Bears Fans - Let's Be Real

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:53:30 EDT

Over the past 24 hours or so, the Bears board has been awash with angry threads and posts about the Bears and Jerry Angelo doing a rotten job in the free agent market - never mind that JA has pretty much communicated that he would rather invest big money to keep their own and make smart economical selections in the FA market. Whether we agree with this philosophy is fair game. But, expecting him to behave differently means that we have not been paying attention to how he has said he would behave.

Never mind that the Bears have multiple needs in the O-line, backfield, receiver, safety, probably LB, and probably DT - go out and over pay this one guy, he is my favorite. I want the Bears to win badly. However, I choose to be realistic about that. I would much rather see the Bears be smart and attempt to address as many needs as possible as opposed to making a couple of splashy signings, but coming up short come training camp because there are too many other things that have gone unaddressed. Trust me, I am not defending Angelo as much as I beginning to wonder what exactly does it mean to be a fan?

Do Not Trade Felix Pie

Sun, 11 May 2008 21:15:10 EDT

I really cannot explain why I feel that it would be a long term mistake to trade Pie, but I feel that way. Now, if some drunk GM wants to give us a young, speedy, LH, CF who has produced in the league in return, Then Hell Yeah, trade him. But, including him to get either Brian Roberts, Erik Bedard, Joe Blanton, or most other players that the Cubs are rumored to have an interest in does not appeal to me.

I am aware of all the arguments. He is a just a prospect, even worse, a Cubs prospect. So therefore, he is doubly cursed not to ever amount to a decent MLB hitter. Well, I cannot agree with that. The Cubs do have a poor history of developing positional players and are only mildly better with developing pitchers. My argument to that is that while true, it has no connection with the instructors, coaches and managers the Cubs have in place today. As people within the organization change, does not the organizational abiilities change? I know the change may not be for the better, but my point is these people did not ruin Gary Scott, Corey Patterson, or any other failed prospect from the past. I am of the opinion to give this version of Cubs leadership the chance to see what they can do with this intriguing combination of talent and skill.

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Bears Fans - Let's Be Real

Do Not Trade Felix Pie