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It's pretty simple. If George comes out and says they met a few weeks ago and came to this decision, then Bernsie broke a great story.

If George gives any other timeline of events, it was BS. Although, I'm sure Dan would spin it that George would never admit to...blah, blah, blah...

He gets a lot of grief, rightly so, for the vague reports and non-committed sources etc, but he was the first with this by a significant amount of time. He clearly has a good source in the Bears fold.

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater wrote:

I highly doubt they would admit that he was a lame duck coach for that long.

I don't see any reason that they couldn't admit it.

I don't think it reflects poorly on the organization that they decided a couple weeks in advance that they would move in a different direction when the season was over.

Northside_Dan wrote:

Or he took a high percentage guess with the always handy "things changed" in his back pocket.

Northside_Dan wrote:

Or he took a high percentage guess with the always handy "things changed" in his back pocket.

it also helped to deflect attention from the negative reaction to his Derrick Rose comments.

First one to definitively say that Trestman was done. His tweets were picked up my multiple natonal outlets etc.

Author:	Northside_Dan [ Mon Dec 29, 2014 10:56 am ]
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First one to definitively say that Trestman was done. His tweets were picked up my multiple natonal outlets etc.

Author:	badrogue17 [ Mon Dec 29, 2014 10:59 am ]
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Any word on Kerry Wood's personal service contract ?

Author:	good dolphin [ Mon Dec 29, 2014 11:03 am ]
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but it turns out Emery had been neutered by that time as well so he missed the bigger half of the story anyway, as the now apparently great Jerry Angelo said "who cares"

Author:	Dr. Kenneth Noisewater [ Mon Dec 29, 2014 11:06 am ]
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It's pretty simple. If George comes out and says they met a few weeks ago and came to this decision, then Bernsie broke a great story. If George gives any other timeline of events, it was BS. Although, I'm sure Dan would spin it that George would never admit to...blah, blah, blah...

Author:	Brick [ Mon Dec 29, 2014 11:08 am ]
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Dr. Kenneth Noisewater wrote: It's pretty simple. If George comes out and says they met a few weeks ago and came to this decision, then Bernsie broke a great story. If George gives any other timeline of events, it was BS. Although, I'm sure Dan would spin it that George would never admit to...blah, blah, blah... I highly doubt they would admit that he was a lame duck coach for that long.

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Author:	Northside_Dan [ Mon Dec 29, 2014 11:10 am ]
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He gets a lot of grief, rightly so, for the vague reports and non-committed sources etc, but he was the first with this by a significant amount of time. He clearly has a good source in the Bears fold.

Author:	Brick [ Mon Dec 29, 2014 11:12 am ]
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Northside_Dan wrote: He gets a lot of grief, rightly so, for the vague reports and non-committed sources etc, but he was the first with this by a significant amount of time. He clearly has a good source in the Bears fold. As I said before, it also was at a time when a lot of people were saying that the Bears aren't the kind of organization who would fire a coach after two years. It seems obvious now but there was plenty of questions.

Author:	rogers park bryan [ Mon Dec 29, 2014 11:28 am ]
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Northside_Dan wrote: He gets a lot of grief, rightly so, for the vague reports and non-committed sources etc, but he was the first with this by a significant amount of time. He clearly has a good source in the Bears fold. Or he took a high percentage guess with the always handy "things changed" in his back pocket.

Author:	Frank Coztansa [ Mon Dec 29, 2014 11:36 am ]
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Me either. They told Jauron with 3 games to go and gave him the option to leave, and he chose to finish out the year. I don't have any issue with them waiting until today.

Author:	Brick [ Mon Dec 29, 2014 11:38 am ]
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Dr. Kenneth Noisewater wrote: I don't see any reason that they couldn't admit it. I don't think it reflects poorly on the organization that they decided a couple weeks in advance that they would move in a different direction when the season was over. They'd have to answer why they didn't fire him that day and let the whole Cutler benching saga turn them into an embarrassment. At best, I think you'll get a "We have been discussing this for weeks and made the final decision right after the game".

Author:	newper [ Mon Dec 29, 2014 11:39 am ]
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rogers park bryan wrote: Northside_Dan wrote: He gets a lot of grief, rightly so, for the vague reports and non-committed sources etc, but he was the first with this by a significant amount of time. He clearly has a good source in the Bears fold. Or he took a high percentage guess with the always handy "things changed" in his back pocket. Yes -- he's also said for months that Harbaugh will not be going to Michigan due to his family wanting to stay in California... I'm sure the line now is that the money was too good to pass up. Predicting a coach getting fired after this trainwreck of a season was not hard to do -- anytime after the 2nd Packers game it seemed like above 50%.

Author:	Curious Hair [ Mon Dec 29, 2014 11:45 am ]
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Like I said in the other thread (this needs to become a regular acronym to save time: LISITOT, or "liss-a-tot") it's hard to give Dan full credit on stuff like this when he's the master of hedging. And like I've said in many many other threads (no acronym there), Dan's whole thing is that he's whatever he says is until he isn't, at which point he never was. Had Trestman not been fired, he would have been first to the completely opposite story on the same scoop.

Author:	Tad Queasy [ Mon Dec 29, 2014 11:51 am ]
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rogers park bryan wrote: Northside_Dan wrote: He gets a lot of grief, rightly so, for the vague reports and non-committed sources etc, but he was the first with this by a significant amount of time. He clearly has a good source in the Bears fold. Or he took a high percentage guess with the always handy "things changed" in his back pocket. In addition to what CH said, it also helped to deflect attention from the negative reaction to his Derrick Rose comments.

Author:	Tall Midget [ Mon Dec 29, 2014 12:14 pm ]
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Tad Queasy wrote: it also helped to deflect attention from the negative reaction to his Derrick Rose comments. Bingo.

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Author:	billypootons [ Mon Dec 29, 2014 12:19 pm ]
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Northside_Dan wrote: First one to definitively say that Trestman was done. His tweets were picked up my multiple natonal outlets etc. bernstein's twitter news from 12-16-14 specifically used the word "likely" when speaking of trestman being fired... giving danny room to wiggle out of his "reporting" if needed to...