Come To Think Of It...Time For Bears To Fire Lovie Smith and Start Over

This is not just a knee-jerk reaction to an embarrassing loss to the Green Bay Packers. No, this has been brewing for awhile now.

And enough is enough!

It is time to fire Lovie Smith and his band of not-ready-for-prime-time coaching staff. Keep special teams coach Dave Toub, but defensive coordinator Bob Babich? Hit the road. Ron Turner? Go Back to the Illini. And take the rest of the coaches with you.

Lovie Smith and his insistence on stubbornly sticking to a defensive scheme that doesn't effectively utilize the talent he has needs to go bye-bye.

And take Jerry Angelo and his horrendous first round draft choices and his inability to find a quarterback and bring back a better football mind to run things.

We already lost a good coordinator in Ron Rivera due to Smith's preference to have loyalty and friendship take precedence over production. It's time to blow this thing up and start over.

The defense can't stop anyone. The offense is too predictable. And even the changes implemented to improve the offense this year took far too long to materialize. Why couldn't the no-huddle, shotgun and throwing to the tight end have been thought of last year when Rex was struggling so badly?

Look, I understand that not everyone can be Mike Ditka. But somtimes as head coach you need to breathe fire into your players and let them know you won't tolerate this kind of play. But the maddeningly calm and stubborn Lovie just keeps saying the same things, and keeps putting up with the same crap, week after week. 

Well, I don't know about you, but I've had enough.

Let's get a head coach who isn't afraid to make adjustments when the plan isn't working. And one that has the necessary self confidence to surround himself with competent assistants.

So, goodbye Lovie, don't let the door hit you on the way out. Come to think of it, the sooner the better.