OT: Bears & NFL Talk 102

[HeisenBaez]

The firing was clumsy but it had to be done.

Poles and the Bears needs to get their ish together and hit on this hire. Can not be having a HC/GM change every three to four years.

 

[southsideIrish]

A great day for Bears fans everywhere. A great day for America.

Hopefully they won't lose any more games due to boneheaded coaching decisions. They'll still lose games I'm sure - but at least maybe won't look so bad.

 

[Pez68]

I mean, with a competent coaching staff this team is likely in the playoff hunt. That's how incompetent they've been. Coaching has cost this team what, four wins?

 

[Romang67]

I wonder what the D will look like now. Eric Washington seemed a bit more eager to blitz in the preseason. No idea if they change anything bigger than that.

 

[Pez68]

I wonder what the D will look like now. Eric Washington seemed a bit more eager to blitz in the preseason. No idea if they change anything bigger than that.

I sure hope they do...

 

[Backyard Hockey]

The more I think about it, this was handled horribly.

They send Flus out to do a standard presser and the he’s fired?

Neither Poles nor Warren take questions. And there are many. The movement of Brown to HC is a big deal. Particularly for the development of Caleb.

Poles had hidden all season

Just a bush league organization.

 

[Backyard Hockey]

Fun stat. Since George McCaskey became chairman in 2011, the Bears have fired 3 GMs, 5 head coaches and 3 OCs and have had 2 winning seasons

What an abject embarrassment

 

[Behn Wilson]

The more I think about it, this was handled horribly.

They send Flus out to do a standard presser and the he’s fired?

Neither Poles nor Warren take questions. And there are many. The movement of Brown to HC is a big deal. Particularly for the development of Caleb.

Poles had hidden all season

Just a bush league organization.

They fired him and hired the logical interim coach.

Everything else is superfluos and does not matter. Flus is still earning millions, he can handle a presser as a lame duck. Though he is a decent guy, he deserved to take the heat for his stupid in game decisions

 

[HeisenBaez]

Fun stat. Since George McCaskey became chairman in 2011, the Bears have fired 3 GMs, 5 head coaches and 3 OCs and have had 2 winning seasons

What an abject embarrassment

Or you could have simply said "George McCaskey is bad at his job."

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

They asked Jaquan Brisker what his thoughts were on the firing. His answer was "God don't make mistakes."


Oof.

 

[Romang67]

Jahns's and Russini's article in the Athletic is well worth checking out if you have a subscription. Not anything too surprising, more so just confirming a bunch of rumors.

According to multiple players and staffers in the locker room, some players were asking why Eberflus didn’t call a timeout. Other players got going, too.

...

Said the first player: “We felt as players it’s been too many instances where we fought our way back into games to lose because of bad time management and decision-making.”

When he was asked about it by reporters, Eberflus downplayed the importance of Daniels’ 13-yard completion to receiver Terry McLaurin and even double-downed on his decision, which many believe was among the mistakes.

“That didn’t sit well in the locker room,” a player said.

“It didn’t go over right,” the second player said. “That week is when he lost the defensive guys.”

I also thought it was really funny that Jahns released a list of 15 potential head coaches with a few "biggest question" paragraphs (maybe 100-150 words) for each about 30 minutes after Eberflus was fired.

 

[ndgt10]

Jahns's and Russini's article in the Athletic is well worth checking out if you have a subscription. Not anything too surprising, more so just confirming a bunch of rumors.





I also thought it was really funny that Jahns released a list of 15 potential head coaches with a few "biggest question" paragraphs (maybe 100-150 words) for each about 30 minutes after Eberflus was fired.

Why? I'm sure McCaskey already has a list before this season started.

 

[ndgt10]

As it turns out, the Bears’ ill-advised decision to let coach Matt Eberflus conduct his day-after press conference before firing him wasn’t spontaneous or accidental.

It was strategic.

Faced with widespread criticism for putting the cart before the horse (and then shooting it), the Bears have pushed their version of the events to the media outlet they partially own. Which has published the team’s version without comment, question, or scrutiny.

“My understanding is George McCaskey, Kevin Warren and Ryan Poles had just begun a meeting that lasted multiple hours when Eberflus’ regularly scheduled press conference started,” tweeted Tom Pelissero of NFL Media on Friday. “A delay would’ve pointed towards a change that at that point hadn’t been decided. By the time the decision was finalized, the presser was long over and Eberflus was informed.”

So, basically, the Bears have confirmed that things happened exactly the way they seemed to have happened. They intentionally and deliberately let Eberflus proceed with his press conference, knowing full well that they were actively discussing the possibility of firing him.

Bears chose not to raise suspicions by postponing Matt Eberflus press conference

As it turns out, the Bears' ill-advised decision to let coach Matt Eberflus conduct his day-after press conference before firing him wasn't spontaneous or accidental.

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