Lovie Smith Out After 9 Seasons As Bears Coach

Lovie Smith Fired After 9 Seasons As Bears Coach
CHICAGO, IL - NOVEMBER 25: Head coach Lovie Smith of the Chicago Bears watches as referees review a play during a game against the Minnesota Vikings at Soldier Field on November 25, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois. The Bears defeated the Vikings 28-10. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)
CHICAGO, IL - NOVEMBER 25: Head coach Lovie Smith of the Chicago Bears watches as referees review a play during a game against the Minnesota Vikings at Soldier Field on November 25, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois. The Bears defeated the Vikings 28-10. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)

The epitaph for Lovie Smith's tenure as head coach of the Bears could read, "He couldn't fix the offense."

For all the good things Smith did in his nine years in Chicago, his undoing was his inability to take care of the side of the ball in which he had no background.

The Bears fired Smith on Monday after a 10-6 season, Tribune sources have confirmed.

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