With the news of the Rex Ryan firing, I was looking to see who the lead candidates would be for HC jobs going into next season. We may or may not retain Fox (still up in the air) after potentially our worst season since 1969, but I could see both sides of the argument.

 

With previous HC experience:

 

Tom Coughlin, 70 ys old, 170-150 regular season record, too old for long-term position?

Rex Ryan, 54 yrs old, 61-65, seems to be more mouth than anything else

Gus Bradley, 50 yrs old, 14-48, never did anything outside of Seattle

Josh McDaniels, OC New England, 40 yrs old, 11-17, the Cutler of coaches, everyone seems to hate him

Jim Schwartz, DC Philadelphia, 50 yrs old, 29-51, seems better suited for Coordinator role

 

Coordinators:

Kyle Shanahan, OC Atlanta, #1 scoring team in league, #2 in yards, I would not be opposed to him (especially if we retained Fangio)

Sean McDermott, DC Carolina, 28th scoring defense, 22nd in yards, defense regressed big-time this year

Matt Patricia, DC New England, #1 scoring defense, 8th in yards, defense has been dominant, but us Bill pulling strings, either way I would be interested

Teryl Austin, DC Detroit, 13th in scoring defense, 15th in yards, average production, nothing special

Darrell Bevell, OC Seattle, 20th scoring, 15th yards, should've just run Beastmode

 

So out of those 10, I would say Shanahan or Patricia would be my top two candidates.

 

Now, I know there are other candidates like McCoy in SD or Rivera in CAR, but they are still employed so I did not include them. What do you guys think?

I'd prefer we keep the main portion of the staff intact. Despite the injuries and suspensions, we played hard and the youngsters grew. There is reason Pittsburg has had 3 coaches in 50 something years. They believe in a certain culture and it works. Our brass should take note and at least try to give Fox and Pace a chance.

I'd prefer we keep the main portion of the staff intact. Despite the injuries and suspensions, we played hard and the youngsters grew. There is reason Pittsburg has had 3 coaches in 50 something years. They believe in a certain culture and it works. Our brass should take note and at least try to give Fox and Pace a chance.

There are things I do not like about Fox but he aint going anywhere. There not going to keep doing a carousel of HCs and GMs. They need to stabilize the regime and at least give it another year to find its place. We have a shitty record but our team was bare of talent when they took over. The Bills had players in place for Ryan and he didnt produce, so they got rid of him. Different set of circumstances.

Keep every coach not involved with health & fitness. If someone has a title _______ Coach, and that first word is strength, stretching, balance, or anything else related to fitness or health, fire their ass.

Fox won't be fired. Realistically, he knew the hand he was dealt and I think they brought him in for a long term build with some stability. It would be nice to keep Fandigo but as soon as we start winning, he will be plucked for a head coaching gig.

Dave Toub is who I want as the next head coach. He should have been hired instead of Dr. Death

 

Peace

Dave Toub is who I want as the next head coach. He should have been hired instead of Dr. Death

 

Peace

 

This. ?

This. ?

Every Bears fan knows it. And at some point, he's gonna come back and bite us in the arse.

Dave Toub is who I want as the next head coach. He should have been hired instead of Dr. Death

 

Peace

 

I think we all loved Toub.

I think we all loved Toub.

I'll 4th it!

Every Bears fan knows it. And at some point, he's gonna come back and bite us in the arse.

 

Yeah. Was just reading up on him and forgot that he interviewed for the Miami HC job in 2011 but instead re-signed with Chicago. Then lost out to Trestman the following year. Talk about screwed.

Adam Schefter is reporting today that Fox is not likely to be let go. So that should put all of this debate to an end.

Adam Schefter is reporting today that Fox is not likely to be let go. So that should put all of this debate to an end.

I'm hoping we bring in Mike McCoy as the offensive coordinator.

I'm hoping we bring in Mike McCoy as the offensive coordinator.

I'd love to see that happen. He's done very well with QBs in the past.

If he is, it won't be as OC. Fox evidently retaining all of the main coordinators. Oline / RB coach are out along with an assistant RB coach.