Will the firing of Shane Waldron solve anything in Chicago?

Shane Waldron is out, just nine games into his tenure as offensive coordinator with the Bears. Fine. Swell. What now?

Literally, what does passing coordinator Thomas Brown become offensive coordinator mean now. As if making one of the former offensive coordinator’s top lieutenants the next coordinator will matter.

Maybe it will. The Ravens became Super Bowl winners 12 years ago after coach John Harbaugh fired Cam Cameron and replaced him with Jim Caldwell. Still, the Ravens were already challenging. The bears are not.

It feels like a half measure. One step before a major change, with Matt Eberflus out and a young offensive coach in.

Honestly, the Bears should have just gotten it going by now. The wind is already blowing in that direction.

They also should have done a better job of managing pre-season expectations. Too often, a team’s PR and marketing departments embrace the hype until it spirals out of control. And that sets the football team up for failure.

Eberflus should have mobilized when the bullish-on-the-Bears train started to chug along. He should have reminded his colleagues about the quality of the NFC North. Of the team’s long history of non-dynamic offenses. Of the challenges when it comes to developing a young quarterback. He should have insisted the Bears work to lower outside expectations.

Look at the Vikings. Their best case scenario this year would be to lose in the divisional round. However, given their low expectations, fans would consider it a huge success.

At 4-5, the Bears come off as a failure, given the expectations. And the team felt compelled to give the mob a pound of flesh in the form of Waldron’s job.

Fine. Swell. What now?