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General Category => Halas Hall Football Forum => Topic started by: frankiew on June 11, 2020, 08:46:34 AM

Title: what grade do you give Lovie SMith so far?
Post by: frankiew on June 11, 2020, 08:46:34 AM
I go

C-

I was not a fan of the hire

It seemed like most people were just excited because he got the Bears to the super bowl never mind the fact he missed the playoffs 7 of his last 8 years

The on field product is BETTER, but at times it also looks bad

The loss to Eastern Michigan was not good, and frankly Illinois should have beat Nebraska but we also got luck against Mich St

I did hate the fact he basically sat everyone against Northwestern, you don't do that in college football, and we didn't even bother showing up for the bowl game. A 8-5 finish would have looked awful good instead of 6-7

The recruiting has been ok. The transfers have really helped, I expected more out of the recruiting from Lovie though

I feel like this is  ahuge year for Lovie and company. A bowl game 2 years in a row builds momentum, a non bowl eligible season is a disappointment

We should go 3-0 non conference, and i can see us going 4-5 or 3-6 in conference

so we should be 6-6 or 7-5

winning 3 of our first 4 big ten games would be huge, that would put us at 6-1 and I could see us going a solid 7-5 maybe a 8-4 with a upset and that wpuld put us at 5-3 in conference

but alas since it's illinois we will end up 3-9

Title: Re: what grade do you give Lovie SMith so far?
Post by: Somewhere in Mn on June 11, 2020, 10:36:12 AM
I go

C-

I was not a fan of the hire

It seemed like most people were just excited because he got the Bears to the super bowl never mind the fact he missed the playoffs 7 of his last 8 years

The on field product is BETTER, but at times it also looks bad

The loss to Eastern Fucking scUM was not good, and frankly Illinois should have beat Nebraska but we also got luck against Mich St

I did hate the fact he basically sat everyone against Northwestern, you don't do that in college football, and we didn't even bother showing up for the bowl game. A 8-5 finish would have looked awful good instead of 6-7

The recruiting has been ok. The transfers have really helped, I expected more out of the recruiting from Lovie though

I feel like this is  ahuge year for Lovie and company. A bowl game 2 years in a row builds momentum, a non bowl eligible season is a disappointment

We should go 3-0 non conference, and i can see us going 4-5 or 3-6 in conference

so we should be 6-6 or 7-5

winning 3 of our first 4 big ten games would be huge, that would put us at 6-1 and I could see us going a solid 7-5 maybe a 8-4 with a upset and that wpuld put us at 5-3 in conference

but alas since it's illinois we will end up 3-9
Nice finishing line. lol.
I hoped the hire, along with Hardy Nickerson, would bring some much needed talent to the team. Like the Zooker said, 'It's not the x's  and the o's,  it's the Jimmys and the Joes.
I just looked at the schedule. 3-9 is not out of the question.
Year 1 was a late start, but this is year 5.
Title: Re: what grade do you give Lovie SMith so far?
Post by: Custard on June 11, 2020, 11:18:38 AM
I think Lovie has restored a little dignity to the program and improved the roster and continuity from the flaming dumpster fire of scandal it was when he arrived. My heart says this year builds upon the modest success of last year’s team but my brain says 4-8.
Title: Re: what grade do you give Lovie SMith so far?
Post by: Reacher on December 21, 2023, 11:40:59 AM
I love how everyone where is always so cocksure of other peoples’ thoughts and intentions. What a joke.
Title: Re: what grade do you give Lovie SMith so far?
Post by: Reacher on December 21, 2023, 11:41:46 AM
Have no idea how I ended up in this thread .
Title: Re: what grade do you give Lovie SMith so far?
Post by: Jobu on December 21, 2023, 11:43:20 AM
Have no idea how I ended up in this thread .

You're really bad at this
Title: Re: what grade do you give Lovie SMith so far?
Post by: Reacher on December 21, 2023, 11:50:33 AM
You're really bad at this

You’re really good at ankle biting. Twitter, Parkins, patience.
Title: Re: what grade do you give Lovie SMith so far?
Post by: Reacher on December 21, 2023, 11:51:57 AM
Between the rapid fire shit going on with you and Spark and taking phone calls that my cousins mother was killed in a car accident, I’m having a hard time keeping up. And my texting sucks if I’m hurried.
Title: Re: what grade do you give Lovie SMith so far?
Post by: Jobu on December 21, 2023, 11:55:31 AM
Between the rapid fire shit going on with you and Spark and taking phone calls that my cousins mother was killed in a car accident, I’m having a hard time keeping up. And my texting sucks if I’m hurried.

