Chicago Bears Stand Alone on Mantle of Coaching Madness

George McCaskey has said he doesn’t like to fire head coaches until after a season. This is likely what sustains John Fox to this point.

Part of the reason is the Chicago Bears chairman wants to emulate what the New York Giants and Pittsburgh Steelers are all about. They too have a history of never firing their coaches until a season is concluded. The problem is those two franchise typically don’t have things degenerate to where the Bears currently sit. Losers of five-straight and featuring one of the most anemic offenses in franchise history.

Time to recap just the most recent event. Fox’s Bears lost to a Green Bay Packers team without Aaron Rodgers at home. They were railroaded 31-3 by the Philadelphia Eagles who were then stomped 24-10 by Seattle a week later. Now they lost a game to the San Francisco 49ers who were 1-10 going in. Fox has worn out his excuses of injuries and staying close in games but the fact is many of the reasons for the losing can be traced to poor coaching decisions. It’s getting difficult to understand the justification behind this team letting him continue any further.

Even worse for McCaskey, one of his idolized franchises just did that very thing they’ve never done before.

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This move by the Giants won’t be questioned by anybody. If anything some felt it should’ve happened soon. The degeneration of the team and handling of quarterback Eli Manning made that obvious. So on what planet do the Bears live where they think keeping Fox any longer serves a purpose. The only viable explanation to this point that makes any sense centers on GM Ryan Pace and his plans for finding a replacement.

The idea is if he fires Fox, he’ll need to appoint an interim coach. Say that interim coach does well down the stretch. Suddenly Pace is pressured to keep that coach rather than finding one of his choice. So from that standpoint it’s just better to let Fox’s ship run aground and sink all the way. Then again he’s the GM. If he doesn’t have enough guts to fire an interim coach regardless of his record down the stretch, he probably shouldn’t be running a pro football franchise.

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Fox now has the lowest winning percentage of any coach in Bears history. Letting him continue to mismanage this team for another month is irresponsible. It’s also dangerous. At some point the fans will start believing that the organization has no interest in doing the right (or smart) thing.