It doesn’t seem likely that Matt Nagy will return as the Bears’ head coach in 2022. But, for the time being, Nagy is operating under the assumption that he’ll remain in place through the final two games of this season (Twitter link via Dan Wiederer of the Chicago Tribune). 
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The league recently voted to allow head coaching interviews starting tomorrow, Dec. 28th. The Jaguars quickly took advantage of the new rule by firing Urban Meyer, leading many to speculate that Nagy could go as soon as this week. After all, chairman George McCaskey is already doing groundwork on candidates and even considering moving on from GM Ryan Pace.
Nagy may have earned a temporary reprieve on Sunday as the Bears beat the Seahawks, 25-24. After Nick Foles‘ game-tying touchdown drive, Nagy’s gutsy call to go for a two-point conversion paid off. It’s hard to imagine that the victory — win No. 5 for the Bears this year — will have a real impact on Nagy’s standing beyond this year. But, in theory, it could give Nagy another two games at the helm.
When/if Nagy is fired, the Bears could consider the likes of Bills offensive coordinator Brian Daboll, Cowboys OC Kellen Moore, and Chiefs OC Eric Bieniemy for the role.
Gutsy call? They’re eliminated from the playoffs with nothing to lose….hardly gutsy.
If anything winning now actually hurts them more than anything.
Nagy is dead man walking, everyone knows it.
All the Chicago sports teams LOVE doing this all the time. Stink up the joint and lose a ton of games for most of the season, then win a bunch of meaningless games at the end. Pretty much insures stagnant mediocrity for 3-5 years to come. Personally, I’m done with it—all media subscriptions canceled, no merchandise purchases, and no longer attend any games. Boycott these clown owners until they understand there is a cost to poor management and bad decision making.
The Bears is the worst run organization in American sports, the McCaskeys see these as real wins, Lovie Smith used to do this all the time get eliminated from the playoffs then win out and be 8-8 and talk about being close while we watch the team get blown out by anyone even in the playoff hunt, stop giving this pathetic franchise your money
Pittsburgh Pirates on line 1.
How? The giants have their 1st round pick.
Improves there 2nd round pick? Lol
Don’t worry the McCaskey’s will use the Seahawks win to justify keeping this guy next year.
Nagy has absolutely no talent on offense to work with. Fields is a rookie QB and will have his typical developmental hiccups, expecting big things from the Bears this year was a mistake to begin with. I’d say that Pace is the one that needs to fall on the axe. He has whiffed on too many drafts and has failed to construct a winning roster. Giving him a 3rd do-over is probably just going to lead to another coach being on the hot seat next offseason.
Is this some kind of joke? Anybody defending Nagy at this point needs a frontal lobotomy. Everyone involved in the structure and hierarchy of the Chicago Bears needs to be fired, especially Nagy.
I agree with Salty. The Bears don’t have a HC problem, they have a GM problem.
Im not saying is Nagy an excellent coach, or even a good one. Just saying no coach was going to win with this team, Trubisky especially. That’s not on Nagy.
I see it your way, Greg. The problem seems to me in evaluating talent, compounded by the loss of draft picks resulting from leap frog trades. To most visitors at this site, the best head coaches are always the people who aren’t—that is, untested coordinators or, in some cases, former head coaches who were fired. Nagy knows football. That’s obvious. Is he stupid now, just three years after being named coach of the year? Of course not. Does the talent on his roster equal the talent on the 2028 12-4 roster? I think not, and I don’t think he should take the fall for that. What about Pace? Who advises him on player talent? Who are the people who persuaded him to trade up for Trubisky or Fields? My point is that player evaluation involves more people than the GM, and if the Bears are to improve they need to look long and hard at the people in the organization who supply the data to those making traded and draft pick decisions.
Nagy has developed no one. He went 12-4 in his first season solely on the back of Fangio’s defense that had a tremendous year. His offense is an unorganized, confused mess and has made zero progress in his years there. He is at best, an assistant coach. And yes, Pace needs to go.
Who has Nagy developed, it’s easy to say he’s hasn’t been given talent but he hasn’t developed anyone either. Montgomery is the only player to develop on the offensive side and that was in spite of Nagy’s anti-running the ball mentality.
@salty
The Bears don’t have the best talent in the world, but the offensive rosters he has been given have been is eaps and bounds better than the one they had under Fox. Pretty much every position has a better player except RG.
Navy’s offenses have gotten worse each year, especially after he blew up his offense staff to bring in people who believe in his system.
Fact is, he was brought in as an offensive coach, and his offenses have been terrible.
Pace may need to go as well, but There are no excuses for how bad Nagy’s offenses have been.
Pace should’ve been fired weeks ago so that we could have a new GM in place to start interviewing head coaching candidates. We’re going to let other teams get the jump on us. So predictable and disappointing.
Pace has to be one of the worst GM’s in all of pro sports. How do franchises like Chicago and Detroit continue to mess it up year after year with hires. Detroit when it gets a good coach they fire them.
Again just delaying something that should of been done at Thanksgiving. You need to at least fire Pace and hire the COO who is going to make the next coaching hire. And they’ll wait too long and end up hiring another flunky like Pace. seen it all before. Neither one is even fair at their job and includes lame ownership.
I would prefer Leftwich or Bowles… They’ve seen how veterans can come in and change culture. Call it the Brady effect. I also prefer someone to run a 4-3 defense as the primary front… I’d think Mack & Quinn would transition well and Hicks while likely gone could be a wrecking ball at a 3 technique… Roquan can ply the Mike, Ogletree the will and draft a Sam…
The offense needs at least 3 receivers and a center… but it’s not without promise in Borom, Whitehair has some tread on the tires…I’m not sold on Daniels or Jenkins, but a new OL coach will bring in a couple of “his guys” that will fill one or two starting jobs
Not sure I would go with a first time head coach, as you don’t need them learning their own job when they need to be doing their utmost to improve their rookie QB.
So you’re recommending a former head coach who at some point was fired for perceived deficiencies, and who likely was the subject of vigorous criticism from the local press, in bars and saloons, on web sites like this, and whenever the all-knowing genius would-be GMs congregate to pontificate.