I think an offensive guy to help Maye would be greatly appealing though. I mean do they want to bring in the guy to coach a young QB who ruined the confidence of the last young QB he coached?
The problem with that is it likely means they have to go with someone who doesn’t have any history with NE. Not a lot of offensive options coming from their ranks. Kingsbury’s about it. Nick Caley maybe?
My first and only interview question for a HC candidate would be why is this game called “football” and what else would you call it if you couldn’t call it that?
Scrummy?
Turdtoss?
I still believe and always thought that Maye was the best QB in that class. We shall see I guess.
Why i believe vrabel has a slight edge over Flores, but i think those two are on the shortlist instantly
If not, Hard to say where Flores goes, cause i think alot of things needs to be right for him to have a good culture, and if one thing isnt to his liking, its gonna cause issues and fast
I had him at #2 in a tier with Caleb and way above Daniels. Thought the Commanders would rue the day they passed on him. Doesn’t look like it so far, but still TBD.
Personally I suspect Flores will be in Minnesota for a while. And I’m OK with that, we’ve got him more or less figured out. He’s a bit like Schwartz in that the more you see of him, the worse he gets. Still a really good DC overall and a big advantage for them most weeks, just not someone who will keep me up at night.
Fangio on the other hand…
I just thought the style was easy to see. Like that’s Herbert with a greater appetite for risk. Which seemed appealing.
And I thought all the complaints about his unnecessary off-platform throws and inconsistent footwork were grossly overstated. He was trying to make sushi out of catfish. Everyone had the same complaints about Allen and Mahomes. Sometimes elite guys try to do to much in college when they’re carrying a team.
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Bears add 6 more HC Candidates as published list of top 4 candidates signal their disinterest
Agreed. And then all the intangible stuff with him was off the charts.
After Johnson, I’d hate to see Vrabel in Chittown.
“If” AG goes, Mike would be a killer replacement.
He’s getting a HC job somewhere, he’ll be one of the hottest names along with Ben. But like you I hope it’s not in Chicago.
Yeah, I think so, too.
Wishful thinking.
Only 1 man can turn the Bears around…
Well, don’t forget about this guy…
If that’s what their goal is, Vrabel is the epitome of that.
Ben won’t leave the structure and support of the lions to go get smoked by a subpar franchise like Chicago.
It’s going to get worse and uglier before it gets better. Here is an article talking about a serious disconnect going with Ryan Poles and the ownership.
Kevin Warren is the person who will scare off good coaches.
Of the 4 candidates reportedly on the Bear list, I don’t think 3 would take the job with the current structure.
If the Head coach has to report to GM Poles, who reports to President Warren, who reports to the Owner, Ben, Vrabel and Flores are out.
There is already rumblings that Poles doesn’t like the structure and that won’t encourage Ben who has been in an ideal Head Coach GM organization with the Lions. President Rod Wood has very little, if any input in on field football matters. He runs the business operations and stays out of everyone’s way.
Vrabel didn’t like not having control of personnel in Tennessee. Having two exec’s messing in football operations above him would be a nightmare.
Flores didn’t want Tua and I think he would want to have major input on personnel.
Brady would jump at the opportunity on the Bears terms.