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In reply to the discussion: Eberflus gone! [View all]It's entirely possible that if Eberflus had called that timeout the Bears would have lost anyway. Lions are pretty damn good, y'know. His choice to save it for a field goal try when his rookie quarterback was confused and his team had difficulty getting the play in guaranteed the loss. But it's more than the Detroit loss.
It's the Green Bay loss when he didn't even try to get the ball closer for a higher-percentage field goal kick.
It's the Washington loss when he allowed the Commanders an easy 13 yard completion to get closer for a Hail Mary try. And when one of his starting cornerbacks was taunting fans while the play was underway, and Eberflus doesn't even punish him. That sends the wrong message about accountability.
It's hiring Shane Waldron, clearly the wrong offensive coordinator.
And it's this: he was kept last year because of the belief that his defensive play-calling was the reason the defense was pretty good, when time has shown it's the personnel that has made that defense good (not elite, but good), not so much the coaching.
In short, the guy hasn't done much of anything to make his team winners and in fact can be shown to have done a lot to make his team losers.
Let's hope the next coach they hire isn't named "Matt". I just hope making Thomas Brown interim head coach doesn't set Caleb's development, which is obviously the most important thing at this point.
Oh and one more thought: if the Bears had waited until the end of the season, some people would be calling for Ryan Poles' head ... not that there aren't some now. Getting rid of Eberflus now takes some of the pressure off Poles. People will rightly demand he get the next selection right, but at least he'll be around to make that selection.
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