With Bears rid of Matt Eberflus, is your enthusiasm for the team any greater?

You probably haven’t gotten wind of the news yet, but the Bears fired coach Matt Eberflus last week. No, really, they did.

Happy to hear it? We figured some of you would be.

In this week’s “Polling Place,” your home for Sun-Times sports polls on the social platform X, we wanted to know if Bears fans’ enthusiasm about the team has changed with Eberflus out. Suffice it to say, almost no one who voted was disappointed.

“Call me crazy,” commented @JeffreyCanalia, who was about to write something really crazy, “but I still think they can make the playoffs.”

Next, we asked about Sunday’s Bears-49ers game. And the winner is?

“I have thought they were going to win too many times this year to think this now,” @P6Cassidy offered.

Last, we asked which Bears coach was worst among Marc Trestman, John Fox, Matt Nagy and Eberflus.

“Yes,” answered @IllinoisGolfer, hilariously.

And from @Marie_Manning: “None of them stayed long enough to find out.”

One supposes we should count our blessings.

On to the polls:

Poll No. 1: Has your enthusiasm about the Bears changed since the firing of coach Matt Eberflus?

Upshot: Will things be better on the field? Will better decisions be made on the sideline? We’ll see. It certainly could be argued that not having to hear Eberflus’ interpretations of events will be a victory in itself.

Poll No. 2: How will the Bears fare Sunday at the 49ers in their first game post-Eberflus?

Upshot: “Once again,” @RiisPark99, “the media and the fans are listening to their hearts and not their heads. Bears lose.” Wait a minute, where does this commenter get off implying the media have hearts?

Poll No. 3: Of the Bears’ four head coaches since Lovie Smith, who was the worst?

Upshot: What in the holy hell did we ever do to the football gods to deserve that lineup? Asking for a few million friends.