I like what you did there
Well, one way that this is different than Trump is that the person responsible will actually be held accountable:
The Chicago Bears fired Matt Eberflus on Friday, making an in-season coaching change for the first time in franchise history less than 24 hours after a three-point loss to the Detroit Lions in which Eberflus was widely criticized for his clock management.The loss dropped the Bears to 4-8 on the season and 14-32 in Eberflus’ two-plus seasons in Chicago. He was 5-19 in one-score games and 2-13 in the NFC North.
Offensive coordinator Thomas Brown will serve as the interim head coach.
“We understand how imperative the head coaching role is for building and maintaining a championship-caliber team, leading our players and our organization,” Bears president and CEO Kevin Warren said in a statement. “Our fans have stood by us and persevered through every challenge, and they deserve better results. Our organizational and operational structure is strong, focused, aligned and energized for the future.”
Alas, I don’t think Roger Goodell will invent a theory of head coach immunity to bail Eberflus out. Rumors that Eberflus asserted that firing a coach would be white neoliberalism are unconfirmed at press time.
Enjoy the call of the last plays of Eberflus’s head coaching career from Jim Nantz, Westwood One, and the Lions and Bears radio broadcasts:
Truly great TV making. Nantz escalating approaching panic that comes for Eberflus employment. Romo saying “no” twice in different tones of whimper, from “oh no!” to “Jim, no!” Nantz nails dismount. Pan to coach realizing on national holiday America has just seen him get fired. –… pic.twitter.com/42NjtsgAiy— Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz (@LeBatardShow) November 28, 2024
Matt Eberflus forgets he has a timeout on national television,
called by @jasonbenetti and @RyanDLeaf for Westwood One: pic.twitter.com/J9TFSl0FOf— will: Riley Greene Truther (@wrhiv_72) November 28, 2024
Matt Eberflus forgets he has a timeout and the Lions win,
called by @DanMillerFox2, Lomas Brown, and TJ Lang from the Lions Radio Network: pic.twitter.com/CO8MspCjkG— will: Riley Greene Truther (@wrhiv_72) November 29, 2024
Matt Eberflus forgets about his timeouts and costs the bears the game,
called by Jeff Joniak and Tom Thayer for the Bears radio network: pic.twitter.com/nExrXFnGQB— will: Riley Greene Truther (@wrhiv_72) November 29, 2024