You have to factor in the length of time away in the CFL with him being a very weird guy. He is kind of the guru nerd guy that really has long dusty road to navigate to get players to buy in. Most of the players on this team probably had no idea who the hell he was when he was hired. Giving him a year as OC to get re-acclimated to the league and the the league re-acclimated to him would have been wise IMO. It would give you an incredibly better read on how his offense is going to work and how the guys are responding to his locker room counter culture vibe.

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With regards to his personality quirks and what not, every team has to make that adjustment to a new coach. It's the same whether the new coach is someone like Josh McDaniels and his arrogant, very "Belichickian" approach, or the soft-spoken style of a guy like Tony Dungy, who had replaced a guy with completely different personality traits in Jim Mora. The challenge those locker rooms faced in adapting to the style of a new coach, weird or not, is no different than what the Bears are going through now.

Again I don't see the CFL thing as a big deal. He also went back to practicing law for a time in between OC stints or something. He also went back to the NCAA for a second stint. He's obviously a very adaptable guy who can effectively process information and data in varied contexts. The adaptabilty part is crucial because you mentioned wanting to know how his offense is going to work, but I don't think there is a "his" offense; there's are plays within the wider, general scheme that work, and there are plays he'll see, for whatever reason, won't work. So if there is a Trestman offense, it's a set of plays that he knows the Bears can run, and it will change based on how the Bears personnel changes over time. This is not a guy who, in very Martzian fashion, is trying to jam a square peg into a round hole.

That being said, I'm not trying to predict greatness for this guy or anything. I'm just arguing that the Bears' hiring process was sound, and that it led them to a candidate whose record demonstrates expertise in areas where the Bears suck, and in areas that are important to every NFL team.

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Was Jim Harbaugh qualified to be a leader of Men in the NFL?

Lovie?

Jauron?

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Yes- he led many a huddles as a pretty good starting NFL QB and was honing his skills at the collegiate level. There was nothing quirky about his collegiate head coaching. He was on the fast track to the NFL.

Yes- he was a successful assistant on a very good team and was hired from that position. He didn't take 7 years off to go to Canada

Debatable but in hindsight not really- He got hired as HC twice.

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Personnel and offense has been the issue with the previous 2 Bears coaches but leadership was never an issue. I don't question what this guy was able to do with offenses and QB's in the past but he's not a leader. He was able to reach QB's 1 on 1 and get their respect but he hasn't been able to do that with a team on a college or pro level. Nothing about him says that he can. If anything goes wrong he will lose this team. Having to follow a great leader like Lovie makes his job that much tougher.

Rumor has it he was being looked at as a coordinator initially. That may have been too generous for a guy that had been out the league so long. Him and Emery appear to be like minded and equally weird (to be football guys) so it really isn't surprising they hit it off. Making him a head coach may have been a stretch. We'll find out soon.

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We all know people who are very smart and have great ideas but lack the personality traits to lead or be the face of an operation and Trestman appears to be one of them.

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I don't think it's fair to completely dismiss his HC experience, especially to such an extent that it's not even mentioned when projecting his ability to lead. What I take from his 2-1 championship record in the CFL is he got guys to buy in and win for him. Yes, they were CFL guys, but coaching them up into the best team in the league more often than not has to count for something in the leadership department.

In terms of the weirdness factor, I think that's way too subjective to even bring up in a conversation like this. We're basing our judgments on soundbites and press conferences. Lovie came off as a condescending jerk, but we know his players didn't feel that way. Or at least most of them. What the players think of Trestman is all that matters.

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Yes. They had led men effectively in the NFL and college or had success playing at a high level.

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Lovie and Jauron became rookie NFL HCs the moment they were hired, just like Trestman.

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So did Tresty.

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RT - J'Marcus Webb: bad at LT and somehow flipping him to RT makes him serviceable?
RG - Kyle Long: 5 college starts and no technique
C - Roberto Garza: 34 years old (back up is who?)
LG - Matt Slauson: good serviceable player
LT - Jermon Bushrod: bad calf, benefitted from Brees having one of quickest releases in NFL

Offensive line is considered fixed why?

Pretty impressive conclusions being drawn from less than a week of practice.

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Hey!

Just because Trestman uses words with more than 2 syllables and reads books that aren't about sports DOESN'T mean that he isn't out there trying to win!

Becoming an average group will be an upgrade. You can win with average/decent O-line play.

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Kyrie Irving will never win anything as a team's alpha: check
T.rubisky is a bust: check
Ben Simmons is a liability: check
The Fields Cult is dumb: double check

2013 CSFMB ROY

Because I gave out some spot on assessments as the draft was happening?

You know what would make this board great? Waiting three years to assess drafts.

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