They had to give up Luis Valbuena, but I think this is a good trade for the Cubs. They've never won anything without a decent leadoff man--and they haven't had a good leadoff man since Kenny Lofton in 2003.
The Bears hired John Fox to be their head coach
It's nice to get a proven coach. From the article: He is one of just six coaches (Don Shula, Dan Reeves, Bill Parcells, Mike Holmgren, Dick Vermeil) to lead two different teams to the Super Bowl. So that's certainly a positive. Recent flameouts here have not had that pedigree. But you know what is really interesting to me? Both the new GM and the new coach won't really answer the question of "Can you win with Jay Cutler?" Both of them say, "I haven't met him yet." It doesn't take a genius to read between the lines there.
