WEBVTT - What does Shane Waldron bring to the Bears? | Bears Weekly 0:00:00.600 --> 0:00:05.000 Welcome in Tumble Bears Weekly, a Chicago Bears Network production 0:00:05.400 --> 0:00:08.480 download the Chicago Bears Official as brought to you by 0:00:08.680 --> 0:00:11.640 Verizon to follow the team on the go. Bears Weekly 0:00:11.760 --> 0:00:15.680 is brought to you by Advocate Healthcare, Athletico Physical Therapy, 0:00:15.880 --> 0:00:17.919 Beth Revers, CD, Telling. 0:00:17.720 --> 0:00:21.800 Moore, Connie's Pizza, Fi, Gas Energy, and Miller Life Kira. 0:00:21.920 --> 0:00:25.759 Your hosts Jeff Chilniak, aka the Mayor of Bearsville and 0:00:25.880 --> 0:00:28.440 his sidekick Tom the surf Faster There. 0:00:29.240 --> 0:00:32.360 Championship Week Get Ahead in the NFL, the Bears working 0:00:32.360 --> 0:00:35.760 towards getting back there, something they've done only five times 0:00:35.800 --> 0:00:38.800 since nineteen seventy. A new takeout of the Bears offense 0:00:38.800 --> 0:00:40.879 with the hiring this week of Shane Aldrin, his offensive 0:00:40.920 --> 0:00:43.520 coordinator from Seattle, where he called plays for three seasons. 0:00:43.840 --> 0:00:44.959 So it's time to rock and roll. 0:00:45.040 --> 0:00:48.160 My broadcast partner Tom Thayer, the Super Bowl winning Bears 0:00:48.159 --> 0:00:50.440 guard and former Bears quarterback Jim Miller from Serious x 0:00:50.520 --> 0:00:53.800 MNFL Radios moving the chains thanks to our producers Jordan Trudup, 0:00:53.840 --> 0:00:55.720 Dan Brially from the Bears and Tonight at the SPN 0:00:55.720 --> 0:00:59.840 one thousand Chicago Studios, Jay Cantu and Sean Greeney, executive 0:01:00.360 --> 0:01:03.279 Bears Radio Network, Eric Ostrosity, Good evening, one and all, 0:01:03.360 --> 0:01:04.560 thanks fans for listening. 0:01:04.800 --> 0:01:07.800 Tell me how you feeling today, buddy, Oh, I'm feeling good. 0:01:07.959 --> 0:01:08.160 You know. 0:01:08.480 --> 0:01:11.600 I'm excited about the week that took place up at 0:01:11.640 --> 0:01:14.240 Hallas Hall. You know, the most interesting thing I think 0:01:14.280 --> 0:01:17.160 if you have a career in professional sports is what's 0:01:17.200 --> 0:01:21.600 your first opportunity at the highest level is gone? 0:01:22.080 --> 0:01:24.360 How quickly does that next opportunity come? 0:01:24.880 --> 0:01:27.840 And when you know, I get cut as a player, 0:01:28.040 --> 0:01:30.040 you kind of hope that your phone rings again to 0:01:30.160 --> 0:01:31.480 give you another opportunity. 0:01:31.720 --> 0:01:34.160 And I think the same thing goes along with the coach. 0:01:34.200 --> 0:01:38.080 And I'm glad that the Bears have identified Shane Waldron 0:01:38.120 --> 0:01:39.880 to be the next leader of the offense. 0:01:40.200 --> 0:01:42.240 And I'm excited to see what he can do with 0:01:42.280 --> 0:01:43.080 this group of guys. 0:01:43.280 --> 0:01:45.200 What's your vibe about him? What are you what are 0:01:45.240 --> 0:01:47.240 you thinking? You know? 0:01:47.440 --> 0:01:50.080 I like that he has experienced in calling plays. 0:01:50.160 --> 0:01:53.280 I like the experience that he's had in the difficult division. 0:01:53.640 --> 0:01:55.640 I like the fact that he's taking a guy like 0:01:55.720 --> 0:01:58.520 Geno Smith that a lot of guys have given up 0:01:58.560 --> 0:02:02.080 on and he turned him into a Pro Bowl player. 0:02:02.480 --> 0:02:05.680 And I think that is really interesting to me because 0:02:06.560 --> 0:02:08.400 the difficulty of the movement of the. 0:02:08.440 --> 0:02:10.720 Quarterback position in Seattle. 0:02:11.240 --> 0:02:14.600 You know, he never lost his conviction to the type 0:02:14.600 --> 0:02:17.320 of system he wanted to run, no matter who was 0:02:17.360 --> 0:02:21.560 playing quarterback for him, So whether it's Drew Locke, Russell Wilson, 0:02:21.639 --> 0:02:24.720 or Geno Smith, and the program was successful the whole 0:02:24.720 --> 0:02:25.520 time he was there. 