BOURBONNAIS —” In the middle of what could have been Lovie Smith’s last annual overly optimistic state-of-the-Bears address to open training camp Thursday, he was asked how the lessons of three straight playoff-less seasons may help prevent a fourth.
Good question. Odd answer.
“Those years you talked about, I have a hard time at 52 years old remembering what happens in the past,” Smith said coyly. “I feel like I know what’s going to happen in the future. We have a good football team right now. I’m not going to look to the past an awful lot.”
Forget about Smith’s memory going at 52. After hearing him describe his seventh Bears team, I would be more concerned about his vision.
“We know what a Super Bowl football team looks like, so this part of the season, all teams can do is talk about the potential they have and see if there are any glaring weaknesses.” Smith said. “We just don’t see that.”
As you roll your eyes, remember Smith declared the Bears free of glaring weaknesses under the same gazebo on the campus of Olivet Nazarene University that he predicted greatness for Adam Archuleta in 2007. And declared Tommie Harris healthy in 2008. And dubbed Devin Hester a No. 1 wide receiver in 2009.
The point is, nothing Smith says on Day 1 means a thing.
He could have taken Thursday’s opportunity to challenge his players publicly to change a culture of mediocrity and sound as fed up with the Bears treading water as the fan base is.
Or he could have used a corny “Monsters of the Midway,” reference, invoked the Super Bowl XLI experience (again) and made visitors think they took a wrong turn amid all the cornfields and ended up in Colts camp in Anderson, Ind.
Smith chose the latter.” …..
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