10/1/2010

yourSportsStory.com: Godfrey Logan
Godfrey Logan

The Sky is not Falling:

So many people including myself are calling the Bears lucky after their 3-0 start. The difference between them and myself is that I don’t expect the sky to fall in. I do believe that the Bears can right the ship, fix all of their troubles and go on to have a productive year. After a lackluster and winless pre season the Bears seem to be out to make up for it. They’ve gone as far as benching Tommy Harris, even though they don’t call it a benching.They’re using words such as, “accountability and show and prove.” It caused traffic to stop on the streets and people to have puzzled looks on their faces because it seemed since the Super Bowl season in 2006, 2007 the inmates were running the asylum.

Since then the Bears have made a number of questionable personnel decisions including letting former Super Bowl Champion Ron Rivera go to the San Diego Chargers and hiring Rod Marinelli after he went winless in Detroit. Right after they went winless in Detroit.Finally, they have a defense that resembles the Monsters of the Midway and we have offense that can put up points. Unfortunately I have to be the fly in the ointment. When it comes to the offense because it is simply horrible. I give the coordinators credit because despite the offensive woes such as the offensive line which is just that, offensive and a non existent running game, the Bears have been able to put up points. They have done what is meant to be done in whatever sport is being played, they outscored the opposition.

Fans and media alike excoriated as many members of the front office as they could for the decisions made in putting this team on the field. The preseason result did not do much to assuage the anger other than doing what they have been doing. The concern now is the fact that it hasn’t been pretty. At the same time we have given a break to one person who we wanted to run out of town as quickly as he got here, Jay Cutler. By this time last year the Bears were 3-1 but the story was about how many interceptions Cutler had thrown. I always wondered if there was a rash going around the locker room because at every press conference he would be scratching himself.

I honestly believe that when the Bears get things going in the right direction offensively they will be the darlings of the league and the question at the end of the season will be which one of the high profile coordinators on their staff will be leaving for a Head Coaching job.