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It's brought to you by IGS Energy. 0:00:42.520 --> 0:00:45.239 I'm Jeff Jonny Acalama, broadcast partner from news Radio one 0:00:45.280 --> 0:00:48.839 oh five nine WBBM, the ex Chicago Beartown Fare with 0:00:48.920 --> 0:00:51.479 our producer tonight, Brian Callahan, Thanks, as well as Dan 0:00:51.560 --> 0:00:54.360 Burrelli and Jordan tread Up. Tom. How are you, buddy? Oh? 0:00:54.400 --> 0:00:56.760 You know, Big Jeff. As soon as the season ends, 0:00:56.760 --> 0:00:59.440 we're kind of sitting in the seat of immediate playoff 0:00:59.520 --> 0:01:02.840 jealous and so you kind of have to watch how 0:01:02.880 --> 0:01:05.560 the other teams are doing, what the narrative is around 0:01:05.600 --> 0:01:08.319 the league, what type of injuries take place, how to 0:01:08.440 --> 0:01:11.240 affect the upcoming games and stuff. But then on the 0:01:11.240 --> 0:01:14.000 other side, you have the information that you have to 0:01:14.000 --> 0:01:17.360 pay attention to us about the selection of the GM 0:01:17.400 --> 0:01:22.039 and the head coach. And then initially everybody gets an opportunity. 0:01:22.440 --> 0:01:25.280 Then you start looking at, Okay, this team's got a 0:01:25.360 --> 0:01:28.840 second interview on the candidate that you guys have already 0:01:28.840 --> 0:01:31.559 had an interview. And now that's like the third level 0:01:31.600 --> 0:01:34.959 of effect of the off season. From the jealousy of 0:01:35.000 --> 0:01:37.800 the playoffs, the idea that you have to interview a 0:01:37.800 --> 0:01:40.560 head coach, then all of a sudden, the real competition 0:01:40.600 --> 0:01:45.200 for the head coach when multiple interviews take place from 0:01:45.240 --> 0:01:47.480 these guys around the league. Let me touch on that 0:01:47.640 --> 0:01:50.360 playoff jealousy a little bit more. I never used to 0:01:50.440 --> 0:01:55.320 be so crazy about that because I covered the Super Bowl, 0:01:55.320 --> 0:01:57.120 but I'm not going to be doing that, and I 0:01:57.120 --> 0:01:59.920 didn't last year, and so it was always a prep 0:02:00.120 --> 0:02:04.160 ration situation, right, You're preparating, you're preparing to get ready 0:02:04.160 --> 0:02:06.400 for the Super Bowl, and so you were keenly interested. 0:02:06.680 --> 0:02:10.560 But now it is it is total paid playoff jealousy. 0:02:10.880 --> 0:02:14.280 There's certain people certain teams I don't want to win 0:02:14.320 --> 0:02:16.880 because it's just gonna aggravate me to no end. And 0:02:16.919 --> 0:02:19.959 I'm sure Bears fans feel the Stars fans feel the same. Yeah, 0:02:20.000 --> 0:02:21.840 But you know that's the thing about it is that's 0:02:21.880 --> 0:02:23.960 what you need to try to accomplish in the next 0:02:24.000 --> 0:02:26.400 move the Bears make up there is they got to 0:02:26.440 --> 0:02:29.919 figure out a way, shape, form plan going forward how 0:02:29.960 --> 0:02:32.200 they're going to come in here and compete for the division. 0:02:32.600 --> 0:02:36.200 Because you know, you, yeah, off in the horizon has 0:02:36.240 --> 0:02:39.040 always win the super Bowl, but you gotta start by 0:02:39.040 --> 0:02:41.360 winning your division. And so I think that has to 0:02:41.400 --> 0:02:45.480 be an immediate goal, whether you know, no matter who's 0:02:45.480 --> 0:02:47.320 on any other team, as that's what you have to 0:02:47.360 --> 0:02:50.480 set your sights on. One wildcard team left San Francisco, 0:02:50.520 --> 0:02:52.440 forty nine Ers. They're going up to Green Bay. We'll 0:02:52.480 --> 0:02:54.720 touch on all the playoff games coming up this weekend 0:02:55.280 --> 0:02:57.600 in our last segment tonight. Coming up, we'll have, of 0:02:57.600 --> 0:03:01.160 course Jim Miller from Serious Sex MNFL Radio are weekly guest, 0:03:01.400 --> 0:03:04.200 and at six thirty the executive director of the upcoming 0:03:04.240 --> 0:03:07.120 Senior Boat, Jim Nague, will join us as well. So 0:03:07.960 --> 0:03:12.880 lots of interviews with general manager candidates. They'll continue. More 0:03:12.919 --> 0:03:16.640 are expected here over the next couple of days as well. 0:03:17.360 --> 0:03:20.800 There's too many to go down the list. But the 0:03:20.880 --> 0:03:22.800 hardest part of it, and now you and I talked 0:03:22.800 --> 0:03:25.160 about it. It's one thing to say, oh, I'd love 0:03:25.200 --> 0:03:27.760 to have this guy. I'd love to have you know 0:03:27.840 --> 0:03:31.160 this guy as well for GM, But the pairing of 0:03:31.200 --> 0:03:34.480 the two. How do you go about processing that with 0:03:34.520 --> 0:03:38.280 all these names and boiling down the right fit, right 0:03:38.320 --> 0:03:41.320 fit for your team, what your future franchise you want 0:03:41.320 --> 0:03:43.800 to look like. And it becomes a lot more difficult 0:03:43.840 --> 0:03:47.760 than just saying I want person xerson one person, don't 0:03:47.760 --> 0:03:50.320 you get you know, yeah, I just wish that somebody 0:03:50.360 --> 0:03:52.920 stood out above and beyond all the rest, in one 0:03:53.280 --> 0:03:56.680 one or the two GM or the head coach. And 0:03:56.720 --> 0:03:58.920 then you said, Okay, we don't want this guy to 0:03:59.000 --> 0:04:01.920 leave our building. But now that we don't want him 0:04:01.920 --> 0:04:04.480 to leave the building, we're going to include him in 0:04:04.560 --> 0:04:07.720 our second half of our selection, because I just think 0:04:07.720 --> 0:04:09.920 that would be an important way to go about it. 0:04:10.280 --> 0:04:12.560 You know, you don't want to be having an introduction 0:04:12.720 --> 0:04:16.080 to two candidates the first day they're on the job together, 0:04:16.440 --> 0:04:20.880 because you're talking about learning their roles, their new roles, 0:04:20.920 --> 0:04:23.279 if some of them haven't been head coaches before, their 0:04:23.320 --> 0:04:26.280 new roles, if they haven't been general managers before, and 0:04:26.320 --> 0:04:28.880 then trying to get to know each other in what 0:04:29.000 --> 0:04:33.039 their football background is and what their vision is of 0:04:33.160 --> 0:04:36.120 putting a division winning football team out there for the Bears. 0:04:36.160 --> 0:04:39.520 A bunch of intriguing candidates, certainly on both sides of 0:04:39.560 --> 0:04:42.159 that fence, head coach, general manager, or if you prefer 0:04:42.200 --> 0:04:44.719 to say general manager, head coach. I think that's how 0:04:44.760 --> 0:04:47.160 most teams would want to look at things. But you're 0:04:47.200 --> 0:04:50.560 also competing. You're competing. The Giants are now through two 0:04:50.680 --> 0:04:53.440 rounds of interviews with their GM candidates, so they might 0:04:53.480 --> 0:04:57.599 be becoming and guys that the Bears have also talked 0:04:57.600 --> 0:04:59.760 to as well, So they're going to be making a decision, 0:05:00.480 --> 0:05:03.920 possibly sooner rather than later. Do you feel any fret 0:05:04.000 --> 0:05:08.520 about that? I don't. I just want to have conviction 0:05:08.600 --> 0:05:10.640 on the choice of the person they're going to bring 0:05:10.640 --> 0:05:13.880 in here on both in both roles. Um, you know, 0:05:14.320 --> 0:05:16.560 do you do you want a first time guy that 0:05:16.680 --> 0:05:19.760 has no experience in dealing with the complexities that you 0:05:19.839 --> 0:05:22.600 deal with on an everyday basis. In terms of the 0:05:22.640 --> 0:05:26.600 GM because there's candidates out there that have experience. But 0:05:26.640 --> 0:05:29.200 then if you get a guy in here that you 0:05:29.240 --> 0:05:30.960 want to bring in as a head coach and you 0:05:31.000 --> 0:05:33.880 feel he's the most responsible to get you where you're going, 0:05:34.279 --> 0:05:36.680 and I said, allow him to have an input on 0:05:36.720 --> 0:05:39.919 the GM. You know you have to, you have to 0:05:39.960 --> 0:05:42.000 trust him. But I would trust him because he's the 0:05:42.000 --> 0:05:45.479 guy that wants to succeed more than any any decision 0:05:45.520 --> 0:05:48.159 you're making. And the Vikings also interviewing some of the 0:05:48.160 --> 0:05:52.320 same candidates as the Bears in four different cases here. 0:05:52.400 --> 0:05:55.960 So those gentlemen from the Cleveland Browns, Quesciadopho Mensa and 0:05:56.000 --> 0:05:59.239 Glenn Cook Manias and Ford from Tennessee and Elliott Wolf, 0:05:59.279 --> 0:06:02.760 the executive and consultant with the New England Patriots. How 0:06:02.760 --> 0:06:04.800 we're gonna step away. We'll be joined by Jim Miller 0:06:04.800 --> 0:06:07.599 here coming up next from Serious XM's NFL Radio with 0:06:07.760 --> 0:06:10.600 Tom Fair. I'm Jeff Joniac. This is Bears All Access 0:06:10.600 --> 0:06:17.600 on Chicago Sports Radio six seventy to score. Welcome back 0:06:17.600 --> 0:06:20.080 to Bears All Access, brought to you by IGS Energy. 