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When the Bears interviewed head coaching candidates in January — there were 17 of them — general manager Ryan Poles wasn’t worried about was how he’d mesh with whomever they picked.
“We were more concerned about getting the right person that could put the team, you know, in a place to be successful, than compatibility with just me,” he told the Sun-Times last week. “I think that, you know, that would be kind of selfish.
“I feel like I can work with anybody, long as I have the same kind of values they value — respect, a developmental mindset with our players, and clear communication and ownership, all of those things that are important.