0:02:25.919 --> 0:02:28.839 Yeah, last two years, Gino thirty two games, seventy nine 0:02:28.880 --> 0:02:33.280 hundred passing yards, fifty touchdowns, twenty interceptions, a ninety six 0:02:33.360 --> 0:02:36.600 y five QBR, five hundred and twenty one yards rushing, 0:02:36.639 --> 0:02:42.520 two touchdowns, and Pro Bowler Comeback Player of the Year 0:02:42.639 --> 0:02:47.359 and a playoff game. So right, well that's a lot 0:02:47.360 --> 0:02:50.240 of good math. And you got to give a lot 0:02:50.240 --> 0:02:53.080 of credit to Gino too, because he always believed in himself. 0:02:53.400 --> 0:02:54.440 He never doubted it. 0:02:54.880 --> 0:02:57.720 And this was just a perfect mix of coaching and 0:02:57.800 --> 0:03:00.799 guy give Dave Canalis his quarterback. She became the head 0:03:00.800 --> 0:03:04.480 coach of the Carolina Panthers. Now credit as well for 0:03:05.160 --> 0:03:07.600 working out the math and getting everything done surrounding with 0:03:07.639 --> 0:03:08.239 the right people. 0:03:08.560 --> 0:03:11.200 Well, you know, that's the psychology of coaching. You have 0:03:11.320 --> 0:03:14.120 to make sure no matter who you're coaching in the 0:03:14.760 --> 0:03:17.919 depth of the position, you have that you can convince 0:03:17.960 --> 0:03:20.720 whomever you're trying to coach to get ready that they 0:03:20.760 --> 0:03:24.200 can be successful within their system and they have the 0:03:24.240 --> 0:03:27.480 ability as the player to go out there and play 0:03:27.520 --> 0:03:31.799 at an NFL level. So I like that as much 0:03:31.800 --> 0:03:33.600 as any aspects about Shane. 0:03:33.880 --> 0:03:35.840 All right, we haven't met him yet, we haven't talked 0:03:35.840 --> 0:03:37.360 to him, but you know, you put two and two 0:03:37.360 --> 0:03:41.720 together about what he comes with him. Sean McVay obviously 0:03:41.840 --> 0:03:46.920 somebody that's significant to him, and that system carries over 0:03:47.040 --> 0:03:50.000 in many different cities now in the NFL. But it 0:03:50.520 --> 0:03:53.960 is a system that includes running the football zone, rushing 0:03:54.280 --> 0:03:56.520 to set up some deep shots. And they had some 0:03:56.560 --> 0:03:59.760 really interesting characters there, and Metcalf Lockett and Jackson and 0:03:59.800 --> 0:04:02.960 Jay and and two really good young running backs and KENNETHA. 0:04:03.000 --> 0:04:05.040 Walker and Zach Charboney. 0:04:05.320 --> 0:04:08.520 A lot of motion, got a quick release, find the 0:04:08.560 --> 0:04:12.240 open short to intermediate and make something happen after the catch, 0:04:12.560 --> 0:04:14.320 and the use of the tight end former tight end 0:04:14.400 --> 0:04:17.080 himself at Toughs where he played his college football. 0:04:17.080 --> 0:04:19.160 Also, Tom, you'll be happy you know he's a launch snapper. 0:04:19.279 --> 0:04:21.320 He was a launch snapper. 0:04:21.520 --> 0:04:22.320 Was a launch snapper. 0:04:22.520 --> 0:04:23.279 Let me tell you something. 0:04:23.320 --> 0:04:25.960 My first roommate in the USFL was a guy named 0:04:26.000 --> 0:04:29.640 Mark Buben who graduated from Toughs University. And I never 0:04:29.680 --> 0:04:32.599 thought I'd hear of another football player from Toughs. And 0:04:32.640 --> 0:04:35.240 then when I started reading his bio, not only is 0:04:35.279 --> 0:04:39.880 he born on August seventeenth and I'm August sixteenth, then 0:04:39.920 --> 0:04:42.720 I see the Toughs University in his background. 0:04:42.760 --> 0:04:45.240 So it's it's fun. It's fun to see that. 0:04:45.360 --> 0:04:49.280 And yeah, it seems like the tight end position and 0:04:49.440 --> 0:04:52.200 the long snapping position used to go hand in hand 0:04:52.600 --> 0:04:56.160 back in the back in the NFL days, and and 0:04:56.240 --> 0:05:00.440 so I like that with his you know, his building 0:05:00.480 --> 0:05:03.960 blocks to where he's gotten, you know, have been a 0:05:04.000 --> 0:05:07.880 lot of different coaching personalities, a lot of different elements 0:05:07.920 --> 0:05:11.560 of trying to learn the different aspects of what you said, 0:05:11.640 --> 0:05:13.960 motion and you know the use of the tight end, 0:05:14.080 --> 0:05:16.479 good running backs, good wide receiver. 