I know it’s only Wednesday, but I am bringing you my quotes of the week.

To start it off, we all know Lovie Smith was brought back for another season to supposedly “get” the Bears back to the playoffs, it seems like so long ago we were in the Super Bowl, anyway here’s what Lovie had to say yesterday during his press conference:

Lovie: “We’re not happy with where we are, we realize it has been three years since we have been to the playoffs. We realize all of that. We know we need to improve, and we will. It’s kind of as simple as that. We can get back. We’re not the first franchise to go through a tough spell, and we won’t be the first one to be able to come out of that, so from this day forward it is about doing what we need to do to put a better product out on the field next year.”

Ron Turner talked to the Chicago Tribune after he got canned, here’s what he said:

Turner: “You look at where we were at the start and then at the end, they’re different players. You don’t just bring in a quarterback with that many new players and click right away. It takes time, sometimes years. There’s no question, it’s going to take off, I did the best job I could with what I had.”

Dez Clark was very upset about the firing of tight ends coach Rob Boras, here’s what he had to say yesterday via text message:

Clark: “I’m very disappointed that they fired Rob because I know that they know he is the best coach on the staff, I don’t see how it can be justified unless they are going to get rid of the whole staff and fire everybody, one of the finest coaches I’ve been around in 11 years in the league, he’ll land on his feet and be an asset to another coaching staff.”

Former NFL executive and current NFL Network analyst Michael Lombardi spoke up about the possibility of Jeremy Bates becoming the next Bears offensive coordinator, here’s what he said:

Lombardi: “He is exactly what the Bears need right now because there is an element of toughness that he brings to the table, he is going to be able to get into the quarterback’s head and he is going to be able to get into his mind. And the quarterback — this is the key point now — the quarterback accepts what he says as coaching.”

“Does (Bates) tell him what he wants to hear? No way. I’ve watched it, I’ve seen it. I love Jay Cutler. I think Jay Cuter can win for him. However, I do know that he needs to be coached, and coaching done the right way is not being afraid of confrontation and telling a player when he is doing something wrong.”

Those are the quotes of the week, Chicago Bears style. Check back next week to see the new set of quotes.

All quotes from chicagotribune.com