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David Haugh: Bears season hangs on John Fox getting team to believe in him more than public

CHICAGO - Early on the first morning of training camp in Bourbonnais, John Fox introduced us to a man Chicago barely knows.

I was inside the WSCR-AM 670 trailer with Brian Hanley and "Mully and Hanley" producer Dustin Rhoades awaiting Fox's interview, expecting the Bears coach to supply the coachspeak that has made him so easy to mock in his first two seasons.

Instead, Fox shied away from nothing, acknowledging the urgency of this year after going 3-13 and admitting "I'm not comfortable being me," in front of TV cameras. More

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