Some have called it frantic. Others have asked if Chicago Bears General Manager Phil Emery's head coaching search had any direction. Things had seemed to get so out of control ESPN had a page dedicated to ranking the candidates. But putting the pieces together from interviews around the league and it seems quite the contrary.
As ESPN's NFC North blogger Kevin Seiffert sited in his story up this weekend, Titans GM Ruston Webster said, "I know Phill Emery and Phil Emery is about as thorough a human being as I have known."
NFL insider extraordinaire Adam Shefter took that a step further after talking with two of the thirteen coaches that have been interviewed. They both said they hadn't "interviewed with anyone who was as prepared and detailed as Emery."
That said, the time has to be about up to strike for the best candidate over the course of the next week. It's become public knowledge Colts offensive coordinator Bruce Arians interviews today (Sunday) with the Bears. He might be the leading candidate and the advantage the Bears have is they are the first known scheduled interview stop.
The main theme amongst the candidates is an offensive mind is likely to get the job. Arians would be a choice that could work as could Mike McCoy the offensive coordinator of the Broncos. McCoy is another guy that has been linked to multiple teams and is a hot commodity.
As a fan, that would be the way I'd like them to go. Will the new coach change the scheme on defense? That is to be decided. It wouldn't necessarily have to be. The personnel is very good at running the Cover-2 scheme and a change would certainly close the window on the aging unit in its final years. Plus, as the Bears' team Web site wrote this week, a change in scheme could mean the certain departure of Brian Urlacher, something I'm not wanting to do.
Either way, stay tuned, the next week could be interesting to see how this thing shakes out!
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