Hitting the reset button at Halas Hall won't be cheap. Based on conversations with league sources, estimates say it would cost the Bears roughly $6 million to buy out the final two seasons of coach Marc Trestman's contract and about $3 million for the last two years of general manager Phil Emery's. Add nearly $5 million for assistant coaches and personnel staff and the total price to clear out football personnel is approximately $14 million. For comparison's sake, Jared Allen alone will make $12.5 million next year. The alternative is bringing back either Trestman or Emery back — both? — and alienating a Bears fan base infected with apathy that eventually could lead to declines in attendance and merchandising. The question really isn't whether the Bears can afford to start over; the real question becomes whether they can afford not to.