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    interesting that there’s no chance a 1 loss team can’t pass a 2 loss team from the same conference but I can’t make a good argument other than 1 is better than 2 and Ohio State has by far the worst loss between them (who by the way Indiana beat) But yeah we’ve never seen a resume quite like Indiana’s. Michigan is the only above .500 team they’ve beaten and they’re 7-5. Every other team on their schedule is pretty bad, even if they blew them all out.
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    I had a nice 30 minutes of caring about Bulls basketball when I realized that a) the Bulls could win their in season tournament group with a win and b) they were winning. Deep down I knew that the in season tournament is meaningless and that the Bulls would ultimately lose to Boston but for those 30 minutes I felt excitement about Chicago sports
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    How many of them did they actually interview? Like I said my understanding is that they had decided to hire Callahan but had not interviewed 2 minority candidates yet. It’s not the first time that this has happened. The GM being a minority has nothing to do with anything. I’m not accusing anyone of being racist, simply that they felt strongly about hiring Callahan before they had completed their interview process.
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    If I recall correctly the Titans were reportedly ready to hire Brian Callahan to the point where some outlets were reporting it and Brown’s interview came after that was starting to leak. I could be wrong and mixing it up with another hire though, and if so I apologize for implying that race was a factor in his candidacy. .
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    Just not in the 4th round please
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    Concerns about leadership/ownership would be the biggest negative for the bears. We kind of seem like a horsefeathers show of an organization and haven’t been a relevant team since 2012. Having a great looking 2nd year QB and other pieces in place may be enough to override the negatives though.
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    Fwiw Brown had head coaching interviews with Houston in 2023 and Tennessee in 2024 so his name isn’t coming out of nowhere, though I get the feeling that at least 1 was Rooney Rule. I am NOT advocating for him by any means. Just saying he’s not completely off the radar as a candidate
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    Yep, this feels very similar to Antonio Pierce with the Raiders last year. Players got the coach fired, loved the interim and demanded him. They hired him and the Raiders suck this year. Of course the Bears don’t have Minshew lined up at starting QB but still. I think there’s a higher chance than you hope that Brown is the HC next year.
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    Apparently no further media availability today
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    My only concern here is that Thomas Brown goes like 3-2 and the Bears hire him without even having a coaching search. Nothing against Thomas Brown and I'm open to him as a candidate but they have a very attractive situation for a top HC to come into. They should have their pick of the litter.
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    Had to do one more strange dysfunctional thing before they finally canned the coach in season
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    I was floored when I heard him say that. It’s complete insult to our intelligence to that what we saw out there was handled correctly. Especially with Caleb saying he ended up changing the play call after he received it. Doesn’t sound like something that was happened the right way. Based on what I’m reading, they wanted to run a similar play as the one they called before, just with people blocking this time, a QB draw. They were at about 58 yard FG distance at that point so while it’s possible Caleb breaks off a decent chunk (keeping in mind the most he can run is maybe 10 yards given the time constraints), you’re probably looking at a 3-5 yard gain. So this great plan Eberflus cooked up was having Santos try a 53-55 yard FG, close to his career long. So Caleb was right to change out of the play ASAP but not sure Caleb made the right decision to take a full drop back and throw the ball short of the end zone. Should have been looking for a 8-10 yard pass and a quick timeout.
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    There’s a world out there where Eberflus is 4-1 against the Lions as head coach 2022 home: bears blow a 24-10 lead with 12 mins left in the game and lose 31-30 on a missed XP. This was the first of Eberflus’ infamous 85%+ win probability loss games 2022 road: lose 41-10 2023 road: bears blow a 26-14 lead with 3 minutes left to lose 31-26 2023 home: actually win 28-13 2024 road: todays debacle All of these games are after the Lions started playing like world beaters. We’ve actually played them extremely well but Eberflus has completely botched 3 of them
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    Some smoke?
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    Harbaugh wouldn’t have come to Chicago anyways. The word from Michigan sources is his wife really wanted to return to California and that was a driver in his decision to return to the NFL. But I do agree that the McCaskeys would never hire him
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    Source is by no means reliable but If I share these Twitter reports enough maybe it will actually happen Honestly the postgame stuff was almost as damning as the stuff in game. Players openly taking shots at Eberflus combined with Eberflus doubling down on his decisions and taking no accountability. Just an awful look for him.
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    Warren is not really a football guy. If Poles wants to fire his coach why stand in his way of doing his job?
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    I don’t even think you need a coach of Harbaugh’s caliber to be 8-4 right now. A replacement level coach has them at least 6-6 or 7-5 right now.
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    probably shouldn’t give this douchebag any attention but I found this hilarious. Still doubling down on his idiocy
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    Unbelievable lack of accountability from that moron
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    There are rumors that Warren wanted Flus fired in the offseason but left the decision to Poles and he kept him. Basically doubled down on him. At some point wins and losses matter even if you started your tenure with 2 tank seasons (or especially if you started your tenure with 2 tank seasons). He made it clear this was the team he built to compete and the result is a team that will have a worse record than last year largely because the coach he kept keeps leading his team to last minute losses. I do hate the idea of doing an organizational overhaul every 3 years and want some stability but with Caleb looking elite you absolutely need to do everything possible to support him. If Poles isn’t getting it done and built an oline that has him getting crushed every week and keeping coaches who are inspiring no confidence, then perhaps you need to replace the GM too
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    Was that hands to the face call at the end legit? That was obviously a killer call against the Bears. Instead of 1st and 10 from the 13 with 40 seconds left and a TO, it’s 1st and 20 from the 35. If that penalty isn’t call there’s a good chance we’re happily celebrating a feel good Thanksgiving victory over the now 10-2 Lions. It’s mind boggling how many games we’ve lost by extremely narrow margins without winning any. we are a cursed franchise. I’m going to guess that no NFL team has ever experienced anything like this over a 6 week stretch
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    that locker room is completely lost
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