Eberflus was already interviewed along with several other candidates before Ryan Poles was hired.
Rumor around the time of the hire was that owners wanted Jim Caldwell, most of the rest of the hiring committee wanted Dan Quinn, and Poles chose Eberflus by himself.
Poles says Eberflus fulfilled all of his criteria for a coach when they first spoke so he followed his instinct to hire him and conclude the search.
The most important criteria being that they are both represented by Trace Armstrong who also happened to be on the search committee for some random reason,
Can someone remind me of the order of how Eberflus was hired? Who hired him? Poles? Am I remembering wrong that he was not hired directly by Poles?
Eberflus was already interviewed along with several other candidates before Ryan Poles was hired.
Rumor around the time of the hire was that owners wanted Jim Caldwell, most of the rest of the hiring committee wanted Dan Quinn, and Poles chose Eberflus by himself.
Poles says Eberflus fulfilled all of his criteria for a coach when they first spoke so he followed his instinct to hire him and conclude the search.
The most important criteria being that they are both represented by Trace Armstrong who also happened to be on the search committee for some random reason,
https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/bears/ct-cb-chicago-bears-coaching-gm-search-20220119-2a5tmkml5jfh3bgcpctsim2g3u-story.html
Bill Polian did the interviews and gave a list to Poles. Poles kind of knew Flus
• Poles hired Jan 25 • Flus hired Jan 27
Ryan Poles wanted to be an NFL GM, so he took the job knowing he didn’t get a full say/look in the coach.