NFL: Bears fire HC Matt Eberflus

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Holy crap:

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[GKJ]

He is now too hot to go

 

[Spring in Fialta]

He wasn't doing a good job. That's one thing. But completely embarassing the franchise like that on national TV was such a bad look. Would have been better off losing 23-13.

 

[Ace]

That was one costly timeout he held onto

 

[Mrfenn92]

Can’t wait for the bears to hire offensive version of eberflus

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Happy and all but it is again dysfunctional that Bears let him come into Halas Hall and hold his media briefing to then fire him hours after

Infact one would say it is a pretty shitty thing to do to him and again makes Bears look terrible as an organization

 

[GKJ]

First time in 100 years of Chicago Bears football that they’ve fired a head coach in-season

 

[hockey20000]

won't matter who replaces him it's the bears lol.

 

[GKJ]

The did this after sending him out for his press availability too

 

[Teemu]

Had to happen. He just kept embarrassing the franchise, not just with his calling on the field but also with his inability to accept any responsibility for it afterward.

Thomas Brown speedrunning from pass game coordinator to head coach in less than 3 weeks

 

[Troy McClure]

Friendly reminder to Bears fans they could have hired Harbaugh this off-season.

 

[Romang67]

Friendly reminder to Bears fans they could have hired Harbaugh this off-season.

Happy holidays to you too.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Only complaint is that they didn't fire him earlier.

Now for the inevitable bad hire.

 

[EpochLink]

Only complaint is that they didn't fire him earlier.

Now for the inevitable bad hire.

Someone with a defensive background because BEARS FOOTBALL.

The usual cliche's: Monsters of the Midway, Smash Mouth Football, 85 Bears, rough and tumble toughness.

 

[Bounces R Way]

Send in the next idiot!

 

[hatterson]

It needed to happen, but what an amazing stat:

 

[Terry Yake]

 

[Ace]

It needed to happen, but what an amazing stat:

This is why everyone said they had to clean house last year. Made no sense to bring back a bum coach and waste an important year of QB work. Now Caleb will have a new coach for six weeks and then a third new voice next year. It’s the easiest thing in the world to change coaches when you draft a top QB prospect.

 

[BB88]

Only complaint is that they didn't fire him earlier.

Now for the inevitable bad hire.

All in for Ben J?

 

[hatterson]

This is why everyone said they had to clean house last year. Made no sense to bring back a bum coach and waste an important year of QB work. Now Caleb will have a new coach for six weeks and then a third new voice next year. It’s the easiest thing in the world to change coaches when you draft a top QB prospect.

My guess is they were afraid of getting a bum due to their awful rep as an organization and then having to wait 2-3 years to fire him.

 

[Bounces R Way]

Maybe Saleh is the best bet. Dunno who else is really out there.
Gives Brown a good chunk to audition I guess. Started as the passing play coordinator this season

 

[willy702]

When it sounds like you just threw your prized rookie under the bus you have to go. Seems as simple as that. If he had been like every good coach out there the first thing he's going to say at the podium is this loss is on me and I feel bad for my guys because of it. Everyone expects it and then they move on.

 

[StreetHawk]

When it sounds like you just threw your prized rookie under the bus you have to go. Seems as simple as that. If he had been like every good coach out there the first thing he's going to say at the podium is this loss is on me and I feel bad for my guys because of it. Everyone expects it and then they move on.

Well it also doesn’t help when Caleb is making comments after the game which appear to indicate that he forgot they still had a timeout. The call he received was expected to gain some yards to make it closer than a 59 yard attempt. Would call TO after the play if he snapped it before 9 seconds left on the clock but he took it down to like 6 seconds before snapping it, then we downfield with it.

 

[Memento]

I'm a Rams fan, speaking from an unbiased view.

When Eberflus was Mizzou's defensive coordinator, he had one of the worst defenses we've ever had under the Pinkel era, one of the worst I've seen watching Mizzou football.

I was stunned when he became Indy's DC, kept failing upwards into Chicago's HC opportunity. He should've never been an NFL DC, let alone a HC, and I knew it was going to fail miserably.

But he's had some very awful losses, and this one was one of the worst mismanagements of time and timeouts I think I've ever seen in the NFL. The second Williams was sacked, Eberflus should've been sprinting down the sidelines to call a timeout. I have never coached or played football at any level, and if even a total imbecile like me knew that, then you have to imagine any competent coach would know that as well.

Throwing everyone under the bus but himself in his press conference was simply the last straw; he had to go after that.