The Chicago Bears held their season-ending press conference today at Halas Hall to answer a variety of questions about the current state, and future, of the franchise. The interview was led by general manager Ryan Pace and head coach John Fox.
This was somewhat of surprise considering a lot of people expected Fox to be fired at the end of the season. Hub Arkish, a local Bears beat reporter, repetitively cited a possible rift between Pace and Fox over team control. Arkish has reported that Fox wasn’t Pace’s first choice for head coach, therefore a termination was possible after the last two years.
When addressing questions from the media today, Pace set the story straight. After a very poor 9-23 start, Fox’s record doesn’t appear to be what Pace is fully judging him on. Even though he did say this season was “unacceptable, ” Pace had a lot of good things to say about Fox and revealed exactly why he is being brought back.
