# Who will be the Bears' new GM and head coach? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** football-nfl\ **Created:** [January 10, 2022, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-the-bears-new-gm-and-head-coach/957545 "2022-01-10T20:27:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![gdave](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gdave/32/3683_2.png) [@gdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gdave)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2022, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-the-bears-new-gm-and-head-coach/957545/41 "2022-01-26T14:57:06Z")
> [@Akaj](#): > > Named Ryan Not to mention, **P** ac **e** vs. **P** ol **e** s… ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2022, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-the-bears-new-gm-and-head-coach/957545/42 "2022-01-26T15:18:10Z")
Right? If they create another Ryan & Matt pairing (with Colts DC Eberflus) I might have to reconsider my loyalty. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2022, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-the-bears-new-gm-and-head-coach/957545/43 "2022-01-26T15:56:28Z")
> [@gdave](#): > > Not to mention, **P** ac **e** vs. **P** ol **e** s… They’re saving money by only having to scrape a couple letters off his office door. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2022, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-the-bears-new-gm-and-head-coach/957545/44 "2022-01-26T19:29:27Z")
Ah, you beat me to the punch. I don’t know what to say about Poles and I haven’t been following the candidates very well so I don’t have much info on any of them. We’ll see how it shakes out, I guess. He was with the Bears as a lineman at one point so… yay? ---
**Author:** ![Airbeck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/airbeck/32/6574_2.png) [@Airbeck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airbeck)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2022, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-the-bears-new-gm-and-head-coach/957545/45 "2022-01-26T19:33:51Z")
Well, not really. He was signed as undrafted free agent offensive lineman out of college, but never made the roster when it was cut to the final 53 players. So he never played a game for us, or even was on the bench. So it’s quite a story that now he returns as the teams GM. That’s quite a glow up, or whatever the kids call it these days. ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2022, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-the-bears-new-gm-and-head-coach/957545/46 "2022-01-26T19:39:59Z")
> [@Airbeck](#): > > He was signed as undrafted free agent offensive lineman out of college, but never made the roster when it was cut to the final 53 players. “Cut me, huh? Just wait … someday I’ll be the GM and then I can cut whoever I want! Bwa-ha-ha!” ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2022, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-the-bears-new-gm-and-head-coach/957545/47 "2022-01-27T00:11:43Z")
I’m anxious about this hire for what are probably irrational reasons. Poles is a KC product. The previous 2 regimes featured KC products, Emery and Nagy. While there’s no obvious reason that Poles would have anything specifically in common with them, I can’t help but shake the feeling that we’re just on the same fucking treadmill. Then, Ryan Pace and Ryan Poles have a pretty similar resume. Young guys with a short stint as Executive Director of Player Personnel under a long-standing GM who was paired with a Hall of Fame Head Coach who has a strong influence on the front office. Easy to wonder how much of a role this guy really had in the grocery shopping. Pace wasn’t a total train wreck like Emery, but still we need better. I’m surprised that Poles hasn’t pushed us to interview either Toub or Bieniemy yet. Either it’s just not public, he’s got a gentleman’s agreement with the Chiefs to not poach, he doesn’t believe in either of them or the Bears want to get a hire completed before the window to do interviews re-opens. I really am underwhelmed by the finalists the Bears have so far. ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2022, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-the-bears-new-gm-and-head-coach/957545/48 "2022-01-27T02:11:41Z")
> [@Omniscient](#): > > Ryan Pace and Ryan Poles have a pretty similar resume. Young guys with a short stint as Executive Director of Player Personnel under a long-standing GM who was paired with a Hall of Fame Head Coach who has a strong influence on the front office. But this time will be different! 😜 ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2022, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-the-bears-new-gm-and-head-coach/957545/49 "2022-01-27T15:58:32Z")
> Let the wailing and gnashing begin. ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2022, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-the-bears-new-gm-and-head-coach/957545/50 "2022-01-27T16:06:33Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > [https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1486728596987133963](https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1486728596987133963) > > Let the wailing and gnashing begin. Aaugh – it’s Ryan & Matt redux! (But glad it’s not Jim Caldwell.) ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2022, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-the-bears-new-gm-and-head-coach/957545/51 "2022-01-28T23:05:40Z")
Linking to my comment in the carousel thread. > [@2022 NFL coaching carousel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-nfl-coaching-carousel/957096/75): > > It’s old news at this point, but the Bears hired Matt Eberflus to be the HC. [https://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/bears/bears-reportedly-hire-head-coach-matt-eberflus-fans-react](https://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/bears/bears-reportedly-hire-head-coach-matt-eberflus-fans-react) Personally, I’m a bit whelmed. Most of the commentary about the hire is positive, but in 90% of cases that’s expected for any non-controversial hire. While he’s primarily been a defensive guy, he was the Cowboys passing game coordinator for a stint with some success. Though he wasn’t the OC and was doing double duty as th… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-the-bears-new-gm-and-head-coach/957545.md?page=2)