PROBLEMS WITH ASSISTANT COACHES
It’s not necessarily all about Fox in this capacity, but one can’t ignore the fact that the Bears have lost no fewer than six assistant coaches since the end of the 2016 regular season. Two of them were fired by Fox himself, but four others left voluntarily. One went back to college. In fact just one of them received an actual promotion in the NFL out of those six.
- Clint Hurtt – became defensive line coach in Seattle
- Stan Drayton – became associate head coach and run game coordinator at Texas
- Dave Magazu – No new job as yet
- Sam Garnes – No new job as yet
- Richard Hightower – became special teams coordinator in San Francisco
- Curtis Johnson – became wide receivers coach in New Orleans
The other two departed for other teams to take almost the exact same jobs. It’s hard not to feel like this is a bunch of crew and passengers trying to abandon the Titanic before it sinks. Then you throw in the rumored issues between Fox and defensive coordinator Vic Fangio on top of that? It’s hard not to think that the head coach is losing his grip.
