La Canfora: Rumor Warren may fire every one including Poles

Lie Con Forya is likely throwing darts against a wall.

But nothing would surprise me, nothing about what has happened since Pace/Nagy were fired has looked better. Poles was picked by Polian, and Pace then hired the HC of his agent, and the HC of Polians former team in Indy. It all wreaked of nepotism and giving into what the Mc's wanted.

And nothing either has done showed they deserve to be kept. BUT I'd be stunned if Poles goes also, if it does happen, you can bet that Warren has full control of the team and i'd be all for it.

There are a lot of different ways this could go.  This is not as black-and-white simple as "fire everybody."  Hey, maybe you do fire everyone - if that is truly the best route that Warren comes to after CAREFULLY considering all the options here.  Any idiot can fire people (Bears do it all the time and don't get any better as a team).  The most important - and difficult task is to figure out who can best fix the team (and no, that's not as simple as the meatballs think).  

Regarding Poles, I think that fans are hyper-critical of this first time rookie GM.  He has made his share of mistakes.  Rookie GMs do that.  If you don't have the stomach for a rookie GM then hire a retread like Jerry Angelo.  Good luck with that.

The players that Poles has brought in are players that Eberflus has undoubtedly wanted.  Player acquisition does not happen in a vacuum of GM-only picks.  These are the guys Eberflus felt he could win with.  He hasn't won with them.  In fact the coaching staff seems to do a poor job with the talent that they have been provided.  Do any of you believe this coaching staff is using these players to their potential?  I don't.  And think about it.  We rant like lunatics about Claypool (rightfully so) but don't think Poles just woke up one day thinking he'd trade for Claypool.  That only happens if Eberflus/Getsy wanted that guy.  No way Claypool just shows up at the Halas Hall doorstep one day out of nowhere.  Eberflus and Getsy are behind that - and the other personnel moves.  The GM, with the help of the scouting staff, and with the input of the coaches - provides the talent.  But then the coaches have to coach.  They have to develop that talent and use the players in a way that the team can be successful.  Coaching matters.

Poles will probably get a 2nd chance to hire a head coach.  That is reasonable.  New coaches mean new schemes which means we will see some of the roster flushed once again.  Losing comes with that, initially anyway.  More losing.  We have 30 new players on this 2023 roster.  That is mind boggling.  New coaches will mean there will be even MORE new guys - a lot of them - to fit the new schemes.  They (like Eberflus) will want their guys - or their type guys - to win.  I'm not saying we shouldn't sweep out this coaching regime.  We should (at least I think so) but it isn't an "instant fix" either.  A fix?  Sure, we hope so.  Instant?  No.  And the meatballs will be upset again over that.  Bank it.  It's coming.  

BTW, I have noticed two other things.

First one is minor but its obvious this board has become a ghost town.  That's a market measurement that tells you the fanbase has already thrown in the towel.

Secondly, has anyone else noticed how many injuries the Bears had had last few couple weeks.  In Sunday's game, the remainder of the secondary and Edmunds went out.  Maybe just a run of bad luck but I wonder if these guys are making business decisions and quitting on this coaching staff.

A couple more market measurements just in my work place:

1. The Bears fans here aren't really talking about the Bears. Not even to complain. We're just avoiding talking about them altogether. We're all done. 
2. One of the Packer fans in the office just told me this morning "For the first time ever, I actually feel bad for Bears fans."