Marc Trestman gets ripped by Lance Briggs
Former Bears head coach Marc Trestman occupies some rare air for Chicago personalities. Only a handful of people have ever been so detested by local sports fans. Bartman may have cost the Cubs a trip to the World Series, but Trestman set the Bears back several years. Jay Mariotti may be loathsome, but he’s harmless. Trestman on the other hand did lasting damage to the city’s most beloved franchise.
During his tenure as head coach, the Bears had a 13-19 record. What’s really remarkable about it is that the first number was so high given the dysfunction Trestman was responsible for.
To be fair, Trestman had a tough act to follow in Lovie Smith, who was the most successful coach in Bears history since Mike Ditka.
Coming into the 2013 season the Bears still had many of the old stars that had made Smith’s teams great. Jon Bostic, Charles Tillman and Tim Jennings were still around on defense, which had linebacker Lance Briggs as its new centerpiece.
Chicago fielded a strong offense that year, finishing second in total scoring, but the defense was abominable considering the talent on the roster. Somehow under Marc Trestman the Bears devolved from one of the top defensive teams in the league to finishing 30th in scoring defense in only a matter of months.
That’s the kind of disappointment that sports fans remember for a long time. Apparently some former Bears remember too.
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Speaking today on 670 The Score, Lance Briggs flat out said that Trestman should have never coached the team:
Lance Briggs on Marc Trestman: "He wasn't a coach the Chicago Bears should've had. That's just the truth."
— 670 The Score (@670TheScore) August 15, 2016
That’s some pretty harsh criticism, considering Trestman has been gone for two years now. Such are the feelings that Trestman’s tenure inspired.
When he was finally done, my feeling was that Marc Trestman could only resurrect his career in the NFL as an offensive coordinator. His first year with Baltimore did not inspire much confidence in that regard, either. Trestman’s pass-happy, incompetent schemes may be great for fantasy football but in the end they lose games.
Losing begets more losing, and based on what we saw Thursday night, these Bears may be digging out of the mess that Marc Trestman and Phil Emery made for several more years.
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