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Bill Belichick continues to refuse to tell us his New Year’s resolutions

“They would all be personal, so they wouldn’t mean anything to you anyway.”

Bill Belichick doesn’t want you to know what he’s hoping to achieve in 2022. That much became abundantly clear when, given a second chance to answer a question about his New Year’s resolutions, he declined on Friday.

I guess this is not really a surprise for the famously taciturn Belichick, but, dang man, you couldn’t just come up with something nice to say to the friendly reporter trying to craft a fun little story? You knew this was coming.

How about we start here: “Show some personality.” You’re clearly one of the smartest people ever to coach any sport. You’re probably hilarious, when you opt to be. Let it fly, Bill.

Anyway, here’s the exchange.

And in case you missed the first one, here’s that, too:

As you can see from Will D.’s tweet, the timing of the original question caused a bit of controversy and led to a lot of discussion about whether it was proper.

And of course it was. Juliet Pennington, the reporter in question, is free to ask whatever she pleases, as is any other reporter in the room. And Belichick is free to answer as he desires.

The media should always respect what coaches and players are going through, as humans, and show respect. But the job sometimes requires asking tough — or weird — questions after a team goes through crushing failure. Add to it all the fact that these interactions are now made for TV and the whole thing is just inherently awkward. So you might as well just ask what you want to ask to try to get a decent story.

Also: It’s football. It’s not sacrosanct.

I’ve said this before but we should all hope that Belichick decides to open up at some point. He doesn’t appear in Gotham Chopra’s soaring documentary series about Tom Brady, and he wouldn’t agree to a real interview for Henry McKenna’s exhaustive story about his son, Steve. Come on, Bill. Share the knowledge.

Anyway, for those in Bill Belichick’s inner-circle, I’m offering …. uhh, like $12 and some holiday gifts I didn’t even like … in exchange for the coveted scoop on his resolutions. It’s probably just like “Lose 10 pounds” and “Get organized” but that’s fine. This has become a story. We need to know.

Willing to double the bounty if you get video of Belichick staying up until midnight tonight, watching the clock flip, saying “We’re on to 2022” to nobody in particular and then going straight to bed without so much as a smirk, too.

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5 New Year’s Resolutions for the Bears in 2020

There are plenty of things that the Bears need to address this offseason to better their football team for the upcoming season.

The last decade wasn’t kind to the Chicago Bears. Following a disappointing 2019 season that once started with Super Bowl aspirations, the Bears entered an early hibernation at 8-8.

There are plenty of things that the Bears need to address this offseason to better their football team for the upcoming season — a majority of those coming on offense. But if Chicago is going to right the ship this season, they’re going to need to do several things.

Here are five New Year’s resolutions for the Bears in 2020:

1. Fix the offense

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No doubt the biggest offseason priority for the Bears will be fixing their abysmal offense that, ultimately, was the reason why Chicago failed to make the postseason. The defense did their part. But the offense couldn’t do “just enough” to help them out.

There were many issues that plagued the offense — quarterback, lack of a running game, offensive line, tight ends and even play calling — and all of those will be areas of need that general manager Ryan Pace and head coach Matt Nagy need to correct. For the Bears to go anywhere in 2020, they need to fix their offense.

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