I dont know why that eye-roll worthy. Emery is the boss of the team and should be able to assuage Trestman's fears of instability with a combo of assurances and years on his deal as OC. I dont think Trestman was a serious contender for any other HC jobs this year and likely would have become a serious candidate next year if his bear offense performed. I cant find the exact years, but Im almost sure that Angelo completely overhauled the offensive staff before 2010 in Lovie's final contract year. Correct? If it wasnt Lovie's final year, it was definately a "last chance" year. But what happens when you pull something like that is many coaches will shy away from coming into a "this is your last chance" environment. These guys all expect to be fired, but they don't want it to be after year 1 or 2. And because the next head coach would certainly have the opportunity to select his entire staff, there was nothing you could do to assuage anybody's fears if their boss's job was on the line the day they took the job. Also, Emery has said he didn't know much about Trestman until the interview process. It goes back to the problem with Emery's resume being so limited at the NFL level and having so much of his experience being with second rate college teams, and even then as a strength guy. If real change was going to be made, Lovie had to go. There's no way around that.