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Birthday, Thanksgiving and Christmas all at the same time ! Cool.....

Freddie Kitchens never had the opportunity to audition as HC.  But Cleveland could not let him go after his promotion from RB coach to OC because of decent production from rookie Mayfield.  Kitchens flamed out.  Former LB coach Antonio Pierce rallied the Raiders to be in the hunt after McDaniels lost to the Bears.  Now he looks like one and done as well.  The difference between Thomas Brown and those 2 are his offensive tutelage under McVay, his solid reputation among players that remained intact even after the Panthers disaster, and that he actually gets a 5 week trial at doing the job.  If TB proves his worth both in developing Caleb, being an accountable leader who can execute the basics of clock management and late game strategies, and actually wins divisional games then you pull the trigger and maybe upgrade the DC to someone who was already a HC.

Sure Ben Johnson could be the next McVay and Shanny.  He could also be the next Nagy and Daboll.  You just don't know.  Frankly he is the only OC I would be ok with.  Josh Allen carried Joe Brady like he carried Daboll so hard pass on yet another Armstrong client.  Maybe the Bears could hire an experienced HC (Vrabel, Stefanski if let go) who isn't mentally retired or recommended by outside consultants who are half dead.  A third very long shot option if it presents itself...trade for Shanny or McVay.

Well, recent history has proven that first time coaches here suck on a epic scale so let's not do that again...🙄🙄

The fact they made their decision and announced it by around 11am is fine with me.  I’m sure they had to meet with Brown first to offer the job.  It’s not a given he would take it because he has to run Waldrons offense and Fluss’ defense which may not be his first choice.  If this stint fails it may affect his ability to get a job for next season.  They also have to agree what he gets paid.

Yeah they should have canceled the 9:00 preser to save face for Fluss but getting Brown was high priority.

From The Athletic

“Jaylon went crazy,” one Bears player said. “He was very emotional and pissed but rightfully so. He’s been here longer than most.”

Said another player: “He was going off more so at (Eberflus).”

According to multiple players and staffers in the locker room, some players were asking why Eberflus didn’t call a timeout. Other players got going, too.

“Guys were furious,” a staff member said. “It was an accumulation of this season.”

“The locker room was ugly,” another staffer said. “There was a lot of yelling.”

Said the first player: “We felt as players it’s been too many instances where we fought our way back into games to lose because of bad time management and decision-making.”

Multiple sources added that the emotions were so high between the players and their head coach that Eberflus left the locker room immediately after his speech and the exchange with players. There was nothing left to say. It was a moment for this Bears team that would inevitably force chairman George McCaskey into something the franchise had never done before.

Is someone blaming Caleb?

Can you imagine being the players, play to get back in the game just so the dumb fukk can blow the chance to win.. Fair to say Eberflus won't be considered for a head coaching job in our lifetime (or his)...

Caleb has been playing well and will only get better..