The Chicago Bears' list of head coaching candidates grows by the day, as does the list of candidates they've already interviewed for the job.

The question hanging over the entire process is why anyone would want the Bears head coaching position right now. Team chairman George McCaskey isn’t wrong with his smug opinion that when the Bears call people listen. But the idea of the Bears — all that history — is a lot different than the reality of the Bears — all that losing.

The phrase opposites attract has commonly been used in reference to the dating world, but it also applies to NFL head coaching searches. Over the years, there has been a track record of NFL teams targeting head coaching candidates with a background opposite to that of who they fired.

The Chicago Bears interviewed Broncos senior personnel executive David Shaw for their head coach opening on Tuesday, the team announced. Shaw completed his first season in Denver after joining the team’s personnel department last June.