How, on Earth, do you people think that a better GM than Ryan Poles is going to take this job if we fire him?
The problems on this team have been around for generations. Decades. Lifetimes. And you want to give him two seasons to fix every single one of those issues? And because he hasn’t yet, we should fire him and assume a better GM is gonna swoop in and save the day? How long are you gonna give that mythical guy?
The man tanks a season to get draft picks and deals away players who either had underperformed (Mack, Quinn), or total head cases who were a pain in the ass to deal with and didn’t fit the system or culture he wants to build (Roquan).
Jaylon Johnson gets two picks against doo-doo-ass Brian Hoyer, and you guys act like he’s Deion Sanders. He’s good, but not “reset the CB market” good. Poles stands firm, and JJ didn’t get nearly the offers he thinks he deserves. Huh. Imagine that.
He’s brought in promising young players. He even re-signed everyone’s favorite dumbass TE (a move I personally regard as a mistake but I’m clearly in the minority there). He’s managed the cap perfectly for the future, beyond this rebuild season. He’s amassed draft picks most GMs wouldn’t even dream of having at their disposal.
He even fixed the trash-ass Soldier Field turf, ffs. He deserves another year for that alone.
You really think someone better is going to take this job? Really? Shit, Ian Cunningham isn’t even in our league, and he’s the assistant GM.
Bears fans don’t deserve Poles.
This entire fanbase is knee jerk. I think Poles is doing alright. We have a ton of money to play with, we have a ton of draft picks coming at us, and nobody should have thought that this was our year.
Really I blame sports radio. They get people all whipped up in a fervor week after week, and people expect immediate results. None of those guys are talking about how this was never our year. They are all on the warpath to create ratings, and they do it by talking trash.
I’m not sure who you listen to, personally an AM 1000 guy and the morning show, “Kap and J Hood” were getting hate for saying the team was 7 wins MAX so at least the audience for that show is coming up with the fervor and optimism from elsewhere