Harbaugh, if paired with a legit GM, is probably the one potentially attainable coach who could actually pique my interest. However he just bought himself some more time at his alma mater and his main competition in tOSU and Penn State seem to be slipping. But he really doesn’t seem to be on a trajectory to compete with the Georgias and Bamas of the world any time soon either.
Despite the history and lore and personal connection with Harbaugh, Chicago is a coaching graveyard with terrible ownership. But it would be a fresh start with a lot of leeway most likely to rebuild the roster and leave his mark on the franchise.
Some retread is going to generate zero excitement and I’m not sure the fan base is super excited about going the “up and coming coordinator” route again after the Nagy failure. Not that the next hire should in any way be contingent on that, but that’s how meatheaded the base is.
Also you’ve got the way the fans treated Nagy and his family which is pretty gross. I sure wouldn’t want to be in that situation regardless of the pay or the status. The guy was in over his head, but to publicly demonize the guy relentlessly and harass his family because a football team (which wasn’t constructed well) isn’t winning is just pathetic.
The blame lies with the ownership and the front office who hired Pace and Nagy and didn’t fully enable them. Just like the ultimate blame for the Weber fiasco lays at the feet of Lord Gunther. I eventually got disgusted by clown shoes because he threw kids under the bus, made excuses, blamed the fans for his failures, the list goes on. He had nine seasons and fully earned the level of disdain that he eventually faced at the end of his tenure from the people who weren’t constantly engaged in sucking his cock.
Nagy just wasn’t very polished or prepared for the role. He doesn’t have a great public personality and made some gaffes. But he didn’t pull all the passive aggressive, narcissistic shit Bubbles did. I hate the whole “complete jagoff masquerading as a lovable Everyman” reality that surfaced in Weber’s last few years much more than his ineptitude. Nagy was just a relatively inoffensive (in more ways than one) embodiment of the Peter Principle.