we got word that Ryan Poles got an extension. You cover the bears on a daily basis.

What do you think? Oh, man, that's not a, that's not a question that can be answered in black and

white. That's not a yes or no right there because there is a lot there. You could make a list,

Lawrence, of good reasons to do that and good reasons not to do that.

And the most obvious reason against it is that they've won 15 games over three years.

And that is not a 15 and 36 record that just happened while Ryan Poles was making all these perfect decisions and just

all these things beyond his control happened. I mean, that was hiring bad coaches, not just

Matt Eberfluse, but originally, but then sticking with Matt Eberfluse and then being very,

very involved in one of the worst hires in, I don't even, you'd have to think, probably

Mark Trussman was the last one as bad of a hire into a main coaching position with the Bears

before Shane Waldron, a worse hire than Iberfluse even, which is saying something.

And totally bungling with that, the onboarding of the top pick in the draft of your new

franchise quarterback so um no playoff appearances 15 wins and a lot of mistakes um we haven't

didn't even mention chase claypool valish jones roquan sm, the Roquan Smith for Tremaine Edmonds go

around. On the other side of it, and this is something that I think gets lost sometimes in the

conversation about Ryan Poles. And I think even you maybe sometimes I've mentioned this to and you've

been like, oh yeah, that's right, you're right, you're right. Total disaster that he walked into.

Complete disaster left to him by Ryan Pace.

Imagine the scenario you walk into when you take this job in 2022, there is minimal talent

on the roster.

Not only did this roster just go 6 and 11.

Ryan Pace goes all in to give you a six and eleven team

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