0:05:16.640 --> 0:05:19.479 But it's all according to the talent that you're offered. 0:05:19.960 --> 0:05:21.640 And so I don't think that you can come in 0:05:21.680 --> 0:05:24.000 here and have a system and say, Okay, I'm gonna 0:05:24.000 --> 0:05:27.799 put I'm gonna use this specifically. Okay, let me study 0:05:27.839 --> 0:05:31.000 my assets. Let me see where I can start. Is 0:05:31.040 --> 0:05:35.280 this system teachable enough where you can include those motions 0:05:35.560 --> 0:05:38.520 and do you have the practice time to have all 0:05:38.560 --> 0:05:41.880 those Yeah, but it has to be it takes a while, 0:05:42.240 --> 0:05:45.640 you know, when you have specific motions that fit according 0:05:45.680 --> 0:05:50.920 to listen, looking coverages and trying to give some defense, 0:05:50.960 --> 0:05:54.359 to give you some clues, it's it's super specific and 0:05:54.400 --> 0:05:59.680 it's got to be perfection, not general, not general. 0:05:59.800 --> 0:06:03.920 Error, is Right's yeah, Speaking from an offensive lineman's perspective, 0:06:03.960 --> 0:06:04.839 the same goes there. 0:06:05.080 --> 0:06:07.159 It's got to be specifics right. 0:06:07.080 --> 0:06:08.920 Right, right. 0:06:09.000 --> 0:06:10.560 But you know, there's just a lot of things that 0:06:10.640 --> 0:06:12.760 go hand in hand when you talk about motion and 0:06:12.839 --> 0:06:16.200 an offense, and nobody will be able to tell us 0:06:16.240 --> 0:06:17.599 that better than Jim Miller. 0:06:17.760 --> 0:06:20.400 So you know, I just think it's something we watch. 0:06:20.839 --> 0:06:21.360 And then the. 0:06:21.320 --> 0:06:23.720 Big thing too is you know, I was just on 0:06:23.880 --> 0:06:26.159 with Wada and Sylvie for a little bit and the 0:06:26.240 --> 0:06:30.120 idea that this is maybe not gonna be that much 0:06:30.160 --> 0:06:33.720 of a departure scheme wise from what the Bears had, 0:06:33.760 --> 0:06:35.400 and I'm I don't know for sure. 0:06:35.560 --> 0:06:36.880 I mean, the language could be different. 0:06:36.880 --> 0:06:39.240 I'm sure it's different, the play calls and how they're 0:06:39.480 --> 0:06:42.720 how they're charted. How they're called is an art that 0:06:42.800 --> 0:06:44.760 has to be a feel. It's got to be a setup. 0:06:45.000 --> 0:06:47.680 But I don't want to. I mean, I'm glad it's 0:06:47.680 --> 0:06:50.600 not like a complete redo and everybody's got to take 0:06:50.600 --> 0:06:52.880 a couple of years to learn it. I mean, that's 0:06:52.960 --> 0:06:55.320 not that's not gonna help a team that's ready to 0:06:55.320 --> 0:06:57.960 take that next step with the hall they're gonna get 0:06:57.960 --> 0:07:01.039 from the draft and free agency and the further development 0:07:01.040 --> 0:07:02.039 of the current players. 0:07:02.040 --> 0:07:04.960 But the language is gonna be different, different, different. 0:07:04.920 --> 0:07:08.040 And that's the most difficult aspect of making sure that 0:07:08.120 --> 0:07:11.200 all eleven guys are always on the same page. And 0:07:11.240 --> 0:07:13.480 no matter what system you're talking about, there's gonna be 0:07:13.480 --> 0:07:16.200 eleven guys on offense, there's gonna be eleven guys on defense. 0:07:16.600 --> 0:07:19.320 And everybody sitting in that room is not an a student. 0:07:19.720 --> 0:07:22.560 So it's gonna take different levels of learning when you 0:07:22.600 --> 0:07:26.960 try to incorporate the new, a new language into an 0:07:26.960 --> 0:07:28.040 offense that. 0:07:28.800 --> 0:07:30.280 You know everybody else. 0:07:30.320 --> 0:07:33.960 Everybody has the responsibility of spending a little bit of 0:07:34.000 --> 0:07:35.120 extra time studying. 