WEBVTT - A look back at the 2024 season | Bears Weekly 0:00:00.840 --> 0:00:05.120 Welcome in tough Bears Weekly powered by IGS Energy by 0:00:05.200 --> 0:00:09.000 Chicago Bears Network Production. Bears Weekly is brought to you 0:00:09.039 --> 0:00:10.400 by Advocate Healthcare. 0:00:10.680 --> 0:00:13.280 I've let it go physical apparently, CD. 0:00:13.200 --> 0:00:19.360 Gollaghy, Connie's Pizza, IGS Energy and Meller liked here your hosts, 0:00:19.600 --> 0:00:23.680 Jeff Jilliac, aka the Mayor of Bearsville and his sidekicked 0:00:23.760 --> 0:00:25.480 Tom the Surfmaster Thayer. 0:00:26.720 --> 0:00:27.160 All right. 0:00:27.520 --> 0:00:29.680 The aftermath that will went over the Green Bay Packers 0:00:29.680 --> 0:00:32.960 at lambeau Field yesterday moved the Bears into twenty twenty 0:00:33.000 --> 0:00:35.320 five planning. So tonight I'm Bears Weekly. We take a 0:00:35.360 --> 0:00:38.080 look back at the five and twelve season, what transpired, 0:00:38.120 --> 0:00:41.000 where the franchise is heading, and as it prepares for 0:00:41.080 --> 0:00:42.920 twenty twenty five. Go to be back with you on 0:00:42.960 --> 0:00:45.640 this Monday night on Bears Weekly with Super Bowl winning 0:00:45.640 --> 0:00:46.520 Bears guard Tom Thayer. 0:00:46.520 --> 0:00:47.400 I'm Jeff Joniac. 0:00:47.680 --> 0:00:49.879 Joining us as we will throughout the offseason, will be 0:00:49.880 --> 0:00:52.479 former Bears quarterback Jim Miller from Serious XM moving the 0:00:52.560 --> 0:00:55.720 chains and of the ESPN studio spend at the Dows Tonight, 0:00:55.840 --> 0:00:58.520 Justin Pottinger and thanks to our producers Dan Brillly, Jordan 0:00:58.560 --> 0:01:00.760 treadap from the Bears and the executive producer the Bears 0:01:00.880 --> 0:01:04.080 Radio Network is Eric Ostrotski. Coming up, we'll have the 0:01:04.160 --> 0:01:06.679 end of season news conference with interim head coach Thomas 0:01:06.680 --> 0:01:09.840 Brown a portion of that and quarterback Katab Williams reflecting 0:01:09.880 --> 0:01:14.280 on his rookie season. On Tuesday ten am news conference 0:01:14.319 --> 0:01:18.200 with general manager Ryan Poles with his end of season review. 0:01:18.680 --> 0:01:20.679 End of season with a win time for the first time. 0:01:20.720 --> 0:01:23.360 I didn't realize this first time since the twenty nineteen season. 0:01:24.160 --> 0:01:28.040 Yeah, it's been a while. I Nevertheless, it kind of 0:01:28.440 --> 0:01:31.760 was fun walking out of lambeau Field because there's been 0:01:31.800 --> 0:01:35.600 so many disappointing walks from the press box down to 0:01:35.680 --> 0:01:39.680 the team bus, which is a long walk. I know 0:01:39.760 --> 0:01:42.839 it wasn't a cure all, but its shre sent twenty 0:01:42.920 --> 0:01:46.120 five off to a much better start than what the 0:01:46.160 --> 0:01:49.440 finish could have been. If it disappointingly, would have led 0:01:49.480 --> 0:01:50.600 to another loss. 0:01:50.520 --> 0:01:53.560 And another expat Jim Miller now joining us. First win 0:01:53.600 --> 0:01:57.080 at Lambo since twenty fifteenth Thanksgiving Day, it's a long 0:01:57.120 --> 0:01:59.680 time that we were all talking about it. Caleb Williams 0:01:59.720 --> 0:02:01.880 was fourteen years old the last time the Bears won 0:02:01.920 --> 0:02:02.920 at Lambeau. 