Brad Biggs: With a ‘broken culture,’ Bears need a new head coach ‘who can really do it all’

On the Mully & Haugh Show, Tribune writer Brad Biggs discussed the state of the Bears, who have a "broken culture." What are the Bears looking for in a new head coach? They need someone "who can really do it all," Biggs says.
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[@1848revolt]

Im so burned out on the bears after 50 years.

[@dukerufus5334]

Me as well for the last 45

[@MarkMay-cr6bv]

I get that. I'm not a Bears fan, but with the exception of a tiny handful of seasons they've been burning you dedicated followers for the majority of those 50 years.

[@opinion8ed]

I'm with you. I started watching during the Bob Avellini/Vince Evans days.

[@jasonjones2176]

@@dukerufus5334started watching in 1988 and since 1991 it’s been mostly bad and not fun. On top of that I live in Wisconsin and the team I hate the most, makes the playoffs almost every year.

[@spaceghost8995]

I watched QB Bobby Douglass man. I feel your pain.

[@NicholasDeCapua]

The fact that Ryan Poles is not getting fired is devastating

[@kennethdale7168]

This has been a Groundhog Day conversation since Lovie was fired.

[@MrHonestZ1]

I disagree ever since ditka !

[@ShanksSteinberg]

Great comparison. Except Bill Murray isn’t making us laugh. It’s the McCaskeys making us scream. Quit f’n this thing up and get it right!

[@danieljoyce7699]

Luvie was fired after a 10-6 season. They really had no reason to give up on him

[@hawaiiantimes7702]

Ditka. This team hasn’t had a decent run since the ‘80s

[@michaelsurvilla8966]

@@kennethdale7168 Yea, fired for a 10- 6 record.

[@dsemasin]

As a Washington fan, the only hope is selling the team. It is the only way to change the culture from the top down.

[@ShanksSteinberg]

That’s like asking a nun to put out. McCaskeys will NEVER sell. And the poor White Sox fans are screwed with Reinsdorf never selling. Being a Chicago sports fan is a prison sentence with little hope of parole.

[@spazdog922]

@@ShanksSteinberg Not caring about the Sox and Bulls any longer has been liberating for me. After being a die hard fan since I was 5 years old (the 60s), If the Bears do not make real moves to fix this cluster before September, I am out. I gave at the office with this team and we don't owe them a damn thing.

[@dsemasin]

@@ShanksSteinberg I hear you. Snyder was a cancer on the team. He would have never sold if he wasn't caught basically running a criminal enterprise.

[@David-lr1mo]

Zero faith in Poles hiring a good coach.

[@denniswilson6673]

I know a guy who coached a few high school games. He might be a perfect fit

[@xar3244]

Robbie Gould?

[@MultiGator78]

Teddy Bridgewater.

[@drZok3136]

I can top that. I've never played the game but am more creative than bears offense coordinator.

[@mick2spic]

Get the best high school coach Illinois ever saw in Frank Lenti. And make one of the Carmelite priests the GM.

[@jacobcarter18]

Go get Vrabel and let him do whatever he wants. He’s a winner on the field and as a coach. Put a majority of your assets into the trenches. But we are dealing with the Bears so I’m sure nothing will change next year.

[@mick2spic]

I like Vrabel a lot but they’d be fools not to get the best offensive mind possible and that would be Ben Johnson/ Kingsbury. Someone who can grow tho Caleb and won’t go away if he’s successful. You want a culture change? Fire Poles…..that should be a must

[@dannyz5534]

If you really wanna good laugh. Go watch Hard Knocks again .

[@AdrianFarris-m5f]

That whole series was Fools Gold and I will admit that I drank some of the Kool Aid during preseason.

[@artdeboer4096]

What free agent has been an upgrade for the Bears that Poles has signed?

[@shake6321]

billings. edwards. swift is pretty electric at times. he hasnt really spent a lot in FA.

[@landisellis6780]

None

[@robertbyington7715]

What draft pick for that matter

[@RainbowRising-c4m]

Not one!!!!!!

