Monthly Archives: October 2009

Ron Admits another mistake

Many readers of the blog continually wonder “what the heck is Ron thinking up there?” The sad thing is that Ron often admits he doesn’t know what he is doing, such as the “hand off to Wolfe 3 times in … Continue reading

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On Forte and Turner

Here is one from Tyler who sent in an email… always looking for new voices (that want Ron to go) here at the blog, send to frtnow@gmail.com I just found this article about Matt Forte and the Bears horrendous running … Continue reading

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What’s Up at Fire Ron Turner.com

In the old days of the web getting a domain name was a big deal. The first thing when starting a site like this is to get a URL like “fireronturner” and put up a web site in HTML and … Continue reading

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Graphing Ron’s Legacy of Failure

Good friend of the blog and fellow Bears’ fan “PSL Dave”, disgusted with Ron’s performance both as an Illini coach and as a Bears’ coach, put together a great illustration of the futility of Ron’s career. Over the 16 years … Continue reading

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A Legacy of Failure

I have been ragging on Ron lately because three of the recent offensive names that made me hold my head in my hands while sitting in the non PSL seats in the West Upper Deck look to be sudden leaders … Continue reading

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Ed O’Bradovich Calls Out Ron Turner for Poor Play Calling

Ed O’Bradovich the former Bears great and radio host was on Public Televisions’ Chicago Tonight talking about our horrendous loss to the Bengals on Sunday. His comments are pretty much EXACTLY what we say over and over on this blog. … Continue reading

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Ron is Getting off Light on Bears Debacle vs. Bengals

As Dan noted below yesterday’s massacre at the hands of the pretty good but not awesome Bengals is hard to summarize. We were destroyed in every phase of the game. The problem is that much of the focus now is … Continue reading

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At What Point?

I don’t really want to talk too much about yesterday’s thrashing we received at the hands of the Bengals. Did you see Ded Ced? Wow. How about that Bear D? Ugh. Note that Thomas Jones had another good game yesterday. … Continue reading

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Ron Turner Thread for Bengals Game

Here is a thread for commentary during the Bengals game. Carl may be the only one here as I am busy today, but anyone can feel free to chime in when Ron calls the I formation of death ™, no … Continue reading

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Dan Pompei an Idiot Shill for Ron Turner

Dan Pompei of the Chicago Tribune wrote an article called “Sour Gripes” with the subtitle “Sorry haters, but perception that Turner’s play calling is predictable doesn’t hold water” that is one of the worst pieces of journalism I have ever … Continue reading

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The Most Bitter Pill Of All

Thomas Jones ran for 210 yards last Sunday. He looks great. “Ded” Ced Benson is having an outstanding year with the Bengals. And we don’t even need to talk about the resurgent Broncos and their new field general, Kyle Orton. … Continue reading

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Disappointing Loss at Atlanta

The Bears had a disappointing loss Sunday night at Atlanta. The game came down to the final seconds with Cutler having a chance to tie it only to have an idiotic penalty called on Orlando Pace which put the Bears … Continue reading

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Yards After Catch and Turner

One of the constant themes of this blog is how the Bears offense refuses to throw the ball downfield (especially now that we have a QB that can actually do it well). The other item that drives us crazy is … Continue reading

Posted in 2009 Regular Season | 6 Comments

Standards

I really let Mike Shultz have it in my last post, for many good reasons.  I don’t have anything against the guy on a personal level.  But the fact of the matter is that the Illini offense is so bad … Continue reading

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Fire Mike Schultz

While we have plenty of material to bag on Ron Turner with, I would like to address the woes of my beloved Fighting Illini this year.  This subject dovetails in with the whole Fire Ron Turner theme, so bear with … Continue reading

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Fire Ron Turner Traffic

See a pattern here? On Sunday when ever the Bears play fans all over the country go back to their computer and type FIRE RON TURNER Into their web browser and end up directed at this site. Just for grins … Continue reading

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Bears Offense Stuck in Neutral

In a recent Tribune article about the emergence of Johnny Knox as a receiver a good point illuminating our “same old offense” is illuminated: As much as the Bears need Knox to stay the same, offensive coordinator Ron Turner must … Continue reading

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Fire Ron Turner Contributors Wanted

One of the best things about running a site like this is when you get intelligent commenters. If you’d like to submit something for Fire Ron Turner then you can send an email to frtnow at gmail . com and … Continue reading

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The Same Old Offense

I was putting a comment in Carl’s last post but it got too long and morphed into this post. I found it hard to believe that the average Bear fan’s expectations for an offensive coordinator have been lowered to accept … Continue reading

Posted in 2009 Regular Season, Lousy Play Calling, general | 8 Comments

Game 4 vs. Lions

The Bears beat up the Lions today, scoring 48 points. To those of us at the game, however, the first half sure seemed like too much of a near-run thing. It was great turning it up in the 2nd half … Continue reading

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