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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Mark Potash

Bears coach Matt Eberflus managing the team, but not the job

Matt Eberflus is 3-18 in two seasons as the Bears’ head coach, including 0-4 this season. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times)

As Matt Eberflus is painfully finding out, there are some things that Frank Reich can’t teach you in NFL head-coaching school.

Eberflus’ old-school sensibilities are failing him four weeks into his second season as the Bears’ head coach. Revealing as little information as possible and grinding your way out of on-field football issues by staying later and practicing harder and believing in under-performing players not only isn’t working, but seems to be getting Eberflus deeper and deeper into a muck that he already appears unable to ever extract himself from. 

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