Bears do not renew contract of Offensive Coordinator Mike Martz and QB Coach Shane Day
Well hooray. The Mike Martz experiment in Chicago (can we stop calling it that now) ended with a whimper as the Bear offense struggled down the stretch amidst rumors of Martz interviewing or shopping for a new position. Two years into his tenure, the production simply wasn’t great enough to justify keeping his antics and stubborn nature around for another season. Even after the trials of 2010, Martz needed to be sat down again in 2011 in order to keep Cutler from getting killed in seven-step drops with a shake o-line. I’m fine with ending this crap. (I didn’t really want him in the first place.) Interesting that we heard Martz resigned early on and then it transitioned to “it was Lovie’s call.” As for Day, he should be happy he’s no longer the buffer between Cutler and Martz.
