Don’t expect a “big fish”. 🐟

[BaBaBlacksheep]

Execs around the league think a Bears structure featuring an empowered, engaged team president (Kevin Warren) all but rules out the possibility Chicago would seek established power coaches, even though such candidates would likely handle a market as tough as Chicago more comfortably than Eberflus has or the next hot coordinator might.

“The GM won’t want to fire the coach unless the president is on board with that, and the president is not going to turn the reins over to a proven coach,” one exec predicted. “Their structure definitely defines how much oxygen is left in the room, and there is not a lot. You are not going to get a big fish.”

(from the Athletic).

 

[roadwarrior_joe]

Execs around the league think a Bears structure featuring an empowered, engaged team president (Kevin Warren) all but rules out the possibility Chicago would seek established power coaches, even though such candidates would likely handle a market as tough as Chicago more comfortably than Eberflus has or the next hot coordinator might.

“The GM won’t want to fire the coach unless the president is on board with that, and the president is not going to turn the reins over to a proven coach,” one exec predicted. “Their structure definitely defines how much oxygen is left in the room, and there is not a lot. You are not going to get a big fish.”

(from the Athletic).

This isn't news to anyone that knows the McCaskey's and how insecure they are about anyone with a strong voice being in their building.

 

[Moses Moreno]

Warren is fun to root against, so that's cool.

No stadium and the team being what they are on the field is what that corporate climber deserves.

 

[roadwarrior_joe]

Warren is fun to root against, so that's cool.

No stadium and the team being what they are on the field is what that corporate climber deserves.

Warren has shown nothing, not sure what he even does, at least with Teddy we knew what he had his hands in. With this team looking like it is how could he (Warren) even think he can sell the idea of public money to build a stadium for the owners who could care less if the product is trash.

 

[DefNextYear]

And who would qualify as a “proven coach”?

 

[tcmtrinity]

Execs around the league think a Bears structure featuring an empowered, engaged team president (Kevin Warren) all but rules out the possibility Chicago would seek established power coaches, even though such candidates would likely handle a market as tough as Chicago more comfortably than Eberflus has or the next hot coordinator might.

“The GM won’t want to fire the coach unless the president is on board with that, and the president is not going to turn the reins over to a proven coach,” one exec predicted. “Their structure definitely defines how much oxygen is left in the room, and there is not a lot. You are not going to get a big fish.”

(from the Athletic).

That's absurd. (for any franchise other than the Bears) lol

 

[Bearly]

Warren doesn't have skin in any of the coaches which I suspect includes Waldron that was hired a week after him. I don't believe he'd prevent Poles doing whatever he believes would help the team. McCaskeys don't want to hear about how they're fucking up the team any more than another owner and if anything, Virginia has forced more change than she's prevented over the years. The issue is the hires but they've eaten plenty of bucks on the fires.

My issue with all of this is that firing the OC leaves us without much to replace him. This O staff are mostly Waldron disciples without a great deal of experience.

That said, there definitely needs to be a shake up on O as they have the D feeling dejected, like they can't do enough regardless of how they play.

What I'm saying is,

We fucked!

 

[ZOMBIE@CTESPN]

Could be insecurity but I think it’s more the 3 mil a year hc budget

 

[Salvaged Ship]

And who would qualify as a “proven coach”?

Vrabel is the one name I could see, even though he is a defensive minded coach he is no nonsense and would change the culture, hold players accountable. Let him hire the new OC, I could live with this. They desperately need a culture change, it’s a country club environment.

To me Ben Johnson is very unlikely and I would worry he would flop. He is exactly what Nagy was when we hired him and how did that turn out. First time coaches don’t handle the Chicago market well, and besides he will have choices. Why would he pick here, a division rival, when you look at the Bears track record of what happens with new coaches here? This place is a death sentence right now.

