Bears Lose their Leader

     After 9 years with the Chicago Bears, head coach Lovie Smith was fired in late December. The reason was mostly due to his inability to lead a somewhat successful offense. There has been a lot of talk about this decision over this past week and I believe that the owner of the Bears made the right decision letting Coach Smith go after 9 seasons. I guess you just never know. Is it worth it to stick with a coach that has lead mostly unsuccessful seasons, or is it time to open up your options and see who else is out there?
       Even Jay Cutler said: "change isn't always a bad thing" in a recent interview. For the past 8 years, the Bears offense has yet to rank higher than 23rd in the league and they even ranked 28th or lower four times. Lovies approach was to hire different offensive coordinators every time he saw the offense was at its lowest point. Unfortunately, that did not work out for the Bears. Since the Bears defense has usually been among the best in the NFL, this makes for a very inconsistent football team. Having a great defense and terrible offense was just throwing off the players, coaches, and especially the fans. The people of Chicago have been unsatisfied with the outcome of each season and they are directly pointing at the offense and who is standing behind it, Lovie Smith. To me, it was just a matter of time before the fans complaints were able to reach the Bears staff. I guess we will have to wait until next season to see just how successful this move is going to be. To read more about this topic, visit: http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-12-31/sports/chi-chicago-bears-fire-coach-lovie-smith-2012_1_bears-offensive-coordinator-offensive-identity-mike-martz