The Chicago Bears have been rather silent on the situation regarding GM Ryan Poles. Though team president Kevin Warren insisted he was safe after Thanksgiving, a lot has happened since then. Many have wondered if another long losing streak and ongoing locker room concerns might be enough to push Poles out. It doesn’t appear that is the case. Two key pieces of information have surfaced to basically confirm that the GM will return next season. First and most obvious is an announcement from the team that Poles would conduct the end-of-season press conference on Tuesday.
It is unlikely he would do that if the Bears were planning to move on.
The second part came from one of the team’s head coach interview requests. That is New York Giants offensive coordinator Mike Kafka. He hasn’t received much buzz lately due to his team’s struggles on offense. So why would the Bears be interested? Namely, because he has direct ties to Poles. The two worked together in Kansas City.
Ryan Poles is in the driver’s seat, for better or worse.
It is pretty clear the McCaskey family wants him to be front and center in this search. They want their football people to lead the charge in finding a football coach. That is the correct mentality to have, even if the one in charge has serious questions about his ability to identify a good coach. Ryan Poles signed off on hiring Matt Eberflus in 2022 and chose to keep him after 2023 despite knowing he planned to draft a quarterback. This mess falls directly at his feet. Some general managers don’t get the courtesy of picking a second coach. Ryan Pace did, though. So, this always felt like the probable outcome. The only thing fans can do is hope Poles has a better process this time around. It appears as if there is a clear plan in mind. The decisive sequence will be the interviews.
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Poor little tinagena…full of catch phrases. Maybe you can ask sally how to spew original bullshit. He has enough for everyone. Well one thing…you will have another year of whining to do in 2025. Hey my little bitches…the Bears beat the cheez dicks!
Colin Cowherd today, on the Chicago Bears 13-candiidate Head Coach search list:
“This is not American Idol.”
And, Cowherd again:
“This list is a ‘who’s who’ of “who’s he?””
It no mystery why this organization can’t ever seem to get anywhere. They keep losers like Poles around. If he’s show anything over the last 3 years it’s that he has no idea what he’s doing. Now we have to watch him pick our next head coach and then go through another one of his drafts. I wonder if Caleb Williams will ever get to play in a playoff game? I suppose it’s possible it could happen with a different organization.
Ryan Poles will learn more about football and team building in one hour interviewing Todd Monken and Ben Johnson than 3 years of being around “quarterback coaches” and “offensive coordinators” who simply stood next to Patrick Mahomes and Aaron Rodgers.
Coffee is good, but doesn’t make an offensive coordinator. (Josh McDaniel stood next to Tom Brady too. Adam Gase stood next to Peyton Manning for a year).
Many people make coffee. Few people make championship teams. Try to know the difference.
@TGena
“Time tells the Truth” PoochPest.