The Chicago Bears are digging deep for his or her subsequent head coach, and it looks as if all choices are on the desk. Bears GM Ryan Poles didn’t even rule out the commerce market to safe their subsequent man when requested in his end-of-season press convention yesterday.
They’ve already confirmed they aren’t shy about taking a look at head coaches who’re presently employed. An interview with Dallas Cowboys HC Mike McCarthy was requested and subsequently denied by Jerry Jones.
ESPN’s Mike Greenberg thinks the Bears ought to go all in and commerce for Pittsburgh Steelers HC Mike Tomlin.
“There isn’t any crew within the NFL that wants a tradition constructed greater than the Chicago Bears,” Greenberg stated Wednesday on Get Up. “The Chicago Bears ought to supply something it takes to see if the Steelers can be keen to commerce them Mike Tomlin after which simply hand the franchise to him.”
Not solely would the Bears should go all in on their supply to the Steelers, however they’d should go all in on their supply to Tomlin. Adam Schefter reported that “one crew” reached out a few commerce however was informed of a no-trade clause in his contract. Given the circumstances, the Bears very effectively may have been the crew that reached out. Tomlin must be given a fairly candy supply to waive his no-trade clause.
Whereas trades for head coaches are enjoyable to take a position about each offseason, they’re so uncommon that they’re barely value mentioning anymore. The final actual one to occur was in 2006, and there have been a number of again in that period. The latest two involving Sean Payton and Bruce Arians have been each whereas these coaches have been retired. The trades have been solely essential as a result of their earlier groups nonetheless had rights to their contracts.
There’s in all probability a superb portion of Steelers followers who would view a Mike Tomlin commerce because the best-case state of affairs. Many have been wanting to maneuver on from Tomlin and his lack of playoff wins for years, and getting a king’s ransom of draft picks within the course of can be even higher. I wouldn’t get your hopes up an excessive amount of, although. Tomlin has stated many instances that he loves his job in Pittsburgh, and the Steelers don’t have it of their DNA to commerce a head coach like that.
Schefter stated he will get no sense {that a} commerce would truly occur.
