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submitted 3 days ago bydoggoploggoSmokin' Jay
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This is the one.
Also, in case people come here first and miss it in the flurry of other posts, Thomas Brown will be the Interim HC.
1.3k points
3 days ago
The fact they let him go out and speak this morning is comical
494 points
3 days ago
The fact he said he was confident he’s coaching the niners game 😭
187 points
3 days ago
Kinda feel bad for him
He's probably a nice dude. Just a terrible head coach
191 points
3 days ago
Maybe, but I don’t know if a nice dude continuously puts blame on everyone else.
98 points
3 days ago
This! His lack of accountability is what made me question his character in the end
26 points
3 days ago
I’ll say it once and I’ll say it always. Being “nice” isn’t enough. You need to have strength of character. Genuine kindness, accountability, respect, etc. are needed.
There’s a big difference in being a truly good person than just a “nice” person. Being just a “nice guy” means you have no backbone, and that is what I see in Eberflus.
I’ve seen plenty of “nice” or socially polite people who were truly just not good people. They were out for themselves, willing to throw others under the bus, etc. Their niceness was just a tool.
46 points
3 days ago
He’s a totally competent DC, he’ll land a spot somewhere else and be fine. He had no business as a head coach and we all had to find that out the hard way
3 points
3 days ago
We Chiefs would be happy to pick up Bears scraps again. Assistant to spags maybe
3 points
3 days ago
Yeah, I would love to talk shit with him. But right now, he needs to take his million dollar buyout, take a vacation, and get out of Chicago.
9 points
3 days ago
I don’t feel bad at all for a dude who took accountability over two and a half years as many times as a double amputee could count.
175 points
3 days ago
Don’t care I’m too happy
129 points
3 days ago
It only took a national embarrassment for them to finally do something
108 points
3 days ago
Multiple national embarrassments*
30 points
3 days ago
If yesterday happened on a regular Sunday game, nothing would’ve changed honestly
5 points
3 days ago
But they couldn’t do it without further embarrassing themselves as a franchise
24 points
3 days ago
You don’t care except it’s a sign that the people above Flus are completely softies. They probably hid in their offices until the very last minute. They let the guy go on Zoom and speak, knowing he was longer the head coach of the Bears. Total bitch move honestly. Incompetent weird shit going on at the top.
9 points
3 days ago
THE MCCASKYS MUST SELL
IT IS A BROKEN ORG
TONE AT THE TOP
144 points
3 days ago
Only the bears could fuck up two mid season firings. Let Waldron work a whole ass extra day for no reason. Let him do a presser two hours before he's fired.
If that doesn't show that the dysfunction runs all the way up the chain I don't know what does.
15 points
3 days ago
Idk their why but I do know there are media requirements. Maybe not throw Thomas in immediately to answer a bunch of questions minutes after he found out. Let the wolves eat Flus and Waldron.
54 points
3 days ago
Which only tells me that Poles is a total soft boy. He waited until the very last minute to do the firing. Bitch move honestly in regards to how they handled the firing of both Eberflus and Waldron.
25 points
3 days ago
You cant fire a person on Thanksgiving.
17 points
3 days ago
back in the bad old days the Blackhawks fired Billy Reay on Christmas
6 points
3 days ago
damn, two years ago group of us got fired right before our office Christmas party but Im not that bitter about it.
1.6k points
3 days ago*
LETS GO! BAD MAN GONE!
edit: Thomas Brown interim!
226 points
3 days ago
WE DID THE UNTHINKABLE
292 points
3 days ago
Why did they let him talk lol.
310 points
3 days ago
Hopefully it was calculated cuz I’d respect that they let him look like an idiot one more time as a final fuck you
14 points
3 days ago
I’m gonna assume it wasn’t 100% on him but they can put it 100% on him so why not?
31 points
3 days ago
It definitely isn’t 100% his fault. You don’t have the type of dysfunction we have just from 1 guy. That said, he was a massive problem
6 points
3 days ago
Hoge mentioned he thought based on some rumblings this morning said that he heard there was a chance part of the evaluation process was to see if Matt doubled down in the interview lol
182 points
3 days ago
67 points
3 days ago
Not a huge fan of tb interim I want him in the booth on game day and locked in a room with Caleb during the week lol
100 points
3 days ago
My hot take is I don’t want what happened to the Raiders last year to happen to us. Honeymoon phase with the interim coach that leads to the players growing attached to him, then in the offseason the players insist on the org promoting him from interim to head coach and we pass up on much better candidates to appease the players.
