Please stop with the alarms every time Derrick Rose gets injured. He is only human and has been out of action for two seasons nearly. He is working his way back into things and like a major league baseball player he's pressing because he keeps seeing naysayers in his dreams. The important part is that the rest of the team continues to gel and Aaron Brooks seems capable of handling this team. Also that Derrick is ready and healthy when the playoffs start. Think Aramis Ramirez when he was here in Chicago. He was always hurt at the beginning of the season but would bust out of it and have a quality season for the Cubs. No one questioned his heart or desire to play.
Derrick Rose should be treated the same way. He is a home town kid and he is a star who is still on the rise. He is young and while he might not be the same as he was when the Bulls drafted him he will be around for a long time. In his worst days he's still better than Hinrich.And that guy is always hurt.In a sad way he is like Jay Cutler in the sense that you wont be able to find another one to replace him. Look at another Chicago hometown star Dwayne Wade he's also started a number of seasons injured but that didn't stop the Heat when they had Lebron James from getting to NBA Finals. Their fans understand and that the playoffs are more important and his importance to the team as well as the city. Let Derrick be the same with all of his charitable works. He means a lot to the city to see one of their own who came from a difficult background make something of himself.
However, the Bulls might be smart to draft another point guard this year which would be a good idea so that we can stop signing good free agents who do their job and then we jettison them to sign another one the next year. Rose may continue to be our point guard of the future but drafting another guard would be a good idea to take some pressure off of Rose and let not only his knees and hamstrings but his ego heal.

It was a slow news cycle for sports in Chicago the past week so there was a need to gin up a rivalry. Let's be clear, though Lovie Smith has the third most wins in Bears history he wouldn't have won squat without Brian Urlacher or Devin Hester. Sure Charles Tillman came on as a pro bowl corner back during Lovies tenure but without Urlacher the Bears would be where they are now a ship without an anchor. Today's Bears win proved one thing, the Buc's are a more complete team than Smith had in Chicago they're just a young team learning how to win. The defense is just like the one Smith had in Chicago and dare I say better and more stable because the Bears were shuffling players in and out like their coordinators. Three or four different coordinators during his tenure including his former Boss Mike Martz.

This current team is the mess of the current GM Phil Emery and his bad drafting. There is no need to go into it again but it is time to stop overstating what Lovie did here. While he was beloved he was lucky as any coach would have been had he come into Chicago at the time Smith did. That being said Tresman was in quite the same position and has not been able to cash in. The problem isn't Tresman's fault as much as the rest of the league has caught up to his style of offense but I do question his play calling. When the Bears need to run the ball to control the flow of the game they are throwing on first down and the next three downs. Take the ball out of Cutlers hands and give it to Forte. The broadcasters have anointed him the second coming of Walter Payton but he has only about 600 yards rushing in 11 games while most college rushers are well over a thousand yards by this point. A team needs to be able to pick up 100 yards rushing every game in order to dominate.

The defense is terrible and are being lauded for dominating two really bad football teams while having to play from behind because of the bad play calling. The Bears have been shut out in the first half of a number of games and things only got worse as evidenced in the Green Bay games and against New England.The good news is that three out of the next five games are at home. The bad news is that only two of those games are against losing teams, New Orleans and Minnesota. It is safe to say the Bears wont make the playoffs again this year. I don't see them sweeping Detroit and finishing off Minnesota. Or defeating a much improved Cowboys team. New Orleans is a toss up.Fans are expecting there will be some firings this off season but there's one I can say definitely needs to happen and that's the firing of Phil Emery.