John Fox Will Be Fired, Rumored Replacement Named Says NFL I

That's entirely possible but not all successful NFL HCs have previous HC experience.  Ditka didn't.  He's only been out done by the old man himself and most of that came back in the leather helmet era.

John Harbaugh was also a STeam coordinator before he got the Ravens gig.  Jim Harbaugh coached at Stanford before he turned the 49ers around.  Hell, even Vince Lombardi was only an asst. coach before he ran GB.

I don't think we're looking for an established NFL HC.  Where would you get one anyway other than someone whose was fired for losing too often?  Fox was an anomaly of a winning HC who was let go but what did we get?  We got a myth that's what we got.

Lovie failed to improve on things in Tampa Bay too.  So there's two former winning NFL HCs whose next gig turned out of be a huge disappointment.

IMHO we shouldn't be looking for a guy with previous HC experience period.  Not unless someone can talk Bill Parcells into coaching again at age 75.  We should be looking at coordinators with long term track records of success with multiple teams if possible which is why I keep bringing up Dave Toub.  IMHO Emery blew it when he could have had him over Trestman and if he had Marinelli would likely have stayed and we'd have never seen the likes of Mel Tucker.

We do need an experienced NFL exec to run football operations the rest will all answer to but we do not need a HC with previous HC experience.  We just need a good HC period.  One who can actually coach during practices and on game day not just pat guys on the back when they fumble or drop a pass.

Fox was let go in Denver because he proved to be far less of a HC than he was thought to be and we're beginning to learn the same here.  Even with all the talent he had in Denver he still fell short and he won't have that same level of talent in Chicago any time soon.  I'm not satisfied with an .500 HC and that's all Fox is and ever was really.  He lucked into it in Denver because he had Manning and a GM who was willing to spend on top shelf FAs but even with that he still under performed the teams expectations.