Marc Trestman joins Bears as head coach

The Chicago Bears have hired Marc Trestman as their fourteenth head coach in franchise history, he replaces Lovie Smith as head coach. Lovie Smith last nine seasons as the Bears head coach, going 81-63 during the regular season, and 3-3 in the playoffs. Smith only had three losing seasons while he was the Bears head coach. In 2006, in his third season as the Bears head coach Smith lead the Chicago Bulls to the Super Bowl, only to lose 29-17 to the Indianapolis Colts. That Super Bowl also made history with Lovie Smith and Tony Dungy (the Colts head coach at the time) both became the first African-American head coaches in the NFL to coach in a Super Bowl.

Who is Trestman might you ask? He was the most recent head coach for the Montreal Alouettes (a Canadian Football League team). Trestman served as their head coach from 2008-2012, during that time he had a record of 59-31. All of his five seasons coaching the Alouettes were winning seasons, and he made the playoffs in each season. In the playoffs he went 5-3, winning two Grey Cups and losing one. The Grey Cup for the CFL is pretty much their Super Bowl. Trestman has been an NFL coach before, but never was a head coach, he's had stops in Minnesota, Tampa Bay, Cleveland, San Francisco, Detroit, Arizona, Oakland, and Miami. He's also helped train QB's for the NFL draft, those QB's include: Brandon Weeden (1st round pick by the Cleveland Browns), Brock Osweiler (2nd round pick by the Denver Broncos), Tim Tebow (1st round pick by the Denver Broncos), Jimmy Clausen (2nd round pick by the Carolina Panthers), and Jason Campbell (1st round pick by the Washington Redskins). So, he's been known for being able to work with QB's. The Bears hope Trestman can improve their offense and help out their QB Jay Cutler.

As of me I think it could turn out to be a solid hire by the Bears. There's also been QB's in the NFL who did well under Trestman when he was their coach those include: Bernie Kosar, Steve Young, Scott Mitchell, Jake Plummer, and Rich Gannon. Gannon even won the MVP (Most Valuable Player) award in 2002 while playing for the Raiders, and Trestman was his coach. Will Jay Cutler listen to Marc Trestman, will the offense improve for the Bears and can Trestman be an NFL head coach? Those are pretty much the only three questions surrounding the Bears for the 2013 season.