John Fox nears deal with Bears

[don7031]

"Deal all but done" being reported widely. http://espn.go.com/chicago/nfl/story/_/id/12178602/john-fox-deal-become-coach-chicago-bears

The NFL should have a moratorium on hiring coaches during the playoffs. Let them interview, but no hiring until a week after the Super Bowl. The coordinators from teams that make a playoff run are either excluded from the process or screw over their teams (see Whisenhunt last year).

 

[Goldfield]

Good hire for Bears

 

[SoCal Cardfan]

He will have them mediocre to slightly above mediocre in no time!

 

[Jetstream Green]

Fox and Ryan now are just stop gaps, they are like a team signing a vet at QB which is nothing special, the Jason Campbells of the coach world (but has a name people can recognize as a safe pleaser) and will probably be gone in a few years... the Bills and the Bears are accomplishing nothing worth noting for their fans' future in my opinion

 

[Cheesebeef]

Fox and Ryan now are just stop gaps, they are like a team signing a vet at QB which is nothing special, the Jason Campbells of the coach world (but has a name people can recognize as a safe pleaser) and will probably be gone in a few years... the Bills and the Bears are accomplishing nothing worth noting for their fans' future in my opinion

i think Fox gets too little credit from a lot of people. The guy coached Jake Delhomme to two Conference Titles Games AND a Super Bowl AND won a playoff game with Tebow somehow. That's not too shabby.

 

[GatorAZ]

Upgrade but not enough to make a significant difference. Cutler has a backup mentality and their D is soft. If there's a team that's the definition of mediocrity it's the Bears.

 

[Darkside]

i think Fox gets too little credit from a lot of people. The guy coached Jake Delhomme to two Conference Titles Games AND a Super Bowl AND won a playoff game with Tebow somehow. That's not too shabby.

This is how I feel. There's a lot of coaches that everyone raves about without the record of a dude like Fox. For Fox to take that Carolina team as far as they went, multiple times, is ridic. Insane coaching IMO.

Doing it with Manning is kind of obvious. But I think he got a bad deal in Denver. He tried to run more because, besides Manning's injury, his arm was obviously dead. Manning has shown a totally dead arm later in the season, since he returned.

He won a playoff game with Tebow. What else needs to be said, honestly.