Bears coach John Fox has not been especially nice to the branches of his coaching tree, his former apprentices/assistants who’ve gone on to head-coaching jobs in the NFL.
Former defensive coordinator Dennis Allen (2011) went to Oakland, where his Raiders lost by an average of 17 points in their four games against Fox’s Denver Broncos. Allen was fired last year and replaced by Jack Del Rio. Del Rio had succeeded Allen as Fox’s defensive coordinator, but Fox’s first win as Bears head coach this year came at the expense of Del Rio’s Raiders a month ago. Back in 2003, after a year as Fox’s defensive coordinator for the Carolina Panthers, Del Rio’s first game as a head coach, in Jacksonville, was…
