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Good afternoon folks. Let's begin with the obvious. There is a shit show happening at Halas Hall right now. No other way to put it. Let's talk about Ryan Poles job security first. I'm going to stand by my reporting and once again repeat - he is safe. I've talked with folks around the league and inside Halas Hall and while Poles is making it known he is upset with the current structure, he is going to remain the Bears GM. With that being said, Poles is on a leash. A very short leash if I might add. He is going to be advocating for his job during coaching interviews. He's going to be pitching himself to the coaches as the coaches will be pitching themselves to leadership. However, and this is an extremely strong however which I don't see happening, if the Bears primary HC candidate is uncomfortable working with Ryan, I expect them to fire Poles. I'm unsure how the optics of this would work is because you traditionally hire a GM first and let that GM pick their own HC. But I've been told that they will not hesitate firing Poles if it means being able to get the number one HC candidate on THEIR list. They would then hire a GM that aligns with their list and ordering. They will not let Ryan Poles prevent the Bears from getting the obvious first choice HC should someone clearly separate themselves from the group and does not want to work with Poles.

Next, sources inside the building have confirmed to me that Thomas Brown is no longer an option. They will still interview him but he is no longer a serious candidate. Lastly, you will hear lots of things the next couple weeks and month about hiring a coach that will shift the culture and flip this organization upside down. Make no mistake about this. There will be an offensive-minded HC in Halas hall, known leader or not. I can confirm this that even if a non offensive-minded coach blows them away, if the gap between the non offensive-minded HC and offensive HC isn't large, they will still defer to an offensive-minded HC. Caleb is the number one priority right now. And these last weeks have made that even more obvious. This leadership is not going to gamble on revolving doors at OC to develop what feels like for the first time ever, a franchise QB at Halas Hall. It will be an offensive HC or bust.
 

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Even if this is a troll you have to appreciate the effort. I certainly want to believe though. I want an offensive oriented HC.
 

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Even if this is a troll you have to appreciate the effort. I certainly want to believe though. I want an offensive oriented HC.

Here's the thing - at the very least, this dude has a track record of this year and last year of getting things right.

Haters can kick back and say "anyone can say XYZ was going to happen!" yet they always say this after the fact, and not before. :smug2:

I think this guy has some legit sources around the league because he's been accurate. The fact that he hasn't tried to spin a couple of correct "guesses" into further notoriety or a career lend even moreso to his legitimacy in my opinion.
 

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Besides - this sounds like typical Halas Hall organization behavior in terms of dysfunction. If this guy is a fraud, hire him to write for popular IPs in Hollywood - he understands how to write the essence of the characters he's portraying. :smug2:
 

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Besides - this sounds like typical Halas Hall organization behavior in terms of dysfunction. If this guy is a fraud, hire him to write for popular IPs in Hollywood - he understands how to write the essence of the characters he's portraying. :smug2:

Absolutely. That’s why I said you have to appreciate the effort.
 

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This time last year people here mostly agreed that it was time to get rid of Eberflus and hindsight proved that to be the right call. People are increasingly seeing that this off-season we should get rid of Poles. I hope I don't have to sit through another season of garbage before ownership figures it out.
 

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If this is accurate, what a fucking mess. Maybe fire him, maybe not. Let him hire the coach and then fire him. Hire the coach, then neuter him. They are unbelievably terrible.

How can the McCaskeys be this bad after spending their entire lives learning about running the oldest football team in the world, what I'm sure they consider their birthright and heritgae?
 

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If this is accurate, what a fucking mess. Maybe fire him, maybe not. Let him hire the coach and then fire him. Hire the coach, then neuter him. They are unbelievably terrible.

How can the McCaskeys be this bad after spending their entire lives learning about running the oldest football team in the world, what I'm sure they consider their birthright and heritgae?
If this is true I'm guessing Warren wants to fire poles but mccaskeys are hesitant. But Warren convinced them that he needs to be able to fire him if it's restricting him from getting the top coach?

It's incredibly dumb. If that's a concern, Poles should be gone. If Poles truly only has 1 year left then it's definitely a concern and you can't extend him based off his track record, so he should be gone.
 

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Pudge Poles may not survive if a Head Coach wows the Bears but isn't interested in a lame duck GM? Makes way too much sense for Halas Hall - this must be fiction.

Honestly, the Bears shouldn't even try selling Pudge to the next Head Coach. What we are witnessing right now is worthy of a very unceremonious firing. THIS is the end result of tanking 2 seasons, stockpiling picks, and insisting on Matt Eberflus as Head Coach. Pudge Poles needs to go. Now . . .
 

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If this is accurate, what a fucking mess. Maybe fire him, maybe not. Let him hire the coach and then fire him. Hire the coach, then neuter him. They are unbelievably terrible.

How can the McCaskeys be this bad after spending their entire lives learning about running the oldest football team in the world, what I'm sure they consider their birthright and heritgae?
This has been my burning question for years. You’d think they would have accidentally learned a thing or two at this point.
 

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Even if this is a troll you have to appreciate the effort. I certainly want to believe though. I want an offensive oriented HC.
Haha yeah. This latest essay tweet make me think this guy is full of shit. Seems to me a "real" insider type wouldn't be writing these essays lol
 
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