He is trying to be positive "last 4 games we're two and two" - "we take pride in this" - "the culture is great here" - but the beat reporters are pretty tough with the questions here. Sharks smelling the blood in the water. I felt sorry for the guy... even if he gets through this year, it sure has been a tough one.
He is trying to be positive "last 4 games we're two and two" - "we take pride in this" - "the culture is great here" - but the beat reporters are pretty tough with the questions here. Sharks smelling the blood in the water. I felt sorry for the guy... even if he gets through this year, it sure has been a tough one.
I would just like more honest talk. Dan Campbell did a press conference for the Ravens game press conference and said, “We got our ass kicked.” No excuses or sugar coating.
He is trying to be positive "last 4 games we're two and two" - "we take pride in this" - "the culture is great here" - but the beat reporters are pretty tough with the questions here. Sharks smelling the blood in the water. I felt sorry for the guy... even if he gets through this year, it sure has been a tough one.
I would just like more honest talk. Dan Campbell did a press conference for the Ravens game press conference and said, “We got our ass kicked.” No excuses or sugar coating.
I feel sorry for the guy. He is attempting to keep the players positive enough to pull out of this and finish these final 8 games ascending and winning a number of them. And that is one possible outcome.
He could still survive this.
I'm not saying he should or should not survive this season - but I 100% understand that he still believes these players can pull through and do well this last half of the season. Hey, there are a few things that could happen that would do just that. What if Fields would ball out this last half of the season and look like he did in 2 of those last games where he honestly looked like a really sound QB1? What if the D is better in these games also? Not saying it will happen but it could. Eberflus is just trying to be a good coach and keep the players engaged and believing in themselves and the team. So far he has not lost them.
But the sports beat reporters are different. He has lost them. And he's lost a lot of the fan base. They don't believe. But can't fault the guy for staying in there trying. In fact I admire that. I don't want to see the guy fall apart.
I'm not sure there is enough he can do to save his job. His best hope is Fields, which...I'm not holding my breathe. I don't believe he could change up his DEF even if he wanted too. We will see if adding a pass rush with Sweat helps, but even then...that soft zone is a killer. Thee just wasn't enough improvement on either side of the ball this season regardless of the win-loss record.
He looks pretty clueless to me, like a lost sheep.
I can't imagine the pressure he's under this season. I don't doubt he is mentally reeling right now. I would be. I have to keep reminding myself (as frustrated as I get with these Bears coaches over the years) that they don't intentionally perform poorly. This is their career/job and they have families to support and dreams too. Right now Eberflus is seeing his dream job opportunity - head coach of an NFL team - collapsing all around him. I do feel sorry for him. We all wanted this to work out well and the Bears to do well. It just didn't happen.
I would just like more honest talk. Dan Campbell did a press conference for the Ravens game press conference and said, “We got our ass kicked.” No excuses or sugar coating.
I feel sorry for the guy. He is attempting to keep the players positive enough to pull out of this and finish these final 8 games ascending and winning a number of them. And that is one possible outcome.
He could still survive this.
I'm not saying he should or should not survive this season - but I 100% understand that he still believes these players can pull through and do well this last half of the season. Hey, there are a few things that could happen that would do just that. What if Fields would ball out this last half of the season and look like he did in 2 of those last games where he honestly looked like a really sound QB1? What if the D is better in these games also? Not saying it will happen but it could. Eberflus is just trying to be a good coach and keep the players engaged and believing in themselves and the team. So far he has not lost them.
But the sports beat reporters are different. He has lost them. And he's lost a lot of the fan base. They don't believe. But can't fault the guy for staying in there trying. In fact I admire that. I don't want to see the guy fall apart.
I don’t expect Fields to look much different next month than in the last two years. He really hasn’t developed much this year, and that’s the problem.
As for Eberflus, he’s trying to save his job, but I think that ship has already sailed — or at least should have. By your own words, the definition of a successful rebuild is SIGNIFICANT progress from 2022 to 2023. We sure as hell don’t have that, and it’s Warren’s job to hold Poles and Eberflus accountable for this debacle.
I would just like more honest talk. Dan Campbell did a press conference for the Ravens game press conference and said, “We got our ass kicked.” No excuses or sugar coating.
I feel sorry for the guy. He is attempting to keep the players positive enough to pull out of this and finish these final 8 games ascending and winning a number of them. And that is one possible outcome.
He could still survive this.
I'm not saying he should or should not survive this season - but I 100% understand that he still believes these players can pull through and do well this last half of the season. Hey, there are a few things that could happen that would do just that. What if Fields would ball out this last half of the season and look like he did in 2 of those last games where he honestly looked like a really sound QB1? What if the D is better in these games also? Not saying it will happen but it could. Eberflus is just trying to be a good coach and keep the players engaged and believing in themselves and the team. So far he has not lost them.
But the sports beat reporters are different. He has lost them. And he's lost a lot of the fan base. They don't believe. But can't fault the guy for staying in there trying. In fact I admire that. I don't want to see the guy fall apart.
I don't feel sorry for him at all.
Tell me, what exactly can Flus point to justify being HC any longer?
His "tree"? Well, his DC and OC have both utterly failed to improve the units they were assigned to. His record is 5-20 and he has played a very schedule both seasons, especially this year. His team has look consistently unprepared and caught off guard over and over. Culture? Two of his assistants were fired for HR violations with lawsuits likely coming. There's also bee a ton of injuries which doesn't exactly reflect well on his training staff.
This guy is a terrible HC by virtually any measure.