[@michaelmoore5526]

TJ Edwards

[@tomw4918]

Brad always coming with the best takes but get that man some Pepcid AC

[@irish6783]

Yeah that a great idea. Give potentially a first time head coach the weight of the entire franchise. Good strategy there.

[@user-gh3pz7do4o]

The 3 long-term coaches for the Bears; Halas, Ditka, and Lovie. I think it's the Bears ownership.

[@thirdcoast5755]

Too bad Halas let George Allen get away. If Halas stepped down a couple years earlier and promoted him, the Bears wouldn’t have had their late 60s/early 70s swoon before Payton came along to make them somewhat respectable again.

[@geraldo-i6k]

Poles, missed bad on Nate Davis, getting rid of Herbert, Montgomery, Mack or Roquan (i know about about salary cap issues) but c'mon. I count on us keeping about 25 players. Plus a resurgence in the running back position shows how important that really is.

[@Sigismund7]

"Getting rid of" God you casual fans are hilarious. Go back to Madden little buddy.

[@geraldo-i6k]

@@Sigismund7 What? have a problem with my syntax, goofball? yes, Poles dumped these players Not knowing their true talent

[@geraldo-i6k]

@@Sigismund7 i've watched the Bears longer than you have been alive

[@alexamerling79]

Ben Johnson or Vrabel please.

[@jakewaw101]

Ben Johnson - Vrabel shouldn’t even be considered, please.

[@johnbrennan4449]

Vrabel would be John Fox 2.0.

[@MarkMay-cr6bv]

@@jakewaw101 Why is everbody so sure about Ben Johnson? Yes, he's a lights-out offensive coordinator and may be the answer. I don't know. The point is, none of us knows because he's never been a head coach. The NFL graveyard of history is littered with guys who were terrific offensive or defensive coordinators, yet didn't have what it takes to do all the things well a head coach must do. Or, they were handcuffed by bad ownership/management, or were great with schemes but had no experience or ability to take a broken culture and fix it. Johnson did have a front-row seat watching Dan Campbell tear down the Lions and rebuild a new culture, but it's not an easy thing (look how long the Detroit tried and failed). Again, Johnson may be the guy, but I suspect other factors outside of his control -- The McCaskeys, Ryan Poles, the Bears broken mindset et al -- could relegate him to the heap of failed coordinators turned NFL head coaches. Rather than looking specifically for a genius schemer to develop Caleb Willliams I think Chicago must take its time and find a guy with the right temperment and experience to reconstruct the whole shootin' match.

[@Tee-py7te]

Ben Johnson going to Jacksonville mark my words , he’s not gunna stay in division

[@JJ-zr6fu]

@johnbrennan4449 not even close Fox was content with his career. Vrabel has something to prove after he got fired for really no reason. And he’s what 20+ years younger than when Fox was hired.

[@thomasrobb1398]

Watching the bears since 1960 where did the time where did all the play offs go?

[@Goatyoey]

35 years here.. Im so sorry OG. We all deserve so much better

[@cupidsworld]

GRUDEN!!!!!!!!!! We need a coach with an extraordinary history, for our extraordinary circumstance! Only a man/coach like Gruden can save us now! Plus, he’s an A-hole. Exactly what we/Caleb need!!! Maybe he can lift the Mugs Halas “curse”. Bear Down!!!

[@anthonyturley5256]

Yeah, there are areas that Caleb needs to improve on .. cuz he's a Rookie !!! But Acknowlege he's thrown for 3,000+ yards in the midst of a "Sh*t Show" Front Office & revolving Coaching Staff !!! SMFH

[@davidjchitown]

Garbage yards n points. Caleb did the same thing last year against top 20 teams. Caleb needs a ton of improvement.

[@anthonyturley5256]

@@davidjchitown How can you throw 3,000+ "Garbage yards" ?? You sound Ridiculous, so Stop being a Hater !! If they're really "Garbage yards," then EVERY QB would throw for 3,000 yds/year cuz that would be the Standard !! Yeah, Caleb needs improvement, but Not "a ton"

[@michaelmoore5526]

@@davidjchitown stop listening to garbage social media takes and come up with something of your own scrub.. tired of hearing from mindless drone bears fans like yourself.