0:02:03.160 --> 0:02:06.560 Really crazy, and you know, you give the guys a 0:02:06.560 --> 0:02:08.600 lot of credit. I thought they played hard, you know, 0:02:08.720 --> 0:02:10.560 all the way till the end. You know, had the 0:02:10.680 --> 0:02:14.440 unfortunate fumble, but they overcame that as well and able 0:02:14.480 --> 0:02:17.320 to knock in the game winner. But it just, you know, 0:02:17.400 --> 0:02:22.280 to really end a season against your rival when you know, 0:02:22.480 --> 0:02:24.560 you just have a bad taste in your mouth. So 0:02:24.760 --> 0:02:27.240 it really kind of just relieves a little bit of that. 0:02:27.560 --> 0:02:29.320 And I think that you know, to end that on 0:02:29.400 --> 0:02:31.680 a high note. And the guys had some professional pride, 0:02:31.680 --> 0:02:33.000 so you give them a lot of credit with the 0:02:33.040 --> 0:02:35.440 effort and getting a win on the road when it 0:02:35.480 --> 0:02:37.760 really didn't matter. So glad they didn't check it in. 0:02:38.000 --> 0:02:40.440 Yeah, I keep folks on this word resolved. They had 0:02:40.480 --> 0:02:42.640 the resolve, and you know that they could have just 0:02:43.240 --> 0:02:45.919 folded up after that fumble again, you know, like, oh, 0:02:46.040 --> 0:02:48.560 not another scenario or you're not going to be able 0:02:48.600 --> 0:02:50.400 to get the job done on the fourth quarter. But 0:02:50.560 --> 0:02:54.560 that drive, that throw to DJ Moore by catob was outstanding, 0:02:54.600 --> 0:02:57.880 and so you conquered adversity after the fumble, and you 0:02:57.919 --> 0:03:01.440 do you just kind of wipe out all that streak 0:03:01.480 --> 0:03:04.640 stuff that's done now forget about it now, fresh clean slate. 0:03:04.720 --> 0:03:05.639 Tommy, Well, you. 0:03:05.600 --> 0:03:07.919 Know the thing about it is it's a divisional opponent 0:03:08.000 --> 0:03:10.160 at home, and I think it's a really good learning 0:03:10.200 --> 0:03:12.200 experience for every one of these young guys that are 0:03:12.200 --> 0:03:14.200 going to be here for a while. You know what 0:03:14.240 --> 0:03:16.600 it's like in Minnesota, you know what it's like in Detroit, 0:03:16.600 --> 0:03:18.600 and now you know what it's like in lambeau Field. 0:03:18.840 --> 0:03:22.720 So now mentally and physically you know what to prepare 0:03:22.800 --> 0:03:25.480 for when you're getting ready to play those games in 0:03:25.520 --> 0:03:27.600 the future. You're going to play in a lot of 0:03:27.639 --> 0:03:32.360 hostile environments, but there's nothing like divisional opponents. And hopefully 0:03:32.720 --> 0:03:35.800 that puts a little bit of spark in Soldier Field. 0:03:35.880 --> 0:03:38.920 So the next time the divisional opponents come back there 0:03:38.960 --> 0:03:41.440 to play, they expect the Bears to win. 0:03:41.480 --> 0:03:43.120 Forty five wins in the division. 0:03:43.200 --> 0:03:48.040 Jim crazy number Hey, Detroit went six and zero, Minnesota 0:03:48.080 --> 0:03:51.840 six and four and two, and Green Band of Bears 0:03:51.880 --> 0:03:54.800 both one and five. So they're a black field goal away. 0:03:54.840 --> 0:03:57.200 The Packers were going zero to six in the division. Tim, 0:03:57.320 --> 0:04:00.840 I find that Tom, Tom and Jim I was calling you. 0:04:00.920 --> 0:04:02.640 I mixed, I mixed you guys. 0:04:03.080 --> 0:04:05.800 Tim is my new you guys, that's that's the author 0:04:05.880 --> 0:04:07.160 ego of Jim Miller. 0:04:07.200 --> 0:04:08.160 In town, there is Tim. 0:04:08.520 --> 0:04:11.560 We agree with what Tom said about learning your opponents 0:04:11.600 --> 0:04:14.680 on the road, Yes, but these are all playoff teams, right, 0:04:15.200 --> 0:04:18.160 These are playoff teams. So you know what you're looking 0:04:18.240 --> 0:04:21.240 at in division. You know what Green Bay has done, 0:04:21.320 --> 0:04:24.919 what Minnesota has done with Donald and obviously Detroit, I 0:04:24.920 --> 0:04:29.280 mean Detroit, what they did with Minnesota yesterday to take 0:04:29.720 --> 0:04:32.760 you know, home field advantage. It's looking right at you 0:04:32.800 --> 0:04:35.719 in Division of what you've got to do and what 0:04:35.760 --> 0:04:38.800 you're going to be competing against and what client or 0:04:38.839 --> 0:04:41.120 what hill that you need to climb to achieve this. 0:04:41.640 --> 0:04:44.479 Yeah, and and you know, and it's gonna it's going 0:04:44.520 --> 0:04:48.960 to be an interesting exercise because as these teams continue 0:04:49.040 --> 0:04:54.359 to build their resume in terms of success, there's a 0:04:54.440 --> 0:04:57.880 financial component that will come back to haunt all that greatness, 0:04:57.920 --> 0:05:00.600 right like in Detroit or you know you at some 0:05:00.760 --> 0:05:03.560 point the salary cap also screams a little bit, so 0:05:04.240 --> 0:05:06.479 you know, you just got to keep pound of that rocket. 