There probably aren't a lot of things that Bears fans are going to miss about Matt Eberflus, but one thing that Halas Hall will be sadly short on this year is the absolute dopiest quotes possible. (That's the hope, at least.) Eberflus always seemed like a nice guy who was maybe, perhaps, just a little bit over his head as an NFL head coach, and that always seemed to manifest in the worst times – aka, when he was being pressed on accountability.
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So as Bears fans get used to Ben Johnson's, uh, unique brand of enthusiam and energy, lets take one last victory lap, and pour one out, for a perfectly on-brand Eberflus quote making its way around the Bears' corner of the internet this week.
Eberflus, who's now the defensive coordinator for the Cowboys, did some press for the first time since being fired from the Bears in the middle of last season, and was asked about how his head coaching experience can help new Cowboys coach Brian Schottenheimer. His answer was PEAK Eberflus; when reading it you can see exactly, in real time, where his well-meaning sentiment trips over itself and morphs into that tone-deaf nonsense that we all knew and loved.
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“The first couple meetings I had with him I said, ‘I’m here for you,’” Eberflus said. “I want to really just do a good job of bouncing ideas off of [him], experiences that I had and just working together to be able to utilize me. Because I do have the experience of being a head coach for him and to make his job easier.”
Aw! That's nice. In a vacuum, Eberflus' head coaching experience, at least from an admin perspective, probably would be useful. But then you remember that Eberflus lost twice as many games as he won during his time with the Bears – with a tough hiring record to boot – and you start to wonder how useful it actually is. And after that you remember that Schottenheimer is, you know, the son of an NFL head coach, and you really start to wonder how useful it is.
Matt Eberflus: a very nice guy who can't win a press conference to save his life. I'm sure that'll go over totally fine in Dallas.