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Chicago Bears General Manager Phil Emery speaks about the firing of head coach Lovie Smith during a press conference at Halas Hall in Lake Forest, Ill., on Tuesday, January 1, 2013. | Andrew A. Nelles~Sun-Times Media
Chicago Bears general manager Phil Emery speaks about the firing of Lovie Smith. | Andrew A. Nelles~Sun-Times Media
Bears coach Lovie Smith’s contract status doesn’t seem to be as hot an issue this season as it was in 2006. | Jonathan Daniel~Getty Images
Chicago Bears chairman George McCaskey speaks to the media during a press conference at Halas Hall in Lake Forest, Ill., on Tuesday, January 1, 2013. | Andrew A. Nelles~Sun-Times Media
Chicago Bears president Ted Phillips, left, and Chicago Bears chairman George McCaskey, right, listen as Chicago Bears General Manager Phil Emery (not pictured) speaks about the firing of head coach Lovie Smith during a press conference at Halas Hall in Lake Forest, Ill., on Tuesday, January 1, 2013. | Andrew A. Nelles~Sun-Times Media
Chicago Bears General Manager Phil Emery speaks about the firing of head coach Lovie Smith during a press conference at Halas Hall in Lake Forest, Ill., on Tuesday, January 1, 2013. | Andrew A. Nelles~Sun-Times Media
Chicago Bears General Manager Phil Emery speaks about the firing of head coach Lovie Smith during a press conference at Halas Hall in Lake Forest, Ill., on Tuesday, January 1, 2013. | Andrew A. Nelles~Sun-Times Media
Chicago Bears General Manager Phil Emery speaks about the firing of head coach Lovie Smith during a press conference at Halas Hall in Lake Forest, Ill., on Tuesday, January 1, 2013. | Andrew A. Nelles~Sun-Times Media
Chicago Bears General Manager Phil Emery speaks about the firing of head coach Lovie Smith during a press conference at Halas Hall in Lake Forest, Ill., on Tuesday, January 1, 2013. | Andrew A. Nelles~Sun-Times Media
Chicago Bears General Manager Phil Emery speaks about the firing of head coach Lovie Smith during a press conference at Halas Hall in Lake Forest, Ill., on Tuesday, January 1, 2013. | Andrew A. Nelles~Sun-Times Media
Chicago Bears General Manager Phil Emery speaks about the firing of head coach Lovie Smith during a press conference at Halas Hall in Lake Forest, Ill., on Tuesday, January 1, 2013. | Andrew A. Nelles~Sun-Times Media
Chicago Bears General Manager Phil Emery speaks about the firing of head coach Lovie Smith during a press conference at Halas Hall in Lake Forest, Ill., on Tuesday, January 1, 2013. | Andrew A. Nelles~Sun-Times Media
Phil Emery might conclude his search for a new coach sooner than later, perhaps in time for the East-West Shrine Game next Saturday. | Andrew A. Nelles~Sun-Times Media
Chicago Bears General Manager Phil Emery speaks about the firing of head coach Lovie Smith during a press conference at Halas Hall in Lake Forest, Ill., on Tuesday, January 1, 2013. | Andrew A. Nelles~Sun-Times Media
A month after being hired as the Packers’ general manager in 1991, Ron Wolf fired Lindy Infante with one coach in mind as his replacement: larger-than-life Bill Parcells, then in hiatus as an analyst for NBC. Wolf had casual discussions with Parcells about the Packers …
