If Poles gets it wrong on the next coach, they’re probably leaving together. That possibility presents something he and Kevin Warren must navigate with coaching candidates who will be cautious about stepping into the instability of potentially mismatched timelines.

Although the process will be a collaboration, Bears team president Kevin Warren made clear the hiring of a new head coach begins and ends with GM Ryan Poles.

The Chicago Bears cut ties with coach Matt Eberflus last week, but there will not be wholesale changes throughout the organization's masthead. On Monday, Bears president Kevin Warren confirmed that general manager Ryan Poles will remain at his post and serve as the "point person" as they begin searching for a new coach.