Bears vs Vikings Thread. Time to move on from GB game.

Emery was different, but not Graves.

Wannstedt was doing 9-7 seasons and apparently that wasn’t good enough for McCaskey.  Why would 7 wins work for Poles when 9 didn’t work for Graves?  This may be too soon, but if we’re still 3rd or 4th in the division in 2025, that is year-4. Is this going to be like Ryan Pace who got 7 years?

I'm not sure that you should. The only glimmer of hope I have is IF Poles was given a choice of a few coaches and he had to pick one. That has almost become urban legend. I read that and I also remember reading that he had his choice of whatever he wanted. Both could be true. Management had gone through and vetted three guys and they may have said something like "hey we went through an extensive process and narrowed it down to these three that look really good but you can do whatever you want". Being new and wanting to be on the good side of his new owners, being short on time and thinking, hey.... they did all the work for me. I can take advantage of that and if the guy is a dud, they can't blame me too much.

It is hard to really know the true story, but my point is that if Flus was not really his true choice, maybe we stand a chance. But then I go back to his retaining Flus when he could have had Harbaugh and I lose faith again. Bottom line is we have no idea how this is going to pan out. All we know for sure is that the HC hiring record has been dismal. 

No, I actually think that is strictly the choice of the HC. At least that is what I have heard (read)

It should be strictly up to the HC and there's no indication it wasn't.

Flus sucks at coordinators as much as he does at situational football.