“That whole process might have been one of the bigger events in my life, especially as a personnel man,” Poles said. “Once you finally put your philosophy — how you want to run a front office, how you want to build a team, what type of coaching you like, the type of players you look for — on paper and spend weeks and weeks and weeks doing that, and you present it in a good way to ownership and another head coach, you gain confidence in yourself how to do it.
Ryan Poles: Chicago Bears pick new GM – Chicago Tribune
