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Alyssa Barbieri

Matt Eberflus referenced ‘the why,’ and Bears fans reacted exactly as you’d expect

New Bears general manager Ryan Poles and head coach Matt Eberflus were introduced to the media for the first time on Monday, where they shared their plans for the franchise moving forward.

While they might share first names with the previous GM and head coach, Bears fans have already noticed some big differences between Poles-Eberflus and Ryan Pace-Matt Nagy.

But there was one moment during Monday’s press conference where Bears fans collectively shuddered — when Eberflus said he was going to “show them the why” in regards to getting players to buy in.

As you can imagine, “the why” had some Bears fans feeling PTSD at the very mention of the infamous phrase repeatedly used by Nagy during his coaching tenure. The issue was Nagy never found the answer to “the why.” The hope is Eberflus already has it.

Still, the mention of the infamous “the why” produced some interesting comments from Bears fans:

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