Bears Fire Bobby DePaul

Pro personnel boss relieved of duties (http://www.chicagobears.com/news/NewsStory.asp?story_id=6553)

Long been rumored to return to the Redskins. Will it happen now?

Good personnel man, would love to see it happen. He could be of valuable assistance to Bruce Allen who by his own admission in not a great talent evaluator. That's providing he could develop the kind of relationship necessary to work with both Allen and Shanahan.

Why was he fired? Did he ask Angelo for a $1 raise? Maybe asking for heat during the winter led to his dismissal.

Can anyone point to a half-dozen great pro personnel decisions that he made with the Bears in the last several years? My sense is that most of their personnel moves have been less than fully productive.


Just asking...

Wouldn't mind seeing him step in the offices here; I remember a couple of years ago there were rumblings that he might replace Vinny and Angelo being pissed about our pursuit of Briggs around that time. I don't know what all he's done in chi-town to help but he was operating limited there.

Can anyone point to a half-dozen great pro personnel decisions that he made with the Bears in the last several years? My sense is that most of their personnel moves have been less than fully productive.


Just asking...

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tryfuhl:

That's what I am afraid of. The Bears have not made a lot of moves in the past several years that have amounted to more than a pinch of pigeon poop. What did they give up for Cutler? Two firsts and a second plus Kyle Orton? OUCH! The Skins do not need to make any deals of that kind.

tryfuhl:

That's what I am afraid of. The Bears have not made a lot of moves in the past several years that have amounted to more than a pinch of pigeon poop. What did they give up for Cutler? Two firsts and a second plus Kyle Orton? OUCH! The Skins do not need to make any deals of that kind.
Yeah, that was my play on their "6" moves.

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*cough*
Jerry Angelo is the General Manager for the National Football League's Chicago Bears. He has held the role since 2001. Prior to joining the Chicago Bears, Angelo spent 14 years overseeing Tampa Bay Buccaneers' scouting department as their Director of Player Personnel. Angelo graduated from Miami University in 1971.[2]

DePaul did a good job finding some good deals on free agent OL-John Tait, Ruben Brown, other guys whose names I can't remember. Otherwise, I'm not sure he's necessarily better than who we have now.