Official Thread for Bears Coaching Staff and GM/Front Office Search

[richig07]

Interview Requests for HC Vacancy Thus Far (Morning of 1/12):

Brian Flores (Former Miami HC)

Doug Pederson (Former Philadelphia HC)

Todd Bowles (Tampa Bay DC)
Byron Leftwich (Tampa Bay OC)

Brian Daboll (Buffalo OC)
Leslie Frazier (Buffalo DC)

Matt Eberflus (Indy DC)

Nathaniel Hacket (Green Bay OC)

Dan Quinn (Current Dallas DC and Former ATL HC)

Interview Requests for GM Vacancy Thus Far:

Kwesi Adofo-Mensah (Browns VP of Football Operations)
Glenn Cook (Browns VP of Player Personnel)

Morocco Brown (Colts Director of College Scouting)
Ed Dodds (Colts Assistant GM and VP of Player Personnel)

Jeff Ireland (Saints Assistant GM)

Joe Schoen (Bills Assistant GM)

 

[BearsWillWin]

You can add Rick Smith and Omar Khan to the potential GM list.

 

[noonthirtyjoe]

No one on that list inspires me much. Fangio at DC would be inspiring.

 

[Lake Shore Drive]

So are these odds spot on?

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Hope so, because Daboll is my top choice. I'd be happy with Frazier as well, but Daboll has been my go-to guy for the HC spot.

 

[Jiddy]

I'm pretty sure I read that Daboll is highly likely to follow Schoen...so I would guess Giants. But you never know...

Sad the Giants fired Judge...Just makes this sh*t harder for us.

 

[Lake Shore Drive]

I'm pretty sure I read that Daboll is highly likely to follow Schoen...so I would guess Giants. But you never know...

Sad the Giants fired Judge...Just makes this sh*t harder for us.

I read somewhere else - can't remember - but that his connections to the Dolphins made him a favorite of landing that HC job. So who knows.

 

[averagejoe]

The recent dysfunction is like chum in the water. Sharks seem to be popping up everywhere.

Reported that Harbaugh wanted the Bears HC job but Warren nixed it.

Chicago Bears CEO blocked top NFL coach from taking head coaching job: Report

The Chicago Bears could have had a big head coach on their sidelines. CEO Kevin Warren chose to stop it from happening.

www.chicitysports.com

Reportedly, candidate Ben Johnson apparently took a swipe at the Bears front office about getting their act together.

Ben Johnson Sends a Not-So-Subtle Message to the Bears

I feel as if Lions OC Ben Johnson used NFL insider Albert Breer to tell the Bears to get their act together.

www.bleachernation.com

 

[Beengay fudgepackers]

The recent dysfunction is like chum in the water. Sharks seem to be popping up everywhere.

Reported that Harbaugh wanted the Bears HC job but Warren nixed it.

Chicago Bears CEO blocked top NFL coach from taking head coaching job: Report

The Chicago Bears could have had a big head coach on their sidelines. CEO Kevin Warren chose to stop it from happening.

www.chicitysports.com

Reportedly, candidate Ben Johnson apparently took a swipe at the Bears front office about getting their act together.

Ben Johnson Sends a Not-So-Subtle Message to the Bears

I feel as if Lions OC Ben Johnson used NFL insider Albert Breer to tell the Bears to get their act together.

www.bleachernation.com

Warren sounds like a stupid asshole.

 

[wood20ks]

Dan McNeil,former radio talkshow host now podcaster,says Bears are down to a 4 headcoaching shortlist:

Ben Johnson
Joe Brady
Mike Vrabel
Brian Flores

Not sure what this guy knows,but seems to me that might be who Poles/Warren are hoping for,or if these guys been contacted about the job......
3 of them I dont think can be talked to until end of regular season.......those 3 are in the playoffs,why would they want that distraction right now.....

So Im not taking any stock into this.....but hey,strange things happpen.

 

[averagejoe]

Keep seeing articles where either Warren or George McCaskey have vetoed Poles' decisions. George himself has said he's "not a football guy." What are they doing as an org?

I havent felt this depressed about the executives running the show since the Bill Wirtz & Bob Pulford days in the 70s and 80s.

 

[wood20ks]

he's "not a football guy." What are they doing as an org?

Not a football guy??

Maybe he is just holding on to the team till Virginia takes her final rest......

Then he sells out.....

Who in their right mind has an NFL team and not wanna take pride in it......

 

[averagejoe]

Not a football guy??

Know for a fact George said it, because ESPN1000 plays the sound bite often enough.

 

[Lake Shore Drive]

I'm still primarily for Johnson or Brady, but who TF knows will end up as our HC.

 

[averagejoe]

Whats that quip about responsible journalism?

In the same day, i saw 2 different reports. One report suggested Vrabel is being pursued by the Cowboys. The other report is that Warren will target Vrabel as the next Bears HC.

 

[wood20ks]

Whats that quip about responsible journalism

In the same day, i saw 2 different reports. One report suggested Vrabel is being pursued by the Cowboys. The other report is that Warren will target Vrabel as the next Bears HC.

I never listen to much of what reporters say.....theyre there to sell sstories and clickks......

And if: I didnt hear it out of the horses mouth:

 

[beardown07]

I gotta say, Ben Johnson saying he "won't chase" head coaching interviews is wild. It actually bugs me a little bit. Like goddamn dude, are you overly cocky or stupid? Dude hasn't really done shit yet? No? I don't know why, but that shit rubs a bit??

 

[BeaReylo]

 

[Payton]

I gotta say, Ben Johnson saying he "won't chase" head coaching interviews is wild. It actually bugs me a little bit. Like goddamn dude, are you overly cocky or stupid? Dude hasn't really done shit yet? No? I don't know why, but that shit rubs a bit??

While the thought makes me a little uneasy, I think Kingsbury is the guy who checks all the boxes at this point in time. His unsuccessful tenure with Arizona concerns me, but other than that, he seems to be what we need, and has HC experience.

Unless this thing about trading for Kyle Shanahan has any truth to it, of course.

 

[Payton]

Hoping the, “Pete Carroll wants the Bears’ job!” is just a one way desire.

I don’t see it as a good match.

 

[Jiddy]

Merry Christmas Bears Bros.