Found January 04, 2012 on Chicago Bears Weblog:
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So the last post made shortly after the announcement of Jerry Angelo’s firing was posted before the Ted Phillips presser at 4 p.m. Tuesday. As we all know now but didn’t then, we were in for several surprises. I had to DVR the press conference due to work and still haven’t watched it, but got the overview from today’s papers. While we were all clamoring to hear that this was the first bold move by new Bears chairman George McCaskey, we learned actually that Ted Phillips is clearly in charge of the ship, and the board was merely consulted. And again as we all know, the grand new General Manager of the Chicago Bears that we are promised will be hired with the condition that he “understand Lovie Smith’s philosophy.” Oh, and one more thing, the GM will be interviewed and vetted by Smith himself. So before I consider the potential for good and bad from this move, let me just throw out a scenario. Say you’re a sales guy for your company....
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