[@bentopolski4952]

Poles has been through the two longest losing streaks in team history and misjudged his most important hire, the head football coach. He also neglected the most important things a new QB needs, an offensive line. Doesn't deserve more time, but he'll get an extension.

[@keithkingery136]

How in the hell can you even consider keeping Poles? Roquan, Montgomery, Mooney, o-line, pay 72 million for a bum like Edmunds, 100 million for sweat who has 4 sacks, all the coaches let go. I could go on and on . My God its not even close!!!

[@Robsay01]

Get the new GM first. Then a coach.

[@hbahena24]

Poles was responsible for not addressing offensive line and falling in love with “playmakers “

[@gyterdoneJP7315]

If Warren is comfy with a no nonsense HC then Vrabel is your guy and a guy that will dump Tevin ASAP. Vrabel knows what every piece is supposed to do and be at even when he was a player for Belichick. BTW, Caleb better unload that football faster. If you are moving off Poles, then do something now.

[@chrisfrantzis4351]

Can’t overstate how disastrous last offseason and draft was for the bears.

[@keithhunley1127]

Poles said he was going to build the team through the draft and free-agency people forget also why, what’s the problem or do you guys needs something to report. Poles can find a new and better team of coaches. BearDown

[@acbc2001]

The Fields rookie season part from Biggs was so off. Fields didn’t even get first team snaps - Dalton did. He was supposed to sit.

[@mark11967AD]

Why spend your valuable time on a team who’s ownership only cares about staying on the cheap and not about excellence and winning? Most professional franchises are owned by mavericks who created their own wealth ie bright, dynamic people. Meanwhile the Bears ownership is simply inherited wealth. They’ve created nothing but simply leeched off of fans and the city. All they care about is saving money and acquiring yours instead. Keeping Eberflus who they knew was an unsuccessful head coach simply to save their money. That’s it. If they could have had Harbaugh at the same price would they have taken him? Of course. Even idiots can see basic facts. So why tie yourselves to these idiots simply because of geographic location? Makes no sense. Wake up and move on.

[@007ndc]

Missing out on both Jim Harbaugh and Jayden Daniels last off season hurts badly but is so typically Bears

[@Mari000]

What if we only got Daniels. Do you think he would be successful on this Bears team?

[@toddlowe6884]

Jim Harbaugh yes Daniel‘s no. Just wait and see with Williams he’s gonna be that dude.

[@chrisrogers4052]

Is it possible that Jayden AND Caleb are good? Why does it have to be one or the other?

[@JJ-zr6fu]

@chrisrogers4052 Yes it is but daniels game relies on his dual threat abilities and those hit will add up fast.

[@Mari000]

@@chrisrogers4052 it’s just to get engagement

[@tyerker]

Re: Poles. He extended Jaylon, he cut bait with bad players like Claypool, he traded a pick for Sweat to have a legit guy that needs a double team on the D Line, and the Carolina trade will go down as one of the great trades in modern NFL history. Trey Lance kinda ruined what the compensation could have been. But I'm also curious if the Bears could have gotten like 5 1st round picks and fired everyone last offseason.

[@DeeMay-u4r]

I remembered when fields was drafted and the plan was to have Dalton start the season. The fans were relentless about fields starting. He really looked bad. It was the pressure to start fieds when he wasn't ready that ruined him.

[@brandonyankowski4319]

Poles has done nothing productive, the O line was ignored,absolutely nothing has come to pass on any level

[@cimerians]

I can never finish a Biggs interview.

[@ronhomolka1796]

I like Poles he's better than Pace but if you look at his record in free agency, drafting, player development and hiring coaches he grades pretty low. How will he get better if you extend him? His draft pick misses are very high, and we have no pro-bowlers for the one's that he may have hit on. The team has no culture whatsoever, it's a laughingstock in the league, his win loss record is horrible. I think we've seen enough of him, and he needs to go.

[@JJ-zr6fu]

I hate pro bowlers as a metric because you aren’t going to get them on a losing team and two the bears are discounted for rewards for some reason. Look at roquan he was one of the best LBs in the league and only got recognized for it when he went to the ravens Also his win loss was going to be horrible because he was brought in to do a strip down rebuild. A lot of his problems can be explained away by that but for his eye for coaches. He kept the oline coach because he thought he was developing them.

