I am not sure if Jimmy Johnson knows this, but tweeting about a hire in the NFL is a good way of starting a firestorm. Maybe he should have checked with Jay Glazer before firing off a tweet that Chicago Bears are going to hire a new head coach. Early on Friday, Johnson tweeted that his former QB coach at the University of Miami, Marc Trestman, was set to take the job in the Windy City. Looks like 2 of my guys getting NFL jobs..Chud Cleveland and my QB coach at U Trestman to Chicago — Jimmy Johnson (@JimmyJohnson) January 11, 2013 Rob Chudzinski was hired yesterday in a surprise move by the Browns, and if Trestman is in fact the new Bears coach, that will really be a surpise. Trestman is currently Montreal Alouettes. He hasn’t coached in the NFL since 2004, when he was a member of former Johnson assistant Dave Wannstedt’s staff. It has been reported that the Bears have interviewed nearly 14 candidates with a strong interest in landing an offensive minded coach to help utilize the tal...
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