Kevin Warren stated the plan was for Ryan Poles to remain GM of the Chicago Bears moving forward. The team president feels there have been enough positive indicators that Poles is learning and has the team on the right path. Some wonder if that was a good idea. One can understand trying to project some form of stability right after firing the head coach midseason. However, committing to a GM with a 14-32 record (now 14-33) seems unusual. To say nothing of the fact that they’re giving him a chance to hire another coach after his last choice was a complete disaster.
Dan Wiederer of the Chicago Tribune spoke to several people around the NFL about the situation. All of them seemed to share the same mindset. If Warren is smart, he would ask serious questions about whether Poles deserves a second chance at this point.
Within league circles, some wonder whether a full reboot still may be considered in the coming weeks, particularly with the stakes of the coaching search the Bears are embarking on.
“You can’t just blow past the discussion on culpability,” one league source said last week. “And you’re not going to convince many people that Eberflus was the sole problem inside that building. So what is Poles’ culpability in all of this? Someone needs to get to the bottom of that and explain it in full. His record is identical to (Eberflus’).”…
…“If I’m Kevin Warren,” one league source said, “I owe it to myself to ask difficult questions about what had been sold to me about Eberflus’ leadership and why (Poles’) vision was so out of whack with what unfolded.
Kevin Warren has to look at the facts.
The mark of a successful GM is how his players perform, regardless of who the coach is. Good players tend to still be good even if the coaching isn’t the best. Ryan Pace proved this. Despite having an over-the-hill John Fox in charge, the former GM still drafted two players (Jordan Howard and Eddie Jackson) who made a Pro Bowl in his first three seasons running the team. That will not be the case for Poles. None of his picks in the first three years will claim such an honor. The only players to do so are Montez Sweat, Jaylon Johnson, and Roquan Smith.
Sweat was a trade acquisition from Washington. Johnson was drafted by Pace. Smith achieved his success after getting traded to Baltimore midseason. What does Poles have to hang his hat on at this point? Caleb Williams is having the best rookie season in Bears history. Great, he’s doing this while getting sacked 58 times and having three different offensive coordinators. It is a complete mess that has Poles’ fingerprints all over it. Kevin Warren cannot and should not ignore that.
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Fans need to look at Warren’s resume. He is the KING of “three years and gone” job stints. He was hired to take the heat off the MacCaskey family and that has not happened as planned although not primarily his fault. Now his presence is making things worse in the search for a decent coach and a better GM. Bring on the nameless “Consultants.”
Unlike the rest of the NFL where the team owner is seemingly in charge of the team, in Chicago, the past couple of seasons have taught us that with this team, the media mob is running the show. They basically serve as the board of directors, they collectively decide what they want, and then spend each day for months pushing that until the CEO, President and the rest do what they are told. Does anyone notice that there are actually more people employed full time in writing opinions on the Bears and talking about the Bears than there are actually… Read more »
@Bears24 Your table is ready sir, best comment of the day!!!!!!
@Dr. Steven Sallie Yes sir, the hyena’s or Nut Sack Holders of Poles will be lost in a sea of confusion, I don’t know what’s wrong with these folks, they’re pathetic.!
Oh boy, I bet all the Ryan Poles Nut Sack Holders will be eating crow with this development, are they gonna hate all those around the league who can clearly see Ryan Poles is part of the problem and NOT the solution, eat crow you SHEEP, ba ha ba ha…!