RECAP: Bears introduce Matt Nagy as head coach

The Bears are introducing head coach Matt Nagy on Tuesday afternoon at Halas Hall. Follow along with all the latest developments here:

Presser’s done.

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The Bears learned a lot about their team from the coaches who didn’t get the job — particularly from within the division — Pace said.

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Pace said there’s real value in having a young play-calling head coach pair with a young quarterback. Points to the Saints back when he was there. Rams, 49ers among those that have done the same.

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Pace is reiterating that he connected with Nagy beyond just developing Trubisky.

“It’s bigger than that,” he said.

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Pace said all six coaches they interviewed could be head coaches one day. “Matt just said it out of the park,” Pace said.

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Ryan Pace said what we’ve written — that he and Nagy have had a common path to the top in the fact that they started as interns.

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The Bears compiled a reference list of 25 or 30 people per coach.

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Pace said he didn’t include Trubisky in the interview process but “I felt like they already knew each other” from last year’s pre-draft process.

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Pace talking now.

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Nagy went to Stock Hill, a Kansas City steakhouse, with GM Ryan Pace on Sunday night.

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Nagy on Saturday’s loss: “I called every single play in the second half.” Called it a “failure in my book,” but said he’s grow from it.

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Nagy’s interview with Ryan Pace was the first head coaching interview he’d ever had.

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Fun fact: Nagy was 7 when the Bears won the Super Bowl.

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Nagy hasn’t decided whether or not to keep any of the Bears’ current coaches, including quarterbacks coach Dave Ragone. Said he wants a diversity of experience and styles from his staff.

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Matt Nagy, super comfortable behind a mic.

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Common theme of Andy Reid’s quarterback success? “They all had a coach that believes in them,” Nagy said.

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Nagy got to witness coach Andy Reid remodel the Chiefs culture in 2013. Kept a journal with notes on it. Still has it.

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Nagy said Mitch Trubisky wasn’t involved in his interview.

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Matt Nagy got to know Mitch Trubisky better during a six- or seven-hour pre-draft interview in Kansas City. His personality came out. Nagy said Trubisky was probably scripted during the 15-minute NFL Scouting Combine meetings.

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Matt Nagy says he has a Type A personality. “Sometimes it’s good, sometimes it’s bad.”

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The pillars of a quarterback-coach relationship? “Trust,” Nagy said.

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Asked if he wants to play a 3-4 defense with or without Vic Fangio, Matt Nagy reiterated that 60 percent of defense is played in nickel or dime, so it doesn’t much matter.

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Matt Nagy and Vic Fangio have talked about Fangio returning, but there’s no movement on that. He’s a free agent. “We’re going to attack that full-steam ahead. …” Nagy said. “We’re going to make a clear decision on what’s best for Vic and what’s best for the organization.”

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The Bears offered to push back Nagy’s interview Sunday because of the loss. He respected that, and offered to move it up.

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Matt Nagy called Saturday night “very difficult” after losing in the first round of the playofs, saying he was numb. But he praised his family for trying to pump him up.

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George McCaskey’s great grandfather started McCaskey High School, which was in Nagy’s division in high school.

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Pace and Nagy met from 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m. in Kansas City on Sunday, and then again for dinner.

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Ryan Pace will talk first. Says “this is about more than the quarterback” — a clear message to the rest of the team.

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Chairman George McCaskey and President Ted Phillips will not take questions during the press conference. Rather, Nagy will take questions before leaving the room, upon which Pace will answer questions.

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Nagy must hit the ground running. Here are five questions he has to answer Tuesday.

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Nagy signed his contract:

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Nagy and quarterback Mitch Trubisky met during the pre-draft process and have reunited inside Halas Hall:

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