Former Bears head coach Marc Trestman is returning to the Canadian Football League to become the head coach of the Toronto Argonauts, according to Gary Lawless of TSN. Trestman was previously the head coach of the CFL’s Montreal Alouettes from 2008-12.
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Trestman, 61, was hired as Chicago’s head coach prior to the 2013 season, and led the Bears to an 8-8 season and, perhaps more impressively, a No. 6 rating in offensive DVOA. The bottom fell out during the following campaign, however, as Chicago stumbled to 5-11 record. Trestman and general manager Phil Emery were both fired after that 2014 season.
A longtime offensive coach in both the collegiate and pro ranks, Trestman quickly found a new job, as he was hired as the Ravens’ offensive coordinator prior to the 2015 campaign. Baltimore’s offense struggled under Trestman’s watch, though, and he was let go following Week 5 and replaced by Marty Mornhinweg.
Worst Bears coach ever! Dick Jauron looks like the second coming of Halas by comparison.
Jay Cutler is the widowmaker of headcoaches.
The Bears are widow-makers of football talent.
ChiSoxCity, how do you figure? Oh he’s the reason Smith didn’t pan out in Tampa? He must be the reason Shanahan was a bust in Washington. Your statement made absolutely zero sense.
Be more specific….he was the worst head coach ever hired. The worst coach ever hired was his jackass sidekick Mel Tucker,
I thought dick jauron was the poorest excuse of a man, then I seen Marc trestman
This guy is trash. Another in a long line of inept Ravens OCs.
Was not the worse bears coach ever, he just had trouble communicating with the players, I wrote a book called Perseverance: Life Lessons on Leadership and Teamwork but the players couldnt read it cause they only know one thing money and greed.
This doesn’t make any sense on any level. Were you in their locker room? Did they have your book? Are you trying to plug your book?
Was not the worse bears coach ever, he just had trouble communicating with the players, HE wrote a book called Perseverance: Life Lessons on Leadership and Teamwork but the players couldnt read it cause they only know one thing money and greed. And he did real well up in the CFL winning title after title , he should have been the MN Vikings coach since he is from Minnesota and even coach with Bud Grant
Communicating is one of the most important jobs for a head coach (or any good manager for that matter). His lack of effectively communicating to his player is exactly why he was such a terrible NFL coach. He was in WAY over his head and the CFL is completely different than the NFL so you are comparing apples to oranges.
Trestman was a failure between his time in Chicago and Baltimore so probably the NFL was too much for him but I disagree that the CFL and NFL are radically different. The biggest thing is that many NFL players are paid better than their coaches so if there is a disconnect the coach almost always is the one to be fired rather than the star player(s). If you watched Chicago’s offense and Baltimore’s offense you realized that Trestman failed to adapt and make adjustments between games and between the first and second half of games. Same thing with the CFL to NFL, Trestman didn’t adapt to the new league so he failed.
Bear fans could it be the stadium? look the Vikings and all the other domed stadiums the team do better, why didnt they dome the Soldier Field ? I been there it’s just like going to any other type of old football stadiums, but the wind, the snow, the cold, and the crowd never wear a Vikings or Packer shirt if you know whats good for you
Phil Emery are you high or what?