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Reading between the lines, I do not think Jay Cutler will be back.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jan 9, 2015 -> 09:38 AM) Damn jason, what are you a court reporter? that was fast! You all can make fun of my spelling all you want, but you will never find a faster typer (it's true). I don't have time to go back and re-read all this stuff that I post on a forum (normally while I'm multitasking on something else like a conference call, etc).

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jan 9, 2015 -> 09:29 AM) Me too. I'm going to post a summary shortly. Or long summary, haha.

Below is a quick summary. Ryan was extremely calm during the entire interview. I walked away feeling pretty good. Phillips: Phillips, Pace, Accoris, and George will all be involved in the coaching interview process. Phillips: Pace lead the interview Pace: - 1st order of business is to hire the right head coach to bring multiple championships and that is the most critical decision to be made and he pointed out how Sean Payton hire was the spark that got Saints set in the right direction. - Will be aggressive and will do anything possible to strengthen the roster - Must build through the draft and need to string through - Not just collecting athletes, they are acquiring football players who fit the Chicago Bears. Emphasis on character, instincts, toughness, and winning games - Will not discuss any coaching candidates or individual players. Than opens it up for questions (his actual lead was about 2 minutes). Q&A: - Highlights again about focus in the organization was about winning games, no ego's, etc. - Looking for the best coach (doesn't matter if 4/3 or 3-4 or offensive / defensive). Confidence, Charisma, leadership, etc. Wants man for the job. Really keeps hitting on fact that the right head coach is what he needs and than evaluate the roster and develop off-season plan - Points out that they can get back to playoffs quick, but the key is really to have a progressive plan and improve - Re: Structural changes, says he needs to evaluate things first and than from their can make structural decisions. Said it would be unfair for him to judge people prior to getting to know them. - He was not looking to just jump at first job; Views this as a historic franchise that desperately wants to win and is willing to do whatever it takes to get it and he wants to be a part of that - He has set additional interviews vs. what had been originally scheduled regarding coaches - He has a list of coaches and certain staff people who he values but indicates its "fair" and "right" to evaluate current staff here first - He has full control of 53 man roster; However, the relationship of the HC & GM is critical along with HC and QB. In his 15 years in New Orleans, never saw Mickey & Sean have a major argument. So his point is, while he has full control, he needs to be working every day with the coaches and get the right guys for the coaches. - He slipped...briefly, said he does want to make structure and scouting structure more like New Orleans but than went back to say structures are pretty similar - Has final say on HC hire, but points out he will lean on George, Ernie, and Ted - QB is critical position to achieve sustained success but not the only position. All 53 guys need to contribute and he understands why Brees was successful but that he wants to get to know Jay before coming to any conclusions - Talked about adversity from bountygate, etc, and how it is how you handle adversity and persevere through it and he's learned from that and believes a lot has to do with your attitude when going through it - In regards to age, talks about how despite age, he has seen a lot and views his experience in New Orleans and isn't worried about his age and feels he's fully experienced - Feels really good about being here and that he is empowered (but doesn't directly indicate how long his contract is) - Evaluating the QB is more than what you see on tape...he needs to get to know him as a person (refuses to go any more in depth) - Pro / College department in New Orleans was merged so he was always involved with the draft (even though he had a pro title) and he envisions that it is critical to have that "merged" process. Seems that we will see that sort of change in Chicago. Thinks that the fact that being on the pro side, allows you to better see and understand what it takes to succeed at various positions, etc, which than better helps you when it comes to targeting the players in the draft that have those attributes. Also values the fact that on the pro side you see more about coach / GM involvement, etc, but continued to highlight his involvement in the draft - Bottom line, key is to draft and you acquire players in FA to allow you to always draft best player available - Thrives on the fact that he is evaluated on wins and losses and he is not concerned about the time-frame George / Ted will give him. Its a win/loss business. - Raved about Drew Brees work ethic - Talks about how division is strong and how Lions / Packers have done a great job building themselves through the draft (ignored Minny) - Is not yet sure whether he will use the old Emery system of drafting or the new system of drafting. Ultimately his method will be implemented just isn't sure yet if it will be this year. Has to see it and get into it. - Points out that he has never hired a head coach / been involved in that. Indicates he will leverage and take advantage of the other guys in the organization who have and lean heavy on Ernie - Only get one first shot and he talked about how from the moment he walked in the building, he could just "feel" it here and it will be set-up to win with sustained success and he is excited about it. Historic experience, coming back to Illinois, everything just felt right. His wife's family is all Bears fans. - Talked about weather and how to win in the environment in Chicago, you have to be able to run the ball and play tough, physical defense and that they are going to get back to that - He is influenced by Payton and the qualities he brought (from Parcells) and how he was focused on discipline. Also highlighted the energy, charisma, and confidence and how the HC is selling his plan from the players and he will be looking for that type of coach. - Believes in taking BPA, period. Talked about a learning lesson early in his career, where he pushed a DT in 2003 early, who didn't end up being a good player, because it was a need (vs. BPA). - Urgency to get coach in place in time of the senior bowl but pointed out that he doesn't want that timetable to rush the Bears in the decision of the head coach as it is crucial he gets it right - Favors no specific philosophy but a coach that can adjust his defense to the players vs. pigeon hole his players into the scheme. (I lean this to meaning a guy like Bowles who has made it all work, injuries, 3-4 / 4-3, etc). - He does report into Ted; Said Ted reminds him a lot of Mickey Loomis and he has an automatic connection and points out that his relationship with Ted is going to be important and that he is comfortable with the hierarchy. He is going to continue to lean on various peoples experience since he is a young GM (again pointed to Ted and Ernie). - Isn't going to immediately talk to Jay but he'll have time to. First priority is HC - Intangibles for QB position are critical (again, Drew has left an impression on him regarding that)

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jan 9, 2015 -> 09:27 AM) I like the guy. Dont know if he can pull it off, but I like him Me too. I'm going to post a summary shortly.

