They are who we thought they were by Egantx7

According to Dennis Green, the reason his team took the field against the Bears was because "the Bears are who we thought they were" (apparently contractual obligations were not considered a real "reason" to take the field ... Green is a smart guy, and may have been looking for an existential reason to take the field, who knows?) Anyhow, which team was Green coaching when the Bears erased a 20 point deficit in the second half of a 16 October 2006 game for the historic 24-23 win, prompting one of the great rants in history.

It is usually a sign that a manager will soon be fired when he refers to the home fans as those 3,000 fucking people who show up every day. This manager also informed the assembled press that those fans could kiss my fuckin' ass right downtown, AND PRINT IT! Later calling the fans nickel dime people who are mutherfuckers who don't even work. To be fair, this man did not know that Les Grobstein was recording him, and to also be fair, he was defending his players who were being booed by the nearly empty stadium. To continue the fairness, they were the Cubs, so they likely deserved to be booed, and the fans were Cubs fans, so this manager wasn't wholly incorrect ;-) Name this 1982-83 Cubs manager who was fired immediately after his immortal rant went public.

Exact five word answer needed (words need to be in order).

The rant most famous for this five word phrase was prompted by an article titled "QB Change: All About Attitude" written by Jenni Carlson, who based her story on rumors that Bobby Reid was not playing through injuries, and required his mom to help him psychologically. In fact Reid's lower performance was because he was playing through injuries, was being forced to adapt to a system that was not ideal, and had been getting inconsistent communication from his coach.

Carlson's story gave that coach, Mike Gundy, an opportunity to heroically defend Reid, even though Gundy was partially responsible for Reid's problems. Identify these famous five words said by Coach Mike Gundy in a post-game press conference on 22 September 2007 which follow the wordsCome after me!.

Fill in the blank with a player's name

Paul Olden, the former PA announcer for the Yankees was interviewing Tommy Lasorda after a 15 inning devastating (and rare) loss to the Cubs on 14 May 1978. Olden's question was "What's your opinion of ______'s performance?" What followed was Tommy dropping four f-bombs, a few "Jesus Christs" and a few repetitions of the question ... which clearly showed he had an opinion of not liking the situation. This man hit 442 home runs, the most of any non-Hall of Famer from the pre-roids era.

Identify this Adam Dunn of yesteryear who on 14 May 1978 pounded out 3 home runs against Lasorda's Dodgers, including a three run shot in the top of the 15th to win the game.

Name both Johns On 13 February 1984, someone threw a post-basketball game press conference and a pre-boxing press conference broke out. In the wake of UMass defeating Temple, UMass' John was giving a press conference when Temple's John broke in to lecture him about riding the officials to turn a game, when he already had a good team. When UMASS John interrupted Temple John, they started moving toward each other, intercepted by players only at the last second before Temple John (once) threatened to kill and (twice) threatened to kick UMASS John's ass. We'd likely live in a better world if Temple John had kicked his ass. Identify the two college hoops coaches who nearly came to blows that day.

One of the poorest planned statements from a color commentator in college basketball history is There's a good chance Bobby Knight's been ejected from this basketball game. In fact, there was no chance Knight was staying in the game because this came after Bobby's most infamous escapade, whipping his chair across the floor just before an opposing player took technical foul shots. On that date, 23 February 1985, which Big 10 team was Knight's Indiana squad hosting in Bloomington?

Give first, last, or both names of the boxer who would fit in the blank.

After defeating Lou Savarese on 24 June 2000, Mike Tyson started off his post-bout interview with Jim Gray respectfully invoking the Shahadah. Then he got all Mike Tysoney. Whom, was he calling out in this poetic interview (and who's first name would fill in the blank)? This man would KO Tyson on 8 June 2002.

I'm the best ever. I'm the most brutal and vicious, and most ruthless champion there's ever been. There's no one can stop me. _____ is a conqueror? No, I'm Alexander, he's no Alexander. I'm the best ever. There's never been anybody as ruthless. I'm Sonny Liston, I'm Jack Dempsey. There's no one like me. I'm from their cloth. There's no one that can match me. My style is impetuous, my defense is impregnable, and I'm just ferocious. I want your heart. I want to eat his children. Praise be to Allah.

On 1 June 1991, this man had to deal with his catcher be rushed to the hospital after taking a Bobby Thigpen fastball in the ear, and then a massive fight breaking out against his former team. After the game, AP reporter Bob Glass stated that That had to be a very scary moment. This man responded by raising his voice and saying he didn't want to talk about it. When Glass yelled at him not to yell, this man heatedly terminated the interview, and walked away. Glass responded Don't pull that. Be a man," Security was able to rescue Glass, and eject him from the locker room before this man and his entire team beat Glass to shards and send him to join Terry Steinbach in the hospital. Identify this usually soft-spoken manager who, at the time, was managing the defending AL champions.

One reporter asked this man "Did you consider (George) Brett for (Keith) Miller with the bases loaded in the seventh inning? It sounded like an innocuous question, but the response was No, no don't ask me these stupid fucking ass questions ... No ... end of ... What follows was a flurry of tossed microphones, tape recorders, a phone, and the entire contents of this manager's desk top. One reporter had a gash opened on his cheek as this manager continued to rant against stupid questions. Identify this manager who, while wearing his underwear, famously ended his rant with Now, put that in your fucking pipe and smoke it.

One word answer needed

Earlier in the day of 7 May 2002, Larry Brown had questioned one of his player's work ethic. Later, that player had an end of the year news conference, a depressing affair after a first round playoff exit as a follow up to making the NBA Finals the previous year. Reporter Phil Jasner was called out a bit toward the end of the rant, which according to one book was delivered while drunk. Identify the word which was used 24 times in the rant on that day (the 24 includes versions of the word), including to end the phrase How the hell can I make my teammates better by _____.

This man's rant is rare because it happened before a game instead of after or during a game. This man's rant was triggered by a tweet from a Cincinnati Enquirer reporter who noted that Devin Mesoraco, a catcher for the Reds, was on his flight, and would thus not be available to play. Before the next day's game on 20 April 2015, this man sat down with about 10 reporters and castigated them about reporting player movements that could affect a game. Name this manager of the Reds who surprisingly is still on the job despite what must be a record 77 f-bombs (or versions thereof) when he forgot that the press does not actually work for him or the Cincinnati Reds.

3 Answers needed. Fill in the blanks, words must be in exact order.

Mike Singletary didn't have much luck coaching the 49ers, and the first sign may have been this rant which was prompted by Vernon Wells' shenanigans during Singletary's first game as head coach on 26 October 2008. Which words are missing from the text below?

I would rather play with 10 people and just get penalized all the way until we gotta do something else, rather than play with 11 when I know that right now that person is not sold out to be part of this team. It is more about them than it is about the team. Cannot ____ with 'em. Cannot ____ with 'em. Cannot ____ with 'em. Can't do it.