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It sounds like the Bears are going after the right guys to replace John Fox as head coach.
Unfortunately, it sounds like the Bears are going with the wrong guys on this weekend’s trip to interview Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels, Vikings offensive coordinator Shurmur and Eagles quarterbacks coach John DeFilippo.
It’s supposed to be Ryan Pace’s decision, but, as I understand the plan, his bosses will drive on these dates. Chairman George McCaskey and team president Ted Phillips will accompany the GM, like he’s some kind of teenage son. Good luck with the football version of “Meet the Parents.’’ Good luck looking like you’re in charge, kid.
It might not necessarily be wrong to have a team chairman and team president take part early in the interview process — unless it’s THAT chairman and THAT president with THAT recent awful history that includes two of the four coaches with the worst winning percentages in the history of this legacy franchise and the GMs who hired them.
At the press conference Monday to announce Fox’s firing and Pace’s two-year contract extension, McCaskey said the choice of the new coach is Pace’s. But Pace continually talked about a “collaborative’’ effort. No, no, no. Don’t say that. Hearing about a “collaborative’’ effort makes Bears fans want to vomit, and Bears wonks obviously have no idea why. But here’s why:
McCaskey and Phillips have overseen a death spiral the last five years, including four straight seasons of 10 or more losses with two different GMs and two different coaches, so the last thing any respectable organization should want is the perception that those wonks are involved in the process.
“Collaborative effort’’ can be a great phrase if you’re talking Theo Epstein, Jed Hoyer and Jason McLeod. Or Stan and Scotty Bowman. Or Jerry Krause working by his secretive, successful self that no other modern executive in this city is likely to match.
But nobody wants to hear “collaborative effort’’ when you’re talking about a chairman and president who’ve been a big reason the football product stinks. That’s reason enough to keep them quiet and out of the way until absolutely necessary.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sport...y-ted-phillips-rosenbloom-20180103-story.html
Unfortunately, it sounds like the Bears are going with the wrong guys on this weekend’s trip to interview Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels, Vikings offensive coordinator Shurmur and Eagles quarterbacks coach John DeFilippo.
It’s supposed to be Ryan Pace’s decision, but, as I understand the plan, his bosses will drive on these dates. Chairman George McCaskey and team president Ted Phillips will accompany the GM, like he’s some kind of teenage son. Good luck with the football version of “Meet the Parents.’’ Good luck looking like you’re in charge, kid.
It might not necessarily be wrong to have a team chairman and team president take part early in the interview process — unless it’s THAT chairman and THAT president with THAT recent awful history that includes two of the four coaches with the worst winning percentages in the history of this legacy franchise and the GMs who hired them.
At the press conference Monday to announce Fox’s firing and Pace’s two-year contract extension, McCaskey said the choice of the new coach is Pace’s. But Pace continually talked about a “collaborative’’ effort. No, no, no. Don’t say that. Hearing about a “collaborative’’ effort makes Bears fans want to vomit, and Bears wonks obviously have no idea why. But here’s why:
McCaskey and Phillips have overseen a death spiral the last five years, including four straight seasons of 10 or more losses with two different GMs and two different coaches, so the last thing any respectable organization should want is the perception that those wonks are involved in the process.
“Collaborative effort’’ can be a great phrase if you’re talking Theo Epstein, Jed Hoyer and Jason McLeod. Or Stan and Scotty Bowman. Or Jerry Krause working by his secretive, successful self that no other modern executive in this city is likely to match.
But nobody wants to hear “collaborative effort’’ when you’re talking about a chairman and president who’ve been a big reason the football product stinks. That’s reason enough to keep them quiet and out of the way until absolutely necessary.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sport...y-ted-phillips-rosenbloom-20180103-story.html
