Shane Waldron is out, just nine games into his stint as the Bears’ offensive coordinator. Fine. Swelling. What now?

Literally, meaning passing game coordinator Thomas Brown becomes offensive coordinator. As if making the former offensive coordinator one of the top lieutenants will lead to the next coordinator.

Maybe. The Ravens won the Super Bowl 12 years ago after coach John Harbaugh fired Cam Cameron and replaced him with Jim Caldwell. Still, the Ravens were already contenders. Not the bears.

It feels like a half measure. One step before we make a bigger change, with Matt Eberflus out and a young attacking coach in.

Frankly, the Bears should have only started doing it now. The wind is already blowing that way.

They also should have handled pre-season expectations better. Too often, a team’s PR and marketing departments embrace the hype until it spirals out of control. And it causes the football team to fail.

Eberflus should have mobilized when the bullish-on-the-Bears train started chugging. He should have reminded colleagues of the quality of NFC North. Of the team’s lengthy history of undynamic offense. Of the challenges when it comes to developing a young quarterback. He should have insisted that the Bears do their best to lower external expectations.

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

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

Fine. Swelling. What now?