Manti Te'o...What Is Wrong With You?

For all of us (me included) that fell for the phenom that is (was) Manti Te'o, read this.



Deseret News/Scott Winterton

CHICAGO....There's a New Sheriff in Town

  

  

"Marc Trestman, I've had my eyes on you for sometime now."

AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh

  

Initial reaction: 

Is this Phil Emory's long lost son?  I mean, come on.  Don't tell me you can't see the resemblence.  Emery liked Trestman for the job the second he said goodbye to Lovie.

Canadian Press/Graham Hughes





Canadian Press/Nathan Denette



Canadian Press/Graham Hughes

 

 



Personal Opinions: 

Although I was pulling for Bruce Arians, I like the hire.  The initial goals were to find someone with an attention to detail and to improve the Bears' offensive production.  Marc Trestman has 19 years of NFL coaching experience (Offensive Coordinator, Quarterbacks Coach, Running Backs Coach) and 5 years as a Head Coach for the CFL's Montreal Alouettes.  He has worked with and helped develop such names as Rich Gannon, Jake Plummer, Scott Mitchell and Steve Young, to name a few.

Another positive is the fact that he is well known for his ability to adapt to his personnel, as opposed to trying to fit his players with a certain scheme.  The NFL is a copycat league and teams have changed their gameplanning to what is working for other successful teams.  Trestman was part of the "no-huddle movement" before it became such a big part of today's game, so this ability to "stay ahead of the curve" will be vital to his success in Chicago.  Failure to make in-game adjustments has killed the success of the past three offensive coordinators (Mike Tice, Mike Martz, Ron Turner.....gross).

Most view it as a risky and somewhat unpopluar pick, but he has similar experience and is compared to former Buffalo Bills coach Marv Levy (who was also plucked from the CFL), which turned out pretty well for the Bills. 

Let's be clear.  I'm not saying that Trestman is going to be the next Bill Belichick, but I applaud Emery from the get-go.  He was thourough laying out his expectations, vision and goals for the coaching vacancy and stayed true to what he felt was best for the future of the Bears.

Next order of business.....upgrade the OFFENSIVE LINE !!!

Related (sort of):

• In my opinion, the way YOU perceive the hire of new Bears coach Marc Trestman says a lot about YOUR general outlook on life. You can be negative if you choose to be.  You can be optimistic.  If you know me at all, you know that I am the eternal optimist.  Therefore, I choose to be openly optimistic about the decision.  YOU???

• The CFL only allows 1 timeout per half.  Imagine what the man can do with 3 timeouts per half.

• Say bye bye to DEVIN HESTER.