The Kyle Shananan to the Bears trade idea has gone mainstream

Two weeks ago, Devin McCourty and I did a PFT Live draft of the best candidates to coach the Bears. In the midst of doing (limited) prep, it occurred to me to suggest that the Bears target a coach currently serving as the head coach of another team.And it went from there.I mentioned both 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan and Ravens coach John Harbaugh. That same day, I spouted off my "trade for a coach" idea on The Score in Chicago, and on Rich Eisen's show. I wrote something about it. It came up again the next day on The Score.It was sort of like the instructions on fireworks: Light fuse and run.After the burning of the wick hit the explosive, 49ers G.M. John Lynch called the idea of Shanahan being traded to the Bears "rather comical." (It's not, as we noted, Lynch's call.) After the 49ers thumped said Bears nine days ago, Shanahan reaffirmed his commitment to his current employer.It all died down after that. Until the Bears were on Monday Night Football and the fourth quarter required a little garbage-time fill from Joe Buck and Troy Aikman.The topic of the looming coach search came up. And Troy went there."In my opinion, I hate to say this because at the end of the day you want a head...