The Chicago Bears have lost five straight games, and the seat has never been hotter for head coach Matt Nagy. But some frustrated Bears fans crossed a line that had one Illinois high school principal issuing a public apology on Tuesday.
Nagy’s son, Brayden, plays high school football for Lake Forest, and during Saturday’s blowout loss to Cary-Grove, the Cary-Grove student section broke out into a “Fire Nagy” chant. While a similar “Fire Nagy” chant was heard at Soldier Field on Sunday, this chant was intended to mock Nagy’s son.
Video showed the chant starting as early as the second quarter. A Twitter user said it continued in the fourth quarter as well.
Pulled this from NFHS. Was late in 4th quarter. pic.twitter.com/RRQHDV4gOf
— Matt Allen (@MattyJamesAllen) November 22, 2021
On Tuesday, Cary-Grove principal Neil Lesinski issued an apology to Lake Forest and condemned the “disrespectful chant.”
Below is a statement regarding the recent Cary-Grove vs. Lake Forest 6A high school football game: pic.twitter.com/cUjUfJduDk
— Cary-Grove H.S. (@CaryGroveHS) November 23, 2021
“On behalf of Cary-Grove High School, I want to assure our community that the chant was not acceptable nor appropriate and was immediately addressed by administration at the game,” the statement read.
The same chant was also heard during Monday night’s Bulls game at the United Center. It’s a thing in Chicago now, apparently.
When they're starting a chant asking the NFL team to fire the coach at the local NBA game things have gone extremely south. pic.twitter.com/eTZrb0sTRk
— Will Brinson (@WillBrinson) November 23, 2021
And there are early reports that Thursday’s Thanksgiving matchup against Detroit could be Nagy’s last game with the Bears. But next time, let’s leave the guy’s kids out of it, Bears fans.
