I suppose this deal is ironclad and passed into law so that he can't literally tear up the paper the bill was written on. But he has a bully pulpit to pound his fist on and say, 'Hey, Zygi, we need to talk. It is true that you saw us falling off a turnip truck, but we have gotten up and slapped the dust off our trousers and we need to adjust the handicaps before the steam shovels arrive.' " Even more startling, Sooch got through a whole column without complaining about property taxes and overpaid teachers.."A lot of people within our organization gave extra time and energy to support Tank: players, coaches and our front office," Bears coach Lovie Smith said in a statement. "We did our best to establish an environment for him to move forward. Ultimately, Tank needed to live up to his side of the deal.".

"They handed it to us every way they wanted to in the first half and we didn't have any answer to stop it," Carroll said. "The challe