Is it just me or is Eberflus in the same mold as Lovie was?
He is defensively focused and will likely not be highly involved in the Offense.
I think ownership was reluctant to let Lovie go, because they believed he was a good leader and DC, but they were unable to attract or identify an OC that could develop the offense, so they went through several Offensive minded HC in an attempt to change that.
When they hired Fox, they quickly worried that the investment in Trubisky was going to go south, so they jumped back to an offensive HC.
I wish Lovie all the best, but when the Bears let him go, I felt it might be a mistake, but I was also eager to see what the future held.
The fact that Lovie and Eberflus are different races, is honestly irrelevant to me, but until the NFL demonstrates that it is not passing over highly qualified minority coaches to hire white coaches rules like the Rooney rule must be in place.
Now the argument that teams are simply checking the box by interviewing minorities is a complete other issue. I don't have the answer....