Harry Chappas

I love Vic as a DC but as a HC this screams Dick LaBeau. Also any coach in their right mind takes the Bears DC job and they get a HC job in a year or two if the Bears D stays healthy.

I think the Bears will have about $20M to sign their draft picks and fee agents next year the only notable free agents are Massie, Amos and Callahan. Looks like a rather quiet off season for the Bears. Only news will be Fangio.

Parkey missed too many kicks throughout the season. He simply is not good at his job and that is why he should be blamed and needs to be replaced. Without two high draft picks, the Bears should have some space especially with White coming off the books. The defense was good yesterday and the late punt was what cost them at the end. I think they really missed Eddie Jackson. Both O'Donnell and the defense get the benefit of the doubt although having 12 on the field and 10 on the field for a play is pretty bush league. Trubisky was good at the end and there are definitely signs that the arrow is going up there. The cuteness of the 2 pt conversions and those inside shovel passes annoy the hell out of me. Nagy was great as a first year coach and lets hope he gets better next year. How the special teams coach gets a look at a head coaching shot is odd to me as I thought the Bears special teams outside of Parkey were still pretty bad.

I'm sure that is why neither have signed. The agents are addressing this with every team in the MLB at this point.

I think trout leaves because the Angels are stuck in neutral and he should be the MLB poster boy and NY or Philly may give him that.

Every team in MLB would do that in the blink of an eye.

The Cubs want Harper and Harper needs the Cubs because there is no market for him. Mitch and Tom are spot on and if the Cubs can make deals they will get him. I don't need a source or anything to know this, it's common sense. The Cubs need this info out there to stay in media spotlight this off season and boras needs them as the boogeyman to the phils and sox. My guess is the Nats made an offer in October and it's still floating out there until it is determined that the cub can't launder enough money through dumb GMs to sign him. Not sure Harper wants to stay in DC but don't think he wants to play for Sox or other current suitors either. This isn't rumor or speculation it's just common sense. if phils or sox blow DC offer away they may get him....cub only needs to be in ballpark

If harper goes Nats and machado to phils in huge overpay ill be ok.....my guess is boras knew Nats offer all along and are just stringing them along for bigger deal.

Until Harper signs elsewhere the Cubs are the front runners...... if they move money......that's a big if. Nobody needs sources for that, that is a fact. He wants to go there and if the money is right they will get him at a nice discount than what we thought he'd get.

The white sox could offer both 4 yr $200m contracts and not bat an eye. Boras going back to Washington makes perfect sense especially if he feels machado goes to white sox. Harpers only team of interest is white sox.

Folks seem to think the Yankees are pressing hard to get Machado......could the meeting have been due diligence and the actual current market is only sox and phils with only market for Harper Chicago with one team needing to do a lot of money laundering to get him. I'm thinking we get Machado and Harper back to Washington. The White Sox can front load both deals like no other and give opt outs.....if rebuild goes to plan both guys opting out could be helpful and the dynamics of those types of deals could be the hold up in figuring it out.

I hate ND but they did enough. I think OSU should have made It though.

To get back to this rumor I think its obvious the cubs will sign him if they can move salary. The problem is moving the salary. I think the market for Harper is the White Sox and Nats.

Houston and the Cubs torn down their entire organization and rebuilt it from rookie ball to the MLB bringing in new theroies on how to run an organization. The Sox took a failing model traded away veterans and now they have to hit on all those guys. There were a couple of window dressing moves like Getz but the failing ideals and practices of the last 10 years remain in place. I have always been of the mindset that they are half assing this rebuild standing behind loyalty and old school thinking. This organization is now the Bulls with zero creativity or advanced thinking as well as engaging front office staff that can advance an organization. Instead of just taking on shields contract they gave away a lottery ticket that hit big.

Offer 10/350 for Harper.

If we dont get harper or machado and yonder, martinez or encarnacion are playing for the White Sox I will then be convinced that they are clueless as an organization.

If the cubs trade heyward, almora, schwarber and a top prospect for cueto and sign harper i think tjey become hamstrung in a couple years and also have no outfield unless they sign pollock. Im not sure they are better.

If they fail to hit on this we will get to be reminded of this all summer via yonder Alonzo. If he was a pawn to get Machado you make this move afterward not beforehand. That is rubbing salt in the fans wounds and along the lines of the terrible shields trade in showing maybe this organization is just as bad as the media is portraying and sadly I am fading in that direction.

Dodgers got some good prospects and in 12 months none of those 3 were Resigning with the Dodgers. Money had little to do with that trade it was giving up 3 guys to open spots for guys and adding to the farm at the same time.

This drives up white sox and Phillies offers if Yankees have tapped out well below the other two offers.

Does moving multiple pieces to get Harper really make them better.....I guess if it helps them land Bryant. Where the Sox and Phillies look sad is going through the gyrations for both guys to be told they were never in the running for each which seems to be the national narrative all along for Sox. Not sure how or if that changes but the white sox are now the Bulls.

Arent the cubs selling off small parts of team ownership to pay the bills.....there is a lot of debt there.

Thing with yanks Dodgers and Cubs and the big 2 is that signing either puts them in luxury tax situation for remainder of contract especially yanks and Cubs as all the young talent will need to be paid soon. Sure cub will drop a Lester and hamels but that money goes to retain current talent or sign a replacement.

The White Sox wouldn't have had to give up anyone to get puig wood and kemp.

We are not outbidding sf or Boston for players they control.