New offensive coordinator thread. Who do you want?

www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/report-bears-request-interview-with-shane-waldron-for-oc-opening

"Chicago has requested an interview with Seahawks offensive coordinator Shane Waldron for their offensive coordinator job, Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports.

Seattle’s coaching staff was told they were free to look elsewhere for jobs, according to Jonathan Jones of CBS Sports."

This is who you get when you aren't looking for a HC. There are hiring restrictions on assistant coaches.

Just for posters who don't obsess like I do over team building, this is the major restriction:

Teams can not hire assistant coaches for positions that the NFL determines are a "lateral move."

So the Bears are stuck looking at:

(1) former OCs not currently employed by a team
(2) assistants working in positions that are not considered lateral to an OC position
(3) college coaches
(4) OCs like Waldron that are under contract but given permission by the team to find another position. Often the HC has been fired and its just a matter of time until the assistant coaches are let go as well.

People bring up Eric Bieniemy who moved from KC to WFT, but his contract was up and KC didn't resign him. It wasn't a lateral move, Bieniemy was a coaching FA so to speak. Ben Johnson is not an option because it would be a lateral move from OC to OC.

This is one of my issues with keeping Flus.

Aren't there ways around that though, by hiring a guy as OC/Asst. HC? I believe it's been done before and considered a promotion since they take on some HC responsibilities. Actually, if they draft a QB, maybe this is the way to go anyways. If the team plays similar next year as they did this year, fire Flus, promote the OC/Asst. HC, and he can ride out the rest of the rookie QB contract. If that doesn't work, we can finally reset with a new HC paired with a new QB and stop this ugly cycle.