0:05:06.560 --> 0:05:09.240 Hopefully that you can get into that conversation as a 0:05:09.640 --> 0:05:11.320 premier team in the division as well. 0:05:11.440 --> 0:05:12.960 But it's not going to be simple. 0:05:13.640 --> 0:05:14.840 No, you know that. 0:05:14.880 --> 0:05:16.760 You know that's the business side of it. That's for 0:05:16.880 --> 0:05:19.320 other people to figure out. To me is when I 0:05:19.360 --> 0:05:22.360 look at the upcoming schedule already, we don't know when 0:05:22.360 --> 0:05:24.840 they're going to happen, but we know who they're going 0:05:24.880 --> 0:05:28.320 to be. And so as a player, whether you're a 0:05:28.400 --> 0:05:30.680 rookie or you're a guy that's been around for six 0:05:30.800 --> 0:05:33.440 or seven years, and then you start thinking about where 0:05:33.480 --> 0:05:36.719 and when you're playing these different opponents, I think it 0:05:36.800 --> 0:05:37.960 kind of sets a little. 0:05:38.000 --> 0:05:39.800 You know, the ball is moving. 0:05:39.920 --> 0:05:42.400 You know you're not going to the Hall of Fame game, 0:05:42.680 --> 0:05:45.200 you don't know if you're going to play internationally yet 0:05:45.520 --> 0:05:48.719 you know you're just getting ready for nine away games 0:05:48.760 --> 0:05:51.360 and eight home games, and you want to start off 0:05:51.400 --> 0:05:54.679 with a spark at home and left that ignite something big. 0:05:54.920 --> 0:05:58.919 But maybe the spark started yesterday at Lambeau. 0:05:58.600 --> 0:06:07.000 Cleveland, Dallas, Giants, Pittsburgh and New Orleans. Coming to Chicago, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Washington, Vegas, 0:06:07.680 --> 0:06:10.239 and San Francisco are the road trips, Tommy. 0:06:10.320 --> 0:06:12.839 It's so tough road trips, man. When you look at 0:06:12.880 --> 0:06:16.760 where Washington's going, how hostile the environment is in Philly. 0:06:17.640 --> 0:06:20.400 I think when you think of uh Las Vegas, it's 0:06:20.440 --> 0:06:22.960 gonna be seventy percent Bears fans. 0:06:23.040 --> 0:06:25.560 So just put that one in the home column. 0:06:25.960 --> 0:06:29.840 But again, I do think when the conversation amongst all 0:06:29.880 --> 0:06:32.479 these guys, whether they're traveling on the plane home last 0:06:32.520 --> 0:06:35.640 night or they get together within the next couple of weeks, it's, 0:06:35.720 --> 0:06:37.680 you know, kind of hard not to think about now 0:06:38.160 --> 0:06:39.880 that you're on to next year. 0:06:40.160 --> 0:06:43.880 Yeah, it's funny, Jeff, because when Tom started he said, well, 0:06:43.920 --> 0:06:46.200 you know, I don't look at the financial things, And 0:06:46.240 --> 0:06:48.760 when I got done with football, I did not look 0:06:48.800 --> 0:06:51.880 at the offseason the way I do now. And there 0:06:52.000 --> 0:06:55.520 is so much going on in the off season with financials, 0:06:55.920 --> 0:06:59.280 with the draft, which free agency. I mean, we can 0:06:59.320 --> 0:07:00.880 go on and on of all the things that are 0:07:00.920 --> 0:07:03.040 going on, but money is a big part of it 0:07:03.080 --> 0:07:06.000 and how much you have to spend. In what's going 0:07:06.040 --> 0:07:08.719 on in the NFC North. We know the Lions have 0:07:08.839 --> 0:07:12.880 committed to Jared Golf, all right, The Packers have committed 0:07:13.240 --> 0:07:17.320 to Jordan Love. There are now talks that