LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- Matt Eberflus panicked. He looked down at the barber's cape and saw several inches of his wet hair clinging to the navy fabric.
"Funk, that seems like a lot off."
"Don't worry about it," said his barber, Lawrence Funk. "Let me do it."
Eberflus laughed and surrendered. He had a new lease on his coaching life, so he might as well try out a new look.
He'd walked into the barber shop at Halas Hall that Tuesday in February armed with a few reference photos. He'd worn a traditional gentleman's cut for years but his wife, Kelly, really wanted him to go shorter.