Lovie Smith, Chicago Bears, What is his Football IQ?
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Lovie Smith has the Defensive Brains!
When you get right down to it, back in my day, you would have to be pretty tough to grow up with a name like Lovie. Actually, he is tough. Three State Championships in High School playing defensive end and linebacker. Two times All American at University of Tulsa playing Safety.
Then the coaching carousel began. Wisconsin, Arizona State, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio State.
Finally the pros came calling; he learned the Tampa 2 defense from Tony Dungy and eventually replaced Dick Jauron as head coach of the Chicago Bears.
NFL Football Lovie Smith factoid
Lovie is an active supporter of the American Diabetes Association. In addition to participating in various events for the ADA, Smith also donates ten tickets to every Bears’ game to children suffering from diabetes. He and his wife are also the founders of the Lovie and MarryAnne Smith Foundation, a program which donates college tuition funds towards impoverished children. source
The Bears defense is unbelievable. Hey, they won 10 games with former Purdue quarterback Kyle Orton last year! How is that even possible?
Lovie is the architect and driving force of that defense. So how come Lovie is not recognized in the NFL as a Genius?
The word “genius” may be overused when discussing football coaches, but there’s not a better word to describe Smith, the Chicago Bears’ head coach, who has a masterful ability to improve any defense he coaches.
So when you see Harris, Urlacher, and Briggs coming at you and you are ready to just dive to the turf, keep in mind that it is Lovie Smith that put them together and turned them loose.
So what is the big drawback that keeps Lovie from being recognized as a modern day NFL Football genius? If you answered Rex Grossman, that would be wrong.
Oh sure, Rex is not exactly Peyton Manning or even Archie Manning, but keep in mind, he has not really had a lot of NFL snaps in his life. Rex will be fine, besides the Bears usually give him fantastic field position.
Oh, and that answer to what is holding back the brain cells of Lovie being on the cover of SI? That is easy. Lovie needs to win a title or come very close. Then everyone will recognize him for the genius he already is!
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