[@shake6321]

he's barely missed on any top 60 pick. thats better than 99% of bears GM's. he hasnt really spent money in FA. his trades have been amazing. Poles aint the problem. the problem is the Bears were beyond awful when he got here and he didnt walk into the #2 pick to get CJ or Daniels like other GM's.

[@geraldo-i6k]

Yeah but, a Quarter of the Leaque is trash,

[@TrueBlueNyc]

Nothing wrong with not extending him but keeping him along for a year as a compromise option. People keep saying that you have to extend or fire. It’s fine if you don’t do either

[@darthcy9790]

​@shake6321 yeah dealing a 1st round pick #32 with a 2nd round price tag for a receiver who got cut not long after was an amazing trade. Trading a QB who we gave up 2 1st round picks for a 6th round instead of a 2-3 was amazing.

[@andrewvasquez8541]

Bears are getting worse each year/decade

[@davidjchitown]

Fire Poles. Hire Pete Carroll as GM. ✌️

[@kelbob00]

Hell, Caleb Williams rookie year was better than Justin Fields third year lol come on man

[@drZok3136]

Mc Caskets need to sell team if they can't hire people or produce a decent team. Looks more like patronage.

[@dreate780]

What does Culture Changer even mean? As far as "Culture" goes; The Bears need someone who instills an Attitude Of Expecting To Win, and attention to detail.

[@waltford8353]

New owner in Washington and Bam it changes.........Harbaugh was the ticket ,im so disgusted, Need knew life at the top.......

[@JJ-zr6fu]

New owner in Carolina and bam it’s a lot worse.

[@christopherharris3229]

Harbaugh will be a college coach within 3 seasons once again.

[@MadSUPANOVA]

If ya'll get your stop clock out. Ya'll will see the Bears center after hike.. is basically in Calebs lap😅. From the very start the Titans game- big oh noooo😅. Time Jayden Daniels time behind the hike... wow look at that time he has...

[@bear5141]

I think the reason everybody is so worried and upset is we all add and that's including the media for way too much expectations for this season is because of Caleb and all fairness he's had what you would call a normal rookie year if you go back and look at some of the great quarterbacks Tom Brady the Manning's Drew Brees I mean there's a lot of great quarterbacks that had bad rookie seasons and the only reason the expectations were so high is because of the offensive weapons but they didn't count on the offensive line being that terrible

[@spaceghost8995]

I think in 2002 we had Ted Washington and Keith Traylor get hurt or were gone . Also the whole Cade McNown thing. I've tried to block that all out.😂

[@usamaansari8732]

Fast forward 12 hours , poles alread working on an extension 😢😢

[@MeDaisyDog-n7f]

Question, why are Biggs' articles like trying to read F'n War & Peace? so damn long, condense it. I do agree with Biggs about the 2001 team tho. Man what a great year. Lost the 1st game to the Super Bowl defending champ Ravens, 9/11 happens then we only lost 2 more the rest of the way (both Packers games, which sucked). Then of course Jim Miller gets hurt vs the Ea Gals and we're 1 and done in the playoffs.

[@MadSUPANOVA]

Keep Poles this is his QB pick. Bears need familiarity, can't keep changing. When the season was about to start the vibe was awesome, the class was awesome, the class to get Fields to Pittsburgh. We're in a new rebuild. We see what the weaknesses are... just fix it. Poles gave these players a chance after the 52 roster cut and they failed. Next.

[@gerarddevita-xl5ji]

We are the laughing stock of the NF. L. It seems pretty simple. We should have built our offensive line first in the drafts instead of going after the elite receivers, who cannot be effective if you don't have affective psst blocking.

[@VoiceOfThunder-tq5el]

Include drafting Caleb Williams into that. They should not have drafted that BUM.

[@BrianLorenc-c9t]

Also, Gruden maybe for GM and another experienced coach for HC?

[@JJ-zr6fu]

It’s well known gruden had say over early picks for the raiders while mayock had full control later in the draft. The raiders weren’t good drafting early rounds with gruden

[@christopherhill7843]

John Gruden. Chucky and the Bears sound right.

