What week will Eberflus get fired?

[gmoney70]

....It should as soon as he went for it on 4th and 1 and didnt kick the FG to take the lead.

[Old Style]

The Bears have never fired a head coach mid-season. Why would you expect them to do so now?

[Derwood]

Eberflus sucks, but I have zero faith that the Bears will get the next hire right

[Soul]

1 hour ago, Old Style said:

The Bears have never fired a head coach mid-season. Why would you expect them to do so now?

There are degrees of disaster.  This one feels almost Biblical.

I don’t expect the Bears to fire Eberflus mid season but I do think it’s called for.

[Old Style]

24 minutes ago, Soul said:

There are degrees of disaster.  This one feels almost Biblical.

I don’t expect the Bears to fire Eberflus mid season but I do think it’s called for.

There’s zero doubt it’s called for but I’m not wasting a moment thinking about it because it isn’t going to happen short of a scandal. 

[BigbadB]

I'd expect the firing to take place after the Commanders game. They stand no chance against that defensive line. And Howell is diligent when given time, which is what our DLine is famous for.

[Brian707]

Eberflus will be fired on or after Black Monday 2024 or 2025

[Tryptamine]

1 hour ago, Brian707 said:

Eberflus will be fired on or after Black Monday 2024 or 2025

I would be absolutely livid if he was brought back again to coach next season.

[Brian707]

46 minutes ago, Tryptamine said:

I would be absolutely livid if he was brought back again to coach next season.

Me too but just about everything this organization has done post January 26th, 1986 has been a disaster

[gflore34]

I look upon this Broncos game as a false positive for Fields.  If he has good game against the Commanders maybe it's a step forward.  While I'm rooting for Fields I keep thinking about his deficiencies - they're not correctable - no matter how Stephen Jackson yells about it and what other so called "experts" say.  The Bears didn't create his flaws, granted, they have not found a way to utilize his strengths.  Nevertheless, for once in my lifetime I'd like to see the Bears with a real NFL QB and it appears Drake Maye or Caleb Williams might the answer.

[Soul]

18 minutes ago, gflore34 said:

I look upon this Broncos game as a false positive for Fields.  If he has good game against the Commanders maybe it's a step forward.  While I'm rooting for Fields I keep thinking about his deficiencies - they're not correctable - no matter how Stephen Jackson yells about it and what other so called "experts" say.  The Bears didn't create his flaws, granted, they have not found a way to utilize his strengths.  Nevertheless, for once in my lifetime I'd like to see the Bears with a real NFL QB and it appears Drake Maye or Caleb Williams might the answer.

Bears will ruin them too.  The only QB that could succeed with this coaching staff is one that can call the plays at the line of scrimmage.

[minnesotacubsfan]

16 minutes ago, gflore34 said:

I look upon this Broncos game as a false positive for Fields.  If he has good game against the Commanders maybe it's a step forward.  While I'm rooting for Fields I keep thinking about his deficiencies - they're not correctable - no matter how Stephen Jackson yells about it and what other so called "experts" say.  The Bears didn't create his flaws, granted, they have not found a way to utilize his strengths.  Nevertheless, for once in my lifetime I'd like to see the Bears with a real NFL QB and it appears Drake Maye or Caleb Williams might the answer.

at Halas Hall neither are the definitive answer, not even close. In fact, Id say that either Maye or Williams will much more likely be a bust in a Bears uni

 

Detroit is doing it with a less-than-perfect QB, it isnt impossible. I'd like to see Fields put a few 300 yrd (more tDs than INTs) games together before I'll commit to him, but if you draft QB #1 you still have holes you cant fill with top picks anyway.  Poles started this horseshit cycle by punting the first offseason and now has created a culture of losing, this is all on him

[gflore34]

29 minutes ago, minnesotacubsfan said:

at Halas Hall neither are the definitive answer, not even close. In fact, Id say that either Maye or Williams will much more likely be a bust in a Bears uni

 

Detroit is doing it with a less-than-perfect QB, it isnt impossible. I'd like to see Fields put a few 300 yrd (more tDs than INTs) games together before I'll commit to him, but if you draft QB #1 you still have holes you cant fill with top picks anyway.  Poles started this horseshit cycle by punting the first offseason and now has created a culture of losing, this is all on him

Without question, it's all on him, Eberflus et. al. are gone by black Monday, if not sooner.  There's also a very strong case to be made that Poles should follow them.  Then, of course, were back to the Bears getting the next GM hire correct, which, for them, is impossible.