0:07:35.520 --> 0:07:38.320 All right, Well, they're putting together an offensive staff around 0:07:38.440 --> 0:07:42.280 Shane Waldron and the Bears also looking for defensive coordinator help. 0:07:42.440 --> 0:07:46.800 A couple of known reported candidates, Chris Harris, our good 0:07:46.800 --> 0:07:50.040 friend obviously the defensive passing game coordinator of Tennessee and 0:07:50.080 --> 0:07:53.200 the former Bears cornerback, assistant head coach and defensive line 0:07:53.200 --> 0:07:57.560 coach in Tennessee, Terrell Williams. Also a report that the 0:07:57.600 --> 0:08:01.080 Bears asked to interview. Eric Washington was with Lobby Smiths 0:08:01.080 --> 0:08:03.800 staff here for several years. He's the assistant head coach 0:08:03.880 --> 0:08:05.960 d line coach for a Buffalo. I'm sure there'll be 0:08:05.960 --> 0:08:07.960 doing more names. We're gonna take our first break down 0:08:08.000 --> 0:08:09.840 me when we come back. We'll hopefully be joined by 0:08:09.920 --> 0:08:12.600 Jim Miller. We'll break down what's going on with the 0:08:12.640 --> 0:08:14.960 Bears in terms of what they have to offer. Look 0:08:15.000 --> 0:08:17.880 at many different aspects of things as it relates to 0:08:17.880 --> 0:08:20.600 Shane Waldron and I look around what's news right now 0:08:20.600 --> 0:08:23.600 in the league, and that's the head coaching carousel. Only 0:08:24.040 --> 0:08:27.400 two jobs left Seattle and Washington as we speak. This 0:08:27.560 --> 0:08:29.760 is Bears Weekly on a ESPN one thousand and the 0:08:29.760 --> 0:08:31.120 Bears Radio Network. 0:08:31.480 --> 0:08:34.199 This is Bears Weekly with the voice of the Bears 0:08:34.200 --> 0:08:38.640 for twenty three years, Jeff Ji on the Bears Radio Network. 0:08:42.160 --> 0:08:45.240 This segment of Bears Weekly, brought to you by IGS Energy. 0:08:45.280 --> 0:08:47.200 Jeff and Tom with you, and we'll have Jim Miller 0:08:47.200 --> 0:08:50.360 along in just a while as an aside. Check out 0:08:50.360 --> 0:08:55.360 our Bears et cetera podcast wherever you get your podcast YouTube, Apple, Spotify, Episode. 0:08:54.840 --> 0:08:57.280 Fifty two already, Tommy, I have enjoyed it. 0:08:57.840 --> 0:09:00.680 We got Bears Kicking legend Robbie Gold on his career 0:09:00.760 --> 0:09:04.200 and playoff kicking pressure. Obviously a lot of discussion on 0:09:04.280 --> 0:09:07.880 Tyler Bass the breakdown there some really good stuff and Tom, 0:09:07.880 --> 0:09:08.560 we had a good time. 0:09:09.200 --> 0:09:11.960 Yeah, that was you know, Robbie's a super intelligent guy, 0:09:12.320 --> 0:09:14.640 and until you listen to the podcast, I don't think 0:09:14.679 --> 0:09:19.480 he can really understand how much information that he tries 0:09:19.520 --> 0:09:23.040 to digest to help the special teams coach. But his 0:09:23.120 --> 0:09:26.040 way of thinking, whether it's on a kickoff, on an 0:09:26.080 --> 0:09:28.960 extra point or field goal, to help the punter, to 0:09:29.000 --> 0:09:32.559 help the snapper, and it's really it's interesting in the 0:09:33.840 --> 0:09:38.920 specific details that go into the condition, the field conditions, 0:09:39.320 --> 0:09:42.840 the outside conditions, the wind and the weather, and then 0:09:43.480 --> 0:09:48.079 trying to get the punt return guy or the kickoff 0:09:48.120 --> 0:09:52.000 return guy that's placed in a disadvantage position. 0:09:52.640 --> 0:09:54.800 All Right, we got Jimmy on board now from serious 0:09:54.920 --> 0:09:57.480 x MNFL radios move in the chains. He'd been watching 0:09:57.520 --> 0:10:01.880 the coaching carousel spinning out of control. I didn't realize this, 0:10:01.960 --> 0:10:04.199 Big Jim, and good evening, thanks for joining us. 0:10:04.880 --> 0:10:06.840 Atlanta settling on Raheem Morris. 