Bears rolling the dice big time on inexperienced Matt Nagy

[Chicago4Life]

Nagy has a very thin resume. I wonder why the Bears would jump so fast on a guy with the least amount of experience of the available candidates. It's hard to understand.

Whether people want to believe it or not the chiefs wanted trubisky, nagy is a firm believer in the kid and the spread scheme with RPO's is a great fit for trubisky stemming from his UNC days. Shurmur was probably the next best coach but it is what it is...Flip just doesnt seem to have the connections to build a quality staff and mcdaniels no matter what he says has that denver debacle that will continue to haunt him.

Also i believe when pederson was hired, reid helped him put together a quality staff, something he can also do for nagy.

 

[Guess Who]

why do you think so

I wanted a Bruce Arians type. But I'm going to backtrack and hope he does well.

 

[zabavka]

Nagy has a very thin resume. I wonder why the Bears would jump so fast on a guy with the least amount of experience of the available candidates. It's hard to understand.

So who was your guy, McDaniels or Shurmur?

 

[Bronko]

You can always find someone to say complimentary things about coaching prospects, esp. after they've been hired. I recall identical nice things said about Trestman and Jauron, and how lucky the Bears were to choose them. That talk means nothing to me until there's Chicago context.

 

[westcoast bear fanatic]

They are rolling the dice with the Nagy hire but I felt like the dice needed to be rolled. Unless they could lure a Harbaugh or Shaw away from the NCAA, you had two retreads who failed at HC already and a bunch of high risk guys like Nagy.

It's time that this organization did something bold to try and reverse their fortunes and this is a bold move by Pace and I applaud it.

 

[shoopster]

Matt "Sha Na" Nagy was actually the shoopster's pick, kids. Go look it up. Guess that blows your wade/shoopster narrative out of the water . . .









































































































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[EL ROCKSTEADY]

So, what should you do, throw a dart at names on a dartboard? I understand no one is a sure bet, but all things given, wouldn't you want the guy with the deepest resume that demonstrates success and a familiarity with the responsibilities of a HC? I hope Nagy is very successful, but I'm interested to know what sweat ted and george McCaskey were thinking that made them decide this was their guy.

I get it and completely agree, but to the point that the Bears are taking a big risk like the article says? Based on the success hes had and basically in the same system all those years, i never considered Nagy the risky candidate.

 

[shoopster]

Nagy may be a risk, but the reward - IF it comes through - could be worth it. He appears to be a legitimate NFL-quality offensive mind, not a nerdy pretender like Marc "Canada Dry" Trestman.

He's also - reportedly - "fiery." FINALLY, a "fiery" Head Coach for the first time since Ditka!

Seemingly everything Pace has done thus far has been high-stakes (i.e.: waiting too long to start the quarterback rebuild, a number of high-draft projects, the wide receivers) which is part of the reason why his "rebuild" is in "reboot." If he wants to paint himself in a corner once again on the Head Coach, so be it.

Either way, this is his last chance . . .

 

[Toast88]

To clear it up, since a lot of people are confused.

Nagy took over playcalling with five games left in the season, against the Jets, a game the Chiefs lost. They then went on a 4-0 run, including primetime wins against the Raiders and Chargers that would’ve cost them the division had they lost. Then obviously the playoff game. As for who called plays the second half of the Titans game, no one knows for sure. We probably never will. And I’m not sure it matters. If it was Nagy, what does that prove? You could just as easily point to the first half as the half we should all care about.

As for the 2015 season or whatever it was, Peterson took over one half of each game playcalling when the Chiefs went 1-4. Afterward they went undefeated.

Andy Reid wants his guys to succeed. That’s why he grooms them to be playcallers and head coaches. Seems to have worked out so far for his coaching tree.

 

[Myk]

Nagy has a very thin resume. I wonder why the Bears would jump so fast on a guy with the least amount of experience of the available candidates. It's hard to understand.

Known=failure vs Unknown
Only Bears fans could want failures because they know what they're getting. They want them as players, they want them as coaches.

 

[ClydeLee]

Known=failure vs Unknown
Only Bears fans could want failures because they know what they're getting. They want them as players, they want them as coaches.

So this is why Trubisky playing so little was the advantage then?

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[Bearin' Down]

I’m working hard at trying to get excited about the Bears’ decision to hire Matt Nagy as their head coach. I really am.

But there’s not a whole lot to work with here. His first three jobs in the NFL were as a coaching intern (2008-09), coaches’ assistant (2010) and offensive quality control coach (2011-12), all with the Eagles. His first big-boy job was when head coach Andy Reid hired him as the Chiefs quarterbacks coach in 2013. He became offensive coordinator in 2016 but didn’t start calling plays until 11 games into this season.

That’s correct: The man the Bears are relying on to run their offense has been a play caller for all of five NFL games.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/sports/chicago-bears-matt-nagy-ryan-pace-mitch-trubisky/

Is this for real? He's called the plays for five games?

I'm trying to understand this hire. relative to Josh McDaniels, Nagy is a neophyte. Did he jump at the job because the only other team kicking the tires was the Colts? I'm trying to understand why the Bears would take a flier on him when Mcdaniels and Shurmur were available?

I hope this works out, but I agree it's a big roll of the dice.

How are we 72 posts into this thing and not one person has asked whether "billwade" is the original account or the alt? Obviously, he thought he signed into his other account.

 

[modo]

The real difference is are you just hiring a guy you "think" is best for your QB or are you hiring a great football guy who understands the importance and has a grasp on all phases of the game? Think it's clear what the Bears opted for here.

Having a successful QB can overcome most things in the NFL

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[bamainatlanta]

How are we 72 posts into this thing and not one person has asked whether "billwade" is the original account or the alt? Obviously, he thought he signed into his other account.

I thought it was already established that he was an Alt.

 

[Mitchapalooza]

How are we 72 posts into this thing and not one person has asked whether "billwade" is the original account or the alt? Obviously, he thought he signed into his other account.

him and shoop are the same guy

 

[Bearin' Down]

I thought it was already established that he was an Alt.

I've been MIA from these boards for sometime, so forgive my ignorance.

 

[onebud34]

They are rolling the dice with the Nagy hire but I felt like the dice needed to be rolled. Unless they could lure a Harbaugh or Shaw away from the NCAA, you had two retreads who failed at HC already and a bunch of high risk guys like Nagy.

It's time that this organization did something bold to try and reverse their fortunes and this is a bold move by Pace and I applaud it.

Seems like Pace is using a pretty proven template at this point. Andy Reid comes from a very nice coaching tree. And has a nice one himself.

 

[Myk]

So this is why Trubisky playing so little was the advantage then?

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Sort of. He hasn't learned bad habits or racked up injuries from college football.

 

[BearDownTexas]

"Safe" will never win a SB! #Nagydown!

 

[TheWinman]

Pace just made his version of the trestman hire smfh. this guy had little to no play calling experience and he didn't develop any Qbs in KC.

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You're an idiot!!!!!!! 1)The Trestman comparison is just stupid 2)Alex Smith by FAR had his best year under Nagy this season

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