I'll post a summary from this thing shortly.

Briggs is going to be on ESPN 1000 after the press conference. I bet that will be an interesting interview.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jan 9, 2015 -> 08:35 AM) Want to know whats motivating? Drafting/scouting for your job What is funny is the most recent draft is the only one which Emery had where a year out, you looked at the list and the majority of the guys still looked like they had potential. First two years you pretty much wrote off the bulk of our picks, which is just absurd (part of that was because I wrote off Bostic and Greene very quickly and by and large look smart by doing that).

Patrick Mannelly is also indicating that his sources indicate that Pace talked about control and laid out what control he wanted and he got all of it. I guess the real answer will be after the draft when we start to see new football people brought into his structure cause you have to imagine turnover at halas hall is going to be high after the draft (when the contracts of the scouts are up and when you typically can make changes). I think its nearly impossible to make changes now, given that pretty much everyone in the biz is under contract.

A lot of smoke out their that Ballard wanted to tear everything down and it upset the McCaskey's. However, Hub Arkush (who is typically extremely anti-Bear) has indicated it is all BS and those are all leaks from the respective candidates trying to save face. http://chicagofootball.com/2015/01/09/hub-...aq1xrfl/?page=1

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jan 8, 2015 -> 09:23 PM) Why doesn't Olaseni play more? No idea. They should have kept going to him early in the 2nd half. They didn't and really lost all levels of aggression.

QUOTE (LDF @ Jan 1, 2015 -> 04:40 PM) i was just looking up on when the airing of Season 4 of Sherlock BBC. the xmas special is still to come, when i do not know. it is kinda of hard to find a exact time and date. i also found out season 4 will not start till next xmas 2016. with a tragedy and shocker. Dang, i thought it was starting right around now. D'oh.

Ughh....reminded me of Iowa last year. Get a nice lead at halftime, get f***ing blown out in 2nd half. Pathetic.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jan 8, 2015 -> 02:50 PM) well that makes me like him less. His job is to get the team to the playoffs and the Superbowl, not to appease meatheads. Evidently it was a fake tweet.

@BobWarja: I realize my credibility is in question since my source was wrong about Ballard, so take this with a grain of salt, but next Bears coach... @BobWarja: ...will be Todd Bowles. No, not the same source.

Dirk Koetter is going to OC for the Bucs. Good hire by Lovie.

This was the commentary from the person who scooped the Pace hiring.

QUOTE (Tex @ Jan 8, 2015 -> 02:57 PM) If there is a murder with a dismembered corpse, do we need to see the corpse for the news organization to report the killing? Bush decided that news organizations didn't need to show pictures of fallen soldiers arriving in flag draped coffins. Now answer my question. Does your employer have the right to put your life in danger? Well, if you are a member of the military or police force, etc, than you are and will be put in severe danger.

‏@ZachZaidman New #Bears GM Ryan Pace familiar with coaching candidate Adam Gase, who is married to the daughter of Saints assistant head coach Joe Vitt

Jason La Canfora ‏@JasonLaCanfora 1h1 hour ago- The first words Pace spoke in his interview " I'm here to beat Green Bay".

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jan 8, 2015 -> 02:31 PM) I realize that Alex Smith doesn't throw it down field very often, and I won't argue that he's elite, but how many teams would prefer to have or would be a much better team with Alex Smith as their QB? There are very few guys you can call elite, even if you want to stretch the definition to include a guy like, say, Philip Rivers or Matthew Stafford. He is a good QB. I am actually a pretty big Alex Smith fan, but to do what they have done with such limited WR play is pretty impressive.

QUOTE (shipps @ Jan 8, 2015 -> 02:19 PM) Why couldnt he have slid out of any football role before the search? I don't think he ever really had a football role, other than involvement in the GM. I think this time they realized George was going to be much more involved and they were going to hire a football consultant to help and really drive the process home and it sounds like George and Ernie liked pace (Ernie recommending and George being blown away).

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jan 8, 2015 -> 02:17 PM) Bernstein and Hub both keep insisting that this is the case, he will quietly slide out of any football role in the next few months Does anyone really think that Emery didn't have full control? Just curious, cause I absolutely think Emery was fully in charge. I think the only real thing that changed this year is that they fully admitted it and took much more insights from real NFL consultants.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jan 8, 2015 -> 02:14 PM) It's not even a secret anymore that Lovie had a heavy hand in drafting after the super bowl and it led to the Afalavas and Okwos. Ultimately Angelo makes the pick and it goes on his record, but I absolutely agree that Lovies new contract and subsequent draft failures are not coincidental And pre that, Angelo had built one hell of a football team (well Angelo the drafter and Lovie the coach). Once that changed, things went downhill and pretty quickly.

I fully expected that. I think Emery did as well as did Angelo (until Lovie received his extention at which point Lovie got more control and coincidentally, Angelo started to struggle).