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I at first was not up for the thought of Lovie Smith being the next HC of the Bills but after researching his history, I actually would welcome him as the next HC of the Bills. His track record isn't as bad as you think and the potential he carries is promising.
2004
First year with the team. Bears go 5-11. Injury to starting QB Grossman hampers team. Bears defense improves from 22nd in the league to 13th.
2005
Bears record 11-5 and lost Grossman to injury. Bears' defense allowed the least points in the league. Bears lost thier divisional game after a 1st round bye.
2006
Bears go 13-3 and lose in the Superbowl. Bears held the 2nd ranked scoring offense in the league and 5th ranked defense.
2007
Record was 7-9. Inconsistant QB play, no run game with Benson and a lot of Oline injuries hurt their record.
2008
Finished with a record of 9-7 with two of those 7 losses coming in OT. FA QBs battled for the starting job as did the RB position. Weak line hurts team.
2009
Record of 7-9. Traded for Cutler this year and lacked any threat at WR. Oline still ailing.
2010
11-5 record and lost in the NFC Championship game.
2011
finished 8-8 after starting 7-3. Lost starting QB Cutler to injury.
2012
Started 7-1 and finished 10-6. Just missed a wild card game.
Jairus Byrd's father, Gil Byrd, was Smith's DB coach. Rusty Jones is the Strength and Conditioning Coordinator at Chicago and he came from the Bill's organization after 20 years. Under Jones was strength and conditioning coach, Jim Arthur, who got his start with the Bills the year Jones left.
Smith ran the Tampa 2 4-3 defense. We run a 4-3 defense now. He had solid defensive players on that team and we have some of those key defensive elements that Lovie had with Chicago. We have a strong O line and running backs.
Smith had an 84-66 overall record with 3 divisional champ seasons and two appearances in teh NFC Championship with one with and a Superbowl appearance.
If you go back and look at the Bears' drafts, they sucked. You probably can't pin that all on Lovie but we have a decent draft evaluator in Nix and Whaley. Nix was a major reason the Chargers turned around from a losing football team to a rebuilt, winning team. In 2004, three players Nix drafted were selected to the 2005 Pro Bowl. In 2005, six players Nix drafted were selected to the 2006 Pro Bowl. In 2006, eleven players Nix drafted were selected to the 2007 Pro Bowl. In 2007, eight players Nix drafted were selected to the 2008 Pro Bowl.
I think we all know Lovie was fired because they just wanted a change in Chicago. Based on his records, I don't feel he deserved to be fired. He deserved to have beter tools to use. Angelo did nothing to help that team bolster their O line a number of years. Their draft department failed in putting talent on the team. At times Angelo seemed to only covet FAs.
Lovie is only 54 years old and he wants to be in Buffal ofrom what we have heard.
After being against this hire, I am all for it with some more thought on the choice as long as we hire a good offensive coach. Maybe Jim Caldwell for O coordinator. He coached with Lovie under Dungy and coached as the QB coach for the Colts from 2002-2009 with Manning. Their offense ranked 3rd, 2nd, 3rd, 3rd, 5th, 15th and 9th from 2002-2009 with Caldwell at QB coach. Caldwell HCed the Colts for two years when Dungy retired and he's now the OC of the Ravens.
I'd go for this!
2004
First year with the team. Bears go 5-11. Injury to starting QB Grossman hampers team. Bears defense improves from 22nd in the league to 13th.
2005
Bears record 11-5 and lost Grossman to injury. Bears' defense allowed the least points in the league. Bears lost thier divisional game after a 1st round bye.
2006
Bears go 13-3 and lose in the Superbowl. Bears held the 2nd ranked scoring offense in the league and 5th ranked defense.
2007
Record was 7-9. Inconsistant QB play, no run game with Benson and a lot of Oline injuries hurt their record.
2008
Finished with a record of 9-7 with two of those 7 losses coming in OT. FA QBs battled for the starting job as did the RB position. Weak line hurts team.
2009
Record of 7-9. Traded for Cutler this year and lacked any threat at WR. Oline still ailing.
2010
11-5 record and lost in the NFC Championship game.
2011
finished 8-8 after starting 7-3. Lost starting QB Cutler to injury.
2012
Started 7-1 and finished 10-6. Just missed a wild card game.
Jairus Byrd's father, Gil Byrd, was Smith's DB coach. Rusty Jones is the Strength and Conditioning Coordinator at Chicago and he came from the Bill's organization after 20 years. Under Jones was strength and conditioning coach, Jim Arthur, who got his start with the Bills the year Jones left.
Smith ran the Tampa 2 4-3 defense. We run a 4-3 defense now. He had solid defensive players on that team and we have some of those key defensive elements that Lovie had with Chicago. We have a strong O line and running backs.
Smith had an 84-66 overall record with 3 divisional champ seasons and two appearances in teh NFC Championship with one with and a Superbowl appearance.
If you go back and look at the Bears' drafts, they sucked. You probably can't pin that all on Lovie but we have a decent draft evaluator in Nix and Whaley. Nix was a major reason the Chargers turned around from a losing football team to a rebuilt, winning team. In 2004, three players Nix drafted were selected to the 2005 Pro Bowl. In 2005, six players Nix drafted were selected to the 2006 Pro Bowl. In 2006, eleven players Nix drafted were selected to the 2007 Pro Bowl. In 2007, eight players Nix drafted were selected to the 2008 Pro Bowl.
I think we all know Lovie was fired because they just wanted a change in Chicago. Based on his records, I don't feel he deserved to be fired. He deserved to have beter tools to use. Angelo did nothing to help that team bolster their O line a number of years. Their draft department failed in putting talent on the team. At times Angelo seemed to only covet FAs.
Lovie is only 54 years old and he wants to be in Buffal ofrom what we have heard.
After being against this hire, I am all for it with some more thought on the choice as long as we hire a good offensive coach. Maybe Jim Caldwell for O coordinator. He coached with Lovie under Dungy and coached as the QB coach for the Colts from 2002-2009 with Manning. Their offense ranked 3rd, 2nd, 3rd, 3rd, 5th, 15th and 9th from 2002-2009 with Caldwell at QB coach. Caldwell HCed the Colts for two years when Dungy retired and he's now the OC of the Ravens.
I'd go for this!
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