Thread: Your three finalists for Chicago Bears Head Coach are...

Looks like the Cards are pushing hard to get him. This may force Emery to hurry up a bit. Think we will hear more within the next 24 hours. I think Emery wants McCoy and he just waited for his season to be done and Emery being done with his 1st round. My prediction: McCoy will be our new HC and we will know about this wednesday

Yep. I predicted that we'd know by Thursday latest and I'd hold to that. McCoy and Clement could have been available as early as today or maybe tomorrow and now Dennison too and along with Trestman and Arians my guess is those five are the front runners.

Tomorrow and Tuesday we'll see some second interview of who I think are his top three and then Wednesday he meets with Phillips and McCaskey to give a report on his findings and opinions and decision gets made. Late Wednesday or Thursday we get an announcement and GM and HC leave for the Shrine Game on Friday.

Sound about right?

Originally Posted by GermansbombedPH

Looks like the Cards are pushing hard to get him. This may force Emery to hurry up a bit. Think we will hear more within the next 24 hours. I think Emery wants McCoy and he just waited for his season to be done and Emery being done with his 1st round. My prediction: McCoy will be our new HC and we will know about this wednesday

I think the Cards job is one of the least desirable ones out there and the Bidwills make the McCaskeys look like spendthrifts. If there's any chance at all of getting the Bears job I believe any and all of our top prospects will wait out that decision and the Cards spot will still be open. That's about as popular around the league as becoming the Bears HC used to be.

They have no quality at QB and they just fired their GM. Wisenhunt is a good coach who got them into a SB just a few years ago and he's gone. That's a mess for anyone to walk into and it's certainly not as attractive as what the Bears have to offer. I don't see any need for panic over what the Cards may do.

Besides, I think you could throw the top three into a hat and any one of them would be a good pick and will better the offensive situation in Chicago. But knowing Emery he wants THE very best match he can get for himself and for Cutler so he'll narrow his views a lot in this next go round I think you can count on that.

Lovie Smith was a quality coach who simply couldn't win the big ones and get his team into championship position often enough. When you fire a guy like that you better be shooting for nothing short of excellence and I think that's all Emery will accept out of his final choice. The others will all be good picks but for one reason or another one of them will standout above the others and he'll be the guy.

You an also count on Emery telling us in detail exactly why this guy was his choice to. He's very good about laying it out for everybody which is just about 180 degrees the opposite of Angelo.

Originally Posted by GermansbombedPH

think we can say that Trestman won't be our new HC

Why do you say that? Do you think for one minute if the Bears were ready to make him an offer that he's choose the Raiders over them. If as "Moose" once said if Chicago is were WRs go to die then Oakland is where HCs go to die.

He coached for them before and turned Rich Gannon into and MVP and Super Bowl winner so you gotta think he's on their list and if the Bears are keeping their options open it just makes good sense that he'd do the same.

I think the first announcement this week of a new HC will be the Bears. As it stands that's the choicest position available right now. JMHO

All but one of known candidates free to talk after divisional playoffs

By Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune reporter

7:55 p.m. CST, January 13, 2013
ATLANTA — All but one of the 13 known candidates for the Bears' head coaching job are in play for general manager Phil Emery this week.

Colts offensive coordinator Bruce Arians interviewed for the job Sunday and it is believed he concludes an expansive initial list of prospects that Emery has met during travel across the country the last two weeks.

The Bears are expected to begin bringing finalists to Halas Hall for a second round of interviews this week, and the only candidate not available is Falcons special teams coordinator Keith Armstrong, whose team advanced to the NFC championship game. While Emery talked about being with his head coach during college all-star games, it's more important the Bears get a jump on filling out a staff for the new coach because with other openings closing, there is going to be a race to hire the best assistants.

Seahawks offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell, who interviewed with Emery in Atlanta on Saturday, is in the mix after his team was eliminated despite another remarkable game by rookie quarterback Russell Wilson. Wilson engineered a 20-point comeback in the fourth quarter, only to leave the Falcons with time for a winning field goal.

Three other offensive coordinators were made immediately available with divisional-round playoff losses this weekend — the Broncos' Mike McCoy, the Packers' Tom Clements and the Texans' Rick Dennison. McCoy is becoming a hot target as he reportedly will interview with the Chargers and a source said he could be the top choice of Cardinals President Michael Bidwill.

