Thomas Brown is a rattling good coach.
However this column’s objective is to not argue that Brown have to be the following head coach of the Chicago Bears. There ought to be and can be a course of to make that willpower. This column’s objective is to place Brown’s candidacy appropriately, to make the argument why Brown ought to be thought of for the gig in 2025 and past.
First, the quarterback. For generations, the cry of the Bears fan has been that the group fails younger quarterbacks. Mitch Trubisky didn’t stink. (He did.) Justin Fields didn’t stink. (He additionally did.) The Bears failed them. (Positive.) Let’s have a look at the efficiency of Caleb Williams over the three video games with Brown as his offensive coordinator.
Based mostly on Caleb Williams’ tempo with Thomas Brown as OC
Over a full season:4692 passing yards28 passing TDs0 INTs64.1 comp %805 dashing yards
Sure, these are projections, not actuality. However they’re additionally a three-game pattern measurement in opposition to the Packers, Vikings and Lions, the three groups the Bears have to beat constantly in the event that they wish to be a championship menace. Brown and Williams clearly have a rapport that’s yielding an enormous quantity of manufacturing. What could possibly be a extra spectacular line on a candidate’s resume than that? Isn’t Brown precisely the coach followers have yearned for relating to quarterback growth?
Second, the choices. Who’re the Bears going to rent? Ben Johnson, Joe Brady, Liam Coen? All three are having wonderful seasons as offensive coordinators however none of them are certainties within the prime job. And wouldn’t the Bears merely be hoping these coordinators might come to Chicago and mirror the success Brown is at the moment having the quarterback? Invoice Belichick, Mike Vrabel, Brian Flores? Three wonderful coaches, however all three can be confronted with the identical query on day one: who’s working the offense? May they persuade Brown to remain within the gig, ought to he not be provided a head teaching gig elsewhere?
Third, Brown is a frontrunner. Take a couple of minutes and watch the video beneath.
Bears OC Thomas Brown will get it.
Matt Eberflus ought to take notes.pic.twitter.com/jFzmIaECTJ
I’ve not tweeted what I’m about to write down, as a result of fairly frankly I believed it’d come throughout as racist, however Brown provides me Mike Tomlin vibes. The pinnacle coach is as a lot a communicator as a tactician. He has to face in entrance of the room and command consideration. He has to encourage his gamers each week, even after they’re struggling to get away from bed on a Wednesday morning. He has to teach his coaches as a lot as he does his gamers. I don’t need to challenge management onto Brown. He exudes it.
Brown shouldn’t have been made the interim head coach for these last 5 video games. He ought to have been left upstairs, centered on the offense, devoted completely to the quarterback. However what’s performed is finished. And prefer it or not, he’s going to be judged on how he manages the sideline over this last stretch. If the offense continues to provide, and the quarterback continues to thrive, Ryan Poles ought to transfer Brown to the highest of his candidacy checklist. If the Bears win a bunch of those video games, particularly those in opposition to division opponents, that checklist ought to be a brief one.
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