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6 to 3, Seahawks win. I just want this season to be over so, so badly. It's such a complete disaster and mess. And it feels again, like there's no way out. I'm still going to stay optimistic about Kayla, but he was bad. The whole team's bad. Yeah, defense, I thought the defense was gonna give him a million yards and they did like after the first drive and then they didn't. Brian Poles did an interview before the game and said that some of the so starts are some of the things that weren't fixed in training camp.

So he's talking about training. He's playing with training camp in week 17.

Fire this whole fucking organization to the sun. I'm so sick of it. I apologize again

from the bottom of my heart. That is some of the worst football. Like it's just a perfect fitting

end to not only the Bears playing standalone games with Thursday night football.

The only thing I'm worried about is like Kirk Herbs Street, our good friend. He's going to get even more aggro after having to watch that. And like he's going to be in just a sour, sour mood next week after having to watch that. So I apologize to everyone. It was a horrific game. They're a horrific organization. They're a complete joke. George McCaski should feel shame, he won't feel shame.

Fans rightfully were booing. Fans also got Thomas Brown, who can't figure out a clock to save his life. I think he might have been behind the Detroit collapse on Thanksgiving to go for it on fourth and one, or fourth and five, with like two 15 left. I was like, fuck it, just punted, I don't even care. Like what does it matter? but this is the dumbest organization ever and I apologize to everyone.

Also, the COX are bad.

Can we just... 15 left. I was like, fuck it. Just punted. I don't even care. Like, what does it matter? But it's this is the dumbest organization ever and I apologize to everyone. Also the sea ox are bad.

Can we just say that the sea ox are really bad as well because like you shouldn't Six to three is not a game you should be in with the bears. Yeah, you shouldn't feel good about yourself if you're the sea ox for sure. And it's it's mean what Roger Dell keeps doing to my good friend Big Cat and and making them play

Primetime games right when you think you're done. Oh no we've got another Bears Primetime game. It's meaner what Gidele keeps doing to my good friend Big Cat and making them play prime time games, right? When you think you're done, oh no, we get another Bears prime time game. It's mean what they're doing to Big Cat and what he did to Hank and Tom Brady of the Patriots. Roger Gidele is a bigger dickhead for making Big Cat be exposed to the Bears in prime time all these times this year. Then deflate eight sanctions. Yep. I'll say. I'll say it's an next year the schedule come out and they'll do it again. It's like fuck it. I'll do it again. So um so big cat. There's some coaching search news for the bears. So and this is the other part of this. Yeah, let's talk about it. So Ben Johnson's still like you're going to interview Ben Johnson. He's incredible. Yeah, he's intrigued by Caleb Williams-Balls. They whistle and he likes that. Pete Carroll has also thrown his hat into the ring as he did with the jets. But he wouldn't mind coaching the bears apparently. Or maybe it was his agent saying that to drum up interest. I don't know. It depends on which side you fall on in the Shepter Floreo dispute. Yeah. So this was news, I think on Christmas morning, the Pete Carroll would like a job. Everyone wants a head coaching job in the NFL. I don't like, these are the reports that like, why don't you just put everyone's name? Have a list, have a huge list. Like, hey, listen, Ben McAdoo wants a job Matt Patricia wants a head coaching job Rex Ryan Ron Rivera Pete Carroll just go down the whole list of guys that want a head coaching job and they felt because they all want a job because they're the best jobs in the world in terms of like pay in the height of your profession as for Pete Carroll He's a very good coach. He's 73 years old, and guess what?

Peek- and the height of your profession, as for Pete Carroll, he's a very good coach. He's 73 years old, and guess what? Pete Carroll's exactly what the bears will do. They would do that where they'll just be like, you know what, we need someone, we need someone stable to write the ship, to be a professional in these in Halas Hall. Instead of being like, hey, why don't we try to just pay Ben Johnson $20 million and be like, hey, yeah, you know what, Ben Johnson might not work out, but at least we tried to get the best possible hire out there instead of being like, oh, this guy won a Super Bowl a decade ago? Cool, let's bring him in. That will be fun. He's 70 fucking three years old. It's John Fox all over again. John Fox all over again, at least be Carroll won a Super Bowl. Yeah, I think I think there's like a difference between John Fox and Pete Carroll. He's got a little bit more energy to him, but yeah, it is, it's like a very safe hire for them to do. The only safer hire in their mind, in their fucked up mind would probably be Ron Rivera because the ties back to the 85 Bears He was a defensive coordinator there for a long time. There was, do you see that article? It was in the New York Times or the athletic. It said the bears need a coach who holds players accountable. Look no further than Ron Rivera. Again, I like Ron Rivera. He's great guy. The show. Great guy. But this is my point that I was just, every single one of these guys wants this job because you get paid a shitload of money to coach an NFL team. So that doesn't mean like it would just be so bears to go higher peak Carol. Like that's what they would do. They would do it and then they'd be like, listen, this guy is stability and we need to get, you know, we need, we knows how to win in the culture, 73 years old. Go fucking give Ben Johnson every last dollar in your bank account, George McCasky. And guess what, if it, if it, if Ben Johnson turns out to be a bad coach, I can't be mad that they at least tried. You know what I mean? Like they went and tried to get the number one guy out there. Once you guys say he's the number, I mean, Mike Vrable obviously is also the number one guy out there, but go get the number one guy. I would say the safest guy is Mike Vrable. Right. And he will be the safest in terms of like, like he, you know, he care won't have a two win season. He's going to be, he's going to be a good head coach.

That's almost a guarantee.

He might not drive the price tag that been Johnson's driving right now, because he's going to have a crazy bidding war for his services. But I feel like if you're going to, if you're going to try to save on price, just get variable. He's going to be a great coach. Yeah. I love Mike Rebel. If Mike Rebel's the coach of the Bears, I'll be very happy. I just want them to once go and get the number one guy, the guy that everyone's like, holy shit, Ben Johnson. And it probably won't happen. Oh, say it almost definitely won't happen, but at least go try. Don't say fucking Pete Carroll. I just want to get to want to get to play off. So I don't have

to think about the bears. Like I just don't want even they're not worth, they're not worth

anything. They're, they're, they're, they should sell the team. You know what the McCaskys should do? They should sell the team for $100. What their family bought the team for and be like, you know what? We did such a bad job. We're going to sell it for $100. Do a lot I'm watching Yellowstone.

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