Dick Allen

People inherit companies every day and have no idea how to run the business. The smart ones either sell or hire someone who knows what they are doing to make them some money. These guys make money in spite of themselves. If they had a clue, their asset would be worth even more.

suppostedly his relationship with Tua is pretty bad. Might be a red flag.

I'm pretty sure Speilman used to work for the Bears, so if they liked him, I'm sure he will get an interview.

7 seasons, 1 winning season. Whoever says Ryan Pace drafted well isn't paying attention.

Another good sign....Ted is not going to be part of the press conference.

I think when Nagy said at the press conference that both Pace and himself can take credit for Fields, he was giving some info.

He can get a job there that pays more than the Bears were willing to pay Kruetz.

If Nagy was getting fired and Pace was the one making the call on a new coach, firng Nagy last week would have been the call to get a jump on the new hire. The fact that Nagy is still there does seem to indicate Pace isn't hiring the new coach. I've probably mentioned this before, but one of my best friends lives in Des Moines, and is a dead ringer for Ryan Pace. He gets heckled all the time.

They put him in some category I had no idea existed where he is ineligible to sign a minor league contract during the lockout if he wanted.

And even though Eaton was released, he technically can't even sign a minor league contract. I think at one time he was a player rep. I bet that has something to do with messing with him.

He's also the best player or at least 2nd best, on a really bad team and gets a lot more defensive attention than he would on the Bulls. I have no idea what they do, but I'm starting to think the new guys in charge seem to know what they are doing. Give him 54 and some goggles. Uncle Horace would be thrilled.

Technically, his contract ended and they didn't try to bring him back, so he really wasn't fired, but it just shows how ridiculous and petty MLB can be. It actually hurts the guys who remain because it gives the impression they are all owners/Manfred ass kissers. And the criticism was so mild no one ever made a big deal about it except for the powers that be.

I don't see tanking gong away. It isn't all about the draft pick, and it also isn't like owners lose their shirts not trying to win. Some actually make more money. They could do it where they have mini lotteries say 1-8. 9-16...and a formula could be developed where the ranking isn't by record only. You could add an element based on where a team's payroll is vs. where it had been the previous 5 seasons. If it's much lower, they move down. If it's higher, you move up. But until there is total revenue sharing, the Pirates, Marlins, A;s, are never going to be in for the big name free agents, and they are at a total disadvantage. Theo Epstein is no doubt a future HOF executive. But could you imagine if he ran the Pirates? He would just be a guy. He always had money to throw at his mistakes. He's probably has agreed to more bad money than any other executive during his time.

Jerry Reinsdorf, by all accounts is a bright guy. The last work stoppage cost him who knows how much, but as much or more than anyone in the game. The team had a spell after winning the WS where it was back to that level, but it was brief. They really have never been the same. Yet he was the lone guy to vote against Manfred believing he was too soft towards the union. Will history repeat itself?

Not for 5 years. I think owners know replacements won't work, and the players aren't going to be able to start up another league even if the anti-trust exemption were removed. It would cost way too much money. Where are they going to play? This will be resolved one way or another before June, and the owners will win just like the rest of life where the people with more money usually win.

Up to $995k.

It would be really hard for anyone to take 5 years off and be any good.

Yeah, that seems accurate. Might as well halt your income and get a real job, because employers everywhere are nothing but fair to all their employees.

The guy said there was no communication between the teams and the fans, and that is absolutely true. I'm a small time season ticketholder, and it's as if baseball doesn't exist anymore, and will probably be like that for a while. I hope they aren't stupid enough to let this linger to where it will cost games.

Over $758k now. Keep it coming. What a horrible situation, but humanity isn't dead yet.

34 years old, $103 million in career earnings. He should have a lot of fun the rest of his life.

Coaches don't win without great players. Some lose with them.

They are 9-6, so using your previous post, mediocre. Lovie got fired after going 10-6. That didn't make the playoffs, so, again, using your standard, the NFC must have been stacked with great teams that year if 10-6 doesn't get you to the postseason.

One good sign the Bears haven't fired Nagy yet even if it means perhaps falling behind the Jacksonville pursuit, if not eventually a few others, is if they are keeping Pace in his current role, there is no reason not to fire Nagy now and get moving on the future. But if Pace isn't going to be here, it makes no sense other than showing the fans he is unacceptable to fire him now if the guy who is hiring the new coach isn't in the building. Now you could argue there is no reason that person isn't in the building.

Lovie took a team QBd by Rex Grossman to the Super Bowl. Pretty, pretty, pretty good. Belicheck wasn't much without great players. He got fired in Cleveland. Until the Bears have a consistently good QB, they will not be consistent winners, no matter who is coaching them.