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zrinkill;1332611 said:
Interesting take but Lovie would be awesome. A Texas guy coming home to coach his favorite team, the team he was a huge fan of growing up.
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Interesting take but Lovie would be awesome. A Texas guy coming home to coach his favorite team, the team he was a huge fan of growing up.
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InmanRoshi;1332413 said:
You can't be serious right? LOL!!!!!
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My roommate is a huge Bears fan and may hate Dallas more than he loves Chicago. For comedic value, getting Lovie Smith would be worth it alone.
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Lovie strikes me as a CEO, overseer type of Head Coach. That's not to badmouth him, obviously he's had success. Those types do win. But he needs great coordinators and X's and O's guys around him, like he has in Chicago. Can he get them in Dallas this late in the game? By the time the time the Superbowl is over and the compensation has been worked out, we'll be well into February. Even if Chicago allows him to go to Dallas, most of his assistants will be kept in Chicago and promoted to fill the void.
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Can someone tell me when his contract expires? Is he a free agent after the superbowl or does he still have time on his contract?
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Lovie Smith is going to get a contract extension (with a lot more more money) right after the Super Bowl. He has one year remaining but that isn't particularly relevant. The Bears do not want him to go, are not going to let him go, and don't want to look bad by not paying him.
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Ya i just dont see this as a possibility, but i could see Jones atleast looking at it.
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from what I heard, the Bears latest offer is only 2.7 mil up from his 1.4. They're going to have to pony up more cash whether he wins the SB or not.
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Money won't be a issue. The questions are a) does he want to come here and b) what compensation will the Bears want for him.
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trickblue;1333192 said:
I heard/read that he wants at least 5 million. He wanted 4.5 before they got into the SB, but Chicago said they'd talk about it after the playoff run. Once they got into the SB, Lovie's reps said they want at least 5 mill now. If they win the SB, he'll probably want even more. Hopefully, this will cause the Bears to ship him to Dallas for little, or no, compensation. I can dream can't I?
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BEARS SAY SMITH EXTENSION COMING
Faced with growing rumors that coach Lovie Smith might try to make a move to join the Dallas Cowboys, Bears president Ted Phillips said on Wednesday that Smith will receive a contract extension after the Super Bowl.
"Lovie Smith has indicated to me that he wants to be head coach of the Bears for a long time,” Phillips said. "That's my goal. That's the organization’s goal. I know everybody wants to make a big deal out of the fact that there is not a deal [yet]. [But] it's not unlike a player negotiation; sometimes it takes longer than you think."
Phillips also said that the team won't allow Smith to pursue the Cowboys job, and Phillips hinted that the team would file tampering charges if the Cowboys try to contact Smith or his agent without permission.
"Absolutely not," Phillips said regarding whether such permission would be given. "Lovie Smith is our coach. Reading all that frankly rankles me, and if there's any truth to those rumors, we'll deal with that at a league level. He's our coach. He's under contract to us and whether it's Dallas or any other club that comes sniffing around, that's not right and we're not going to let it happen."
But what if Smith takes the position that he wants out, and tells the team that he won't sign an extension but instead become a coaching free-agent after the 2007 season? In that case, the Bears' best option might be to let him leave now, and then to elevate defensive coordinator Ron Rivera to the position of head coach. If the move also came with money and draft picks from the Cowboys, it might a better alternative than allowing Smith to walk away for nothing after next season.
Also, let's not overlook the reality that the Bears are now trying to get out in front of a potential P.R. problem. The coach of the NFC champ is the lowest-paid coach in the NFL, and Phillips offered up his best possible spin on why the organization shouldn't be embarrassed by that fact. “When we signed Lovie Smith [in 2004], it was a market-value contract for coaches who had not been a head coach in the NFL. He received a fair deal and he’ll receive a fair deal again.
Fine. But market value for a coach who has won a Super Bowl is now in excess of $5 million, in our view. So the Bears had better be prepared to cough up that money, or maybe Lovie will decide to work the balance of his deal, and then bolt to the highest bidder.
- profootballtalk.com (so take it for what it's worth)
Faced with growing rumors that coach Lovie Smith might try to make a move to join the Dallas Cowboys, Bears president Ted Phillips said on Wednesday that Smith will receive a contract extension after the Super Bowl.
"Lovie Smith has indicated to me that he wants to be head coach of the Bears for a long time,” Phillips said. "That's my goal. That's the organization’s goal. I know everybody wants to make a big deal out of the fact that there is not a deal [yet]. [But] it's not unlike a player negotiation; sometimes it takes longer than you think."
Phillips also said that the team won't allow Smith to pursue the Cowboys job, and Phillips hinted that the team would file tampering charges if the Cowboys try to contact Smith or his agent without permission.
"Absolutely not," Phillips said regarding whether such permission would be given. "Lovie Smith is our coach. Reading all that frankly rankles me, and if there's any truth to those rumors, we'll deal with that at a league level. He's our coach. He's under contract to us and whether it's Dallas or any other club that comes sniffing around, that's not right and we're not going to let it happen."
But what if Smith takes the position that he wants out, and tells the team that he won't sign an extension but instead become a coaching free-agent after the 2007 season? In that case, the Bears' best option might be to let him leave now, and then to elevate defensive coordinator Ron Rivera to the position of head coach. If the move also came with money and draft picks from the Cowboys, it might a better alternative than allowing Smith to walk away for nothing after next season.
Also, let's not overlook the reality that the Bears are now trying to get out in front of a potential P.R. problem. The coach of the NFC champ is the lowest-paid coach in the NFL, and Phillips offered up his best possible spin on why the organization shouldn't be embarrassed by that fact. “When we signed Lovie Smith [in 2004], it was a market-value contract for coaches who had not been a head coach in the NFL. He received a fair deal and he’ll receive a fair deal again.
Fine. But market value for a coach who has won a Super Bowl is now in excess of $5 million, in our view. So the Bears had better be prepared to cough up that money, or maybe Lovie will decide to work the balance of his deal, and then bolt to the highest bidder.
- profootballtalk.com (so take it for what it's worth)
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Yeagermeister;1332419 said:
yeah just they can keep who ever is in control of their OFfense esp their ughh "qb" coach if they even poses one