Ted Phillips to open things up

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

Bernstein can't stammer and stutter enough to try and explain this.

This is glorious.

yeh bernsie is ticked.....didnt his guy tell him this was going to be all Pace today?

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

This is so beautiful to listen to.

Dan is absolutely stupefied how this can be happening.

Does Dan not realize there is no "trust level" with these guys.

Laurence is just blowtorching Dan and the Bears.

PHILLIPS.IS.NOT.INVOLVED.IN.THE.FOOTBALL.OPERATIONS

Is Ted really trying to sell this after 3 straight last place finishes?

Pace extended for 2 years.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

I hope someone asks him how they have one of the worst WR corps in the league after 3 years.

God damn do I hate this pussy pace, sounds like he has a deviated septum too.

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He's a seasoned veteran at not answering questions.

Pace says it will be a collaborative effort with Ted Phillips & George McCaskey in hiring the next coach

"Ryan, do you have the final decision on a coaching hire?"

"Wep...uh....well...."

"There's no band-aid approach"

Uh.....Ryan, you're heading into year 4. I'd say that's way past band aid stage. You're entering tourniquet territory.

Does any GM have final decision on a coach? Doesn’t the owner/President have to sign off?

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They have not contacted any potential candidates because "we wanted to give this day the respect it deserves". WHAT ?????

I can see why they extended him. Perfect for this organization.

And did anyone hear? Ryan's "excited"!

This is embarassing

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I think most GMs generally have the final say.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

The extension is really meaningless. His future is tied to the new coach and the QB.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

Dan is very disappointed in today's outcome.

Pace did not win the press conference. He is very annoyed.

i love pressers with Bernsie

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

This guy should have been shit canned with Fox. Ditto Phillips. Should have brought in a new Head of Football Ops too.

Da Bears.

He is really flustered that the SMART.YOUNG.GUY. can't get it right.

Now he is explaining that this is a "shadow business".

Laurence is roasting Pace.

Bernstein completely exposed. Phillips CLEARLY involved by Pace’s own admission.

The Bears are an absolute laughingstock.

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The is the first time I can remember Laurence pushing back against Bernsie.

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"Today is not for draft talk".

This is a great listen today. Bernsie is going to lose his mind. He's at a 9 on the irritability scale.

Aren't most GMs answering to ownership and basically telling them this is what we are doing?

The Bears are the only team who has a bean counter seperating GM from Ownership.

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Whenever things don't go as Bernsie insists they will he always invokes things that can't be explained like "shadow business", "backchannel discussions", and undefined "legal reasons" to explain why.

Dan being forced into letting callers give their personal thoughts on the Bears today has to be killing him.

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