ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — Former Bears head coach Matt Nagy was talking about reflection, evaluation, and, true to form, a self-help book he read earlier this year.
“I had plenty of time to do it,” he said, “once I got fired.”
Chairman George McCaskey canned Nagy and general manager Ryan Pace the morning after the Bears’ season ended. A month-and-a-half later, Nagy was back in his familiar red and gold, hired by mentor Andy Reid to coach the Chiefs’ quarterbacks. Except for his four-year Bears stint, Nagy had worked for Reid his entire professional life.
During that month-and-a-half between jobs, Nagy reflected more about his four years as Bears head coach than he will Saturday, when the Chiefs pull into Soldier Field for the preseason opener.