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Hiring a head coach was one thing Ryan Poles didn’t seem to learn at GM school in Kansas City.
The Chiefs hired three head coaches in Poles’ 13 seasons in the personnel department. After striking out with Super Bowl coordinator Todd Haley and veteran retread Romeo Crennel, they swung for the fences in 2013 — needing just four days to hire Andy Reid, who had made the playoffs in nine of his 14 seasons with the Eagles.
When Poles was hired as the Bears’ general manager in 2022, he hired his first coach so quickly, he and Matt Eberflus were introducted at Halas Hall on the same day.