the Minnesota 0:07:17.400 --> 0:07:22.080 Vikings may be committed to Sam Darnold and they're gonna 0:07:22.160 --> 0:07:25.400 commit a lot of dollars. The Bears have an opportunity 0:07:25.440 --> 0:07:29.880 here because they've got the rookie quarterback in Caleb Williams 0:07:29.920 --> 0:07:33.240 where they can surround him and build build around him 0:07:33.640 --> 0:07:36.080 with a lot of things like how Seattle did with 0:07:36.440 --> 0:07:39.520 Russell Wilson. We can go through numerous examples, but the 0:07:39.520 --> 0:07:42.360 Bears could be the one unique team in the North 0:07:42.400 --> 0:07:46.280 that could be financially structured differently than those other clubs 0:07:46.280 --> 0:07:48.640 depending on what Minnesota does this offseason. 0:07:48.640 --> 0:07:50.480 And that's what I was driving at a little bit. 0:07:50.600 --> 0:07:52.240 You know that you got to take advantage of. 0:07:52.200 --> 0:07:55.760 That, right, Oh, of course you have to take advantage 0:07:55.800 --> 0:07:58.000 of it when you have two guys like Caleb and 0:07:58.120 --> 0:07:59.880 Rome and what you can put around. 0:08:00.280 --> 0:08:02.280 But the question too, I don't I don't even know 0:08:02.320 --> 0:08:04.320 when the Bears are drafting, do you do? 0:08:04.400 --> 0:08:07.400 We know that tent Okay, so now you're looking at 0:08:07.440 --> 0:08:10.520 the tenth picking the draft. But yeah, when you have 0:08:11.080 --> 0:08:13.720 a couple of assets that you just recently brought a 0:08:13.760 --> 0:08:17.520 board that aren't just you know, aren't killing your salary cap, 0:08:18.120 --> 0:08:22.880 you can really, you know, to make some significant strides 0:08:23.240 --> 0:08:27.480 within the next couple of years within the draft. 0:08:27.920 --> 0:08:30.480 And of course this is the day when news breaks 0:08:30.560 --> 0:08:33.440 on on many fronts in the coaching universe. And so 0:08:34.720 --> 0:08:40.840 right now, to my knowledge, Jim five Openings and NFL 0:08:40.920 --> 0:08:44.400 Network and ESPN's Adam Schefter putting forth a bunch of 0:08:44.480 --> 0:08:48.640 names that the Bears are asking to interview permission. So 0:08:48.679 --> 0:08:51.160 these are all attributed to those guys, of course, the 0:08:51.200 --> 0:08:55.319 Ben Johnson, Aaron Glenn, Anthony Weaver, Thomas Brown's gonna get 0:08:55.320 --> 0:09:00.040 an interview. There's a request according to NFL Network, that 0:09:00.200 --> 0:09:05.319 Mike McCarthy, the Dallas head coach, before he has an 0:09:05.320 --> 0:09:08.400 exclusive negotiating window with Dallas that expires, I believe on 0:09:08.480 --> 0:09:12.880 January fourteenth. The name Drew Petsing, the Arizona offensive cordner, 0:09:12.960 --> 0:09:16.760 Tom Monkin, Baltimore offensive cordner, Arthur Smith according to Adam Schefter, 0:09:17.160 --> 0:09:20.640 the Pittsburgh offensive coordinator, and the Saint Rita alum Northwestern 0:09:20.640 --> 0:09:22.240 alum Mike Kafka. 0:09:22.559 --> 0:09:24.560 According to the NFL Network, the Giants offense. 0:09:24.840 --> 0:09:27.679 So again, they said it was going to be a 0:09:27.800 --> 0:09:30.040 broad scope view of. 0:09:29.960 --> 0:09:33.319 How they're going to look at this, and so. 0:09:33.360 --> 0:09:36.920 A lot of names there to work through, and we'll 0:09:36.960 --> 0:09:40.240 learn more tomorrow potentially from Ryan Poles about some of this. 0:09:40.679 --> 0:09:43.720 Yeah, there's a lot of names there, but that'll get 0:09:43.760 --> 0:09:46.240 cut down pretty quickly. A lot of that stuff. The 0:09:46.280 --> 0:09:49.680 interviews are a lot of those are zoom calls where 0:09:49.720 --> 0:09:53.280 they can narrow in on, say, their top four candidates 0:09:53.600 --> 0:09:55.400 is what it'll be. And Pat and I had a 0:09:55.400 --> 0:09:58.640 good discussion about that, and Pat typically the guys that 0:09:58.760 --> 0:10:02.040 he is prepped for interviews, that's typically Helby'll do a 0:10:02.080 --> 0:10:04.480 lot of zoomans. When you hear that volume. 