New member here and I thought I'd pop in to provide some info on your new OC. I'm a CFL guy and I followed the Bears when Trestman took over to see how he would do there. In Chicago Trestman was over his head as he was trying to manage a dysfunctional team using the same methods that worked in Montreal. Unfortunately for him, the inmates ended up running the show. Basic problems in Chicago: Lovie Smith loyalists on the team undermined TrestmanSome of the position coaches and coordinators were not the best (being charitable here)Defence was poor and a solution was never foundCutler is pretty well uncoachable. We only have to look at how well McCowan did when he took over to see the difference.As the second season wore on, his play calling became very predictable and limited in scopeThe team loaded up on free agents the second year and they never lived up to their pay gradeAnd the big one, Cutler's ridiculous contract which I believe set the team up for faliure in the second year Trestman's tendencies: Very pass happy, even by CFL standardsSubject to weird play calling on occasionOccasionally goes high risk when the situation does not warrant itSeems to prefer going unconventional in the Red Zone (worked in the CFL, didn't work in the NFL)Can be very imaginative, but needs the players to execute (worked in Montreal, failed in Chicago)He can play dink and dunk, but he will go long (at least he did in Montreal)He needs a QB who can learn and be willing to work within the system (e.g. Calvillo, not Cutler)Does not deal with disaster well (never faced it in Montreal, plenty of it in Chicago)Works best with a QB who is a game manager rather than a gunslingerMontreal was a great situation for him and the team prospered. Chicago was the opposite and he wasn't the blood 'n' guts type of guy to get a grip on the situation. His offence there in the second year was more the product of circumstance. His first year Bears offence was more indicative of what he can do, especially when McCowan was running the team. Had the Bears D shown up for some of those games, McCowan probably would've gone 5 and 0.
