• 2 years ago
Bears coach Matt Eberflus thinks patience can be the key to getting more victories but time seems to be running out on him.
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00:00 [MUSIC]
00:08 I have two daughters, so yes.
00:09 >> [LAUGH]
00:12 >> Yeah, I mean, obviously when I was
00:15 really young, I was very intense in my 20s.
00:18 And my other former players could probably attest to that,
00:21 into my middle 30s and
00:23 then became a defensive coordinator at 29 when I was at Missouri.
00:28 So that's when I kinda learned patience, when I started to be in charge of a whole
00:31 group at that time, a young group.
00:33 And they got better, and they played some good football at the end there, but
00:37 that's kinda where I learned it.
00:39 I don't know if I would use the word frustration.
00:41 Obviously, you have to have extreme patience during this time, and
00:45 you gotta see growth.
00:46 And you have to see that in small increments at times.
00:50 And you have to learn from every performance, and
00:53 I think that's part of growing.
00:55 And we've continued to do that as we've put this football team together.
00:59 And that's all we're trying to do this week.
01:02 Our focus is on the Lions, our focus is on getting better.
01:05 We obviously just came off a bye week.
01:07 And the improvements by, like I said on Monday, about each position,
01:11 starts with your feet in the ground and works your way all the way up to the eyes.
01:15 And we're gonna focus on those fundamentals by position and also by unit.
01:20 The wins, that's the biggest frustration.
01:22 When are you gonna get the wins?
01:23 You keep doing things right, and
01:25 then all of a sudden the wins will come.
01:27 And that's what all my mentors would tell me or
01:30 I visited with during this process.
01:32 Just keep doing it right.
01:34 And really focus on the fundamentals and the details of doing the job right.
01:39 And hold guys to standards, don't let that slip.
01:41 And that's what we've tried to do.
01:44 And again, I know it's been slow.
01:45 And I know that the Chicago Bears fans, as we do, want more wins.
01:50 And you can certainly see that momentum starting to change.
01:54 And we're certainly optimistic for that.
01:57 (upbeat music)

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