The worst hiring in Bears history.
Ownership need to be honest with themselves, and ask who was responsible for this.
acripaul
joined 2 years ago
This will sound silly, and the strength of schedule probably plays against it.
But the Bears defence is ranking very high over recent weeks, possibly now they are bedded in with Flus as the DC, plus adding Sweat.
The run game is one of the best in the league and the o-line is actually now solid and certain.
And in the three games before he got injured I think Fields had the highest QBR (or some metric) in the league.
There is a scenario where this all gels. Certainly, it's by a long distance the best supporting cast Fields has had as a Bear. How this plays out has butterfly effect implications for the draft, the top QB's and any potential landing spot for Fields in the off season.
Oh it stands out
Yeh he will be gone
Poles had a teardown, however this is worse than the worst estimates
It is a question of self preservation, thus
Scenario 1
Flus stays, year 3 of the thing we should win, we won't. Because he is an awful communicator, and therefore terrible coach
Poles has overseen the worst 3 years in Bears history, and probably has no answer at QB
He is now on very very shaky ground and Warren can say thanks, now it's my turn with my guys
Scenario 2
Hire new coach, and Poles gets a 2 to 3 year reset, WITH buy in from Kevin Warren
It's self preservation/politics