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To begin, I'll start by digging up an old quote from my draft reaction thread back in May 2017...
Not sure where to even begin with Nagy... After the fools good that was Marc Trestman it seemed like the Bears finally hit on a coach. He was the cool alpha bro coach everyone wanted after suffering through the nerdy beta cuck Trestman and his pregame shower prayer circles. He was bluntly transparent and said all the right things that made you feel good about where the team was headed and it seemed like he was scheming up new tricks each week to get the most out of an offense with limited talent.
Then comes year 2.
For as much as Trubisky has regressed this season, I'd argue Nagy has regressed far more. His management of the team this year is equal parts baffling and infuriating and his handling of the media is getting worse by the week. At least when it comes to Trubisky you can put on the tape and see why he's failing to produce. Wild swings in accuracy, not seeing the field, poor mechanics, poor OL, etc... but when it comes to Nagy there doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason for his shockingly terrible decision making this season.
It's almost as if the playoff loss mentally broke Nagy. From the way he turned the kicking situation into an even bigger circus than it needed to be, to not playing preseason, to his continued refusal to change what isn't working in his gameplans and play calls, it's just been a complete disaster at every level.
Nowhere was this more apparent than this past weeks loss to the Chargers. It should tell you something when the best the offense has looked all year was the first series of the 2nd half where they came out in I-formation with Holtz at FB and ran vanilla pre-season offense. They marched right down the field and put it in the endzone.
What does Nagy do the following possession? Does he go back to what was working? Nope. Instead it's right back to his RPO and spread concepts and Mitch gets baited into a INT. Luckily the Chargers miss the FG and we get the ball back. At this point we're clinging to a 6 point lead with 10 minutes left in the 4th... does he go back to the vanilla I formation that was working and pound the ball having been gifted a second chance after his QB just threw an INT? Of course not.
Right back to his spread RPO. He leaves Leno on an island with Bosa and predictably gets walked right back into Mitch's lap who then fumbles the ball. The football gods once again strike Nagy down for his hubris.
Miraculously he's given yet another chance to salvage the game and of course fucks it up by coaching like a huge pussy and needlessly kneeling on the ball. Clearly his "BE YOU" mantra is a complete bunch of bullshit. The perfect opportunity to BE YOU with a simple playaction pass presents itself and he curls up into the fetal position instead and pussies out. The only thing worse was his post game presser. Contradicting himself and acting like a complete douchebag that can't simply man up and admit his coaching cost the game. I'll get into his redzone playcalls later when I take a look at the all-22 but at this point I'm done with Nagy.
Shit on Mitch all you want but he'd be mediocre enough to win with if Nagy wasn't a fucking stubborn dickhead that has to be the smartest guy in the room. God forbid he admit his gimmick RPO scheme isn't producing and use what is working . Contrast the way he's handling his offense to the way Pagano did when he arrived. He didn't force the D to all change to his system, he changed his system to fit what the defense was already doing well. That's the mark of a good coach. Someone who's not ego driven and will do whats best for the team, not what makes him look the best.
Bottom line is nobody is doing more of a disservice to this team than Nagy this season. His ego is the biggest problem with this team. If he could just swallow his pride this team would likely be undefeated.
Hopefully this helps provide a bit of context as to why I'm so apathetic regarding Trubisky. Simply put, it's hard to be very disappointed in a guy you never really expected much from to begin with. Obviously there is some degree of disappointment with his lack of improvement from last year to this year, but it pales in comparison to the level of disappointment I have regarding Nagy.
Not sure where to even begin with Nagy... After the fools good that was Marc Trestman it seemed like the Bears finally hit on a coach. He was the cool alpha bro coach everyone wanted after suffering through the nerdy beta cuck Trestman and his pregame shower prayer circles. He was bluntly transparent and said all the right things that made you feel good about where the team was headed and it seemed like he was scheming up new tricks each week to get the most out of an offense with limited talent.
Then comes year 2.
For as much as Trubisky has regressed this season, I'd argue Nagy has regressed far more. His management of the team this year is equal parts baffling and infuriating and his handling of the media is getting worse by the week. At least when it comes to Trubisky you can put on the tape and see why he's failing to produce. Wild swings in accuracy, not seeing the field, poor mechanics, poor OL, etc... but when it comes to Nagy there doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason for his shockingly terrible decision making this season.
It's almost as if the playoff loss mentally broke Nagy. From the way he turned the kicking situation into an even bigger circus than it needed to be, to not playing preseason, to his continued refusal to change what isn't working in his gameplans and play calls, it's just been a complete disaster at every level.
Nowhere was this more apparent than this past weeks loss to the Chargers. It should tell you something when the best the offense has looked all year was the first series of the 2nd half where they came out in I-formation with Holtz at FB and ran vanilla pre-season offense. They marched right down the field and put it in the endzone.
What does Nagy do the following possession? Does he go back to what was working? Nope. Instead it's right back to his RPO and spread concepts and Mitch gets baited into a INT. Luckily the Chargers miss the FG and we get the ball back. At this point we're clinging to a 6 point lead with 10 minutes left in the 4th... does he go back to the vanilla I formation that was working and pound the ball having been gifted a second chance after his QB just threw an INT? Of course not.
Right back to his spread RPO. He leaves Leno on an island with Bosa and predictably gets walked right back into Mitch's lap who then fumbles the ball. The football gods once again strike Nagy down for his hubris.
Miraculously he's given yet another chance to salvage the game and of course fucks it up by coaching like a huge pussy and needlessly kneeling on the ball. Clearly his "BE YOU" mantra is a complete bunch of bullshit. The perfect opportunity to BE YOU with a simple playaction pass presents itself and he curls up into the fetal position instead and pussies out. The only thing worse was his post game presser. Contradicting himself and acting like a complete douchebag that can't simply man up and admit his coaching cost the game. I'll get into his redzone playcalls later when I take a look at the all-22 but at this point I'm done with Nagy.
Shit on Mitch all you want but he'd be mediocre enough to win with if Nagy wasn't a fucking stubborn dickhead that has to be the smartest guy in the room. God forbid he admit his gimmick RPO scheme isn't producing and use what is working . Contrast the way he's handling his offense to the way Pagano did when he arrived. He didn't force the D to all change to his system, he changed his system to fit what the defense was already doing well. That's the mark of a good coach. Someone who's not ego driven and will do whats best for the team, not what makes him look the best.
Bottom line is nobody is doing more of a disservice to this team than Nagy this season. His ego is the biggest problem with this team. If he could just swallow his pride this team would likely be undefeated.
