Chicago Bears Fire Marc Trestman

By Josh Hill | Dec 29, 2014

Dec 21, 2014; Chicago, IL, USA; Chicago Bears head coach Marc Trestman runs off the field after being defeated by the Detroit Lions 20-14 at Soldier Field. Mandatory Credit: Andrew Weber-USA TODAY Sports /

The Chicago Bears were applauded for hiring Marc Trestman a few years ago, but the wheels have come flying off and a second straight season without a playoff berth has cost him his job after just a few seasons.

Many will blame Jay Cutler for this fall from grace for Trestman, who came into the Bears job a guy who many thought should have been hired in the NFL years ago. Jimmy Johnson sang praise for Trestman and basically scolded the NFL for not giving him a shot at being a head coach before the 2013 season.

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Two years later and the Marc Trestman experiment is over according to Fox Sports’ Jay Glazer, with the Bears cleaning house to make room for a new regime to come in and lead the Bears. Trestman’s failures fall squarely on his inability to get Jay Cutler to stop sucking, which may or may not entirely be Trestman’s fault. He did wonders with Josh McCown in 2013 and was deemed a quarterback whisperer as a result.

But the tension with Cutler was something the team couldn’t stand for, as it began with the notion that Trestman would rather have McCown over Cutler and continued this season when Cutler was benched for not living up to his contract. It was obvious that Cutler had little respect for Trestman in the season finale against the Minnesota Vikings — a game Cutler mailed in.

Chicago was in the running for Jim Harbaugh ever so briefly before he decided to take a job with the Michigan Wolverines. Mike Shanahan and Todd Bowles remain options for the Bears but whoever the new head coach is, he’ll have to get on Cutler’s good side as Trestman’s falling out with the Bears can be placed squarely on the shoulders of Cutler.

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