Regarding the team quitting, I found it odd that Mack, Hicks, Robinson, Jackson, and Trevathan were all out. Maybe it's just bad luck that all of these "leaders" are hurt simultaneously...or they looked at the situation and are making business decisions.

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all of that is logical and correct.

However, based on the limited press that George has done, I personally don't think he's getting fired. I think he gets one more year to "prove" himself because of the gift of a rookie QB.

They'll win Thursday and run off a few more and George will once more marvel at the turnaround, saying what he needs to say publically because he's backed this guy privately at the end of last year and won't go back on his word.

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I don't think he's been inflexible with Fields. We've seen a lot of new concepts since Fields has taken over. The biggest gripe that I have is there is still no coherence with the play calling. Not surprising because Lazor isn't a good play caller either. He's better than Nagy, but still mediocre at best. Fields' accuracy and decision making is questionable at times. Things I expect from a rookie with shitty receivers.

Edit: Nagy has proven with all of his quarterbacks that he's incapable of making good offensive decisions that benefit the team he currently has and not the Chiefs roster that he clearly wishes he had.

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brad biggs was amusing this morning on screamy & vanilla... you can tell he's had enough of watching this crap.

I just noticed that despite the loss, the Bears actually improved from the 2nd-worst to the 3rd-worst team in the NFC, by virtue of Seattle also losing and their loss being within the division/conference.

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The Bears will also lose to Seattle.

I think this is contradictory - a HC is usually a subject matter expert at either offense or defense and hires coordinators to execute his vision for both sides of the ball. He's responsible for the performance of those coordinators and then is also responsible, like you said, for building the morale of the team and holding everything together by demonstrating advanced leadership skills. So that's two things at least - performance and morale.

I agree with you on morale. It looks like we also agree on performance (it sucks). But where we differ is you have assigned more weight to morale when it should be equal with performance. We could hire Dave Chappelle to be HC and I'm sure the guys would like him but the performance would suck. Similarly we could have some AI-infused bot call plays and I'm sure the offense would look better but the bot would suck at building morale. It has to be both. That's why Trestman sucked, he was technically competent at X's and O's but a terrible leader of men. Lovie excelled at technical competence and leadership. Nagy is incompetent when it comes to 50% of his responsibiliities. Therefore, he must go.

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Kyrie Irving will never win anything as a team's alpha: check
T.rubisky is a bust: check
Ben Simmons is a liability: check
The Fields Cult is dumb: double check

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And Nas, the Bears have quit. Look at the injury report. Those guys don't wanna be there.

At this point, I'm not sure I can blame them.

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They are an interesting team, and while the Bears are a complete shit show, Seattle illustrates that you can have one of the best QBs, all-pro receivers, a good coach...and still suck.

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I guess I should have said Nagy is a good leader of men. I viewed his role as similar to the one Fox played and Harbaugh plays now. Hire competent coordinators and get out of the way. His inability to give up his dream to be a play caller has really hurt the team.

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Yes but they managed to also create an identity on both sides of the ball and make a difference. Look at what the Ravens did with Jackson - completely restructuring the Flacco-inspired playbook to fit Jackson's strengths. That kind of basic execution is light years ahead of what Nagy is capable of doing. If you're that incompetent then you just shouldn't be allowed in the building.

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Kyrie Irving will never win anything as a team's alpha: check
T.rubisky is a bust: check
Ben Simmons is a liability: check
The Fields Cult is dumb: double check

2013 CSFMB ROY

I think there is some truth to your statement that Nagy has introduced some new concepts with Floyd. The problem is that he doesn't stick with them. He coaches reactively, out of desperation, rather than proactively developing an identity based on the strengths of his players.

And yeah, I know Lazor is a bad coordinator, too. I was the one who repeatedly told you that when you claimed Nagy's hire of Lazor was a good sign regarding Nagy's coaching and the future of the offense.

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Yet those men don't want to follow him into battle. They would rather start their winter vacation a month+ early.

I think this best sums up Nagy the offensive coach since about Week 11 of the 2018 season. It got dramatically worse after Parkey missed that kick.

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The 2-8 Texans now have an easier road to the playoffs than the Bears do

Yet somehow the Bears leapfrogged the Seahawks in the NFC

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FTFY

I can't believe Nas is dying on the Nagy hill.

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Nas typically can be found on the wrong side of history.

Biden, Clinton, Grossman, Nagy.

If you exemplify the Peter Principle, chances are Nas is your champion.

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While you're correct in demanding more points from the offense, that Eagles game, yesterday's game, and even last week's game were very similar in one aspect. Forget the overall scores for a second...

-Yesterday, the Bears held a 4 point lead with 1:41 to play.
-Last week, the Bears held a two point lead with 1:46 to play.
-Eagles playoff game, Bears held a 5 point lead with 4:46 left to play.

Two of those three games were at Solider Field against a backup QB. It's not an out of this world expectation to ask your defense to stop a backup quarterback from leading a late game touchdown drive. I don't care if the score is 44-40 or 7-3, the defense has to be able to hold and close a game out once in a while.

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I could not possibly agree more.

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I'll also add that the failure in those 3 games is part poor coaching, including the penalties which is coaching and discipline, part lack of execution.

And on the flip side, two teams playing with their backup QB come into your building and you hold them to 16 points a piece? Yeah, outside of crazy weather or something really out of the ordinary, you better go 2-0.

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He's doing a "bit"

Right. Nas is pretending to be a dumbass. What's your excuse?

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Get lost, loser

Bob fails to see the irony in his use of an ankle biter gif.

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That guy is on Parkins and Spiegs and sounds like he's full of shit

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The fact that the team hasn't openly revolted against Nagy hardly makes him a good leader. His teams are sloppy, undisciplined and intermittently lackadaisical. This suggests that he has preempted mutiny by being easy to get along with and "sympathetic" to his players. He is not a leader; he is a salesman.

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