{"id":2138,"date":"2016-05-06T09:21:35","date_gmt":"2016-05-06T14:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pauleide.com\/?p=2138"},"modified":"2024-01-14T15:52:08","modified_gmt":"2024-01-14T21:52:08","slug":"chicago-bears-give-matt-forte-office-space-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/chicago-bears-give-matt-forte-office-space-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Forte Interview: Did Bears Give The Office Space Treatment?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jvhoXvcGNrY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This offseason, two-time Pro Bowl running back Matt Forte signed a three-year $12-million-dollar free agent contract with the New York Jets. Bears fans were, and still are, upset about it.<\/p>\n<p>And why <em>wouldn\u2019t<\/em> they be?<\/p>\n<p>After eight years in Chicago, Forte ranks second, behind only Hall of Famer Walter Payton, on the Bears&#8217; all-time lists for rushing yards, yards from scrimmage (12,718), receptions (487) and 100-yard games (24). He&#8217;s also third in total touchdowns and sixth in receiving yards (4,116).<\/p>\n<p>This offseason, the Bears front office didn\u2019t even attempt to re-sign the second most productive player in the history of the franchise.<\/p>\n<p>Didn\u2019t even <em>attempt<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Instead, they informed him in February they would not be offering him a contract. No negotiating. No ifs, ands, or buts. Didn\u2019t Forte at least deserve that? Or, at the \u201cbear\u201d minimum, the ability to fight for his job?<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s look at this parting of the ways through the eyes of a real world, corporate boss\/employee relationship, and not through the NFL lens of meaningless sound bites and coach speak.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine you get to the office Monday morning. The first thing on your calendar for the week is your annual review with your boss, Bill Lumbergh. You were dreading it all weekend.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019re the face of Initech (Bears offense) and you\u2019re coming off a fiscal year where profits were way down (6-10 record) and the competition improved (worst in NFC North).<\/p>\n<p>In Lumbergh\u2019s office, things are tense. He insinuates you are old (you\u2019re 30 now, death knell for NFL running backs), that your TPS Report problem (nagging knee injuries) persists. He hired a 24-year-old hotshot out of college (Jeremy Langford) a year ago and you mentored him. Maybe <em>too<\/em>well. But don\u2019t worry &#8211; you won\u2019t get <em>any<\/em> credit for that.<\/p>\n<p>Lumbergh then tells you that he doesn\u2019t see you as a part of the organization\u2019s future. And that frankly, \u201cThe Bobs\u201d (Chicago Bears owner Virginia McCaskey and her sons) don\u2019t even want to pay you what you\u2019re currently making. Worse, they won\u2019t even offered a pay cut to do what you\u2019ve been doing at Initech for the last eight years!<\/p>\n<p>So, with the role of Lumburgh played by Bears\u2019 GM Ryan Pace, how did Forte feel about it? Slighted? Angry? 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