Bears Nation was not psyched when the team inked Matt Eberflus as their head coach. Same deal with Matt Nagy, John Fox, and Marc Trestman. They were kinda-sorta happy when Lovie Smith was brought into the fold, but that was mostly due to the fact that Smith was replacing the justifiably maligned Dick Jauron.

At Johnson’s introductory press conference at Bears headquarters on Wednesday, Warren said he recently received a note from a fan at a restaurant pleading with him to hire Johnson. The fan saw this conversation pop up on Twitter and shared a photo of the apparent note to Warren.

Johnson was introduced as the team's 19th head coach on Wednesday, where he addressed the media and several players for the first time. Bears president/CEO Kevin Warren also met with the media, and he shared a story about how a Bears fan sent him a drink recently at a restaurant with a note that asked simply: "Please hire Ben Johnson."