GOING TO THE MATT

GMPace stakes his future onNagy, who’s inexperienced, comingoffdebacle

I’ m working hard at trying to get excited about the Bears’ decision to hireMatt Nagy as their head coach. I really am.

But there’s not a whole lot to work with. Nagy’s first three jobs in the NFL were as a coaching intern ( 2008- 09), coaches’ assistant ( 2010) and offensive qualitycontrol coach ( 2011- 12), all with the Eagles. His first big- boy job was when coach Andy Reid hired him as the Chiefs’ quarterbacks coach in 2013. He became offensive coordinator in 2016 but didn’t start calling plays until 11 games into this season.

That’s correct: The man the Bears are relying on to run their offense and develop quarterback Mitch Trubisky has been a playcaller for all of six NFL games, including a bad playoff loss Saturday.

That’s not to say he’ll join the list of Bears coaching washouts. It’s to say: Is it safe for me to open my eyes yet?

Let’s give the Bears this: They didn’t dawdle.

A week after they began their search for a new coach, they hired Nagy to replace John Fox.

He will be tasked with turning Trubisky into a star and saving general manager Ryan Pace’s job. No pressure. The major question, besides “Who the heck is Matt Nagy?’’ is an inevitable knee- jerk one:

Was he calling the plays in the Chiefs’ devastating playoff loss to the Titans, the loss in which Kansas City blew an 18- point halftime lead and for some reason went pass- heavy in the second half?

If so, how did he make it out of the stadium alive?

I’m not going to criticize the Bears for hiring someone whose last game was a complete catastrophe. But it is the Bears’ luck that what should be a shining moment for the franchise comes with a cloud.