Abe Gibron

Cincinnati, on a pair of field goals, out in front 6 to nothing over Houston, with 8:57 left in the second quarter.

By the way, Abe Gibron is in charge of this Buccaneers defensive line.

We used to call him the Great Pumpkin in Chicago, and now he has the color to match, as he [laughs] wears the Tampa Bay colors, and he's smiling, and they love him in Tampa Bay.

At the Cardinal nine, they come out wide to the left side goes Mel Gray, into the left slot goes Icaris.

[laughs]

... before Neil Armstrong, or the very challenged Abe Gibron before Jack.

There was a bad stretch.

Look, George Halas has eluded the knife for so many decades in this town.

Um, yeah, the old days were kinda bleak.

I mean, you had Abe Gibron.

I don't know if you remember that guy.

Uh, I remember my funniest memory of him.

[laughs] You want a memory of a coach? They had a close-up of Abe Gibron, the coach, and during the game he's checking his watch.

[laughs]

And you're going, "Where's he gotta go?"

To me, that's kind of perfect, because Matt Eberflus is the worst coach the Bears have ever seen.

Yes, Abe Gibron.

All that, it doesn't matter.

Matt Eberflus was the worst coach the Bears have ever seen.

Chicago defeated Pittsburgh and Minnesota to start that year, but a five-game losing streak to complete the 1971 campaign meant that a change was needed.

Enter new head coach Abe Gibron in 1972.

If Bears fans thought things were bad the previous two seasons, they were undoubtedly much disappointed with what happened in 1972.

Chicago recorded a woeful 4-9-1 record in 1972.