[BigSlick]

He should be fired today. But if not, he should be fired on Friday.

[minnesotacubsfan]

dbl pos. Also are others getting an error screen when they post? that's how this dbl post happened

Edited October 2, 2023 by minnesotacubsfan

[Hairyducked Idiot]

I think there's a very small handful of actually good coaches in the NFL, a very small handful of actually bad ones, and a whole lot of them who are sort of whatever and will rise and fall based on whether they happen to have good players or not.

Nagy, Lovie, Fox were all in the "whatever" category.  Trestman and now Eberflus are truly bad.

[Soul]

19 minutes ago, minnesotacubsfan said:

dbl pos. Also are others getting an error screen when they post? that's how this dbl post happened

Yep

[WrigleyField 22]

The "they've never done it" argument is overrated IMO.  Plus, think there's a good chance Warren is a differentiator here.  Maybe Phillips just never wanted to (I'm sure George could be convinced to do whatever).

A stinker Thursday could do it.  But by the point that they can start interviewing (week 16?) I don't see why it can't happen by then.

[Wilson A2000]

Bring back Lovie as HC and DC and hire Greg Roman as OC

[We Got The Whole 9]

3 hours ago, Wilson A2000 said:

Bring back Lovie as HC and DC and hire Greg Roman as OC

horsefeathers the Cover 2

[minnesotacubsfan]

I love lovie, and at least he blitzed more than Eberfluke, but the cover 2 relies on star players at 3 tech, LB and safety at the very least. We don’t have any of that 

[raw]

I've said this on Twitter, but firing Eberflus now doesn't really do anything for this franchise, TBH. He's not good and needs to be fired after the year anyway. But if you fire him in-season, who is the interim? You are either promoting Getsy or the special teams guy and then you are on your 3rd guy calling the D. That approach is changing the defense for the 3rd time, while keeping the offense status quo. Both sides of the ball are bad, but defense truly doesn't matter nearly as much. This would be missing the point completely.

NFL franchises go as their offenses go. Their offenses go as their QB goes. The last 12 weeks of the season needs to be focused on seeing if you can salvage anything with Fields. The Fields/Getsy combo has lost 14 straight, you have evidence this doesn't work. You fire Getsy, give Janocko a shot, then you see if maybe that different voice gets Fields some consistency and he develops into the guy you hoped he would be in the 2nd half of the season. You also maybe have a long-term OC for the team as well. Obviously, that's a long shot but it's a better chance of Janocko/Fields turning into something than it is to stay stagnant. If they aren't good enough, you've lost nothing and still are picking a new QB and offense anyway. 

[The_Achiever]

If the Bears lose tonight and he's not fired by tomorrow morning, my guess is they give him the rest of the season.  

You could argue his coaching will put us in the proverbial catbird seat in the draft, which is really all we have going for us right now.  

[Soul]

11 hours ago, raw said:

I've said this on Twitter, but firing Eberflus now doesn't really do anything for this franchise, TBH. He's not good and needs to be fired after the year anyway. But if you fire him in-season, who is the interim? You are either promoting Getsy or the special teams guy and then you are on your 3rd guy calling the D. That approach is changing the defense for the 3rd time, while keeping the offense status quo. Both sides of the ball are bad, but defense truly doesn't matter nearly as much. This would be missing the point completely.

NFL franchises go as their offenses go. Their offenses go as their QB goes. The last 12 weeks of the season needs to be focused on seeing if you can salvage anything with Fields. The Fields/Getsy combo has lost 14 straight, you have evidence this doesn't work. You fire Getsy, give Janocko a shot, then you see if maybe that different voice gets Fields some consistency and he develops into the guy you hoped he would be in the 2nd half of the season. You also maybe have a long-term OC for the team as well. Obviously, that's a long shot but it's a better chance of Janocko/Fields turning into something than it is to stay stagnant. If they aren't good enough, you've lost nothing and still are picking a new QB and offense anyway. 

I know all this is true but dammit I want to see this team stand up and say no, not good enough, and fire him now.

[minnesotacubsfan]

13 hours ago, Soul said:

I know all this is true but dammit I want to see this team stand up and say no, not good enough, and fire him now.

in all honesty, that might be the worst possible thing for Fields, and I dont think Williams is a certainty, there are rumors he may go back to USC to avoid going to an org he doesnt see as a good situation. Pretty sure the Bears would qualify as that