Matt Nagy talks about returning to Chicago for the pre-season opener
Matt Nagy, now an offensive assistant/quarterbacks coach for the Kansas City Chiefs, will return to Chicago to face off against his former Bears team in Saturday's preseason opener at Soldier Field.
He said he isn't sure how he will feel as a visitor, per Pete Sweeney of SB Nation:
"No. 1, what I have to do: it's my professional job to make sure I step back and make sure it's about we and not me. I mean that when I say that. But that's hard sometimes. And so when you get there, I'm so used to being on the home side, right? On the home sideline in the home locker room coming out, it's different.
"I don't know how I'll feel when I get out there. But I'm here for this team and these guys. I built great relationships with everyone there�but it's the preseason, too, so we're going to go out there and have some fun."
"I don't know how I'll feel when I get out there. But I'm here for this team and these guys. I built great relationships with everyone there�but it's the preseason, too, so we're going to go out there and have some fun."
I think it,s safe to say that Nagy's tenure in Chicago was not great. Still, Nagy said he doesn't regret his four years with the Bears.
«I wouldn't change anything of those four years experiences,» Nagy said. «I'd change a lot of what happened of wishing we won more and could've done more but I learned a lot and that part I wouldn't change. I think I got to be able to self-reflect on where I went wrong and how I could've been better. But I built a ton of great relationships with a lot of great people, starting with Mrs. (Virginia Halas) McCaskey, George McCaskey, Ted Phillips, Ryan Pace, and so many great players and coaches. Those will last forever; those aren't going to leave.
The Bears are in sort of a transition period with first-year general manager Ryan Poles and first-year head coach Matt Eberflus, and their ability to get the most out of quarterback Justin Fields and surround him with capable weapons in the coming years will surely determine their overall success level as well.
Things didn't work out for Nagy, and he will have a first-person view of the early stages of the next attempt to build a winner in Chicago on Saturday.
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