Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2016 0:36:41 GMT -6
John Fox says no changes coming in the coaching staff
by Lorin Cox
Albert Einstein is credited with defining insanity as doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results each time.
Chicago Bears fans better hope John Fox doesn't fit that definition, as he revealed Thursday that he plans to bring back his entire coaching staff that led his team to just three wins through 15 games this year.
"It’s not like I’m going to make changes," Fox told the media, via Adam Hoge. "It’s just the nature of the beast."
The nature of the beast is evidently bringing back an offensive coordinator who said he'd "like to accumulate more snaps and more carries" for Jordan Howard but still can't seem to figure out how to give him the ball more than 15 times a game.
The nature of the best is also apparently retaining a staff that was quick to bench young players like Jordan Howard and Harold Jones-Quartey early in the year but continues to trot out duds like Josh Bellamy and Mitch Unrein every week, despite having more promising options available.
Certainly, some individual position coaches have shown a lot of value for their ability to develop players, namely outside linebackers coach Clint Hurtt, who has molded a raw Leonard Floyd into a ferocious threat when healthy.
That being said, it's hard to be satisfied across the board with what this coaching staff has done with the roster this season, making it all the more head-scratching that Fox would publicly commit to his whole staff before Week 17, instead of taking the time this offseason to look back on the year and find where changes need to be made.