Sorry to hear about your cousin's mother. Maybe get the fuck off the boards if you're dealing with family shit, you knucklehead.
Title: Re: what grade do you give Lovie SMith so far?
Post by: Reacher on December 21, 2023, 12:05:08 PM
There is nothing for me to do. I’ve seen her once in 45 years she lives in Mississippi.
Title: Re: what grade do you give Lovie SMith so far?
Post by: Reacher on December 21, 2023, 12:05:24 PM
Or lived
Title: Re: what grade do you give Lovie SMith so far?
Post by: Reacher on December 21, 2023, 12:06:28 PM
My cousin has left Michigan and is in Mississippi there isn’t much for me to do
Title: Re: what grade do you give Lovie SMith so far?
Post by: Jobu on December 21, 2023, 12:15:07 PM
Gotcha. Well, my condolences.
Title: Re: what grade do you give Lovie SMith so far?
Post by: spark mandrill on December 21, 2023, 01:40:47 PM
I love how everyone where is always so cocksure of other peoples’ thoughts and intentions. What a joke.

There is a long, long, long gap between you, who are EASILY the worst here about this, and literally anyone else.

No one confidently and incorrectly ascribes an opinion to others here that they didn’t say more often than you, and it is not remotely close
Title: Re: what grade do you give Lovie SMith so far?
Post by: Reacher on December 21, 2023, 01:50:32 PM
There is a long, long, long gap between you, who are EASILY the worst here about this, and literally anyone else.

No one confidently and incorrectly ascribes an opinion to others here that they didn’t say more often than you, and it is not remotely close

I’ve said 30 times now that your position is justifiable and can be reasoned I have not heard the same
Title: Re: what grade do you give Lovie SMith so far?
Post by: Reacher on December 21, 2023, 01:52:15 PM
T outside of when he’s trying to pick a fight I never tell Joe boo or anyone else what their thoughts are
Title: Re: what grade do you give Lovie SMith so far?
Post by: Reacher on December 21, 2023, 01:52:48 PM
I don’t pretend to be in touch with the inner workings of everyone’s brain here unlike others
Title: Re: what grade do you give Lovie SMith so far?
Post by: Reacher on December 21, 2023, 01:53:17 PM
If somebody says… Was my intent I’m almost always going to believe them
Title: Re: what grade do you give Lovie SMith so far?
Post by: spark mandrill on December 21, 2023, 01:53:30 PM
I don’t think it’s justifiable to keep Fields given the situation.  I think I’ve made it clear that that is an easily avoided huge mistake with the potential to kneecap the Bears franchise in the long term.

But if it will get you to stop blatantly lying about what I said all the time, I will post it here: your position is justifiable
Title: Re: what grade do you give Lovie SMith so far?
Post by: spark mandrill on December 21, 2023, 01:54:08 PM
I don’t pretend to be in touch with the inner workings of everyone’s brain here unlike others

You make some shit up I didn’t say and attribute it to me literally 15 to 20 times a day dude
Title: Re: what grade do you give Lovie SMith so far?
Post by: spark mandrill on December 21, 2023, 01:55:22 PM
If somebody says… Was my intent I’m almost always going to believe them

I have never ever ever seen you do this - adjust your argument to be more accurate when someone clarifies their position - ever, not one time in the decade plus we’ve known eachother.

You are far far far more likely to still be ranting about your misinterpretation for years and over dozens and dozens of clarifications.  Far more likely.
Title: Re: what grade do you give Lovie SMith so far?
Post by: Reacher on December 21, 2023, 01:58:36 PM
I have never ever ever seen you do this - adjust your argument to be more accurate when someone clarifies their position - ever, not one time in the decade plus we’ve known eachother.

You are far far far more likely to still be ranting about your misinterpretation for years and over dozens and dozens of clarifications.  Far more likely.

Ok
Title: Re: what grade do you give Lovie SMith so far?
Post by: Chickengeorge on December 21, 2023, 07:39:44 PM
Sorry about your cousins mother.
Title: Re: what grade do you give Lovie SMith so far?
Post by: Reacher on December 21, 2023, 07:47:02 PM
Thanks.