<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"><head><meta charset="utf-8"><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1,maximum-scale=1,user-scalable=no,shrink-to-fit=no"><title>Bears Hire Ryan Pace As Their New GM</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://htlbid.com/v3/app.barstoolsports.com/htlbid.css"><script async src="https://htlbid.com/v3/app.barstoolsports.com/htlbid.js"></script><script>window.htlbid=window.htlbid||{},htlbid.cmd=htlbid.cmd||[],htlbid.cmd.push((function(){htlbid.setTargeting("pagetype","blog"),htlbid.setTargeting("authorId","45"),htlbid.setTargeting("Verity_keywords",["hire ryan pace","great hire","group","team","year","big game week","big cat","el pres","part","phil emery","live event barstool sports picks central || monday","barstool scottsdale | tonight","et tune","kfc","wikipedia page"]),htlbid.setTargeting("Verity_IABv1",["IAB17","IAB17-12"]),htlbid.setTargeting("Verity_IABv2",["484","488","483"]),htlbid.setTargeting("Verity_IABv3",["484","483","488"]),htlbid.setTargeting("Verity_positive","0.36"),htlbid.setTargeting("Verity_neutral","0.55"),htlbid.setTargeting("Verity_negative","0.09"),htlbid.setTargeting("Verity_GGT5_conf","VERY_HIGH"),htlbid.setTargeting("Verity_GGT5_risk","HIGH"),htlbid.setTargeting("is_testing","no"),htlbid.layout()}))</script><script>var googletag = googletag || {};
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<p><a href="http://chicago.barstoolsports.com/files/2015/01/Screen-Shot-2015-01-08-at-2.10.02-PM.png"><img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-135814" alt="Screen Shot 2015-01-08 at 2.10.02 PM" src="http://chicago.barstoolsports.com/files/2015/01/Screen-Shot-2015-01-08-at-2.10.02-PM-480x223.png" width="480" height="223" sizes="(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 776px" loading="eager"></a></p><p><a href="http://chicago.barstoolsports.com/files/2015/01/Screen-Shot-2015-01-08-at-2.07.31-PM.png"><img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-135816" alt="Screen Shot 2015-01-08 at 2.07.31 PM" src="http://chicago.barstoolsports.com/files/2015/01/Screen-Shot-2015-01-08-at-2.07.31-PM-480x249.png" width="480" height="249" sizes="(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 776px" loading="lazy"></a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>GREAT HIRE! GREAT FUCKING HIRE!!!!</p><p> </p><p>*googles Ryan Pace*</p><p> </p><p>GREAT HIRE! Any time you can get a guy who helped build a team like the Saints you’re doing fantastic. Also played football at Eastern Illinois AND doesn’t have a Wikipedia page (oooooh, mysterious). But in all seriousness anyone who tries to predict how Ryan Pace will do is simply guessing. I’m sure the <a title="Bears" class="aalmanual" target="_blank" href="https://seatgeek.com/chicago-bears-tickets/?aid=12060">Bears</a> had a group of very qualified intelligent candidates to pick from. Phil Emery was part of that group 3 years ago. How he cleans up this mess and rebuilds this team in the coming years is honestly anyone’s guess. But I will say this, no glasses, moving in the right direction boys!</p><p> </p><p>No Nerds Allowed</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://chicago.barstoolsports.com/files/2015/01/Screen-Shot-2015-01-08-at-2.15.18-PM.png"><img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-135818" alt="Screen Shot 2015-01-08 at 2.15.18 PM" src="http://chicago.barstoolsports.com/files/2015/01/Screen-Shot-2015-01-08-at-2.15.18-PM-480x497.png" width="480" height="497" sizes="(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 776px" loading="lazy"></a></p>

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