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  1. WrigleyField 22
    Be the owner
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    Barring something like family circumstances he'd be pretty crazy to leave on his own accord. He can be pissed about the change but wasn't there word that candidates knew Phillips may be on his way out? He took a risk and doesn't like his new boss?
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    Eh, not that uncommon. Bears just suck at picking the guys.
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    Ha, good luck if he thinks that's the pull he has. Maybe just doing pre-work for after the eventual firing (in 2026)
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    I know there's also that idea of like "theres only so many of these jobs, guys aren't gonna pass up opportunities", but (1) Poles literally did pass up other opportunities to focus on Bears one and (2) I kind of think you need to be a little daring and crazy to excel in these roles. I like when a Ben Johnson is confident and out there enough to be like "nah, I have demands". It's a leadership role. If Poles accepted constraints he wasn't comfortable with... 🤷
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    There may be a lot of CYA going on, but it's murky at best.
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    He did spend relatively top OL dollar one time... 😕 Also let a pretty youg/good one walk his first year. That positional swing alone was hugely detrimental to the state of the OL.
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    For most in demand coaches, the correct structure is a GM with relatively less power so they can bend to their will. May even want 53 man say. Or it's an Eberflus who will likely be deferential to the GM. For as much as most are convinced Poles had no say in Flus, he was also a fairly safe choice for a first time, young GM. He just chose the safe choice that actually still hit all the low end returns. Or maybe it was really ownerships/Phillips choice fully. I tend to think it was likely somewhere in middle and not forced / arranged.
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    Poles doesn't need to be extended. But it does require Warren to have the most significant role in hiring. Thats I guess bad news if you're hyper focused on a top down view of GM-HC that is frankly less common than people treat it. It's fine if you want the most in demand coach (obviously with having to trust Warren)
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    I'm kind of surprised Johnson isn't just asking for some level of direct control rather than GM-HC alignment. It's not that hard to get 53 man control if you're a hot commodity and willing to be patient.
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    Yea, i don't care about dumb rules. Not supposed to be a particularly strong class. Go Jeanty if he looks like clear best player.
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    Bradys rise pre-dates Allen. But he also kind of rose and then fell before re-rising his profile with Allen this year. In terms of taking a spin at the OC wheel, he's fine, I think. Johnson is obviously the more exciting one, but I don't know how much that really means at the end of the day.
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    Bears need to win to push the fire Shannahan narrative.
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    Eh, if they actually nail the head coaching hire, I don't really think it's a terrible thing if you have to backfill GM with a glorified player of pro personnel type to run the front office (if Poles experiment flames out). Like many NFL structures you'll just have a structure where the HC is equal or above the GM. Plenty of teams do this. At this point, Poles biggest accomplishments are having enough guts to lead a tank job and then taking advantage of David Tepper. Everything else is probably replacement level GMing on the whole.
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    Ben Johnson, for sure, among the first time coach candidates. There's been plenty of smoke that he'll be selective. Granted Ryan Pace in a similar scenario/track record got what many considered the hottest name in the market in 2018 and went it all alone. But enough has probably changed (even if some of that is the self inflicted perception of the Bears org) that having the HC hire come from the highest level of organization possible might be the best approach if you want to swing as big as possible. If you wanna just spin the OC wheel and don't care if Johnson and Vrabel or others turn you down because you just trust Poles, then Warren taking the reigns sucks. Just depends.
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    I think NFL teams operate with this level of HC-GM power imbalance more than people realize. In the absolute best case scenario when a GM is the clear head of the HC, if the team finds any sort of success there will be a power struggle from the HC. If it means anything, hopefully it means there aren't budget and "type" constraints on the process. The Bears want to idolize the positions of Head Coach so much (hence the aversion to mid-season firings), might as well make him the clear face of football ops and make it a big hire. Poles can run the personnel department.
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    Absolutely agreed.
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    *technically* I think they have to go through a formal search process. Would have to hold at least one other minority candidate interview to meet Rooney Rule. Of course they could sham the whole thing. But hopefully Poles isn't dumb enough to let a brief HC audition turn into a sure thing. It's not like Brown would be coming out of nowhere as a HC candidate. It could also very well be a situation where he likes Brown and isn't sure we're Johnson will stand or waiting to see if a vet like Stefanski becomes available or not.
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    Let whichever coach wins the 8A IHSA state title game take over for the last 5 games. It really doesn't matter who it is lol
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    Yea I think his one trade coup is doing a lot of heavy lifting on his record. I've never been a huge fan. But it's also entirely possible that his failed Head Coach hire is tanking like 70% of his work. Whether he was freely his hire or forced on him or working off a restricted list has had a lot of speculation, but no one really knows. On the record he is "Poles guy" per Poles. For whatever that was worth.
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    My thoughts
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    The only possible defense of the no TO usage is in a scenario where your QB wasn't just sacked and has to scramble to get reset. The team was pissing down it's legs (multiple penalties, awful sack, etc.). Call the timeout. Reset and you can work through various options at that point. Even if it ended with a bad HM attempt you would have had two plays better than the one they got. Caleb probably should have just gone with the play called even if it didn't make sense, but it shouldn't have even been in that scenario. Taking the TO let's you as the coaching staff to install 3 or 4 situational options to go off.
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    Hey, late to the the thread. Lol boars
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    Finish of the bottom 5 win team (so best SOS) going back several years 6 6 6 7 8 7 You get the point... A 4 or 5 win Bears will pick very high. 6 or 7 wins though is where things tend to bunch up and a late season win could catapult them from like pick 5/6 to 12/13 because of their SOS. Poles needs to be as bold as Roseman/Eagles were in 2020 if they're in thar spot week 17/18.
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    Fans do this every year lol. I'm a tank tracking expert at this point. Even down to this simple fact: Those ten teams are bound to play each other. There's guaranteed to be several built in wins! And then teams just win games because it's the NFL and things are weird. That said the Bears SOS puts them at a huge disadvantage. So they do need help passing teams, and they're bound to eek out some dumb wins too.
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