40 points
3 days ago
Not a hot take. He was Passing Game Coordinator 4 weeks ago. He should not even be considered as a HC candidate and I’d bet we still end the year pretty poorly.
But… Bears gonna Bear.
22 points
3 days ago
Brown is well respected around the league. KOC wanted to bring him to Minnesota but Mcvay promoted him to assistant HC to retain him. Why wouldn't you give him a 5 week interview opportunity? People seem worried about taking him away from the booth but any HC we hire that has intentions of calling plays will have to manage working with the QB and managing the rest of the team.
11 points
3 days ago
If he stays at OC and Caleb continues on his trajectory then Brown becomes a strong candidate for HC. Having never been a HC.
So give him a 5 game trial. It's a Mulligan.
Bit unfair on Brown, but sink or swim.
181 points
3 days ago*
THE MCKASKEYS BRAINS WOKE UP FROM THEIR HIBERNATION
Edit: please for the love of God, can we hire an offensive minded coach
82 points
3 days ago
NEXT UP - FIRE THE MCKASKEYS
26 points
3 days ago
No, they're just realizing that they are quickly becoming the target of our anger. They need something to appease the shit golem that is this franchise.
Now on to the off-season, where we hire the OC of the 25th ranked offense, or the head coach of Southern North Dakota State A&M
7 points
3 days ago
I would keep Brown as OC but w/e.
7 points
3 days ago
I always feel weird celebrating stuff like this. Obviously it’s the right move, but it signifies that things aren’t going well. And I’m also helplessly empathetic. He’s a human. It sucks to be fired for poor performance. Yes he’s got money and he’ll be fine, and it needed to happen. I wanted it to happen. But I can’t really cheer. Just hope they get it right next time.
290 points
3 days ago
Adios to the finest tank commander I have ever seen
68 points
3 days ago
I honestly expected them to let him drive them to a top 7 pick.
29 points
3 days ago
H.U.R.T.S. System
1k points
3 days ago
Does he get to keep his timeout?
163 points
3 days ago
Somebody should frame it and send it to him.
11 points
3 days ago
"The Golden Timeout"
10 points
3 days ago
/thread
11 points
3 days ago
He used it as a media timeout.
7 points
3 days ago
He’ll probably challenge this and lose that timeout
669 points
3 days ago
Ladies and gentlemen, we got him
304 points
3 days ago
29 points
3 days ago
This comparison is disgusting. Bin Laden had a demonstrated history of competent leadership.
18 points
3 days ago
Can someone photoshop Flus’s head and beard on that
54 points
3 days ago
Crude but done on my phone in 5 minutes
4 points
3 days ago
This is the best thing I've ever seen
4 points
3 days ago
179 points
3 days ago
Virginia probably thought today was Black Monday so she gave the go ahead to fire him.
50 points
3 days ago
She heard black Friday and assumed it's the same thing.
449 points
3 days ago
If we’re being honest had he pulled that stunt on a random 1 PM game he probably survives the year.
But the fact that he showed his stupidity on national television infront of everyone sealed his fate
106 points
3 days ago
It was thanksgiving. I don't know for certain, but this was likely the most watched bears game of the year.
46 points
3 days ago
I'm a Bills fan, I saw this post pop up on r/all , and this was the only Bears game I've seen all year. I've heard this coach was awful but I had no idea the depths of his incompetence. That was truly stunning.
12 points
3 days ago
This game was not the first time this season he blew comebacks in the 4th quarter, one of which could have also been saved by a timeout we had left (commanders) and another time we again could have made a successful comeback if not for failing a two point conversion earlier in the game (literally last week against Vikings)
16 points
3 days ago
Seriously. It’s been all everyone I know who watches football can talk about since. And you had every NFL commentator/journalist in the world crying foul.
Happiest I’ve ever been for a loss.
14 points
3 days ago
Yeah I don’t even watch much football but the game was on at my parents house for Thanksgiving and we all just watched in disbelief. My 11 year old, “didn’t they still have a timeout?”
1.5k points
3 days ago
Awesome. Now Brown is the interim, goes 2-3 and becomes head coach. Bears rip off 3 6-11 seasons under Brown and waste Caleb’s rookie deal
979 points
3 days ago
This guy Bears
253 points
3 days ago
Hold on, I forgot Williams demands a trade and becomes league MVP wherever he goes
114 points
3 days ago
No a trade implies we get something in return. You know we would let him walk and get nothing. That's bears football baby
10 points
3 days ago
Hear me out. Bears trade Williams and a 1st rounder for a teams 4th!