0:10:06.880 --> 0:10:11.120 But one of fourteen candidates that they interviewed for the 0:10:11.160 --> 0:10:14.960 head coaching job, and one of those candidates was Bill Belichick, 0:10:15.320 --> 0:10:20.680 and so fourteen talk about doing due diligence, we start there. 0:10:21.240 --> 0:10:23.800 Some of this has been surprising in terms of the 0:10:23.920 --> 0:10:27.400 volume of interviews by some of these squads and what's 0:10:27.440 --> 0:10:30.720 happened so far in this round of head coaching hires. 0:10:30.800 --> 0:10:33.319 Yeah, I think it's by no surprise. I think for 0:10:33.800 --> 0:10:36.680 Carolina that they get a first time head coach in 0:10:36.760 --> 0:10:39.040 Dave Canelis. I mean that, you know, I don't know 0:10:39.160 --> 0:10:43.120 any veteran coach that was going to deal with an 0:10:43.160 --> 0:10:46.040 owner that obviously is very involved in his team, somewhat 0:10:46.080 --> 0:10:49.600 meddling at times. So I think we understood it was 0:10:49.600 --> 0:10:51.400 going to be a first time coach. So good luck 0:10:51.440 --> 0:10:54.760 to Dave Canelis and what he has going there in Carolina. 0:10:55.240 --> 0:10:58.440 Atlanta's somewhat baffling because you already had Raheem Morris in 0:10:58.480 --> 0:11:01.280 the building. You know, he was there. They had him 0:11:01.280 --> 0:11:03.120 as an interim head coach, and he did fine. He's 0:11:03.120 --> 0:11:05.200 a leader of men, he's all those things. He went 0:11:05.240 --> 0:11:08.400 out to the Rams obviously got another Super Bowl there, 0:11:08.840 --> 0:11:10.439 and then they bring him back when they could have 0:11:10.480 --> 0:11:12.880 hired him in the first place, you know, And it 0:11:12.960 --> 0:11:16.120 just seems like the same type of move there for Atlanta. 0:11:16.200 --> 0:11:19.640 You've got other coaches that were decorated coaches that have 0:11:19.920 --> 0:11:22.840 done it for a long time and ben world champions, 0:11:22.920 --> 0:11:26.560 like a Bill Belichick who was interviewed there. So you 0:11:26.640 --> 0:11:28.240 thought that maybe they were going to go in a 0:11:28.280 --> 0:11:31.320 different direction because that owner wants to win. Now there's 0:11:31.800 --> 0:11:34.720 you know, I think there's a lot of other pushback there. 0:11:34.800 --> 0:11:37.959 There's a lot of status quo in that building. I 0:11:38.040 --> 0:11:41.160 think some higher ups there as well did not want 0:11:41.200 --> 0:11:44.240 to shake up the apple cart there because you know, 0:11:44.240 --> 0:11:46.760 they have a lot of control, so I can you know, 0:11:46.840 --> 0:11:48.880 it's kind of surprising that they went in the direction 0:11:48.960 --> 0:11:51.280 that they didn't. I'd like Raheem. I've spent time with Raheem. 0:11:51.600 --> 0:11:53.760 He's a great coach, there's no doubt about that. But 0:11:54.080 --> 0:11:55.840 they could have hired him the first time around, so 0:11:55.880 --> 0:11:59.720 that's somewhat baffling and hardball. Obviously, landing out there for 0:11:59.760 --> 0:12:02.320 the Chargers I think makes a lot of sense. You know, 0:12:02.600 --> 0:12:07.080 he's got ties there when he coached Pacific obviously Stanford 0:12:07.120 --> 0:12:09.720 and had success there and obviously moved on to San 0:12:09.720 --> 0:12:12.640 Francisco and was successful there and then of course going 0:12:12.640 --> 0:12:15.360 back to Michigan and went in the National championship. So 0:12:15.400 --> 0:12:18.199 I think there was a big, you know, uproar that 0:12:18.400 --> 0:12:21.160 for them to land him, to really see what he 0:12:21.200 --> 0:12:23.800 can do with Justin Herbert, so that's not a surprise. 0:12:23.880 --> 0:12:26.240 He'll probably add a GM here soon. I think it 0:12:26.600 --> 0:12:30.120 could be that Brandon Brown from the New York Giants. 