Buc? Gruden's gone!

Seattle Seahawks v Tampa Bay Buccaneers
OK, what's the deal with all these post-Black Monday high profile firings?

First it was Mike Shanahan, which was a stunner in its own right because even though the Denver Broncos slumped down the stretch and choked away an AFC West title to an 8-8 team, the man brought Denver two Super Bowl championships.

Yesterday, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers off'd Jon Gruden.

Gruden, of course, brought the Bucs their only Super Bowl title by smacking the Oakland Raiders back to the 1970s. Da Raiders still haven't recovered.

So I'm trying to figure out what happens from here.

Can you justify releasing a Super Bowl winning coach and replacing him with a guy who was just promoted to defensive coordinator? I can't.

Couple that with bringing in Rod Marinelli's son-in-law to be the linebacker's coach, you must be hard-pressed to figure out what kind of coaching tree is being planted in Tampa?

Probably one that wilts in the Florida heat and can't win when the temperatures go below 32 degrees.