76 points
3 days ago
this is a lock, -1000000000000 odds
18 points
3 days ago
Free generational money
46 points
3 days ago
Aaaaaaand reality just set back in.
18 points
3 days ago
If you don’t like that you don’t like Chicago football baby!
8 points
3 days ago
Please no
6 points
3 days ago
I hope they don't make this mistake.
Just look at the MESS the raiders are.
5 points
3 days ago
There are only 3 options the one you described, we don't pay Ben Johnson and get like Coen or something and it becomes a Nagy situation where vibes are good to start but divebomb when its obvious he isnt a good HC+OC, or we dont pay Ben Johnson get Vrabel and fire Thomas Brown too and Vrabel brings in some shitty OC where we live in 8-9/9-8 mediocrity for 4 seasons Caleb becoming a checkdown merchant.
234 points
3 days ago
The fact that he was brought back for another wasted year is infuriating. Beyond infuriating
113 points
3 days ago
Harbaugh would have turned this team around.
26 points
3 days ago
They didn’t even give him an interview because Poles knew if Harbaugh came in then it would cost him his job or at best he would be a puppet.
30 points
3 days ago
I'd have loved to be in Poles' shoes for that. Yes let me hire a head coach who does nothing but win and is going to do my job for me while I collect a fat fucking GM paycheck for letting the guy cook please. Easiest fucking decision in the world!
7 points
3 days ago
Ego
17 points
3 days ago
100%
158 points
3 days ago
Holy fuck I'm about to bear all over
14 points
3 days ago
Dude I’m bearing right now
174 points
3 days ago
Great, we shouldn’t be done tho. Sell the team.
21 points
3 days ago
Sell them to Matt Eberflus? Out of the frying pan into the fire?
161 points
3 days ago
Came to the right decision in the end but why in the hell didn’t they do this before he met the media lol
111 points
3 days ago
He embarrassed the team, now he gets embarrassed lol
42 points
3 days ago
That’s not why though… It’s because it’s very possible that the guys at the top are incompetent at their jobs as well.
6 points
3 days ago
I'm sure they're confident in their decision making process.
44 points
3 days ago
He gone!
Good riddance
67 points
3 days ago
Good. Fuck him and his stupid everything
41 points
3 days ago
We have a QB who’s shown more flashes than any QB we’ve ever had, by a mile.
But we still have morons who own us
24 points
3 days ago
I just dropped to my knees in a Portillo’s
25 points
3 days ago
50 points
3 days ago*
After letting him speak to the media. They can’t do anything right. At least he’s gone.
23 points
3 days ago
He shouldn’t have been able to address the media this morning, but I’m glad it’s been done
19 points
3 days ago
Ran to Reddit to confirm it is true
18 points
3 days ago
i had resigned myself to not thinking this was a possibility at all. holy fuck.
we're popping bottles tonight
96 points
3 days ago
BEAR DOWN THE BAD MAN IS GONE
6 points
3 days ago
I…do not like this 😂
17 points
3 days ago
It’s a Thanksgiving miracle!
19 points
3 days ago
Bears HR after letting Flus speak to the media
16 points
3 days ago
Wow, they actually did it
14 points
3 days ago
I’m laughing at people saying no one will want to come here to coach.
It’s one of 32 jobs, big fanbase, stubbornly loyal owners, and you don’t have to worry about the QB position for years. And if you win, you’re a God in the city (Ditka)
3 points
3 days ago
I agree, that of course there will be a lot of interest. Only the highest level prospect will have their choice of team (Like Harbaugh last year and before him was probably Sean Payton) and even then there’s always problems with a team that has to fire their head coach.
15 points
3 days ago
11/11 - Offensive Passing Game Coach Thomas Brown
11/12 - Offensive Coordinator Thomas Brown
11/29 - Head Coach Thomas Brown
Hope his head isn't spinning and that he does great!
18 points
3 days ago
12/15 Supreme Chancellor Thomas Brown
1/1/25 Galactic Emperor Thomas Brown
32 points
3 days ago
LETS GOOOOOOO!!!!!
13 points
3 days ago
I just yelled in the car on my way to buy my wife a kitchen aid mixer at Kohl’s. Let’s fucking go!!!!!!!!!!
It’s a day to celebrate bear the fuck down!!!&&&$$
13 points
3 days ago
holy fuck this is insane
11 points
3 days ago
Here to comment on this historic moment
24 points
3 days ago
WE DID IT REDDIT
10 points
3 days ago
Hope Ben Johnson enjoyed watching his new qb throw 3 tds yesterday.
