Stop being cheap fucking bastards. The guy takes you to your first SB in 20 years and this is how you treat him. Jesus fucking christ I hope he doesn't re-sign and goes to a team that will pay him what he is worth. By the way, you are going to be called racists for not paying a black coach the going market rate....just so you know.


http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2774459

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"Barring what Lovie Smith's agent calls an "unforseen breakthrough," the Chicago Bears coach expects to return for the 2007 season without a new contract. Smith Frank Bauer, Smith's agent, told ESPN's Chris Mortensen that talks between the team and coach were at a "stalemate." "We're not close, we're not encouraged and based on where talks have gone recently, Lovie will be a free agent after next season," Bauer said on Wednesday night. Smith has one year remaining on his original contract. He was the league's lowest-paid coach at $1.35 million in 2006 and will remain No. 32 on the paylist at $1.45 million in '07. Smith suspended contract talks shortly before the playoffs when he led the Bears to their first Super Bowl appearance since 1985 after a 13-3 regular season. Negotiations picked up shortly after the Bears lost to the Colts in the championship game, but Bauer said there were significant gaps on the contract terms between management and the coach. "It would take an unforseen breakthrough for this to get done," Bauer said. "And we are being more than reasonable in this market." Coaches that have taken their teams to the Super Bowl, even in a losing effort, are making at least $5 million per year, such as Carolina's John Fox. The Ravens just signed Brian Billick to a four-year extension. The deal, with one year left on his current contract, is valued at $28.5 million over the next five years, a league source said. "

I've heard guys on ATH and PTI talk about how bad this franchise is run, almost worse than the Patriots or Knicks, but this is just fucking stupid.

[Edited on February 21, 2007 at 10:16 PM. Reason : .]

2/21/2007 10:15:53 PM

haha but did you know UNC/NCSU game is on

2/21/2007 10:20:22 PM

Yes, I do, and I prefer to not watch us lose.

2/21/2007 10:22:10 PM

the Patriots is not badly run. They've only won like 3 super bowls in this decade.

[Edited on February 21, 2007 at 10:22 PM. Reason : .]

2/21/2007 10:22:29 PM

Yeah, but they are notorious for not signing their big players when they want more money. And its one of the main reasons they didn't add #4 this year.

When the star of the league says he wants Branch to throw to, the previous years MVP, you don't play hardass and not sign him to what he deserves. Same with Viniteri(sp?) The guy is automatic and won 2 of your SBs with his leg. Granted his replacement did fine, but its the point that you didn't re-sign him that is a joke.

[Edited on February 21, 2007 at 10:29 PM. Reason : .]

2/21/2007 10:27:10 PM

that's just the nature of the NFL, you can't pay everybody.

2/21/2007 10:36:13 PM

^ But you gotta pay the HC

2/21/2007 10:39:10 PM

True, but you can pay the people who helped you win SBs. Which the Patriots don't seem to be very good at.


And Lovie, who is the best coach the Bears have had since Ditka.



[Edited on February 21, 2007 at 10:41 PM. Reason : .]

2/21/2007 10:39:38 PM

I'm not arguing that Lovie Smith shouldn't get paid. I'm arguing that the Patriots is not a badly run franchise.

2/22/2007 10:19:04 AM

Dang, I did not know he was the lowest paid coach in the NFL. He should definitely get a good raise.

2/22/2007 1:50:04 PM

but at the same time, it's hard to feel bad for a guy pulling $1.35 mil

not an athletes (or coaches in this case) are overpaid rant, just saying.

2/22/2007 2:17:20 PM

The patriots don't always pay their players because of the salary cap.

The bears aren't paying Lovie because they are a bunch of cheap fucks. Coaches don't count against the salary cap.

Maybe Norv Turner will bomb out in San Diego and the Chargers can pick up Lovie next year.

2/22/2007 3:36:46 PM

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"that's just the nature of the NFL, you can't pay everybody. "

in case some of you dont know a coaches contract does not go under the salary cap

you can pay him whatever the fuck the owner wants if he isnt a jew bag

[Edited on February 22, 2007 at 3:40 PM. Reason : ^sorry didnt read all the posts, but you got it]

2/22/2007 3:39:52 PM

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"The guy takes you to your first SB in 20 years and this is how you treat him. Jesus fucking christ I hope he doesn't re-sign and goes to a team that will pay him what he is worth"

wow i'm glad you were talking about Lovie cause at first I was thinking Grossman and I was like WHAT?!?!

2/22/2007 3:44:12 PM

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"The patriots don't always pay their players because of the salary cap"

NE is always way under the salary cap

2/22/2007 3:53:51 PM

this makes me sick, the bears dont deserve him and I hope he leaves so they don't get back to the super bowl until LXII

2/22/2007 4:04:47 PM

How much money does the losing Super Bowl team get?

As for ^^^^^, it's just weird to me that a guy coaches your team to the best regular-season record in the NFL, and then you fire him.

2/22/2007 4:13:56 PM

7.2 million to Lance Briggs and he turned it down

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"gimme a long term deal"

3/14/2007 4:00:18 PM

who knows? maybe smith wants a ridiculous amount of money.

3/14/2007 4:39:11 PM

^^i'd like to see LB donning a Panthers uni

[Edited on March 14, 2007 at 4:40 PM. Reason : ]

3/14/2007 4:40:28 PM

man, go fuck yourself lance briggs. chicago doesn't want you.

3/14/2007 5:59:03 PM