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

I tend to agree with soul's comments above. I think any of these candidates come with their own set of pluses, but each also have their own set of question marks. I think most of the question marks surrounding Trestman are relatively weak compared to those surrounding some of the other guys. We have all seen "the hot names" come and go each year and we've seen many of them fail. To me, a lot of these guys have that same aura about them. I think Arians has a good chance at being successful, but I think I like the idea of Trestman. He's kinda goofy lookin, but again, that's a pretty weak negative:smile:.

If anyone is curious about Trestman, ESPN 1000 in Chicago is interviewing Steve Young about his time with Trestman at 10 AM central.

I agree with the poll results. I'd rather have Lovie Smith than sign awful Bevell. Russell Wilson made him look good. I hope Emery isn't falling for him, or we are screwed.

Soul,

If Trestman turns to be the guy (and it looks more and more likely), do you have any insight on who he might want as OC? Do you have any insight on what he might do with Bates? OC? Keep him as QB coach? Not keep at all? Thanks for your thoughts.

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Originally Posted by MPBears68

Soul,

If Trestman turns to be the guy (and it looks more and more likely), do you have any insight on who he might want as OC? Do you have any insight on what he might do with Bates? OC? Keep him as QB coach? Not keep at all? Thanks for your thoughts.

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Brad Biggs on the Score said that Bates was practically gone.

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Originally Posted by The Benjamin

Brad Biggs on the Score said that Bates was practically gone.

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Thanks, Benj. Posted my question then saw your thread where you answered it.

Im not surprised Toub is leaving, though disappointed. When he clearly was not given a real shot at the job (his interview was late and seemed like a "courtesy look only") and then was given permission to interview elsewhere, you knew the writing was on the wall. I guess DT told Emery he wanted to explore opportunities elsewhere and saw a HC as making his future with the Bears sort of a dead end for now. Maybe he's hoping to snag an OC job if HC doesn't pan out.

Bates I was a little more surprised at but probably a similar scenario. Wants to be an OC and that wasn't going to happen with a new HC already having someone in mind? At least Trestman has some personal familiarity with Cutler since he seems like the front runner right now.

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Originally Posted by MPBears68

Thanks, Benj. Posted my question then saw your thread where you answered it.

Im not surprised Toub is leaving, though disappointed. When he clearly was not given a real shot at the job (his interview was late and seemed like a "courtesy look only") and then was given permission to interview elsewhere, you knew the writing was on the wall. I guess DT told Emery he wanted to explore opportunities elsewhere and saw a HC as making his future with the Bears sort of a dead end for now. Maybe he's hoping to snag an OC job if HC doesn't pan out.

Bates I was a little more surprised at but probably a similar scenario. Wants to be an OC and that wasn't going to happen with a new HC already having someone in mind? At least Trestman has some personal familiarity with Cutler since he seems like the front runner right now.

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I'm actually thinking the HC interview itself was a favor to Toub. Toub maybe wanted to move on anyway, and the HC interview gave him exposure and raised his profile for other teams.

Name (age)	Team	Position	Interview Date	2nd Interview
Keith Armstrong (47)	Falcons	ST Coord	Tue, Jan 1	---
Mike Sullivan	Buccaneers	OC	Wed, Jan 2	---
Pete Carmichael (41)	Saints	OC	Thu, Jan 3	---
Joe DeCamillis (47)	Cowboys	ST Coord	Sat, Jan 5	---
Mike McCoy (40)	Broncos	OC	Sun, Jan 6	---
Marc Trestman (56)	Alouettes (CFL)	HC	Mon, Jan 7	Mon, Jan14
Dave Toub (50)	Da Bears	ST Coord	Mon, Jan 7	---
Tom Clements (59)	Packers	OC	Thur, Jan 10	---
Rick Dennison (54)	Texans	OC	Fri, Jan 11	---
Darrell Bevell (43)	Seahawks	OC	Sat, Jan 12	Tue, Jan 15
Mike Singletary (54)	Vikings	LB Coach	Sat, Jan 12	---
Mike Priefer (46)	Vikings	ST Coord	Sat, Jan 12	---
Bruce Arians (60)	Colts	OC	Sun, Jan 13	Wed, Jan 16 CHANGED TO Tue, Jan 15

Arians is interviewing today, so we may get an announcement later today, or early tomorrow....

And of course, the most important day in Bears history in the last 6 years, and the forums are acting up.

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Originally Posted by JJ-30

A year ago I would have said no way. But then a year ago we hadn't hired a GM that couldn't bring in his own HC. None of us know whats was said or asked of any of these guys. I like both of them but I also like my plan.

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What I said about a head coach coming in with a pre-ordained offensive coordinator and would we want a guy like that being head coach...

Your post would give me pause about Emery, but I think he knew he could (and was going to) drop Smith at some point. I don't think that would be the case here.

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