Bears Dismiss Bobby DePaul, Pro Personnel Director
by Brandon on Feb 16, 2010 12:00 PM CST
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PrintAnd while they were at it, they decided they better escort him out of the building just to be safe.
Greg Bedard was surprised by the move and said "nobody in NFCN knew Packers personnel better." So I'm hoping DePaul's next job is somewhere far away from the Packers, preferably for an AFC team.
According to Chicago Breaking Sports, DePaul had a "strong" relationship with GM Jerry Angelo, didn't always "see eye-to-eye" with Lovie Smith, and was "brash sometimes to a fault." Maybe Smith just won a power struggle, which might not be a good thing for Bears fans.
I'm just speculating, but all NFL teams are getting ready for free agency to begin at the end of the month, and apparently DePaul wasn't seeing eye-to-eye with Smith or someone in the Bears front office. Maybe DePaul and someone else did not agree about the 2010 free agent class, and DePaul's "brash" behavior got the best of him. Or maybe this is just fallout from 2009 when DePaul "engineered" the QB Jay Cutler trade and he was probably the driving force behind the free agent signings of LT Orlando Pace and OL Frank Omiyale.
No matter what the reason, the Bears just lost a talented personnel evaluator on the eve of free agency.
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With a name like Lovie...
You’d think the coach would be better at working and playing well with others. This is not the first time we’ve seen his ego unable to peacefully co-exist with talented people. When there’s somebody who competes with Lovie for credit when he wants to take credit, or blame when he wants to avoid blame, his resonse is to lower the boom.
I mean, they had a top-notch defense until they fired Ron Rivera, and then the defense went in the tank. Thomas Jones is consistently outshining their first round rookie Cedric “the Entertainer” Benson, and then Jones is not offered a contract. 1st round QB Rex “is our quarterback” Grossman sucks so bad that he has to be benched, and the guy who replaced him is put on the next bus out of town as soon as he starts to show some signs of life.
Seems like the only time that Lovie wants the team to do well is if he’s going to be the one who will get the credit for it. Forgive the armchair psychology, but it sure seems to me that they’re either Julio Franco or the Polish navy. Either way, as a Packer fan, I’m very excited for the beginning of the Mike Martz era. Kids will no longer have to wait for that first glimpse of the Sears tower to know that they’re getting close to Chicago. They’ll be able to hear the giant sucking sound first!
THIS IS WHY I'M NOW A PACKER BACKER!
After many years of backing the Bears, I couldn’t stand it any more. About a month ago I traded in my Bears jersey for a GB "green & gold."
With what happened this year, I finally came to the conclusion that the McCaskeys cared more about money than their fan base. Lovie is still the HC because the family refuses to make the extra expenditures needed to pay him off and hire a new HC & staff. The result was that ridiculous & painful parade of potential OC candidates coming to Hallas Hall only to reject overtures because of either the lame duck status of Lovie or his refusal to convert to the 3-4 (the defensive scheme of the future. Kudos to the Pack for recognizing this last year & acquiring Dom.)
With the hiring of Mike Martz, elevation of Marinelli & dismissal of DePaul, it looks like Lovie is now totally in control. In turn, it looks like GM Angelo & the McCaskeys are giving him all the rope he needs to hang himself.
So, how does one eat Johnsonville brats & German potato salad together in one enormous mouthful & then wash it down with blackberry brandy while singing "Cheesehead Baby"? This may take some time to get use to.
...if you're a fan you're a fan you don't go to your rival, unless that's the hand you use...well never mind
Get out of my dreams and into my Chuckie Carr
-Molitorfan 12/23/09
I was thinking more or less the same thing
It reminds me of the TT haters who have become ’queen fans.
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The glass is more than half-full.
Maybe he’s always secretely admired the Packers and its organization. Maybe he lives in WI and just wants to cheer for the local team like everyone else. As long as he doesn’t go BACK to the Bears, I don’t have a problem with it!!
I pretty much think that
A woman that will leave somebody else for you will leave you for somebody else, and a bandwagon jumper is a bandwagon jumper.
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The glass is more than half-full.
maybe so
but it is been articulated that this was not a spur of the moment decision. This was years of frustration of a fan feeling like he is being crapped on by an organization. People critize other fans for blindly folowing their teams. He has seen a problem and moved on.
Would you support the Packers if you felt they were only out to get your money and had no regard for the fan base? I know that would never happen and it is hard to imagine but try.
How long would it take for you to get frustrated? 5 years, 10 Years, 15 years, 20+ years?
If you can take being crapped on that long then you are more of a man then I am.
That is why I am lucky enough to call myself a Packer Fan. Becuase they are different than any other team in the NFL.
And if he decides in 10 years to become a (cough) bears fan again well how does that hurt the Packers as an organiztion or you as a fan?
It shouldn’t even when the Packers aren’t winning Superbowls, or you don’t like the GM or head coach, they still are a amazing organization.
We should take it as a compliment that someone from a rival team has seen what we see in the Packers and wants to support our team.
by Packerfan045 on Feb 19, 2010 12:28 PM CST up reply actions
Good Points
That God the Packers are owned by the fans!!!!!!
"No player is greater than a team."
-Vince Lombardi
I'M RIGHT ACROSS THE BORDER! CONVERSION WAS EASY!
I live in the far northern suburbs of Chicago – a stone’s throw from Kenosha. There are a lot of other cheeseheads in this area, so I have plenty of company. I know I’m not alone.
In fact, two of my neighbors are Packer fans. They’re the ones who nursed me through the withdrawal/conversion process with a lot of Leinie. They even filled me in on Packer history & showed me the secret handshake. (I now know that Curly Lambeau wasn’t a member of the Three Stooges-a common misconception maliciously spread by Bears fans in the Chicago area.)
The reason for converting was simple-one organization is run by a greedy family; the other is a non-profit community owned corporation. You just get the feeling that as a non-profit community owned corporation, the Packers are more interested in winning and making decisions that benefit the community and their fan base. The Bears, on the other hand, have a history of deliberately playing upon the blind loyalty of their fans to line their own pockets. Instead of doing the right thing & firing Lovie, they elected to save the expense of paying him & his staff off, knowing that a vast majority of their fans will still keep on buying their season tickets & Bears merchandise. Not this kid! I’ve seen the light!
In any event, I’m right here-just across the border. I can be a spy! Here’s the latest. Right now, the Bears are in total chaos. Lovie still doesn’t know what he’s doing but he doesn’t care-he’s gotten another year at $5-6 million and the McCaskeys have stopped counting their money in the vault long enough to wheel that old lady out in front of Halas Hall so that she can smile & flip-off all of the fans.
LOL
If you want to follow the Pack, I welcome you to Acme Packing Company. As Packallday mentioned, it’s an honor a fan of a rival comes to chear for our team. One thing I want to be clear with you though, is we do not like or respect other fans that chear for one player and only one player. We are Packer fans, which mean we chear for the Green Bay Packers Franchise. We all have our disagreements on Ted Thompson and Mike McCarthy, but us TRUE fans continue to chear for and support this team.
So, one question I have for you is this: If the Bears let Lovie Smith go after next season, where does your loyalty go then?
"No player is greater than a team."
-Vince Lombardi
Welcome
Welcome over to the Green and Gold Nosmos.. You made the right choice there. The Pack is the team to be reckoned with… They are third among the top ten teams to succeed in 2010. Should be an exciting ride for you with the Pack.!! Go Pack Go 2010 is our year!!
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