[@davidsamuelson2089]

There's only what, 32 NFL head coaching positions? Most guys want those jobs, you should enable to find a good coach even by chance.

[@hawaiiantimes7702]

The things this organization needs to fix will take at least 3-4 years. They could do it in 1-2 years but they’re incompetent when it comes to drafting and coaching up the O-Line.

[@evilwestsidefan9249]

No to Ben Johnson we need a strong experienced coach that can turn this thing the right direction and fix our trenches. We need team help not play calling.

[@IMAC1776]

Maybe the QB is dragging everybody down? I guess we’ll find out next year. If Caleb hasn’t turned this round by Week 6 I expect the new HC to bench him

[@CalebRose-t3m]

That 2001 team was probably one of the worst 13 teams in history. Excellent defense, but that offense was crap. Plus, the Packers swept em as usual. Inflated record against a pretty easy schedule but got exposed against really good teams.

[@michaelsmith2483]

You know.. If Poles just come out, take some accountability and speak about the plan going forward to develop Caleb and back on the road to winning a title, he would help himself out a ton. Bears need help with their PR staff.

[@michaelsmith2483]

And Kevin Warren shouldn't have tied himself to this coaching hire. He should have said he believe in Ryan to get this ship back on track to winning a Title. This will tie him to this next HC.

[@TrueBlueNyc]

Brad biggs loves the revisionist history with Mitch and Justin.

[@kevinfiddick]

Remember when we interviewed Bill Belichick? Oh wait

[@nicholaswest7176]

McCaskey's think good culture means nice guys that don't show swear words on cable. That vision of culture is not the same as a winning culture for a contact sport. Not many SB winners have country club culture like that.

[@keithhunley1127]

Come this was a bad season for everyone. Give me a break.

[@llee8825]

Johnson can see Poles is incompetent and does not trust him to make good roster decisions such as a better offensive line. Johnson is not making a crazy demand. He simply doesn't want to ruin his coaching career in Chicago. The top head coaches (Belichick, Harbaugh, Carroll) demand full control of their roster and preferred GM to work with. I'm sure Johnson saw how Ryan Pace undermined coach John Fox by secretly drafting Mitchell Trubisky (behind Fox's back). Fox wanted DeShaun Watson for QB. Pace's poor decision set Fox up to fail. Eli Manning demanded the right to waive the team which drafted him in the NFL draft, to avoid being sent to a dysfunctional team (Eli must have been worried Chicago would draft him) that would not set Manning up to succeed. Eli's father Archie (former Saints QB) did not want a poorly managed team to ruin his son's NFL career. Caleb's father was dumb not to do the same for his son because I'm sure Caleb regrets being drafted by Chicago. 😂

[@stevegorman8095]

Paul's has got to go.Do not give that man another draft please

[@patrickq7489]

They need to stop letting business guys make football decisions. Warren is a business guy.

[@MeDaisyDog-n7f]

If you think Brisker is going to come back next year and be an effective play making safety for the Bears you're crazy. He's done. He got a concussion in game 5 on Oct. 6th and never played again this season. I think next season is the last year of his rookie deal. If he tries to play next year, he won't make it very far before he either gets another injury or his head gets dinged again, and that will be it. No 2nd contract for him, sorry...damaged goods. Kind of like Mike Brown, except Brisker was never the player Mike was, not even close.

[@collinsk85]

🐻⬇️🙏🏾

[@karb58benefits]

jon gruden would fix the bears culture

[@jailbreak852]

Harbaugh would have been nice, but someone like him doesn't appear to be in the short or long term plans. It doesn't have to be Harbaugh

[@cebukid70]

Seems like there's no fixing this team

[@BrianLorenc-c9t]

Would John Gruden be a viable candidate?

[@flightgodV]

Jon Gruden

[@jailbreak852]

He's not, I'm sure of that.

[@JJ-zr6fu]

Why do he can run the franchise into the ground like he did the raiders.

[@hanke2588]

Bears need all new makeover top to bottom.

[@VoiceOfThunder-tq5el]

Getting rid of Caleb Williams would definitely improve their culture significantly.

