This is what happened.
The thing is almost everyone wants flus gone. Waldron got let go, Thomas took his spot, heard him talk, and thought he was coach material because his talk compared to Eberflus, was night and day for a coach.
He called a better game than Waldron and did decent for his first game as a Bears play caller.
How he spoke after the loss, people loved h his words.
So the “fire Flus and promote Thomas to HC” talk was more of hope, than it is “who is actually HC material”. It’s more that people would rather let Thomas, due to how he handles himself and talks, be the HC and risk it with him to get better results than Eberflus, as a HC. All this due to most being tired off Flus as our HC.
Then people starting running with it. Saying Thomas is HC material, the next Tomlin, etc.
I’m not saying he’s not, but let’s not get carried away now. Let this dude do his job for the rest of the season. Let’s see if he handles himself the same way for the rest of the year. Let’s see if his play calling gets better and what he does with Caleb. Then, then we will see if he gets an interview from us or anyone else.
I will say that I do like how he carries himself as a person. How he talks, and how he tries to make shit work as an OC. He sounds like he knows his players, has a plan how to execute with the players he has and their abilities, and create a plan of attack. With the little film we have on him as an OC play caller, I can’t say he has the chance to be a great play caller. I need more time and footage to make that call.