THE LOSING
Might as well address the big elephant in the room right away. There is no getting around this reality. John Fox was brought in for two reasons. His experience and his knack for helping teams making quick turnarounds. Thus far neither have done him much good. Though the Bears have been competitive in a lot of games over the past two years, the reality is they haven’t finished enough of them to offer any encouragement about 2017.
Fox went 6-10 and 3-13 in his first two seasons at the helm. Going 9-23 makes one thing clear enough. If the Bears don’t show significant improvement, likely 8-8 at least, next season then somebody will have to get fired. At the end of the day the head coach is the face of a franchise. That’s why they’re paid the big bucks. Dick Vermeil once said every head coach “knows if you lose your first two seasons you better win your third or you’re not going to be there.”
