After a 5-12, last-place season that included 10 consecutive losses and the in-season firings of coach Matt Eberflus and offensive coordinator Shane Waldron, the Chicago Bears are now embarking on a search to hire the franchise’s next head coach.

According to CBS Sports' Jonathan Jones, McCaskey plans to be hands-off during the early search for the Bears' next head coach. General manager Ryan Poles will be leading the charge for the coaching search, where the team is a looking for a "leader of men" type.

After ownership, the four power players in any organization are the president, general manager, coach and quarterback. Those pieces are best assembled in that order, but the Bears have done it haphazardly.

Since George McCaskey took over as Bears chairman in 2011, the team has tried several times to find the right head coach. The Bears hired a supposed offensive guru out of left field (otherwise known

The Chicago Bears enter an offseason of transition once again. They fired head coach Matt Eberflus shortly after Thanksgiving Day's embarrassment and limped to the finish line with a 4-13 record on the year. It was another frustrating year for fans, who expressed as much by chanting "Sell the team" at Soldier Field after Christmas.

The question hanging over the entire process is why anyone would want the Bears head coaching position right now. Team chairman George McCaskey isn’t wrong with his smug opinion that when the Bears call people listen. But the idea of the Bears — all that history — is a lot different than the reality of the Bears — all that losing.

When asked why the Bears are holding onto increasingly incompetent general manager Ryan Poles as opposed to starting from scratch like they are trying to do after moving on from Matt Eberflus as ...

The Chicago Bears are gearing up for a search for the team's next head coach following the firing of Matt Eberflus earlier ... In the past, chairman George McCaskey has been heavily involved ...