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Watching the Chicago Bear debacle against Arizona today, despite the late comeback attempt against a team that already put this one in the victory column brings me to one conclusion—Lovie Smith should be fired right now. This game would have been a repeat of the Cincinnati Bengal game if the Cardinals had the revenge factor with Cedric Benson and put the hammer down the way the Bengals did a couple of weeks ago.
I don’t want to hear from anybody that you can’t change coaches in mid-season of the NFL, because that would mean changing schemes and the players wouldn’t have time to adjust.
The Bears are going nowhere fast anyway, so it really doesn’t matter. THIS IS NOT A PLAYOFF TEAM.
They don’t know what they’re doing on both sides of the ball right now anyway, so what does it matter if they make a change at this time? At least it would give fans hope for the future.
Another year of Lovie-speak is more than I can stand. “We’ll look at the tape and make corrections and go from there.”
To make changes, you need to have someone in charge that knows football and Lovie is sadly lacking in that area. He only knows one defense; has no clue how to make in game adjustments, and is incapable of motivating a team anymore. They’re no longer buying his shtick.
I would like to introduce here the nickname I have for Lovie Smith, a name I feel is absolutely appropriate—LUCKY SMITH.
He was lucky to get the job in the first place. He was undeserving of the opportunity because he wasn’t that great as a defensive coordinator. He obviously has no leadership skills. All you have to do is hear him speak to know that. That also includes his intelligence, or should I say lack of it. Listening to him and his press conferences on a regular basis and you hear the same thing over and over again.
That’s because he doesn’t know anything else. HE’S DUMB. He employs the cover two or Tampa two because his mentor Tony Dungy taught him that. He doesn’t know any other way to play defense.
He fired Rom Rivera after the Super Bowl because he felt threatened by his presence. He likes to put people in place that lack experience and will not question his authority.
Before anyone comments to me that he took the Bears to the Super Bowl, let me shoot down your argument right now. The Bears went to the Super Bowl in spite of Lucky Smith.
Devin Hester took the Bears to the Super Bowl.
I would have actually fired him with a couple of seconds left in regulation in the playoff game against Seattle that year when he called time out with Seattle having the ball with a couple of seconds left at midfield.
The only thing that could have happened would have been Seattle either scoring a touchdown or getting a defensive penalty that would have allowed them to kick the game winning field goal and keeping the Bears from making the Super Bowl.
If I were Jerry Angelo, I would have called Lovie Smith at that point, told him he was fired, and tell him to hand the phone to Ron Rivera and tell him he’s taking over the team.
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