I’ll disagree by saying this - if Pudge was giving Eberflus - Matt Eberflus! - significant input on player personnel decisions then he DEFINITELY has to go. Eberflus is one of the dumbest head coaches to ever take the field and his record bears that out.
My concern is that Poles, in neglecting the trenches, has left the team defenseless. And he’s not going to build strong trenches in one offseason. The offensive line has shown NO improvement as the season has worn on, so all of them are goners. On d-line, I don’t see much there and the Sweatster looks like a bust-out, a one-year wonder who got his money and then put his feet up. By the time Piles gets the trenches right, he’ll be out of step with the rest of the team, who areready to peak right now.
That’s player personnel. Beyond that, General Managers who preside over this type of chaos usually don’t get to stick around and try to clean it up. Because they don’t know how to, which is what got the Bears to where they are now anyway. And don’t forget the reports that Pudge apparently wanted Eberflus back this year when he should have fired him on Black Monday.
The people I’m most disappointed in today are the players. That bunch of bums were all over the media this week talking about how things are smoother and more positive and productive with Eberflus gone, and how they wanted to win for T-Bone. Then they went out and sleepwalked thru the first half. There is no excuse for the Bears’ lazy attitude today and while I blame Brown for a lot of that, these players need to look themselves in the mirror. Because no matter who the head coach is, there is no excuse for how they went about their business today. No excuse . . .