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What was the consensus on the Eberflus hire when it first happened? (alien.top)

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I’ll be honest, I didn’t even know who Matt Eberflus was before the Bears hired him. I then saw the notification and didn’t really know what to think, but seeing that we hired a defensive minded guy for (at the time) a QB going into his second season had me confused.

I thought maybe it would work because anything was better than Nagy (at that point lol), but here we are today. I think a lot of fans didn’t like the hire at first and still don’t like it obviously.

Who did the Bears pass up on/who is someone they could’ve had if they didn’t hire Eberflus?

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[–] casual_yak@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

People that were excited liked the idea of a CEO head coach from a Lovie Smith adjacent HITS/loafs background as long as we got a good OC.

I wasn't excited at all about the hire, but what made me worry most was that Ryan only interviewed him. In hindsight that was a good concern and also brings into question why Ryan would go along with it if he was confident in his abilities to attract another GM job. They don't open up very often because if you screw up you typically don't get another chance. That makes it even more important to wait for the right opportunity.