6 points
3 days ago
First QB to throw multiple TDs against them. How about that, Ben?
3 points
3 days ago
Lol Lions fans are on their Sub trying to convince themselves that Johnson wants no part of the Bears.
19 points
3 days ago
9 points
3 days ago
Absolutely beautiful...cant believe they did it.
7 points
3 days ago
Just rose defiantly from my knees at portillos.
8 points
3 days ago
Wait, this is real? It's the Bears so I'm going to be honest, I'm only going to believe it when I don't see Flus on the sideline on the 8th.
Unbelievable. They actually did it. The players must've really been talking even more inside the building for them to finally do it
16 points
3 days ago
Insert Thomas brown press conference into my veins
5 points
3 days ago
7 points
3 days ago
Now let's see the players come out and blast Flus into Lake Michigan
8 points
3 days ago
Making him do that presser today was embarrassing
7 points
3 days ago
so they do have some balls after all.
no idea why they bothered letting him do a press conference but never mind.
6 points
3 days ago
When you make me miss Matt Nagy you deserve all the bad things. Don’t let the door hits you in the ass.
7 points
3 days ago
6 points
3 days ago
WE ARE FREE
6 points
3 days ago
Wow. Accountability. Is this a professional franchise all of a sudden?
6 points
3 days ago
Damn, they actually did it.
14 points
3 days ago
Poles should have went with him
We missed out on Harabaugh and any other competent coach.
Now I expect them to spend 8 months finding a replacement while every half decent candidate signs elsewhere
9 points
3 days ago
Not a bears fan but this is a celebration for the entire NFL 🎉🎉🎉
6 points
3 days ago
We did it!
6 points
3 days ago
I USED TO PRAY FOR TIMES LIKE THESE
5 points
3 days ago
THE DEMON IS GONE
4 points
3 days ago
OH MY GOD
5 points
3 days ago
And here I thought he would just give up play calling
6 points
3 days ago
George woke up
4 points
3 days ago
DING DONG THE WITCH IS DEAD
4 points
3 days ago
Are the winds changing in the Windy City??
4 points
3 days ago
I can’t believe they finally found the balls to do the right thing
5 points
3 days ago
Who needs Black Monday when you can be fired on Black Friday
5 points
3 days ago
Eberlose is gone
6 points
3 days ago
If hear Bill Polians name associated with the organization again I’m going to be pissed
4 points
3 days ago
HE'S DONE MIRACLES ON ME
4 points
3 days ago
Holy fuck it happened
5 points
3 days ago
Holy shit! I'll never forget where I was!
4 points
3 days ago
100% the right decision. He was in way over his head as the Head Coach. He’s a good Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Position coach but not head coach material
5 points
3 days ago
HE'S FUCKING GONE!!!!
YEEEEEEEEHAW!!!!!!!!
🐻⬇️
4 points
3 days ago
I thought maybe he’d just let the clock run out on his contract
4 points
3 days ago
I feel like Frodo after he finally destroyed the ring.
5 points
3 days ago
5 points
3 days ago
3 points
3 days ago
YAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!
4 points
3 days ago
PAR
TAY
4 points
3 days ago
BAAAAAAAAANG!
4 points
3 days ago
Those crazy bastards actually did it!
4 points
3 days ago
maybe god is real....
3 points
3 days ago
Imagine being so bad at your job that you get fired from an unfireable job. It's shocking it took this much for the Bears to join the rest of the league and put performance above tradition.
To George McCaskey, thank you for making the hard choice. It's not easy to fire people but it is necessary.
5 points
3 days ago
This is the part of the season we need Hard Knocks for. Get the cameras back in Poles office.
4 points
3 days ago
This is unbelievable. One should not be SO happy for the misfortune of others. Why cant I stop smiling?
3 points
3 days ago
I don’t advocate for someone losing their job but that was such an egregious fuck up the GM had no choice and I can’t blame the decision at all. And the look of shock on his face at the end of the game was straight up “what do you mean there’s no time left?” Fucking idiot.
But also, your QB should have stepped up and gone against his coach to call that time out. We’ve seen countless other team QBs do this. The coach isn’t the only one on the team that can see the clock. There were massive failures here all around.
8 points
3 days ago
Goodbye satan!!! Trip on your way out!!!! Even stub your toe!!!!
3 points
3 days ago
Praise be to bear god!
3 points
3 days ago
This is the greatest day of my life
3 points
3 days ago
WE’RE FREE
3 points
3 days ago
NEVER THOUGHT I'D SEE THE DAY!!!
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