Jauron's miserable history in Chicago...

Originally Posted by: ALL D


First, even though I was not a 'Jauron Hater' before this research, I began to question his fortunes after all the negative information out there...

I wanted to analyze how a career 7-9 Coach (.429 pct somehow consistent record) seems to be given opportunity time and time again... Let's start on how Jauron was given a Head Coaching job in the first place...

In 1999, Dave McGinnis was announced as the head coach of the Chicago Bears before they even came to contract terms with him. Embarassment immediately led them scrambling to their immediate second option, D. Jauron. The Bears passed on coaches, Brian Billick, Jim Haslett and the Jets defensive co-ordinator Bill Belichick. ( I wonder if Belichick had any hard feelings over that) Jauron must of had a great interview because his subpar defense with Jacksonville averaging from 2nd - 9th worst in total yards allowed in a 4 year span... Coughlin did bring success to the Jags but that had little to do with Jauron..

On to Chicago, The Bears had little success with Dave Wannstedt and the Bears team suffered (2) straight 4-12 seasons in 97-98... They needed their team to develop winning ways, hence, Coach Jauron... The 1999 Bears went 6-10. They had almost reached jaurons full potential with only one more win in his first year as H.C... The 1999 Draft wasn't very successful for the Bears. Mark Hatley and D.J. chose a huge letdown with their 12th overall pick, Cade McNown, along with Russell Davis, Rex Tucker and D'Wayne Bates. Not a solid draft. The Bears seemed better then with Wannstedt though...

During the 2000 season the Bears ended up with a 5-11 record. The Bears now had to trade up to get the much wanted Plaxico Burress but instead, they chose Brian Urlacher who was named rookie of the year in 2000... DJ named McNown starting QB for 2000 and it ended up being McNowns final season...The decision to bring back DJ was a similiar situation to what we are going through right now... At the end of a dismal season, Bears Team President Ted Phillips stated that 'Coach Jauron has all the intangibles to lead this team, and does a good job in motivating the players to keep playing for him.'

Finally a Winning Season with Playoff Aspirations- 2001

On September 9th, 2001 (two days before our Nation's tragedy) Jauron's Bears fought the Superbowl champion Raven's valiantly. They lost but now they didn't have to deal with McNown anymore. A new man in charge Their defense was stellar.

The 2001 draft brought David Terrell to the team and A-Train. A.T would amass 1,163 yds and the team would go on to get crushed in their 1st playoff game

Urlacher 6 sacks, 90 takles
Rosevelt Colvin 10.5 sacks
Phillip Daniels 9 sacks
The team finished 1st in the league with only giving up 203 points...

I would love to figure out how Jauron stepped outside his consistent coaching ways and took this Bears team to a 13-3 record... After this season, the Bears had high expectations and slipped back to their 4-12 record. which caused the firing of our now Head Coach, D.J. in 2003... What was his record at the end of '03'?? you got it, 7-9


Some facts about Jauron that you might or might not know...

Jauron started in the NFL under Hank Bullough, while in Buffalo before getting replaced by Marv and crew...

Coughlin and Jauron were together on the Packers' coaching staff for the 1986 and '87 seasons

In his nine years with the Packers, Jauron worked under three different head coaches. He joined the organization in 1986 under Forrest Gregg, and was retained when Lindy Infante took over in 1988 and in 1992 when Mike Holmgren was named Green Bay's head coach. The Packers reached the playoffs each of Jauron's last two years, and in his nine seasons in Green Bay, the defense made 168 interceptions in 143 games.


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