Hot Take Tuesday: Bears Eberflubbed their big chance
The incoherent ramblings of a belligerent Bears fan on a Wednesday instead of a Tuesday!
Let me start off this column by saying that Matt Eberflus is not a horrible head coach, he’s just not a particularly good head coach. He did some good things this year, and some things that leave a lot to be desired.
It’s easy to like Matt Eberflus for his winning culture in the locker room if you ignore that two of his assistant coaches were let go for HR violations.
It’s easy to like Matt Eberflus for taking accountability over his horrible play call dropping Justin Jones in coverage against Cleveland with the game on the line if you ignore the countless times before that he pointed the fingers at his players and never himself throughout the season.
It’s easy to like Matt Eberflus for winning 4 of 6 to finish the year if you ignore the fact that he started off the season 0-4 and ended the Bears season before it ever really began.
It’s easy to like Matt Eberflus for finally winning 2 divisional games if you ignore the fact that your 103-year rival embarrassed you both times you faced them this year.
It’s easy to like Matt Eberflus for winning 4 more games than he did last year if you ignore the fact that he blew 3 double-digit 4th quarter leads this year, 2 of them in historic fashion.
It’s really easy to create a really positive view of your head coach if you just ignore all the negatives from the season.
George McCaskey, Kevin Warren and Ryan Poles had an opportunity to do something bold and tell Matt Eberflus that he did a good job but that it wasn’t good enough.
They had an opportunity to draft an excellent QB prospect, and line him up with an offensive-minded head coach and let the two of them grow together.
