124 Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 Bears | L. Smith receives five-year deal Wed, 28 Feb 2007 17:51:34 -0800 Jay Glazer, of FOXSports.com, reports Chicago Bears head coach Lovie Smith has agreed to a new five-year contract with the team. The new deal gives Smith a major raise in pay, but exact terms were not disclosed. The team is expected to announce the deal Thursday, March 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
124 Posted March 1, 2007 Author Share Posted March 1, 2007 BEARS SHOW SMITH SOME LOVIE Jay Glazer of FOXSports.com reports that the Chicago Bears have signed coach Lovie Smith to a four-year extension, through 2011. Per Glazer, the deal is worth $22.5 million over four years, which works out to an average of $5.5 million per year. It's unclear whether and to what extent Smith received a raise over his $1.45 million salary for 2007. We'd previously heard that the Bears offered Smith less than $3.2 million per year. Peter King recently mentioned in his MMQB column that the number was in the neighborhood of $3.5 million. A year ago, Smith's agent declared that the two sides were at impasse. Obviously, something happened to break the impasse. With rampant rumors of veteran players who were committed to scaring off potential free agents, perhaps the team realized that it was time to offer Smith fair value. With the deal set to be formally announced on the eve of the launch of the free-agency period, the timing is, at a minimum, one hell of a coincidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 I wonder if Herm is following these developments closely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
124 Posted March 1, 2007 Author Share Posted March 1, 2007 I wonder if Herm is following these developments closely. About time the Bears show Lovie the money, IMO. He's had a pretty successful run there with Quaterbacks named Rex Grossman and Kyle Orton. Imagine if Rexy can improve after his 1st full year of starting and become more of a leader / game changing QB? He's certainly got the talent and if he starts to mature and show it on the field then Chicago will be winning a championship in the next few seasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Columbia Jet Fan Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 Good for him, seems like a good coach and a good guy... Good deal all around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 I thought it was 4 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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