0:10:04.240 --> 0:10:06.480 Of games, Well, tell everybody who Pat is. 0:10:07.520 --> 0:10:10.640 Oh, Pat Kerwine for GM of the Jets. 0:10:10.640 --> 0:10:14.920 Excuse me, your partner on Sirius xm NFL Radio. All right, 0:10:14.960 --> 0:10:17.360 when we come back, we're gonna hear part of the 0:10:17.360 --> 0:10:19.880 news conference from Thomas Brown, the Bears interim head coach, 0:10:20.200 --> 0:10:23.000 as we continue on breaking down twenty twenty four and 0:10:23.080 --> 0:10:25.840 looking ahead to twenty twenty five here on Bears Weekly 0:10:25.840 --> 0:10:28.040 on ESPN one thousand of the Bears Radio Network. 0:10:29.679 --> 0:10:30.280 This segment of. 0:10:30.240 --> 0:10:33.200 Bears Weekly is brought to you by IGS Energy with 0:10:33.320 --> 0:10:35.640 Tom pay Or, Jeff Joniak and Jim Miller from Serious 0:10:35.760 --> 0:10:38.959 XMNFL Radio. As we begin to break down the season 0:10:38.960 --> 0:10:40.960 and look ahead a little bit here. But first I'd 0:10:40.960 --> 0:10:43.560 like to play some of the fifteen minute news conference 0:10:43.640 --> 0:10:47.440 at Thomas Brown conducted up here at Hallisaul so broke 0:10:47.480 --> 0:10:49.840 off about ten minutes of it. We'll sit back and 0:10:50.160 --> 0:10:51.920 listen in right here to Thomas Brown. 0:10:52.960 --> 0:10:54.120 Some stuff I said yesterday. 0:10:54.160 --> 0:10:57.480 I was excited for that locker room, of the filling 0:10:57.480 --> 0:11:01.600 of winning again, the fitting of a couple first, you know, 0:11:01.679 --> 0:11:03.800 beating the Packers in a while, first one in the year, 0:11:04.520 --> 0:11:05.760 but one that kind of just made a point of 0:11:05.760 --> 0:11:08.360 emphasis of a lot of those guys that finished the 0:11:08.400 --> 0:11:10.679 right way right. So we talked about the night before 0:11:10.720 --> 0:11:13.920 and team meeting about a couple of things that you 0:11:13.960 --> 0:11:18.840 know kill success. Are enemies of success, which ease is 0:11:18.840 --> 0:11:21.600 one of them. Are the desire for things to be easy, 0:11:21.640 --> 0:11:24.800 so difficult game kind of and doing some difficult moments 0:11:24.800 --> 0:11:26.240 throughout this year. So it's good to better see those 0:11:26.240 --> 0:11:29.559 guys persevered and come through and you know, capitalize on 0:11:29.679 --> 0:11:32.560 some opportunities even the end of it, just how it ended, 0:11:32.640 --> 0:11:35.800 just to still believe the same mentality and so excited 0:11:35.840 --> 0:11:38.760 for the group. I was excited for organization as well, 0:11:39.400 --> 0:11:41.439 and now having an opportunity to meet with those guys 0:11:41.440 --> 0:11:43.640 one on one for the most part throughout the day, 0:11:43.640 --> 0:11:46.360 haven't actually gotten through the whole roster yet, but about 0:11:46.679 --> 0:11:48.679 maybe a third of the way through, maybe less than that, 0:11:49.200 --> 0:11:51.080 but just to be able to give those guys feedback 0:11:51.120 --> 0:11:54.600 on what I felt about the season for them individually, 0:11:55.000 --> 0:11:58.760 but also advice moving forward, regardless of how it shapes out, 0:11:58.920 --> 0:12:01.600 just for them their development, their growth, or any game 0:12:01.640 --> 0:12:03.880 of football. But what I cared probably the most about 0:12:03.880 --> 0:12:07.319 it is just their development and growth in life questions. 