0:12:30.400 --> 0:12:32.680 I think he and Jim have already talked, so I 0:12:32.679 --> 0:12:34.959 would think that's going to be an as soon coming 0:12:35.000 --> 0:12:37.079 announcement as well, and then we'll see what happens. He 0:12:37.160 --> 0:12:41.400 got two spots open right Seattle and obviously Washington, and 0:12:41.400 --> 0:12:44.079 I would think for the Washington group, I think the 0:12:44.160 --> 0:12:47.480 leader in the clubhouse is Ben Johnson of the Detroit Lions, 0:12:47.840 --> 0:12:50.360 and they've had him both Aaron Glenn in there now. 0:12:50.400 --> 0:12:53.040 Whether they can wait two weeks. It happened last year, right, 0:12:53.080 --> 0:12:56.880 Arizona waited two weeks and they signed Jonathan Gannon, so 0:12:57.120 --> 0:12:59.480 you know, don't be shocked if that happens. And then 0:12:59.480 --> 0:13:02.000 we'll just see with the Seattle what direction they going. 0:13:02.080 --> 0:13:04.560 I think Dan Quinn would probably be the leader in 0:13:04.559 --> 0:13:06.640 the clubhouse there, and I wouldn't rule out Mike Vrabel 0:13:07.000 --> 0:13:08.760 up there in the Great Northwest, as he and John 0:13:08.760 --> 0:13:12.400 Schneider have really crossed paths before. So all around pretty interesting. 0:13:12.440 --> 0:13:16.320 And Belichick could be shut out unless there's a, you know, 0:13:16.360 --> 0:13:19.480 a coaching move that we're surprised about, a late firing 0:13:19.559 --> 0:13:20.600 that could surprise us. 0:13:20.679 --> 0:13:23.120 And if Bill does not land a position of any 0:13:23.200 --> 0:13:26.360 kind short of head coach, I don't see him being 0:13:26.360 --> 0:13:29.120 interested in anything else. But it would end a forty 0:13:29.240 --> 0:13:32.920 nine year stretch of coaching consecutively in the NFL, whatever 0:13:32.960 --> 0:13:36.480 position was for Bill Belichick. So quite the run, and 0:13:36.559 --> 0:13:39.360 I'm certain we haven't heard the last from Bill, no 0:13:39.400 --> 0:13:41.760 matter if it's a different hiring cycle or whatever the 0:13:41.800 --> 0:13:43.720 case may be. But Tom, I know you and I 0:13:43.760 --> 0:13:47.200 both feel very strongly about Iron Glenn, and the reason 0:13:47.240 --> 0:13:49.959 I do is because of what people have told me 0:13:50.000 --> 0:13:52.680 about him in the past. People have worked with him 0:13:53.600 --> 0:13:57.920 and have studied him. He is a great head coaching candidate, 0:13:59.080 --> 0:14:02.360 but again, offensive coaches get up most of the love 0:14:02.440 --> 0:14:04.040 right now in the modern day NFL. 0:14:05.080 --> 0:14:07.280 Yeah, but you know that doesn't always mean it's the 0:14:07.360 --> 0:14:09.760 right decision, you know. I you know, Will Bell Bell, 0:14:09.960 --> 0:14:13.600 will Bill Belichick leapfrog a guy like Ben Johnson because 0:14:13.640 --> 0:14:16.120 maybe they thought they never had an opportunity to get 0:14:16.160 --> 0:14:19.120 a guy like Belichick, so maybe he jumps to the 0:14:20.480 --> 0:14:23.720 a candidate in that group. And then you know, my 0:14:23.960 --> 0:14:27.240 our experiences with Raheem Morris in the NFL, you know 0:14:27.440 --> 0:14:30.440 he yeah, he was in Atlanta, he got fired by 0:14:30.880 --> 0:14:34.000 Tampa Bay, he did some front office work, and then 0:14:34.040 --> 0:14:36.640 he went to be a coach on the West coast. 0:14:37.080 --> 0:14:39.520 If you've got to tell me that a guy like 0:14:39.960 --> 0:14:42.800 Aaron Glenn is not a better fit for Atlanta when 0:14:42.840 --> 0:14:47.960 he has just been an observer of what Detroit had 0:14:48.000 --> 0:14:51.360 to do to turn that organization around, the role of 0:14:51.400 --> 0:14:54.360 the front office, the role of the emotions and the 0:14:54.360 --> 0:14:58.960 commitment of the head coach. And then his the way 0:14:59.000 --> 0:15:02.760 he you know, kind of addresses his players in game 0:15:02.880 --> 0:15:06.640 type of an attitude to me, I would like, I 0:15:06.680 --> 0:15:09.960 hope Aaron Glenn gets an opportunity