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I will state - the way they are set up from assistant perspective they don’t have many options. That is on Flus and Poles too.

Seems like real smoke Flus is gone in next day or two. Only question who wears the interim tag.

His explanations were so stupid. Just call the time out with 12 seconds and decide your game plan. Run a sideline play to see if you can get in field goal range…if you can’t or prefer an alternative take 2 shots to end zone. Or you know…call a timeout with 30 seconds left once your qb got destroyed on some of the worse blocking i ever saw and than reset everyone knowing you have the sideline or whole field in that play but need a quick spike if it’s in middle of field. Bit at very least you need to know once clock hits x without the play going off you are calling a timeout. But he is actually explaining like it was good. I did actually think Odinze got held or interfered with on the play but you can’t bail them out for that level of stupid.

That looks real good.

I’m convinced that second to last play was a communication issue cause it didn’t look like wideouts were thinking it was a draw play and I don’t know what the hell the line did. It was almost as bad as the clock management. I just read Eberflus quotes - holy hell he is defending that train wreck and saying they did it right. What a moron. He did it against Washington and got away with it - Bears have a long week, Flus has to go tonight (or tomorrow at latest). No idea who they turn it to - maybe Hoke, but this was the last straw.

But he has all the chips to fill in those holes and really start to see this thing take a huge step forward. Will he make the right choices…who knows.

They have to say that - but there is zero chance they haven’t already made up their mind. Zero.

With that said - Flus may have to be fired now cause while they know he is a dead man walking this and Washington loss were the absolute 2 worse of ones of the season. How they didn’t call a timeout is just so so bad.

He missed a few where he rushed himself but he also had some dimes. It is nice to see a lot of highs with him past few weeks but still room for growth. With more experience and a more consistent oline I think we will see more growth. Very excited about what we have seen past few weeks (despite the shoddy coaching and in this case also on Caleb but that is what coaches are for too). Reality is they should have called an instant time out after he got clobbered in that draw play. Reset and know you have 25 seconds to get a play in and get down and spike. And yes he missed Moore on that one play on final drive but than he threw a nice ball to Keenan that was overturned and had a few other ones on that drive he overcame. Oh and Moore had that brutal 3rd down drop in 4th quarter earlier in game. Flus is gone but I don’t see what firing him accomplished. Players know he is gone but moving Brown to that role and than making him have to deal with that and the offense doesn’t sound that good to me. Maybe you can turn it to Hoke.

Way to go Caleb though. Not perfect and that is also on him but he played good in 2nd half.

Football is easy when you can manhandle dline like this. Good lord this is an old fashion ass kicking.

I don’t like Belicheck a ton but at this point I’d turn it over to someone with real swag and leadership. Vrabel is young and has it. He is opposite of Flus.

It was horrid. Killed momentum too. Lions are an awesome football team so I expect to lose but Flus is so bad.

I also would state that in football coaching matters more than any other sport.

No doubt. I also suspect they would have moved down, drafted an olinemen and than would have drafted Mcconkey or something. But no doubt in my mind they win a few of those close games and just have a total different trajectory. The dude flat out loves football, and is quirky, but he builds winning cultures and stresses detail and knows how to get his players to buy-in on his way.

I’ll wait until end of season. If offense is crushing it than he can interview and if he is the best, great. It is 2 weeks in and so far each week we have seen improvement, if we see continued progress and growth than go ahead and interview and or let next head coach evaluate him for oc. For record, Vrabel is on my short list with Johnson. I am a pretty big Vrabel fan - like tone he would bring and think he knows what it takes to be a pretty good head coach. Of course they should have given Harbaugh a blank check last offseason. But I can’t go back in time - despite me being adamant it at the time (as many of us were).

Keenan’s wasn’t much different. On both of them I thought the player was out - but neither were definitive (in my opinion). The rule was pretty stupid too. If you have a camera angle available - use it.

Perfect - Caleb played great, offense looked good…draft pick looks great and most young players and relevant players trending ok. Oh and Flus will be for sure gone. The locker room has to stay strong so they can keep building things but Caleb played really well.

I'm pretty confident he is gone. So I'm in the opposite camp. None of us will ever know what Poles thought even this past off-season, maybe ownership said if you feel real strongly fine, but otherwise give it another year and than we can pivot, who knows. At this point though - this many seasons in, there is no scenario, outside of going on a run where this team finishes strong and makes the playoffs - do I see Flus staying. So if they win a couple more games - he's done. If they literally build on this Packer's game and than go rattle off 5 of 6 (or whatever is left) - than yeah, at that point I see the scenario where they are bringing him back. But if they are 8-9 or 7-10...it ain't happening. Poles last year probably bought himself an extra year in his own run by sticking with Flus because he at least gets 2 years with his 2nd head coach, so by waiting one year, he basically guarantees himself a 6 year era to show that he can make it work. I might disagree with that logic and we all know my view was to move on and get Harbaugh, but I get that this people in those types of roles sometimes put that broader mindset to work (not saying it is right either). But yeah - I'm opposite of you guys, I see zero scenario they keep him, barring a complete run into the playoffs (which I'd be shocked at). I will state - most important thing is to see development 2H of the season. I'll also notate, hindisght wise, its a good thing the hard of the schedule came end of the year vs. beginning - because I think had it been inverse the odds of Flus going on a real run that would have created a mirage would have been a real risk. If he goes on a run this year and through this gauntlet - than to some extent I can't ignore how impressive that would be (despite most of that mess being his own doing). Again - no chance it happens cause he can't help himself get in the way of wins.

He did that vs rams as well. Cool thing is Caleb has had 3 weeks where he was top 5 in QBR thus far this season. So while previous 2 weeks were bad - this bounce back was good and he has had some other pretty positive weeks as well.

Will be interesting to see how they respond vs Vikings. Flores runs a defense that can throw fits on a rookie qb so curious how Caleb and offense follow this week up. Would be great to see more positive momentum from Caleb and the offense.

In reality that outcome wasn’t bad - players bounced back and played better - draft pick will be better because of it too. At this point it’s all about development

At least he’s gone. Accountability

This is great to hear!

Biggs was saying this since the start of the season if you read his stuff. Liked the quotes I heard from Waldron and players today. First time in a while…but I also admit it is just talk and it’s not going to change overnight. But man would be great to strike lightning in a bottle with Brown and see this thing turn around for Caleb and the rest of the Bears!!!