Nobody knew for sure what the Bears were going to do with Matt Eberflus and Luke Getsy once the season ended, but many experts figured the head coach was safe and the offensive coordinator wasn’t. Thus, when the news broke Wednesday that the Bears were keeping Eberflus and firing Getsy, it didn’t exactly produce shock waves. It was more like the tide coming in.
Those were decisions with a small ‘‘d,’’ comparatively. The Decision, the one that matters most, centers on what the Bears will do with quarterback Justin Fields. There are no obvious clues to be found in the ouster of Getsy and four other coaches on offense. It might mean the Bears are looking for a coordinator who can unlock Fields’ potential, or it might mean that whichever quarterback the Bears take with the No. 1 overall pick in the draft in April deserves someone better than Getsy.
