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Mistakes in team management over the last two years:

1. Anything on the 0-line.

2. Keeping veterans over younger players that outplayed verterans in the preseason:

• Brandon Rideau getting cut to keep Rashied Davis this year, and cut last year over Bradley.
• Lousaka Polite tearing it up for the Dolphins for the last two years after we kept Jason Mckie -- who can't run (how many 4th and 1 full back draws did he fail to convert last year); and can't block (look at Forte's ypc this year).

3. Bad veteran FA signings:

• Josh Bullocks was a horrible signing at safety. Really? Darren Sharper was available, and having a Pro Bowl year in New Orleans.
• Orlando Pace -- even my wife is sad that Pace (a Buckeye) decided he wouldn't block for us this year but still take millions of dollars.
• Pisa Tinosamoa -- did this guy play in more than one game at LB? He looked washed up when he did. Perhaps we should stop signing old Rams players that were cut for salary cap and age reasons?
• That WR we signed. Wait, we didn't sign a receiver to help out the young players. Instead, we drafted a player in the third round who hasn't seen the field over the fifth round pick (Johnnie Knox has been a rare bright spot this year).

4. The absence of created competition:

• Kevin Jones, being injury-prone (and proving it this year), should not have been the only veteran RB signed.
• Safeties?
• D-line? I mean, Tommie Harris is a big, big, big baby in two ways.
• O-line: Pace and Shaffer and Olimaye have been nothing. Great job finding such master talent Mr. Angelo. This Frank guy really graded out well in film when he played with the Panthers. I am so glad he's shown us nothing but being a nice role filler.

5. Relying on Cutler's arm and young receiving corp:

• this might be more on Ron Turner and staff. But, Cutler laughed and denied he'd throw for 4,000 yards as a Bear, but he has 3,000 plus with three games left. If we had a better offensive line we could run the ball more, and we wouldn't need that much yardage in the air. Cutler's made a lot of mistakes this year, but the staff has done little to limit those mistakes. We needed a veteran to help out. We didn't get that.

So, this year has sucked, and though the young players gained some on-the-field-experience this year -- this year -- was one of the biggest disappointments in life as a Bears fan. We had real expectations this year, and we let Brett Favre and Aaron Rodgers take the division. And we continue to allow every team's best runner to have their superlative runs against us. I am so tired of hearing the broadcast booth say, "And that's the longest run (pass) of the season for ______."

Please, fire Jerry Angelo and Lovie Smith and bring in Mike Shanahan or Bill Cowher. Please. Pretty please.