New Bears Head Coach-Err Offensive Coordinator Mike Martz gave an interesting interview today on WSCR's Mully and Hanley show with Chicago Tribune NFL Bigfoot Dan Pompei sitting in for Hanley. Some of the highlights of it include: - How close he and Kurt Warner were to being the Bears offensive coordinator and QB in 1999 if McCaskey would have closed the deal on hiring Dave McGinnis.
- He reiterated that he's never had a QB as talented or as bright as Jay Cutler, and how ecstatic he is to be working with him.
- He shared his plans to use Devin Hester as a number 3 receiver similar to Az-Zahir Hakim with the Rams. Martz said Hester could be "Stupid Good" in that role.
- Martz pretty much said he's made up his mind that the only way Greg Olsen is going to see the field is if he learns to block.
The theme that most sticks out during the interview, is that he isn't talking like an assistant coach. He's speaking so freely that it's clear he answers to nobody, and that Lovie has given him free reign to run half the team. That's not to say this approach can't work, but one of the main concerns about Martz was his ego, and so far it looks like the plan to placate that ego is to leave him in charge of all things Bears Offense. The Beard actually agrees with Martz that Hester is most effective as a number 3 receiver, but is concerned that he doesn't think Olsen can be effective in his offense.
We shall see though. The next telling sign will be if he attends the Combine with Lovie on February 24, to scout for that all important third round pick...
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