Tony

Which probably gives more credit that his source is either Ted or George himself. Obviously, he went to bat for "his guys" against Olin, something George and Ted couldn't do publicly.

It's someone incredibly well connected because he really hasn't missed on anything lately.

Bring him home!

Very good start

I hadn’t heard of Poles until like Sunday, so I won’t pretend I have ANY idea of what sort of GM he will be. All I can be is somewhat hopeful, but the Bears track record tells us to be doubtful. All I ask is they just conduct this thing the right way and give the GM and HC an actual chance to succeed.

He has to be the one making the call. Bill Polian took them to this point. Hired a GM, and lined up some HC candidates. Fine, thank you for your service. You did exactly what was asked if you. But if we find out the HC was “paired” with Poles like they did with Fox and Pace…..it’s the same old song and dance as last time.

Bill Polian and his group need to be done after today. If Poles is now the GM, he should be the one conducting final interviews.

So it sounds like they are 100% going to sign a coach before a GM. I don't even understand the logic, the counterargument to hiring a coach first. You're in the market for a GM (possibly president role if you believe DaBearsBlog and those guys) so you're looking for someone to come in and make decisions...but before you make that hire, you're going to hire a HC based on the process led by a 79-year old that has 0 ties to the Bears after this? Why?

Best weekend ever

The meatball is coming out strong with me right now….I want blood next matchup against the Bucks

It always seemed to me that Mitch just couldn't process things quick enough and read defenses quick enough but was he coached up at all while here? Was he put in a position to succeed? I was never a huge Mitch guy, and traditionally I always put most of the blame on players, not the coaching staff that isn't actually on the field....but given that Mitch was raw and really needed to be developed while in the NFL, it certainly seems like he was brought into a terrible situation with a HC that was in WAY over his skis.