As A Quasi Bears Fan, The Chicago Bears NEED To Hire Mike Singletary And They Needed To Do It Yesterday

The Score - The Bears interviewed franchise great and Hall of Fame linebacker Mike Singletary for their defensive coordinator vacancy, the Athletic reported Wednesday.

Singletary, 62, has worked in multiple coaching roles since 2003, including two years as 49ers head coach from 2009-'10. Singletary last coached in the NFL in 2016, serving as a Rams defensive assistant. He was an eight-time All-Pro linebacker who played with the Bears from 1981-'92.

Singletary was a linebacker on the Bears' lone Super Bowl championship team in 1985 and was selected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1998.

The Bears have interviewed former Vikings defensive coordinator George Edwards, former Giants defensive coordinator James Bettcher and Colts defensive backs coach Jonathan Gannon for their defensive coordinator position, according to reports.

Chuck Pagano, the Bears' defensive coordinator in the last two seasons, announced his retirement from coaching last week.

This news greeted a lot of Chicagoans as they rubbed the sleep out of their eyes this morning. And if they're anything like my friends, they were immediately thrilled at the prospect, before talking themselves out of it.

"this guy has failed in seemingly every coaching role he's ever had. He got fired by the 49ers and didn't stick with the Vikings or Rams. Then he took a job as an AAF coach and went 2-6. And, of course, he most recently was canned from a job at a Texas high school for going 1-21 over two seasons"

I don't wanna hear it.

As Carl explained, and as it appears Chicagoans are coming to realize, Bears ownership aren't "football people."

(sidebar- a great anecdote of the McCaskey family comes from a good friend of mine that's plugged in and has gotten the p̶r̶i̶v̶i̶l̶e̶g̶e̶ punishment to watch a few Bears games in the owners box with the family. The first time he thought it was a fluke, or technical difficulties, but after the second and third time he realized these people are from outer space. They watch the game in complete silence. Windows closed, no tv audio, radio audio, or closed circuit anything. Because of this they have no clue what's going on on the field and every other play somebody is yelling "was that us?" or "what happened?" like it's my nana watching a movie. imagine being the family that's owned one of the oldest organizations in sports in the entire world, the fulcrum of North American football, whose only responsibility in life is to learn and enjoy football and you can't even do that correctly. How do you expect these people to put a winning product on the field?"

Enter Samurai Mike Singletary.

First off, it goes without saying, but anybody that rocks a wooden cross on a string is a fucking bad ass and not to be trifled with.

The Jesuits-

And Mike Singletary-

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Secondly, despite his resume as a coach, the man is a winner.

'85 Bears. Ever heard of them?

He's also the 57th greatest player of all time. No big deal.

People are acting like the Bears hiring process is some arduous screening process where they vet out only the cream of the crop. When in reality it's barely a step above the Cum Fiesta casting couch. 

We're talking about an organization that has handed the keys to Dave Wannstedt, Dick Jauron, Marc Trestman, and John Fox, and allowed those buffoons to bring in guys like Mike Tice, Mike Martz, John Shoop, and Adam Gase, to name a few. 

All of a sudden you want to use winning records as a litmus test for hireability?

Basically, if you have a pulse and can hold a clipboard the McCaskey’s will hire you.

Let me ask you this, does passion like this grow on trees?

To summarize, in Mike Singletary's world-

1- we go out and hit people in the mouth

2- we ain't a charity. we can't give games away.

3- me first players? Can’t have em. Can’t win with em. Can’t coach em. Can’t do it. Won’t do it.

4- He wants winners! 

5- He wants guys that are solution-oriented. (His words, not mine)

Sounds like a leader I’d follow through hell in gasoline boots.

The Bears have been talking about a culture change for how long now?

A team that has been floundering for over a decade now in dire need of an adrenaline boost and kick in the ass has one of the greatest players of all time come knocking on their door looking to fill a defensive coordinator position where he will have plenty of tools to work with and young players to help develop. What the fuck am I missing here? 

You just handed the keys to nice guy (but pretty awful motivator and game planner) Chuck Pagano. There is only up to go. If it doesn't work out at the very least you give your die-hard fans a W and something to get amped up about. Why not take a shot on The Minister Of Defense?

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