0:12:07.559 --> 0:12:10.040 Lam said yesterday that you're going to interview for the job. 0:12:10.120 --> 0:12:11.600 Do you know what day you're going to do that? 0:12:11.880 --> 0:12:12.560 I do not yet. 0:12:12.600 --> 0:12:15.679 Now we want to stress to him and Kevin George 0:12:15.720 --> 0:12:19.120 anything about anything about what you live five weeks and 0:12:19.120 --> 0:12:21.040 why you'd be the best candidate for the job. 0:12:22.000 --> 0:12:22.200 Yeah. 0:12:22.280 --> 0:12:24.760 I think having atentially had my whole vision of playing 0:12:24.800 --> 0:12:27.320 I have for this football team moving forward is going 0:12:27.360 --> 0:12:29.720 to be part of it. But I think them having 0:12:29.720 --> 0:12:33.400 a chance to see me in the building something that 0:12:33.679 --> 0:12:35.920 to me should be more impressed with everything else. The 0:12:35.960 --> 0:12:38.240 situation I kind of had a chance to take over 0:12:38.760 --> 0:12:40.959 having three different jobs in the same season, which I'm 0:12:40.960 --> 0:12:42.880 not sure that's happened before in the history of football. 0:12:43.160 --> 0:12:43.880 They may have been. 0:12:44.040 --> 0:12:46.760 It might be being dramatic, but can you guys can 0:12:46.760 --> 0:12:48.319 google that and look at it, which I. 0:12:48.280 --> 0:12:49.000 Haven't heard of it. 0:12:49.760 --> 0:12:52.160 But I think just the approach that I've had every 0:12:52.160 --> 0:12:54.360 single day in the building of the entire doy I 0:12:54.360 --> 0:12:57.160 brought to the group, and I understand. 0:12:57.559 --> 0:12:59.600 The results that we're all hunting up. I understand the 0:12:59.640 --> 0:13:00.320 expert taking. 0:13:00.360 --> 0:13:03.559 As far as everybody assumes stuff gets changed because you 0:13:03.600 --> 0:13:05.360 snap your fingers, that doesn't know how it. 0:13:05.440 --> 0:13:07.880 Change happens. Change happens over time. 0:13:08.280 --> 0:13:11.640 I think oftentimes when you're making radical changes, things get 0:13:11.720 --> 0:13:13.880 worse before they get better. But I think just being 0:13:13.920 --> 0:13:17.560 able to have him being my meetings, see how I 0:13:17.559 --> 0:13:20.000 conduct myself in a team meeting, see myself at practice 0:13:20.000 --> 0:13:21.760 with as far as how I am with the group, 0:13:22.520 --> 0:13:25.760 should be more beneficial than anything else. But it's gonna 0:13:25.800 --> 0:13:28.560 be just more about myself, my personality, but also the 0:13:28.600 --> 0:13:29.640 plan for this organization. 0:13:29.800 --> 0:13:32.520 Times how challenging it was the situation you walked into 0:13:32.720 --> 0:13:35.000 for you personally knowing it, it's not something that you 0:13:35.120 --> 0:13:38.120 had set up all the pieces in place with staff 0:13:38.160 --> 0:13:41.400 and the way things have gone, and you inherited a 0:13:41.440 --> 0:13:44.200 team that was I can't remember the exact record at 0:13:44.200 --> 0:13:46.400 the time, maybe before ETCE a team that was really 0:13:46.880 --> 0:13:47.800 in bad shape. 0:13:48.080 --> 0:13:50.920 Yeah, so it was challenging, but I learned a lot 0:13:50.960 --> 0:13:54.439 more about myself this year and I've probably grown more 0:13:54.440 --> 0:13:57.000 as a coast this year than the last maybe two 0:13:57.080 --> 0:13:59.400 three years combined, just because of having to wear three 0:13:59.400 --> 0:14:02.920 different hats in the same building and also have to 0:14:03.040 --> 0:14:05.040 adjust and adapt on the fly, which is. 0:14:06.760 --> 0:14:07.520 A desire trait. 0:14:07.559 --> 0:14:09.560 You should have a one a half to be in 0:14:09.559 --> 0:14:12.360 this position because the game has ever evolved, ever changing, 0:14:12.760 --> 0:14:15.240 and it's never consistent as far as what. 0:14:15.240 --> 0:14:16.439 May happen from day to day. 0:14:17.000 --> 0:14:19.680 But also having a chance to learn on the fly, 0:14:20.000 --> 0:14:22.040 adapt to the fly, and make adjustments on the fly 0:14:22.080 --> 0:14:24.960 when it comes to how you communicate with players. They 0:14:25.040 --> 0:14:28.120 also being able to offer myself at a different light, 0:14:28.200 --> 0:14:29.440 and you go from