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Re: 2013 Chicago Bears
DIR By: WshflThinking
Date: January 15, 2013, 11:22 am
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Bears narrow down coaching search
Updated: January 15, 2013, 11:48 AM ET
The Chicago Bears have entered their second phase in finding a
head coach and will speak again with three candidates, including
Seattle Seahawks offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell.
Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said Monday that Bevell and
defensive coordinator Gus Bradley were "heading toward second
interviews." Bradley is in the running for the Philadelphia
Eagles' job.
The Bears also will conduct a second interview with Marc
Trestman, the head coach of the CFL's Montreal Alouettes,
sources told ESPN. Bevell and Trestman are the first two
candidates to be identified as finalists for the Bears' coaching
vacancy, according to sources.
[B]Trestman was at Halas Hall, the Bears' team headquarters, on
Monday, a league source told ESPNChicago.com.[/B]
Indianapolis Colts offensive coordinator Bruce Arians also
reportedly is a finalist and will receive a second interview.
Bevell just finished his second season as Seattle's offensive
coordinator and drew high praise for his work with rookie
quarterback Russell Wilson. He also served as Minnesota's
coordinator from 2006-10 and was an assistant in Green Bay
before that, working with Brett Favre.
The Bears, who declined to comment, could be speaking to others
as well, as they have conducted a thorough search to replace
longtime coach Lovie Smith.
Chicago also has met with Packers offensive coordinator Tom
Clements and Houston Texans offensive coordinator Rick Dennison.
Smith was fired Dec. 31 after nine seasons in Chicago.
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Re: 2013 Chicago Bears
DIR By: WshflThinking
Date: January 15, 2013, 11:27 am
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Will Bears buck the NFL's age trend?
January, 15, 2013
By Kevin Seifert | ESPNChicago.com
As word filtered out Monday night on the finalists for the
Chicago Bears' coaching job, some of you immediately expressed
support for Seattle Seahawks offensive coordinator Darrell
Bevell. Why? Everyone has their reasons, but without a doubt,
age is one of them.
Via Twitter, @cubbieBearHawk wrote: "We need a young Innovative
mind not senior citizens." Meanwhile, @MikeDBears recognized how
unusual his hopes were: "cant believe im rooting for the 2 old
guys."
Fans tend to gravitate toward the "young, innovative mind"
narrative -- especially for first-time head coaches. And quite
frankly, NFL teams do as well. That undeniable fact makes the
Bears' other two known finalists -- Marc Trestman and Bruce
Arians -- unique.
Bevell is 43, which puts him neatly in the profile of recent NFL
hires. Arians, meanwhile, is 60 and Trestman is 57. As silly as
it might sound, their ages make them outliers in the candidate
pool teams have recently dipped into among candidates who have
not been NFL head coaches before. (In the video, ESPN's Adam
Schefter implies Trestman could be a finalist for the job.)
I did a quick look Tuesday morning at the ages of the 21 current
coaches who -- like Bevell, Trestman and Arians -- had never
been NFL head coaches when hired into their jobs. The average
age of those men was 45.3 years old, with a range of 34 (Mike
Tomlin of the Pittsburgh Steelers) to 51 (Mike Munchak of the
Tennessee Titans, Leslie Frazier of the Minnesota Vikings and
Chuck Pagano of the Indianapolis Colts.)
There are seven men who are in their second jobs as NFL head
coaches, meanwhile, and Arians is older than all of them were
when they were hired. Trestman is older than all but Seattle
Seahawks coach Pete Carroll, who was 58 when he accepted the
job.
In a vacuum, I hope we would all argue that age shouldn't be so
relevant in a job that should require leadership and experience.
But in recent history, at least, it's clear that NFL teams are
just as drawn as fans are to young coaches with potential for
growth, favoring them over those who -- like Arians and Trestman
-- have spent decades working their way through the coaching
ranks.
It would take weeks to fully report out the reasons for that
trend. I'm sure that identifying with players, energizing fan
bases and bringing "new" schemes are all part of the allure.