0:06:20.160 --> 0:06:22.640 Choose clean energy for your home at IHS dot com 0:06:22.680 --> 0:06:24.640 because every good choice adds up to a Better World 0:06:24.680 --> 0:06:27.040 with Tom Fair, Jeff Joniac and now we welcome in 0:06:27.120 --> 0:06:29.600 our weekly guests from Serious x M NFL radios. Moving 0:06:29.640 --> 0:06:32.080 to James with Pat Kerwin. The one, the One, the One, 0:06:32.160 --> 0:06:35.880 the Only Bearers quarterback Jim Miller. Big Jim. I know 0:06:35.920 --> 0:06:38.160 you've played for a lot of teams, but you're Bears quarterback. 0:06:38.640 --> 0:06:41.600 You're down with that. I am done with that, Jeff. So, yeah, 0:06:41.680 --> 0:06:44.839 excited for the offseason to get here. Certainly, have you know, 0:06:44.920 --> 0:06:47.200 excited about the divisional round of the playoffs. This is 0:06:47.240 --> 0:06:49.760 one of the greatest weekends a football I think you 0:06:49.800 --> 0:06:52.520 know it. The teams are right, the best eight teams 0:06:52.520 --> 0:06:55.320 are are left in these contests, and so it's gonna 0:06:55.360 --> 0:06:57.480 be a great weekend. Man. But yeah, always fired up 0:06:57.480 --> 0:06:59.480 for the off season. And you know, like everybody else 0:06:59.560 --> 0:07:02.240 interested and what decisions are going to be made. Who 0:07:02.720 --> 0:07:05.200 you know, who slides in as a general manager and 0:07:05.279 --> 0:07:07.560 the head coach for the Bears, and you know, we'll 0:07:07.560 --> 0:07:09.080 see where it goes going to be. You know, there's 0:07:09.120 --> 0:07:11.120 eight openings, there's a lot going on, there's a lot 0:07:11.200 --> 0:07:14.560 of news flying around with all these interviews going on. 0:07:14.720 --> 0:07:17.400 But uh, you know, it's always interesting. There's never a 0:07:17.480 --> 0:07:19.320 dull moment. Let's put it that way. It is three 0:07:19.520 --> 0:07:22.760 sixty five twenty four to seven in the NFL. The 0:07:22.920 --> 0:07:27.320 pods of candidates, there is certainly a cross pollination and 0:07:27.440 --> 0:07:31.320 some of these organizations. I just want to know what 0:07:31.360 --> 0:07:34.160 your thought is on the list that has been revealed 0:07:34.160 --> 0:07:36.960 by the Bears in terms of head coaches and gms 0:07:37.200 --> 0:07:41.840 and and how as this committee looks at all the 0:07:41.920 --> 0:07:45.680 positives and how do they pair the two that are 0:07:45.720 --> 0:07:48.960 going to be right. And that's to me the biggest question. Yeah, 0:07:49.000 --> 0:07:51.120 Pat and I you know, we talked about a lot 0:07:51.320 --> 0:07:53.520 this week in what I understand some of the owners. 0:07:53.560 --> 0:07:57.680 I'm not saying this is the Bears, but you know, 0:07:57.720 --> 0:08:00.680 they wanted it to be the traditional model where they 0:08:00.760 --> 0:08:03.520 hire the general manager and the general manager hires the coach. 0:08:04.000 --> 0:08:07.360 And now multiple of these candidates have the same head 0:08:07.360 --> 0:08:09.880 coach in place, so they're almost thinking that they may 0:08:09.920 --> 0:08:12.640 have to change gears and lock up the coach first. 0:08:13.440 --> 0:08:16.000 So you know, we'll see how it unfolds. I think. 