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Bears general manage Ryan Poles said he will lead a six-person interview panel as the team works to hire a new coach.
He also mentioned the ongoing rumors about friction between him and president Kevin Warren and called them “so far from the truth.”
Poles said of Warren, “We spend every day together working on solutions.”
Poles will have final say on the coach, and Warren, chairman George McCaskey, Matt Feinstein, Jeff King and Liz Geist will be involved in interviews. Poles said he directed assistant general manager Ian Cunningham to focus on his own interviews for general manager vacancies around the league, and he will join the process later if he stays with the Bears.