Longtime coach and commentator Jimmy Johnson sent a spasm through social media on Friday when he tweeted to the effect that Marc Trestman looks like the new head coach of the Chicago Bears:On @JimmyJohnson: Looks like 2 of my guys getting NFL jobs..Chud Cleveland and my QB coach at U Trestman to ChicagoChud is Rob Chudzinski, the newly minted head coach of the Cleveland Browns; Trestman was Johnsons quarterbacks coach at the University of Miami.
UPDATE: Tresman spent a reported eight hours interviewing with Bears general manager Phil Emery last Monday and probably about that amount of time again Friday dealing with the fallout from coach and FOX analyst Jimmy Johnsons tweet that Trestman had the Bears head-coaching job.Trestman expressly said via email to the Montreal Gazette (montrealgazette.com) that, I have not heard from the Bears and have responded in that manner on multiple levels. Thanks.Trestman may indeed become the next Bears head coach. Piecing together input from various sources leads to the preliminary sense that the short list after the first wave of Phil Emery interviews will include Trestman, Bruce Arians from Indianapolis, Rick Dennison from Houston and Mike McCoy from Denver.
More: Trestman should be considered serious candidateThe problem is that for Trestman to be the guy at this point would mean that Emery, after laying out a wide-ranging course and intent to be thorough, has done a personal 180, become the anti-methodical, and circumvented his own two-tier process of following initial interviews with follow-ups with 2-3 finalists that would include meets with Chairman George McCaskey and President Ted Phillips.Best guess is that Trestman has been in touch with Johnson and told him to be fitted for a muzzle. Few things turn off a prospective employer than hearing or reading that a candidate is putting out the word that he is the guy.
Related: Numbers grow, but Bears 'target' tough to IDEmery is interviewing other candidates. You can be assured that he now will be answering at least one pointed question from those candidates.