What we can say is this: The Bears would certainly buck recent
NFL thought by hiring Arians -- whose role as the Colts' interim
coach this season was temporary and came only after Pagano's
bout with leukemia -- or Trestman. I don't think it is the least
bit fair to see that kind of ageism taking place, but as I'm
sure every NFL coach in recent history has said at some point,
it is
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Re: 2013 Chicago Bears
DIR By: WshflThinking
Date: January 15, 2013, 11:29 am
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You just have to wonder hows come neither Arians or Trestman
were never HCs in the NFL previously.
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Re: 2013 Chicago Bears
DIR By: vj
Date: January 15, 2013, 11:29 am
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Listening to some of the interviews on the score regarding the
final 3...
Biggest thing that perked my ears from a CFL analyst is that he
never saw Trestman make an ingame coaching gaffe. He had an
offensive coordinator become CFL head coach and he won a
championship as well. Perhaps a reunion in the NFL would be a
possibility for those two coaches...
Arians and Trestman both have high football IQs and can command
a room. Arians is more of the fire in the belly type and
Trestman is the more cerebral type...'
According to Sean Jensen, while Childress was the de facto OC,
the one condition that Favre made in coming to Minnesota was to
have Bevell call the plays and have a bigger ownership in the
offense play calling. Now one could argue that Favre's
influence in the game plan and in game adjustments may have
overshadowed Bevell like Manning over McCoy. But the results
from that 2009 season from Queens were undeniable and that was
the first year that Bevell really took the reins as a legitimate
NFL OC and impressed Carroll enough to hire him at Seattle.
.
Still prefer the old farts, but I suppose I can warm up the
young buck as well
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Re: 2013 Chicago Bears
DIR By: yapper
Date: January 15, 2013, 11:39 am
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Bevell got a good year out of an ancient Brett Favre... and
Cutler is a lot like Favre.
And Bevell has a fair amount of intel on the NFC North as well
as the Seahawks (who look like they are poised to be a power in
the NFC for some time to come).
Other than those factors, he appears to be completely outclassed
by the other two finalists.
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Re: 2013 Chicago Bears
DIR By: WshflThinking
Date: January 15, 2013, 11:40 am
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I can understand the need to become younger
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Re: 2013 Chicago Bears
DIR By: yapper
Date: January 15, 2013, 11:45 am
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One thing that concerns me about Bevell is, I would really like
to see him have been mentored by some better HCs.
I mean Brad Childress was just godawful... had no business EVER
being a HC. Pete Carroll has done admirable work with the
Seahawks but is kind of a doosh and very questionable from an
morals/ethics perspective.
Compare that to the guys Arians (Cowher & Tomlin), and Trestman
(Bill Walsh) worked under and it's not even close.
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Re: 2013 Chicago Bears
DIR By: yapper
Date: January 15, 2013, 11:54 am
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One thing I always find interesting is to gauge fan reaction
from teams who have just lost (or may possibly lose) their
coaches.
For example, McCoy -- now granted after Saturday's loss a lot of
Broncos fans are really sour on the whole Denver coaching staff
but there don't seem to be too many Broncos fans sorry that he's
heading to San Diego. Doubly telling considering the Chargers
are in their division.
Regarding Bevell, responses in Seattle are pretty split. Some
fans saying it would hurt the team, others saying "you can have
him."
As far as Arians and Trestman, fan responses are overwhelmingly
along the lines of, "I hope we don't lose this guy."
Not that the average football fan knows 1/10 of what's going on
inside their team at any time, but it seems to me you want to
grab the guy that the most people would be the most upset to
lose.
Just FWIW.
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Re: 2013 Chicago Bears
DIR By: yapper
Date: January 15, 2013, 11:58 am
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Steve Young talks Cutler and Trestman...
HTML http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/bears/post/_/id/4682023/is-jay-cutler-ready-for-a-qb-specialist
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Re: 2013 Chicago Bears
DIR By: Keysbear
Date: January 15, 2013, 12:01 pm
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--- Quote from: yapper link ---
>
> One thing that concerns me about Bevell is, I would really
like to see him have been mentored by some better HCs.
>
> I mean Brad Childress was just godawful... had no business
EVER being a HC. Pete Carroll has done admirable work with the
Seahawks but is kind of a doosh and very questionable from an
morals/ethics perspective.
>
> Compare that to the guys Arians (Cowher & Tomlin), and
Trestman (Bill Walsh) worked under and it's not even close.
>
--- End Quote ---
You can learn just as much maybe more from a bad example...
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