 

[JesusHalasChrist]

That would point toward Chicago pursuing any number of the young offensive coordinators enjoying strong seasons. The Lions’ Ben Johnson or the Houston Texans’ Bobby Slowik were hot names entering this season. Tampa Bay’s Liam Coen, Atlanta’s Zac Robinson, Arizona’s Drew Petzing, Buffalo’s Joe Brady fit the mold as younger coordinators leading offenses currently ranked among the top 10 in EPA per play (Philadelphia’s offense ranks 11th under first-year coordinator Kellen Moore). It feels early to start walking down that road.

So who is the BIG FISH retread bears homers would much rather have than anyone on this list?

Not that it matters with George making the call.

 

[Bearly]

You're not getting anyone right now. Teams in contention aren't going to allow their OCs etc to interview mid season. This would be more about punishment and a morale reset with an existing O coach that you think could be more timely on his calls and willing to proactively listen to his players. The O system is the O system and that's not really a big problem. Emphasis, personnel usage, situational and sequence calling is. I hate that we got rid of Herbert just before we might make an OC change. Who's our big play back if Swift goes down.

O needs a change. It looks rudderless and our HC is incapable is helping it so they both can go before next year. For Caleb's sake, Shakey Waldron needs to go now.

 

[oso4lyf]

Vrabel is the one name I could see, even though he is a defensive minded coach he is no nonsense and would change the culture, hold players accountable. Let him hire the new OC, I could live with this. They desperately need a culture change, it’s a country club environment.

To me Ben Johnson is very unlikely and I would worry he would flop. He is exactly what Nagy was when we hired him and how did that turn out. First time coaches don’t handle the Chicago market well, and besides he will have choices. Why would he pick here, a division rival, when you look at the Bears track record of what happens with new coaches here? This place is a death sentence right now.

Ben Johnson is NOT going to hook his wagon up to this franchise and they atrocities they've done to coaches and QB's.

We're the Jets and Browns with 1 Super Bowl.

 

[BearClaw55]

Didn’t someone just post last week that Eberflus is going nowhere?

Exactly…

Just more clickbait

 

[JesusHalasChrist]

“This is the best (line) depth I’ve ever had,” Poles told reporters in late August. “I actually let one of the guys go on cutdowns, and I was like, ‘Man, you did an excellent job. I wish we could keep you here.’ … Obviously, you want your starting five to be healthy and ready to go, but I feel more confident in the depth of our offensive line than I ever have before.”

This was my favorite part of the article.

 

[remydat]

Execs around the league think a Bears structure featuring an empowered, engaged team president (Kevin Warren) all but rules out the possibility Chicago would seek established power coaches, even though such candidates would likely handle a market as tough as Chicago more comfortably than Eberflus has or the next hot coordinator might.

“The GM won’t want to fire the coach unless the president is on board with that, and the president is not going to turn the reins over to a proven coach,” one exec predicted. “Their structure definitely defines how much oxygen is left in the room, and there is not a lot. You are not going to get a big fish.”

(from the Athletic).

This lacks any real substance. This isnt someone claiming to have spoken to sources close with the Bears. It is just based on wild speculation based on the Bears structure which is another way of saying, "We just taking shit right now to create clickbait."

 

[knoxville7]

And who would qualify as a “proven coach”?

Harbaugh would have...baers missed that boat, though

 

[Moses Moreno]

Could be insecurity but I think it’s more the 3 mil a year hc budget

Eberflus is getting something like $5-6M/year right now.

 

[ZOMBIE@CTESPN]

So who is the BIG FISH retread bears homers would much rather have than anyone on this list?

Not that it matters with George making the call.

That’s another factor other than the money part. George is a bafoon

 

[BaBaBlacksheep]

This lacks any real substance. This isnt someone claiming to have spoken to sources close with the Bears. It is just based on wild speculation based on the Bears structure which is another way of saying, "We just taking shit right now to create clickbait."

So it’s the same as 90% of all sports articles ever?

I mean you’re correct. I also think most understand this already

 

[DefNextYear]

Harbaugh would have...baers missed that boat, though

That was the big obvious miss. It was a perfect fit too.