because if I had 0:15:10.000 --> 0:15:13.200 the choice between Raheem Morris or Aaron Glenn to go 0:15:13.240 --> 0:15:15.400 to Atlanta, I would have gone to Aaron Glenn just 0:15:15.400 --> 0:15:18.520 because he's been a part of what it takes to 0:15:18.680 --> 0:15:23.280 build a franchise that's been on its knees for twenty 0:15:23.320 --> 0:15:27.160 five to thirty years to give himself into a possible, 0:15:27.600 --> 0:15:31.400 you know, Super Bowl opportunity. And but you know, you 0:15:31.480 --> 0:15:33.840 never know, like Jim says, you never know that if 0:15:33.920 --> 0:15:37.240 people are trying to shy away from meddling owners, like 0:15:37.320 --> 0:15:40.880 in Carolina or Atlanta, they felt that they knew enough 0:15:40.920 --> 0:15:43.840 about Raheem Morris that he was easy to come and 0:15:44.280 --> 0:15:47.120 plug and play. And it'll be interesting to see how 0:15:47.160 --> 0:15:50.720 all this goes to me, you know, as Ben Johnson 0:15:50.760 --> 0:15:55.040 a candidate, because he's living off of the personality of 0:15:55.640 --> 0:16:00.640 a guy like Dan Campbell, who is so emotion so 0:16:00.840 --> 0:16:02.160 personal with the players. 0:16:02.480 --> 0:16:04.880 He's got total control of that locker room. 0:16:05.240 --> 0:16:09.160 And so I'm interested to see if he has that personality, 0:16:09.200 --> 0:16:12.600 those personality traits that can go from the sidelines of 0:16:12.640 --> 0:16:16.240 a play caller to addressing a team in a team 0:16:16.280 --> 0:16:17.840 meeting to open up training camp. 0:16:18.080 --> 0:16:20.280 And I want to add one thing just about because 0:16:20.280 --> 0:16:22.600 you're right, I mean these guys, you know, even Brian 0:16:22.680 --> 0:16:26.320 Callahan getting signed there by Tennessee. I mean, yeah, I 0:16:26.320 --> 0:16:28.720 think we understand it's to bring along the young quarterbacks 0:16:28.800 --> 0:16:31.960 or Canalis down there, to bring along young Bryce run 0:16:32.040 --> 0:16:35.120 But let's not forget Bill Belichick's a defensive guy who 0:16:35.240 --> 0:16:36.200 developed Tom Brady. 0:16:36.520 --> 0:16:36.880 All right. 0:16:36.920 --> 0:16:39.920 Pete Carroll is a defensive guy who developed Russell Wilson. 0:16:40.720 --> 0:16:44.320 John Harbaugh is a special teams coach who developed Lamar Jackson. 0:16:44.880 --> 0:16:47.680 Demiko Ryans is a defensive coordinator who has the rookie 0:16:47.680 --> 0:16:51.880 of the Year in CJ. Stroud. So the guys who 0:16:51.920 --> 0:16:54.200 are developing the quarterback, you could make a hard argument 0:16:54.240 --> 0:16:56.640 it's the defensive guys and who they put is oc 0:16:57.160 --> 0:17:00.280 develop the young quarterbacks. So doesn't always ring true just 0:17:00.280 --> 0:17:03.960 because you hire the next great offensive mine or what 0:17:04.000 --> 0:17:06.320 you deem to be the next great offensive mine for 0:17:06.359 --> 0:17:09.680 a system that's not going to equate success. It's defensive 0:17:09.680 --> 0:17:12.359 guys have developed and had good quarterbacks that they have 0:17:12.520 --> 0:17:13.880 developed and drafted. 0:17:14.080 --> 0:17:17.600 In broad Wall well, Gared Mayo and Antonio Pierce now 0:17:17.600 --> 0:17:20.680 and those roles former defensive guys with the Patriots and 0:17:20.760 --> 0:17:23.679 Raiders respectively as the head coach, and I guess the 0:17:23.720 --> 0:17:26.760 Canalis one surprises me the most of just having one year. 0:17:27.440 --> 0:17:30.359 And granted he's had his hand in helping develop two 0:17:30.480 --> 0:17:33.479 veteran quarterbacks get him back on their feet, so to speak, 0:17:33.720 --> 0:17:36.320 in Baker Mayfield this year and last year with Gino Smith, 0:17:36.359 --> 0:17:37.040 so you got to give. 0:17:36.920 --> 0:17:37.600 Him credit for it. 0:17:38.320 --> 0:17:41.840 And then you know about Vic Vangil leaving Miami and 0:17:41.920 --> 0:17:45.000 going over to the Philadelphia Eagles. Tommy that one, I 0:17:45.960 --> 0:17:48.120 don't know behind the scenes. Jim probably has a better 0:17:48.480 --> 0:17:50.760 viewpoint of that, but maybe it's wanting to get closer 0:17:50.800 --> 0:17:52.879 to home. Maybe was not a good fit with the 0:17:52.880 --> 0:17:54.320 head coach there and Mike McDaniel. 