It’s clearer than ever than John Fox is finished as an NFL head coach. He continues to defend himself, believing if not for injuries this team would be challenging for a playoff spot. Anyone with eyes can see he’s delusional. These Chicago Bears have some talent but they have no drive, no direction and no discipline. All of that falls at his feet.
After another dispiriting loss, this time to the one-win San Francisco 49ers, Fox’s fate following the season became even more inevitable. If anything questions are being directed towards GM Ryan Pace now. Most notably why he’s allowing this farce to continue when it’s so clear that Fox has completely checked out.
So how did it all come to this? What happened to the Fox who turned around Carolina and Denver so rapidly in years past? Truth be told one could argue he was never that good of a coach. Peyton Manning just helped make an average run look a lot better. In fact some new information has just come out that better explains how unequal the man is to the task.
John Fox has no attention to detail and no common sense
Jimmy John said one of the key responsibilities of a head coach is to make sure he knows the name of everybody in the organization. The only way a team wins if they all think they’re doing something important. They’re “looking to get stroked.” If they feel needed, they work, coach and play harder. This seems to be a lesson that Fox has long since forgotten.
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#Bears HC John Fox called Cairo Santos Carlos and referred to his punter as Rob. This guy doesn't know his kicker and his punter.
— Daniel Greenberg (@ChiSportUpdates) December 3, 2017
Ask yourself this question. Would you play hard for a coach who didn’t even bother to learn what your actual name is? This really was a problem that surfaced in 2015 when he called Jay Cutler “Jake.” Fox is supposedly a players coach yet he doesn’t seem to take a big interest in those players.
It only gets worse from there. One of the most mind-numbing sequences of the 49ers loss came at the end. With over a minute still to play the 49ers prepared to run another play. Conventional wisdom was clear. The Bears should’ve let them score the touchdown. Though it would’ve given up the lead it also would’ve preserved enough time on the clock for Mitch Trubisky and the offense to respond.
Instead the defense tackled the runner short of the end zone. San Francisco took a knee on the next play and kicked a chip shot 24-yard field goal for the lead. When asked to explain his reasoning, Fox chose to go full meathead.
John Fox on why he didn’t let the #49ers score a TD at the end: “We felt good about the block we had on the potential field goal. Neither one of those are great options at the 5 and 4 yard line."
— Adam Hoge (@AdamHoge) December 3, 2017
So let’s get this straight. Fox felt his team had a better shot of blocking a 24-yard field goal rather than giving his offense the ball with over a minute to play? That is…that is next level stupid right there. If there wasn’t conclusive proof before that Fox has lost all connection to reality, this seals it. Why the Bears continue to let him run the show is just as insane, if not more so.
