Cowher Interested In Bears? Feeling Better Be Mutual

If Super Bowl championship winning coach Bill Cowher is interested in coaching the Chicago Bears (as suggested here) the feeling better be mutual.

I do not care how much money or how many years Lovie Smith has left on his contract.  If Cowher is on the market, the Bears should go shopping.  Plain and simple.

Hiring Cowher would not be a change-for-change sake.  Instead, it would be a change-for-the-sake-of-franchise-pride kind of move.  Cowher is a proven winner whose defensive system is a long-standing testament to what productive defensive units could do.  His offenses have always been good enough, especially under the mastermind who is now coaching the Arizona Cardinals, Ken Whisenhunt.

I think the biggest thing Cowher would bring to Chicago is discipline, a very important fact especially for a team that racks up one stupid penalty after another.  Whether it be on false starts, offsides or personal fouls, Cowher's teams have always been known as smart football squads.  It would be a 180 degree turn of events compared to some of the knucklehead plays Bears fans have seen recently, whether it be Tommie Harris' shot a few weeks ago or Peanut Tillman's shove last year.

My one concern with Cowher is not whether or not the Bears would pay him, because at this point you've invested so much money into quarterback Jay Cutler, you might as well invest as much into the guy who is supposed to coach Cutler into being the franchise signal caller he was supposed to be.  Instead, my concern is whether or not Bears fans would completely be open to Cowher.

Think about it.

Cowher would not be bringing in traditional Chicago Bears football.  It would be more like Pittsburgh Steelers football.  And when it boils down to it, say goodbye to your precious 4-3 defense and hello to the 3-4.  Well all know how much Bears fans embrace change to the franchise's most important position.

Don't look at me like that?  You know as well as I do that your average Chicago meathead will dismiss the 3-4 defensive scheme quicker than a dinner salad.  And even though said fans are a minority, they are a vocal minority.  One that takes to the airwaves and pollutes sports talk radio with the concept of "Bears weather" and "Old-time Bears football."

Newsflash, gang.  "Bears weather" sucks.  It's cold and snowy, and while you think it's great that the other team will be slipping and sliding away ... guess what ... so will the Bears.  As for "Old-time Bears football" I have no frickin' clue how that can be a good thing.  They've made one Super Bowl appearance since I've been alive.  Yeah, you can take your old-school football.  I'll take old-time Dallas Cowboy football or old-time New England Patriot football.

Or, how about old-time Pittsburgh Steelers football?

I'm down.  How about you, Bears fans?