0:17:54.800 --> 0:17:56.920 Yeah, you know the thing that surprised me about Vic. 0:17:56.960 --> 0:17:59.840 If Jim Harball would have been hired three days earlier, 0:18:00.320 --> 0:18:04.240 wouldn't Dick Fangio end up in LA with Jim Harball 0:18:04.520 --> 0:18:07.199 Since they have a pass Vick has coached on the 0:18:07.200 --> 0:18:10.960 West Coast, He's familiar with the personality of Jim Harball. 0:18:11.040 --> 0:18:13.720 It would have been interesting to see how that would 0:18:13.720 --> 0:18:17.480 work itself out. But Vic Fangio, if he's looking at 0:18:17.520 --> 0:18:22.719 a template of defensive personnel, it's hard to pass up 0:18:22.720 --> 0:18:25.879 an opportunity to go and try to get the best 0:18:25.920 --> 0:18:28.520 out of those guys. It would have been interesting to 0:18:28.600 --> 0:18:35.600 watch Fangio re united with Khalil Mack out there in LA. So, 0:18:36.280 --> 0:18:38.720 you know, there's a lot of interesting things that the 0:18:38.800 --> 0:18:42.000 coaching carousel is gonna spit out this year. 0:18:43.640 --> 0:18:45.840 Jim, you have any insight on that Miami situation. 0:18:46.000 --> 0:18:48.400 Yeah, I do think going back home to Pennsylvania, that's 0:18:48.400 --> 0:18:51.040 where he's from, has family in the area, and obviously 0:18:51.119 --> 0:18:54.520 him being a consultant the year prior. I don't disagree 0:18:54.560 --> 0:18:57.159 with Tom on the timing. Maybe if that would have 0:18:57.200 --> 0:18:59.719 been a sure thing, that may have been an opening 0:18:59.720 --> 0:19:03.040 where he gonna used as leverage, obviously, but I think 0:19:03.040 --> 0:19:05.359 he felt good about going back home to spend some 0:19:05.440 --> 0:19:06.399 time with some family. 0:19:06.840 --> 0:19:09.199 All Right, we're gonna take another break here on Bears Weekly. 0:19:09.359 --> 0:19:11.680 We'll talk more Bears with Jim Miller and Tom There. 0:19:11.720 --> 0:19:14.159 I'm Jeff Joniak here on a ESPN one thousand and 0:19:14.240 --> 0:19:15.720 the Bears Radio Network. 0:19:16.200 --> 0:19:18.920 This is Bears Weekly with a voice of the Bears 0:19:18.920 --> 0:19:23.360 for twenty three years, Jeff Jonyik on the Bears Radio Network. 0:19:27.240 --> 0:19:29.720 This segment of Bears Weekly brought to you by Athletico 0:19:29.760 --> 0:19:32.520 Physical Therapy. Visit Athletico dot com to request an end 0:19:32.520 --> 0:19:35.040 clinic or virtual appointment and start feeling better tomorrow. 0:19:35.080 --> 0:19:36.080 Jeff Jony Act Tom There. 0:19:36.160 --> 0:19:38.520 Jim Miller from Serious XM, head of our radio's Move 0:19:38.560 --> 0:19:41.560 in the Chains. Jim, you know you're on the national 0:19:41.600 --> 0:19:44.439 skate stage, but here in town every minute, this is 0:19:44.520 --> 0:19:48.320 only discussing the future quarterback position of the Bears. What 0:19:48.400 --> 0:19:51.680 Ryan Poles is going to do, what does he need 0:19:51.760 --> 0:19:54.280 to do? What do people want him to do? What's 0:19:54.520 --> 0:19:57.199 Justin's future? Are you gonna move that pick? Are you 0:19:57.200 --> 0:19:58.320 gonna package. 0:19:57.920 --> 0:20:00.520 One and nine? What are you getting? I mean, we have. 0:20:00.880 --> 0:20:04.600 Four months of this and we knew this was gonna happen, 0:20:04.840 --> 0:20:10.080 but just scanning the globe of reactions from Bears, Twitter 0:20:10.200 --> 0:20:14.120 or x and fans and listening on the radio, it's something, Jim. 0:20:14.520 --> 0:20:18.320 Is exactly what we thought it would be. Were it's unescapable. 0:20:19.000 --> 0:20:22.119