being in the back of the 0:14:29.480 --> 0:14:32.720 quarterback room as a past game coordinator to being the 0:14:32.800 --> 0:14:36.040 coordinator to being the head coach give you a different 0:14:36.040 --> 0:14:39.360 respective as far as how the group views you, but 0:14:39.400 --> 0:14:41.200 also give a glimpse of what it looks like when 0:14:41.240 --> 0:14:42.760 you have an opportunity to do with the rightway from 0:14:42.800 --> 0:14:46.400 the beginning. So difficult one thousand percent, probably more so 0:14:46.520 --> 0:14:50.000 than people are willing to admit and will ever put 0:14:50.040 --> 0:14:51.200 themselves in a spot. 0:14:50.920 --> 0:14:52.280 That they actually ever do. 0:14:53.200 --> 0:14:56.000 But difficult as a part of life and difficult to 0:14:56.040 --> 0:14:57.160 me is relevant. 0:14:56.880 --> 0:14:59.280 Tomas, if you got a second year with Caleb, how 0:14:59.360 --> 0:15:01.040 different would the offensive. 0:15:01.480 --> 0:15:04.120 A lot different? I think from one standpoint of he's 0:15:04.160 --> 0:15:07.160 going he's been through a season already won since obviously 0:15:07.200 --> 0:15:09.440 some growing page he's already worked through. But just from 0:15:09.440 --> 0:15:12.440 a foundational standpoint as far as uh the work and 0:15:12.520 --> 0:15:14.840 they all season, I think if you want to be 0:15:14.880 --> 0:15:16.560 a great team, want to be a great quarterback, want 0:15:16.560 --> 0:15:19.160 to be a great player in general, it's built in 0:15:19.240 --> 0:15:21.640 the off season, long before the cameras on you, but 0:15:21.680 --> 0:15:23.120 long before you play a football game. 0:15:23.200 --> 0:15:25.000 So the foundational piece is going to be different. 0:15:25.720 --> 0:15:28.880 Obviously, understanding more about him and how he learns and 0:15:28.920 --> 0:15:32.000 how to communicate with him, but also what he needs 0:15:32.040 --> 0:15:33.800 to be at his best will be different because I 0:15:33.840 --> 0:15:36.720 have a chance to uh to address that approach there 0:15:36.760 --> 0:15:39.040 from day one. But also it's overall his growth and 0:15:39.120 --> 0:15:41.400 development as far as the player will grow, So it. 0:15:41.400 --> 0:15:42.880 Would not to be better because of that too. 0:15:43.200 --> 0:15:45.960 Tell Us, whether you're the coach next year or somebody else's, 0:15:46.000 --> 0:15:49.160 what will your message be to Ryan and Kevin when 0:15:49.200 --> 0:15:53.040 it comes to addressing what this organization needs or this 0:15:53.120 --> 0:15:56.360 locker room needs. UH that you feel that you've seen 0:15:56.400 --> 0:15:59.040 from the inside to turn the corner and actually become 0:15:59.080 --> 0:16:00.000 a winning team. 0:16:00.440 --> 0:16:03.600 Yes, I've already begun that dialogue started and five weeks 0:16:03.600 --> 0:16:05.600 ago when as we first took over the interim head 0:16:05.640 --> 0:16:08.520 coach role. As far as my thoughts of the roster, UH, 0:16:08.600 --> 0:16:11.560 the personal the other guys in the locker room, the 0:16:11.600 --> 0:16:14.520 ability to players, but also the intangiles we need to have. 0:16:15.240 --> 0:16:15.680 UH. 0:16:15.720 --> 0:16:18.040 As far as the collective us be on the same page, 0:16:18.040 --> 0:16:19.320 for sure, it's gonna be a big part of that, 0:16:19.480 --> 0:16:22.440 like the collaborative effort to move into kind of a 0:16:22.520 --> 0:16:27.120 one one focused mentality. But I've challenged every guy in 0:16:27.480 --> 0:16:31.040 a locker room to have a different perspective, have a 0:16:31.040 --> 0:16:34.760 different mentality, and ultimately, best teams are player led, so 0:16:35.680 --> 0:16:37.040 the more they control the locker room. 0:16:37.080 --> 0:16:38.600 Of course, the head coach is important. 