Matt Eberflus' recent comments sound terrifyingly similar to what doomed Matt Nagy

The similarities are disgustingly uncanny

 

It seems like the Chicago Bears cannot escape getting caught in the same cycle, over and over again, for several years now. Fans know it all too well; the cycle where this team keeps a head coach and drafts a rookie quarterback rather than cleaning house and starting over all at the same time.

One of the largest problems with this cycle, too, has been the fact that the Bears continue hiring head coaches with similar tendencies. Whether it be Marc Trestman, John Fox, Matt Nagy or now Matt Eberflus, these head coaches have all struggled with in-game decision-making, a lack of preparedness and, for the sake of this conversation, an inability to communicate clearly.

Most recently, fans will remember hearing many of Nagy's postgame press conferences and media interviews where they heard a lot of the same thing, repeatedly. It was a lot of "word salad," as many fans came to describe it.

And, much of that word salad was of a rinse-and-repeat nature. Game after game, week after week, we heard Nagy say the same things but fail to make real change.

Fast forward to present day, with Eberflus, and the Bears are caught up in the same old song and dance.

In a recent interview on ESPN 1000's Kap & J. Hood, Eberflus was asked about the recent 5-game losing streak and the team's latest loss against the Vikings. His answers sound a whole lot like what he's been saying after every single one of the team's losses this year.

“I thought the players and the coaching staff worked extremely hard, and stayed connected,” the head coach went on.

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Well, isn't that a relief. The Bears had another good week of practice, just as they did on many occasions under Nagy ... yet the results were the same.

We heard these exact words out of Nagy, time and time again, and eventually he was fired because there was simply no product to back up what he was saying. Good practice or not, the Bears continue to lose games -- and some they should have definitively won.

“It’s important that we balance the rest, preparation … being ready in terms of preparation is going to be really big in terms of the success we have," Eberflus said.

What success are we referring to here, though? We're 11 games into the season and speaking like it's still August.

News flash: the preparation should have started back in the summer. At this point, "preparation" should have a whole new meaning. But, it doesn't.

"Preparation," at this stage, only means the Bears should be ready and able to do the things winning football teams do within the game ... and they're not happening.

Eberflus continues to say the same things, week-in and week-out, and it's only a matter of time before not only Ryan Poles, but hopefully George McCaskey, makes the decision to rid the organization of the same, old nonsense.