Jordan Schultz: Bears Job is a Two-Horse Race Between Mike McCarthy and Ben Johnson

Rexman100 said

Yep, our only chance to get a quality head coach was to act fast and persistent. The Saints (Mickey) could be in denial, pretending like they have options. Forcing the Bears to make a decision yesterday, for Mike, or the Jets for Glenn, could’ve given us an advantage. We do not need to have face to face meetings with either of those guys because they both worked here.

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McCarthy hasn't worked here since the early 2000s and Glenn hasn't worked here in 3 years. It's a totally different team and situation. You have to meet with all these guys in person and talk over what their vision is for your roster and your team. It would be negligent to hire any coach without an in person interview.

They need to do a full set of interviews and only then make the decision. You don't rush this or you do what they did 3 years ago and end up going with Dennis Allen because you never really gave other coaches a chance.

And we have just as good of a chance getting a quality HC, maybe a better chance, if we go through a through and full process before making a hire. Truth is that often time the hot coaches aren't the ones that end up with success. That was certainly the case when we hired DA. Nobody would have predicted O'Connel as the gem of that HC class or Payton as the gem of his class.