0:16:39.040 --> 0:16:41.680 Of course it is important, the scheme is important, But 0:16:41.720 --> 0:16:44.880 in between those lines, players play, so have an opportunity 0:16:44.960 --> 0:16:47.360 for them to address issues in the off season, to 0:16:47.520 --> 0:16:50.440 command it and UH, to get the respect to need 0:16:50.480 --> 0:16:52.400 from a locker room standpoint is gonna be important. So 0:16:52.440 --> 0:16:54.920 we've already had those dial lagus to some degree. But 0:16:54.960 --> 0:16:56.960 I'll go in deeper detail in my in my interview. 0:16:57.160 --> 0:16:58.600 So what do you what do you feel is missing? 0:17:00.800 --> 0:17:04.480 It's not really short answer to that question. So I'm 0:17:04.480 --> 0:17:06.040 not gonna I can't. I'm gonna have the time to 0:17:06.080 --> 0:17:08.159 go through everything. I think it's kind of missing. But 0:17:08.200 --> 0:17:10.920 I think from the standpoint of the the culture being 0:17:10.920 --> 0:17:13.680 about the people, uh, the foundational pieces that start for 0:17:13.760 --> 0:17:17.920 using the all season with the mentality of expecting in 0:17:18.000 --> 0:17:21.160 the belief to win, in approaching that way every single day. 0:17:21.160 --> 0:17:23.280 As far as how you go about your business, that's 0:17:23.320 --> 0:17:24.080 one thing that's missing. 0:17:26.040 --> 0:17:28.680 Do you think that that was the disconnections that everybody wasn't. 0:17:28.520 --> 0:17:30.920 On the same page. You know, I can't. 0:17:30.960 --> 0:17:32.919 I can't speak to that because I wasn't here before, 0:17:33.119 --> 0:17:35.280 and I wasn't here at the beginning when the foundation 0:17:35.440 --> 0:17:35.800 was set. 0:17:36.480 --> 0:17:39.760 I just speak to my perspective. 0:17:39.200 --> 0:17:42.639 Of being around winning organizations, uh, and the ones that 0:17:42.720 --> 0:17:45.520 haven't been at this one missing piece just not being 0:17:45.520 --> 0:17:48.640 a line as far as everyone moving in the same direction. 0:17:49.080 --> 0:17:52.160 But also think I think shared accountability throughout the building, right, 0:17:52.240 --> 0:17:54.639 So we are all here because of the ball and 0:17:54.680 --> 0:17:56.679 so we all get judged because of how the ball is, 0:17:56.760 --> 0:17:58.679 but we all in the building have to operate with 0:17:58.720 --> 0:18:02.200 the mentality of my job is important. I got to 0:18:02.200 --> 0:18:04.080 be excellent every single day for this whole thing to 0:18:04.160 --> 0:18:07.680 function the right way. So from how you deal with everybody, uh, 0:18:07.720 --> 0:18:12.800 and from a in the cafeteria to the janitorial service, 0:18:12.840 --> 0:18:15.639 everybody has to have mentality of winning and being excellent 0:18:15.680 --> 0:18:16.919 and be held at that same standard. 0:18:17.480 --> 0:18:20.040 As you reflect what your perspective of why this team 0:18:20.160 --> 0:18:22.840 wasn't able to activate the parachute. 0:18:22.400 --> 0:18:24.360 During that ten year extreme. 0:18:26.920 --> 0:18:30.640 Uh, you know, I think it's it's all the foundational 0:18:30.880 --> 0:18:34.960 issue from the very beginning of the mentality you have 0:18:35.040 --> 0:18:40.720 and expecting to win and also not shying away from 0:18:41.040 --> 0:18:44.840 the adverse moments, and the understanding of every guy in 0:18:44.880 --> 0:18:46.640 that locker room, every guy in that field, and every 0:18:46.760 --> 0:18:50.920 every single phase expecting and being demanded and held accountable 0:18:50.960 --> 0:18:53.359 to be at his best. Because most most games in 0:18:53.359 --> 0:18:55.520 this league, you know, bore down to one score game, 0:18:55.640 --> 0:18:57.840 so that's not like it's a big shock of a projects. 0:18:57.880 --> 0:19:01.199 Rather just have multiple blowouts in back to back games. 0:19:01.520 --> 0:19:03.600 So that's kind of an understanding, But just the mentality 0:19:03.640 --> 0:19:06.000