Lovie Smith

[Tarlam!]

I remember reading a lot about this HC when he was appointed as the F.I.B. coach. I remember thinking, what a shame he wasn't appointed GBP HC.

In his first year, he was only asked to perform one thing: A miracle! Namely, to beat our beloved Pack.

He did that once in his inaugural year as HC. I could not fathom it at the time. We were simply a vastly superior team on paper.

Last year, he found game plans to hide the apparent deficiency of Kyle Orton. Then, he displayed incredible foresight by slipping Rex into the playoff game, despite his inexperience.

Lovie must have known Rex would be crushed. Still, he installed confidence in Rex by playing him. Look at Rex this year!

I take my hat off to Lovie Smith and the Bears ownership for recruiting the guy. He will be an institution for years to come, IMHO.

[oregonpackfan]

I agree. Lovie Smith has done a fine job and will continue to do a fine job as HC.


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[Merlin]

I think Lovie is an average HC. The one thing he brings is what a lot of HC's don't have, an ability to make players believe in themselves and the system. His play calling is vanilla on both sides of the ball. What I would want from the Bears is their scouts for the defensive side of the ball. Face, offensively, they still suck. Even with Glassman putting up numbers...

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Merlin, you're a moron.

[Zool]

If he could get himself a good/great OC the Bears would be scary.

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The Bears are averaging 29 points per game. That is a ton. Their offense is overachieving hardcore right now...

[Merlin]

Merlin, you're a moron.

Comming from you I will take that as a compliment. Why? Because only someone with an IQ as low as yours would resort to claiming I am smarter then you....

[MJZiggy]

Merlin, you're a moron.

Is there some software glitch that's causing everyone to be nasty to each other this weekend? What in hades is going on around here?

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He just called one of the games best coaches average and said their play calling was crap and that offensively they are terrible.

They put up 29 points per game while giving up 7.25 per game. That is a 21.75 point advantage per game. Thats more than 3 touchdowns and extra points.

Foolish, uneducated statement.

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Merlin, you're a moron.

Comming from you I will take that as a compliment. Why? Because only someone with an IQ as low as yours would resort to claiming I am smarter then you....

I didn't claim anything beyond that you're a moron, so I know not of what you say. As for my IQ being low, think as you wish.

[MJZiggy]

He just called one of the games best coaches average and said their play calling was crap and that offensively they are terrible.

They put up 29 points per game while giving up 7.25 per game. That is a 21.75 point advantage per game. Thats more than 3 touchdowns and extra points.

Foolish, uneducated statement.

Then wouldn't it have been better to simply disprove him? The statistics make your point so much more clearly.

[Zool]

He just called one of the games best coaches average and said their play calling was crap and that offensively they are terrible.

They put up 29 points per game while giving up 7.25 per game. That is a 21.75 point advantage per game. Thats more than 3 touchdowns and extra points.

Foolish, uneducated statement.

He's won 0 playoff games and he's one of the leagues best coaches? Their D puts the O in good positions most of the time and Rex is gambling and winning those gambles right now. They really should have lost to MN, but the Vikings O is stagnant and far too predictable right now.

I won't call Lovie one of the best head coaches in the league till he does something. If you want to talk about his ability to coach up a D then ok.

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He just called one of the games best coaches average and said their play calling was crap and that offensively they are terrible.

They put up 29 points per game while giving up 7.25 per game. That is a 21.75 point advantage per game. Thats more than 3 touchdowns and extra points.

Foolish, uneducated statement.

He's won 0 playoff games and he's one of the leagues best coaches? Their D puts the O in good positions most of the time and Rex is gambling and winning those gambles right now. They really should have lost to MN, but the Vikings O is stagnant and far too predictable right now.

I won't call Lovie one of the best head coaches in the league till he does something. If you want to talk about his ability to coach up a D then ok.

He has won a super bowl. He was a defensive coach down in Tampa, then went up to St. Louis when they won. They, he took the job with the Bears. It takes a time to field a quality team considering what he came in with, but he certainly has seemed to have turned it around.

I think they're good this year, but not their year. I think Seattle gets to the Super Bowl again.

[Zool]

He just called one of the games best coaches average and said their play calling was crap and that offensively they are terrible.

They put up 29 points per game while giving up 7.25 per game. That is a 21.75 point advantage per game. Thats more than 3 touchdowns and extra points.

Foolish, uneducated statement.

He's won 0 playoff games and he's one of the leagues best coaches? Their D puts the O in good positions most of the time and Rex is gambling and winning those gambles right now. They really should have lost to MN, but the Vikings O is stagnant and far too predictable right now.

I won't call Lovie one of the best head coaches in the league till he does something. If you want to talk about his ability to coach up a D then ok.

He has won a super bowl. He was a defensive coach down in Tampa, then went up to St. Louis when they won. They, he took the job with the Bears. It takes a time to field a quality team considering what he came in with, but he certainly has seemed to have turned it around.

I think they're good this year, but not their year. I think Seattle gets to the Super Bowl again.

I guess I took the point of this thread was Lovie and his HC abilities. As I said, he's a top D coach, not sure yet about him as a HC. He did get beat at home in the playoffs last year by 1 guy.

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He just called one of the games best coaches average and said their play calling was crap and that offensively they are terrible.

They put up 29 points per game while giving up 7.25 per game. That is a 21.75 point advantage per game. Thats more than 3 touchdowns and extra points.

Foolish, uneducated statement.

He's won 0 playoff games and he's one of the leagues best coaches? Their D puts the O in good positions most of the time and Rex is gambling and winning those gambles right now. They really should have lost to MN, but the Vikings O is stagnant and far too predictable right now.

I won't call Lovie one of the best head coaches in the league till he does something. If you want to talk about his ability to coach up a D then ok.

He has won a super bowl. He was a defensive coach down in Tampa, then went up to St. Louis when they won. They, he took the job with the Bears. It takes a time to field a quality team considering what he came in with, but he certainly has seemed to have turned it around.

I think they're good this year, but not their year. I think Seattle gets to the Super Bowl again.

I guess I took the point of this thread was Lovie and his HC abilities. As I said, he's a top D coach, not sure yet about him as a HC. He did get beat at home in the playoffs last year by 1 guy.

Bill Parcels, Mike Holmgren, Bill Belichich, Mike Shanahan, etc have all lost in the playoffs. I don't put much stock in him losing in his first playoff game as a HC.