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Bears GM Ryan Poles strikes out on Matt Eberflus, faces pivotal moment in tenure

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Bears general manager Ryan Poles got it wrong on Matt Eberflus — multiple times — and looked like someone who was still reeling from it as he sat next to his boss Monday.

While team president Kevin Warren proclaimed the rebound from firing Eberflus a momentous occasion, Poles was listening to him hammer the biggest hire of his career.

“We just came up short too many times and we had to make a change,” Poles conceded.

Poles whiffed three times on Eberflus.