Thomas Brown reflects on tenure as Bears interim head coach

After an absolute gross display of coaching malpractice and several decisions that led to embarrassing losses, the Chicago Bears fired head coach Matt Eberflus after a loss to the Detroit Lions on Thanksgiving Day. Replacing Eberflus was Thomas Brown, getting his first opportunity at a head coaching role, just weeks after he was promoted from passing game coordinator to offensive coordinator after the team fired Shane Waldron just a few weeks before Eberflus.

With five games remaining in the season, Brown had a chance to seize the opportunity as interim head coach and make a real push towards becoming the permanent head coach in 2025, but that is highly unlikely to happen at this stage. In the four games in which he has coached as the interim head coach, Brown is 0-4, with the Bears failing to score 20 points or more in any of the games, totaling a combined 45 points on offense, while the defense has allowed 108 points under Brown.

Preparing for the final game of the season as they head to Green Bay, Wisconsin to take on the Packers, Brown was asked to reflect on his tenure as interim head coach. Using it as more as an opportunity to find out more about himself as a person and as a coach, Brown has used he and the team's shortcomings to help him learn moving forward.

“When it comes to difficult moments through adversity, you have an opportunity where you see where you are and how you measure but also how everybody else stacks up to it,” Brown said Wednesday. “I think people always talk about courage, adversity, overcoming stuff but then to actually have to go through it and endure. So, more confidence with that. I’ve always been a pretty confident person before.

"Even through this I’ve become more confident when it comes to being in … somewhat of a worst-possible scenario in certain ways and still being able to power through it and just thinking about the opportunities that present themselves down the road when it’s not this adverse situation at the beginning, you can start from fresh ground zero, build the right way whether it be offensively or the entire team in general.”

There has been plenty of speculation about the Bears and their search for the team's next head coach, with Brown still expected to get an interview, despite the team's failures under his tenure. When asked about the likelihood of him getting an interview for the position, Brown said it's not an area of concern for him right now.

"That hasn't really been discussed a whole lot, that's not really my concern, so we'll see what happens after the [Packers] game," Brown said.

Names such as Ben Johnson, Mike Vrabel, Kliff Kingsbury, Brian Flores, and Pete Carroll have all been rumored as potential fits for the next Bears head coach, but there doesn't seem to be much optimism for Brown's campaign after a rough month in an interim role.

This article originally appeared on Bears Wire: Thomas Brown reflects on tenure as Bears interim head coach