24-25 NFL Thread

[Chicago White Sox]

1 hour ago, SoxAce said:

My thing is, if you’re not going to let the GM lead the search then just fire him too. You don’t trust him, that’s fine, me either... then fire him. This is typical Bears malpractice. 

I would say the only exception would be if you want a HC that will sit an equal or higher in the pecking order as the GM (say Shanahan).  Otherwise, you’re undermining your GM for no real reason.

[bmags]

I feel like the rapaport report is in a little bit of aggregation telephone. I feel like his point was to affirm that poles was not getting fired. Yes it is technically warrens search since he’d be signing off and part of the process, not sure he meant to imply Kevin is leading it

[PaleAleSox]

1 hour ago, bmags said:

I feel like the rapaport report is in a little bit of aggregation telephone. I feel like his point was to affirm that poles was not getting fired. Yes it is technically warrens search since he’d be signing off and part of the process, not sure he meant to imply Kevin is leading it

Yeah I think he just said it weird. 

[Kyyle23]

Justin Tucker has the yips

[Chisoxfn]

2 hours ago, Chicago White Sox said:

I would say the only exception would be if you want a HC that will sit an equal or higher in the pecking order as the GM (say Shanahan).  Otherwise, you’re undermining your GM for no real reason.

This - the only scenario I see here is if you are Poles maybe you don’t go for Vrabel or Beli (or last year Harbaugh) cause they would bring more power and thus you prefer the greener candidates. This allows that scenario to be off the table but it also shows a lack of trust. 

[Lip Man 1]

A litany of incompetence:

Eberflus was a problem, but he wasn’t the only one. A franchise that has won only six playoff games since its 1985 Super Bowl season has issues that go far deeper. Chairman George McCaskey, president/CEO Kevin Warren and Poles have been entrusted to fix them. That’s troubling, given that they let them fester in the first place.

Warren appears no closer to finding a home for the Bears’ new stadium — or anyone to pay for it — than he was when he started in April 2023. Poles is expected to remain in his role next season, but he flubbed his initial hire of Eberflus. And the Bears have yet to win a playoff game in McCaskey’s 13 years as chairman.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/bears/2024/12/01/bears-fire-matt-eberflus-caleb-williams-risks-stunting-growth-missteps-shane-waldron-luke-getsy-ryan-poles