Chargers' tight ends/assistant head coach Rob Chudzinski is the latest name to surface as a Bears offensive coordinator candidate.

Rob Chudzinski – Come on down!!!  You’re the next contestant on The Great Coordinator Search 2010!

As quickly as I can fire off the latest Bears coordinator candidate names, the quicker the candidates wind up elsewhere.   Chan Gailey: Bears offensive coordinator candidate one day, Buffalo Bills head coach tomorrow.  Mike Nolan: Bears’ defensive coordinator candidate today, Miami Dolphins DC… later that day.  That’s just the way this coordinator search will go with Lame Duck Lovie at the helm.

“Chud,” as he’s called, is the Chargers assistant head coach/tight ends coach.  He served as OC for the Cleveland Browns for a couple of seasons before his most recent post in San Diego.  In fact, in 2007 he guided Cleveland’s offense to finish the season as the 8th ranked offense.  Yes, those Cleveland Browns.  He also served as tight ends coach and later OC for University of Miami, where he was part of a couple of National Championship teams in the late 80′s.

On the surface, it seems like a decent fit.  He’s worked with a bratty QB – Phillip Rivers – and a marquee tight end in Antonio Gates.  We’ve got one of those and a wannabe/supposed to be.  I’ll let you figure which is which.   (more…)

The supposed front-runner to assume the reigns of the Bears defense appears to be headed elsewhere.  Early reports indicate the Perry Fewell will accept the New York Giants‘ offer to become their defensive coordinator.  So it’s back to the drawing board for the Bears.

They might as well prop up a cardboard cutout of Buddy Ryan at this point.  This coordinator search appears to be about as well coordinated as our team was last season.  They’ve already missed out on their top two candidates for OC and now they’re scrambling for a backup plan on defense.

Here’s a fearless prediction – no matter who takes pity on the Bears and accepts the coordinator positions, Jerry, Moe and Curly will step to the podium and assure Bears fans that “this is the guy we wanted all along” and “what a great fit this will be.”

Bull-fucking-shit.

I guess it’s fitting that second choice Lovie will be saddled with second and third (or turd) choices at best to help him try to save his worthless job.

Take the Seattle Seahawks as an example of how big boy teams do it.  They pre-interview their top target candidate before they even fire their one-and-done head coach and before you know it, Pete Carroll (and top OC candidate Jeremy Bates) are off to Pike’s Place to catch some fish.  That’s how real teams go about their business, with a plan.

Somewhere, Ron Turner is laughing and all I can say is…

BOOOOOOMMMMM!!!!

Bates was the offensive play-caller (weird, I know, but it’s southern Cal) under Pete Carroll at USC last season and before that, he was the OC and QB coach in Denver under Mike Shanahan.  See the connection to our golden boy?

When I first heard about him, I was all for the hire.  A young, high energy guy who is buddy-buddy with Cutler?  What could possibly go wrong?

After listening to this interview, I heard some things that raised a red flag or two.  Have a listen and let’s discuss after the jump:

[podcast]http://fansidedblogs.net/podcasts/bears/bates.mp3[/podcast]

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