[@drZok3136]

Bring back bobby douglas...if hes still conscious.

[@llee8825]

Pete Carroll is the only man and a proven Super Bowl winning head coach. He also won a national college championship and one of the few college coaches to succeed in the NFL.

[@johngiglio6834]

COVID Warren is the elephant in the room.

[@mikeguaraldo]

Start cloning Ditkas....for the love of god can we not go after the "flavor of the moment" HC and get somebody who's got experience and can run a damn team. This situation gets so old with the coach carousel every few years...

[@garyoz]

Mike Shanahan or Jon Gruden should be the next Bear head coach! Get rid of Poles!!!!!!!

[@dukerufus5334]

The Problem with the new coaches and or a gm as well possibly is that Caleb is screwed the way the last to QBs we drafted were. No one will be aligned to Caleb. The new staff will have to agree to him and then use him as an excuse if things go south. This team always does everything wrong and they're still doing just that. In 2 years CW will be on his way out.

[@JJ-zr6fu]

Biggest difference is Caleb is better than Mitch and Justin by far and when looking at the available jobs he’s the best qb available to HC candidates. So there will be buy into Caleb as the guy.

[@christopherharris3229]

​@dokedoker3340 any QB would've been the wrong one drafted by this organization

[@roberthugger592]

the offensive line has been horrible the last few years..

[@aaaplainfieldilaaaplainfie4158]

questions dose the McDonald's corporation own 28% of the Bears ????

[@marybowles6908]

All Bears fans r shouting Ben Johnson for HC but look at what few teams have done!! Detroit hires Defensive guy that changed the culture but hired a very good OC. Washington did the exact same thing!! Both have changed big time!! Don't be so quick to judge. U all need to get a HC who'll change the thinking in there!! U have no idea if Ben Johnson will be a good HC!!

[@michaelrenouf9173]

Dan Campbell played tight end. He’s not a defensive minded HC.

[@AndrewJacobson-cq2om]

Caleb will be fine with an O line that wrks!!!

[@evilwestsidefan9249]

Me too

[@thenewholistic]

Any reason why Dave Toub can't be the next HC?

[@artdeboer4096]

Great call ! I agree!! Leader!

[@JJ-zr6fu]

We’re not bargain bin shopping this year like we have the last three coaches

[@jojopuppyfish]

IMO he'd be my #1 choice.

[@Transform4life]

As long as Biggs is around the Bears will remain in the same arena of mediocrity.

[@Tee-py7te]

Shoulda hired Dan quinn

[@wayneparr7571]

Kevin Oconnel from the Vikings was also available!

[@RonnieDellarsina]

Hire the packers whole front office. Problem solved

[@opinion8ed]

How is it that in the 2025 draft order Chicago is picking last of the 4-wins teams?

[@shake6321]

we have the hardest schedule; thus, its stands to reason that we should have loses whereas the other teams should have won more games which means they are worse than us

[@SalvadorDelToro-b6z]

Bears 🐻 new coach Al Bundy

[@kyleryneost]

Vrabel would be terrible

[@TheRealLanceCummings]

Why is Warren even in any of these convos? The guy is fiance, period; not football talent.

[@josephsutton8817]

Culture is the most overused and ultimately misused word that describes any NFL team. Nobody wins forever. Everything is cyclical. People just naturally equate culture with success. Coach has success elsewhere so all you hear about is they’re going to bring that culture to the new team. That they’re a “culture hire”. New coach struggles at first, but is “building” the culture because you have to get rid of all the “bad” culture first. Coach then starts to have success and now all anyone can talk about is their great culture. Inevitably success wanes and suddenly there are “culture” issues that need to be addressed. Same head coach, but they suddenly could spell culture if you gave them all of the vowels. ReMember how the media fawned all over Eberflus’ HITS principles because it fell out of the Tampa 2 tree? Then he benches the teams best OL because, you know, his culture dictates having a good Thursday practice is more important than playing your 5 best OL on Sunday. Fields gets killed even though bad Thursday practice guy shows he’s still better than any of the other lineman in the 2 series he gets, but you gotta break a few eggs to make a culture omelette right? Ostensibly Thursday practices improve and they show just enough improvement to say, here you see we have good culture and all of the knuckle draggers rejoice. The same knuckle draggers who 2 years later say Culture guy is the worst HC in bears history and must go right now. So too must Thursday practice guy because crappy culture guy must have been right about him if nothing else. How about we start calling it the “C” word, treat it as a curse, hire a coach that knows how to score points. The rest will work itself out.

