My issue with regard to Pace and the Bears is that I trust Pace to do a better job going forward more than I trust those above Pace to choose someone else to do Pace's job.
What's going to happen is that the Bears brass will essentially give Pace a one-year ultimatum that will effectively kill his coaching search. (Since no one wants to take a job with a GM on the way out.) The subpar coach that gets hired will perform subpar-ly and the predictable will happen.
Then they'll bring in a new GM, but mandate that the new GM has to keep the subpar coach for at least another year or two because there's too much money left on the coach's contract since they had to offer a big guarantee to get anyone to take the job at all. So that will limit their ability to find a GM. Cycle repeats. Wash, rinse, etc. We've seen this movie before.
What's going to happen is that the Bears brass will essentially give Pace a one-year ultimatum that will effectively kill his coaching search. (Since no one wants to take a job with a GM on the way out.) The subpar coach that gets hired will perform subpar-ly and the predictable will happen.
Then they'll bring in a new GM, but mandate that the new GM has to keep the subpar coach for at least another year or two because there's too much money left on the coach's contract since they had to offer a big guarantee to get anyone to take the job at all. So that will limit their ability to find a GM. Cycle repeats. Wash, rinse, etc. We've seen this movie before.