Bears Fire Marc Trestman And Phil Emery

Surprising absolutely nobody, the Bears have let go head coach Marc Trestman and GM Phil Emery.

Trestman is out after just two seasons in Chicago; Emery got three, but one of his first major moves was to fire Lovie Smith and hire Trestman. He also gave Jay Cutler a massive, onerous contract extension last January, so it's fair to say that Emery hitched his wagon to two wrong horses, and they pulled him apart.

As for Trestman, he inherited a 10-6 team that he promptly took to 8-8 and then 5-11. And it wasn't just any 5-11 season—it was an ugly, embarrassing 5-11, filled with blowouts and mailings-in. No one could have predicted the injuries Chicago would face, nor the swift regression/decline of Cutler, but when the wheels came off, they came off violently and irrevocably.