In a season highlighted by the play of rookie quarterbacks, Wilson in many ways stood out above the top two picks, Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III. The 75th overall pick won six straight games, beginning with an overtime victory at Soldier Field on Dec. 2 before losing Sunday despite 385 yards passing, 60 yards rushing and three combined touchdowns.

"It improved me as a coach and as an offensive coordinator (because) we had to figure out what is best for our players," Bevell said after the loss. "Obviously, a quarterback is much more involved in the offense and we had to understand his skill set, what his strengths are, what his weaknesses are, how much we can put on his plate, what we can expect him to do and still be successful.

"You grow (as a coach) in all kinds of ways. Obviously Russell kind of broke the mold in terms of what everyone thinks a quarterback can be and should be. So you kind of say, 'OK, let's just not count it out because of that number (height).' So, you learn lots of things in that situation."

Bevell, 43, was an offensive assistant with the Packers and then quarterbacks coach with Brett Favre before becoming the Vikings offensive coordinator in 2006, eventually working with Favre again and getting to an NFC title game. So he has done what Emery said a successful coach must in working with what he has on the roster.

"(Wilson and Favre) are kind of polar opposites, aren't they?" Bevell said. "I was fortunate to be working with a guy that had many, many years of experience when I started to coach Brett. So there was some learning I took from him in how to work with him, how to coach him and then when you get a rookie, you're learning exactly how to handle that situation as well."

Seahawks wide receiver Sidney Rice, who enjoyed the finest season of his career in Minnesota when Bevell was calling plays, said Bevell he is prepared for a bigger role after directing Seattle's offense the last two seasons.

"He's proven throughout his career as an offensive coordinator that his teams can make plays," Rice said. "He's been to an NFC championship game. He did well in Green Bay and now here. The offense is clicking and an opportunity is there for him. Why not give him a shot?"

A possible negative is that Bevell isn't the most vocal coach, but that might make him a fit for Emery.

"He doesn't talk a lot and most of the time he doesn't have to," Rice said. "Look at what he did. He had a hell of a year. All of those plays (for Wilson) were designed by Bev to get him going, and that is exactly what happened."

It will be interesting to see what direction Emery heads next. Eight of the 13 candidates have offensive backgrounds. In the divisional round of the playoffs, the NFC teams scored 45, 31, 30 and 28 points. The offense the new coach inherits is going to need some work to compete with the league's best.

Bevell cannot be sure if his time is coming. His father, Jim, was a high school coach in Arizona for decades and he always has aspired to become a head coach.

"The important thing for me is really ... I always want to do my job well, the job that I have," Bevell said. "That is one thing my dad taught me. I haven't been one of those guys always looking over the horizon, finding a better place to go, finding a better situation. Coach (Pete) Carroll, going back to Coach (Brad) Childress, going back to Coach (Mike) Sherman. They all entrusted me with a job and I just want to do that one.

"When you do it well, just as our team played well, everyone gets credit for it and all of a sudden you have All-Pro players, Pro Bowl players. It's the same deal. The success of those guys has helped me just doing what I am supposed to be doing."





Chicago Bears: Path is clear for general manager Phil Emery in Chicago Bears' search - chicagotribune.com

Originally Posted by MPBears68

Believe it or not, there's a ton of irate Packer fans on their boards screaming for Capers' head and wanting Lovie as DC. Like GB has the personnel to run a Lovie-esque defense. Yeah, that makes a lot of sense huh?

The chances of Lovie accepting any DC position in 2013 are slim and none with slim just over the horizon and heading west. He can very easily sit an collect his $5 mil or more and wait for just the right opportunity to come along and if he's smart he will.

Yeah as badly as SF gored our defense they totally shredded GB with that offense of theirs. SF and NE in the show, bank on it. They say defenses win championships but this year looks like it may be different. Look at the points that have been rolled up in all of these playoff games. The best teams are putting up over 40 points per game.

Emery has seen the light. No matter how great that Bears defense is you have to put points on the board these days to win big and we have played far to conservatively and unimaginatively under Lovie to do that. Lovie's conservative approach and stoicism are what's gonna make teams hesitate to take a chance on him. Offenses are ruling the roost this year and we all know how trendy the NFL can be.