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There was a silver lining to these frustrating Bears losses of the past month or so.

Each painful defeat pushed them closer to a top-10 draft pick in 2025. And this team clearly needs more talent on the offensive and defensive lines, so it seemed like the right path.

Now let’s shift gears and start a new wish for the Bears’ future. The team performs so well under interim head coach Thomas Brown, the Bears have no other choice than to give him the permanent role. Oh, and he happens to be the right person for the job, that’s important too.

Many of us are old enough to remember the overwhelming joy felt in the city when former coach Matt Nagy was fired. Our long municipal nightmare had ended, problem solved.

Yeah, not quite. Matt Eberflus was nowhere near as successful as Nagy, and now the Bears are on their third coach and third promising young quarterback since the double-doink. And counting.

Who hired Eberflus? Well, it was general manager Ryan Poles, of course. Team president Kevin Warren arrived a year later, so the coach selection squad has a new participant. But Warren has been busy picking out lounge décor for the team’s fictional new stadium. Is there any reason to think he’ll improve the process of hiring the next coach?

That’s why the Bears’ best chance at a successful process is Brown becoming the accidental genius. Originally hired to be the Bears’ passing game coordinator, Brown spent three years with the Rams, so let’s consider him part of the Sean McVay coaching tree.

Plenty of national analysts have talked this week about the Bears vacancy being a “great” job. Well, any NFL head coaching position is a sweet gig. No one should ever feel bad when a professional head coach is fired. That coach likely has guaranteed money on the way and is financially set for life. Most everyone in the stands (and press box) would trade problems in a second.

Coaching in Chicago might be unique, though, because the primary task isn’t to win. It’s to deflect criticism from the owners.