Eberflus spent just seven total weeks above .500 during that time and slowly, but surely, alienated his players following heartbreaking losses that kept piling up. General manager Ryan Poles and team president Kevin Warren had seen enough and decided they couldn't go on like this without a coaching change.

Eberflus was 14-32 in nearly three seasons at the Bears helm. The team fell to 4-8 with its sixth straight loss on Thursday. The game clock ticked down to 00:00 as the Bears attem