[@NotNykoh]

Give me Ben Joynson

[@wgp43]

I blame Ryan Pace for choosing to over pay for veteran players who were past their prime and for trading away draft choice so that when Ryan Poles came to town the Bears had too big of a salary and too few draft choices. He had to clean up the mess with no high draft choices and try to rebuild the team without a lot to work with. Sure there are some players who were a disappointment but he has been able to bring in new talent and get the team financially sound again. The future looks bright if he can rebuild the trenches and bring in a truly good coaching staff.

[@darthcy9790]

Poles was great on the teardown. His drafting of round 1-2 have been good. His addressi.g of the Oline has been beyond horrible. Claypool was delt for a 1st round pick when he had a low 2nd round to give. The Steelers were probably going to cut him. Pickens whi has barely played instead of a good center. All the position coaches who sucked and or got fired is probably the worst of it though.

[@ShanksSteinberg]

Great points. Bears were in salary cap purgatory under Pace.

[@javancross6085]

When you say that you will build the trenches and then you don't, you have to go. It takes at least a couple of years for an OL to gel. How can a former offensive lineman not realize this? It seems as though he thought he signed a longer contract than 4 years. He has drafted 2 punters and projects in the 3rd and 4th rounds. He said it would be tough to make this roster in the preseason. These are all indictments against the idea to keep the current GM.

[@spazdog922]

No.... blame Poles for his own boat load of mistakes. This is his team and it is just bad. He is bad. The fact that he gave up a 2nd for Claypool while giving away a young Pro Bpwl LB for a 4th is all you need to know about him as a GM. The rest of his F' ups is just icing on the cake.

[@darthcy9790]

@@spazdog922 it's actually worse because he had 2 2nd round picks and he delt the better pick for claypool. Basicall he outbid himself for a player they were probably going to release. It turned out to be a 1st round pick with a 2nd round salary adding insult to injury.

[@sJ-bb8lr]

The season was doomed the moment they decided to keep Eberfuk. There's no alpha men in that building that knwk football. Warren is running around town for a public funded stadium, poles draft players that played like him and ole George is more concerned about ticket and merchandise sells than winning...

[@b.buster.]

they need a new owner....same for EVERY sport team in this shitty

[@brianbelden2449]

Hey Bears fans have you ever heard of a BOYCOTT. You should try a BOYCOTT sometime. Just ask BUD LIGHT how well a BOYCOTT works. Bears fans, BOYCOTT THE FRANCHISE!

[@ronchalmers5439]

Pete Carroll enters the room......I'm listening.

[@PraiseChrist4Ever]

Bears suck and worst team and org in nfl. Sell sell sell sell

[@jrhayes6901]

Ryan Poles was a legend until everyone got to see Caleb for a year.... That escalated quickly

[@CalebRose-t3m]

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[@evilwestsidefan9249]

Caleb looks like the same guy that played at USC that crap doesn't work in the NFL, hopefully he can make adjustments.

[@shake6321]

The culture isnt "broken". this is more nonsense. The Bears lack intelligence and talent. they dont have coaches that can out scheme anyone. they havent had those guys for 50 years aside from Ryan in the 80's and Fangio most recently. and both those guys were on defense. the Bears have never had a smart offensive coach - maybe nagy. Get johnson. Get Salah. Invest in your lines. Stop paying for linebackers. Stop investing in WR's. its not rocket science.

[@thirdcoast5755]

Why not Carroll for GM? He’s a proven personnel guy.

[@delgadogarces]

Poles is accountable for this shite show called the Bears!

[@leomuro676]

Can someone tell Brad Biggs to lay off the candy before doing his radio spot. His pauses while he sucks on it are annoying!!!

[@flightgodV]

Jon Gruden please