The last time Ryan Pace took a trip that involved coach John Fox, the Bears GM came back with the single most important part of his program secured.
This time, last weekend, Pace traveled a little farther than Denver and this time it was WITH Fox, and the objective of this trip also was to build something within his coaching staff.
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Pace arranged a long-weekend getaway to Cancun with Bears coaching staff members and their spouses. The trip served the dual purposes of bringing the coaching family together away from the “office” and also to reward the new staff for the work that has gone into fashioning a program this offseason.
The trip also was a last real chance for this sort of get-together before the de facto start of the real season. After next week’s mandatory minicamp, players and coaches will be largely off until the preparation days leading toward the July 29 start of training camp.