0:08:16.040 --> 0:08:19.200 Obviously Dan Quinn is a very hot coach. I mean 0:08:19.240 --> 0:08:21.040 from what I saw, he had four interviews in the 0:08:21.080 --> 0:08:24.480 last forty eight hours, you know, and obviously Minnesota and 0:08:25.120 --> 0:08:28.840 the Bears, and I believe he just left South Florida, 0:08:29.040 --> 0:08:31.440 so you know the Miami Dolphins there in didn't. I know, 0:08:31.600 --> 0:08:35.040 Denver is extremely interested in Dan Quinn, so he to me, 0:08:35.240 --> 0:08:38.160 he seems like the hottest candidate right now of all 0:08:38.160 --> 0:08:41.080 the coaches that are being considered right now. You know, 0:08:41.120 --> 0:08:42.760 I'd like to get both of your take on this. 0:08:42.880 --> 0:08:46.360 In the modern era of interviewing because of the pandemic, 0:08:46.400 --> 0:08:50.320 do you think that the whole zoom interview complicates it, 0:08:50.440 --> 0:08:53.440 prolongs it, or makes it more difficult to make the 0:08:53.440 --> 0:08:57.920 final position decision because you don't have initial eye contact. 0:08:57.960 --> 0:09:02.560 Will probably the second go around. Well, well, I think 0:09:02.559 --> 0:09:05.000 it's expanded the number of people that you're going to 0:09:05.040 --> 0:09:07.679 talk to because it's efficient, right, Jim. I mean, you're 0:09:07.760 --> 0:09:09.640 you're able now to take care of a lot of 0:09:09.679 --> 0:09:12.839 the travel and coordination out of it, because even if 0:09:12.880 --> 0:09:15.720 these playoff coaches are at work, they can flip on 0:09:15.960 --> 0:09:17.880 a zoom call and bam, you can get a couple 0:09:17.920 --> 0:09:20.040 of hours. I think that's the max, right, a couple 0:09:20.080 --> 0:09:22.679 of hours, and then if you really if they strike 0:09:22.720 --> 0:09:25.360 a chord, if there's some connection, if there's some gut 0:09:25.400 --> 0:09:27.920 feeling then you bring them in. Yeah, I think that's 0:09:27.960 --> 0:09:31.280 what it is. It's more peripheral and you know, kind 0:09:31.320 --> 0:09:34.720 of a feelout, you know, almost like a screening is 0:09:34.760 --> 0:09:37.360 what that is, what the video is or the you know, 0:09:37.480 --> 0:09:39.160 zoom in, whatever you want to call at that type 0:09:39.200 --> 0:09:41.560 of meeting. And that's from what I understand, that's what 0:09:41.679 --> 0:09:43.840 it's been for, you know, for the Giants and the 0:09:43.880 --> 0:09:46.280 other teams. You know, so it's just kind of screens 0:09:46.320 --> 0:09:49.560 them and you go back. That's how Thomas Dimitroff got 0:09:49.600 --> 0:09:52.679 his general manager job with Atlanta, you know, because at 0:09:52.720 --> 0:09:56.560 that point the Patriots were in the playoffs and he 0:09:56.600 --> 0:09:59.080 did it all by zoom and it went pretty extensive 0:09:59.120 --> 0:10:01.640 from that standpoint. Now, I think how they've set them 0:10:01.760 --> 0:10:05.079 up with the first interviews, it's just more of a screening. 0:10:05.120 --> 0:10:06.920 What are you call it, speed dating however you want 0:10:06.960 --> 0:10:11.240 to refer to it. It's very short, it's very you know, 0:10:11.320 --> 0:10:13.599 just gets to the finer points of, yeah, this is 0:10:13.600 --> 0:10:15.520 a guy we want to bring in for a second interview. 0:10:16.160 --> 0:10:18.280 You know, Jim, you get to talk to a lot 0:10:18.320 --> 0:10:21.760 of people around the NFL. Is there a tier to 0:10:21.880 --> 0:10:26.040 this group of coaches right now? Out there amongst the 0:10:26.120 --> 0:10:30.120 general public, not from the bears or just the general feeling, 0:10:30.160 --> 0:10:32.760 because you have a wider variety of people that you 0:10:32.880 --> 0:10:35.440 talk to that are involved in the business in so 0:10:35.480 --> 0:10:38.840 many different way shapes and form. Is this a one 0:10:38.880 --> 0:10:41.920 tier two tier type of a group of head coach 0:10:41.960 --> 0:10:45.360 and gms or are they kind of all equal at 0:10:45.400 --> 0:10:48.200 this point in the selection. No. I think while you 0:10:48.240 --> 0:10:51.559 look at Dan Quinn and Peterson, Doug Peterson, they've led 0:10:51.600 --> 0:10:54.840 teams to super Bowls, right, So I do think that 0:10:54.920 --> 0:10:57.520 there's a reason why they're kind of leaders in the clubhouse. 0:10:57.600 --> 0:11:01.480 And at least from Peterson's standpoint, he's brought along young 0:11:01.559 --> 0:11:04.960 quarterbacks that we know has been a hot commodity around 0:11:04.960 --> 0:11:08.760 the NFL. He has done that, you know, so I 0:11:08.800 --> 0:11:11.960 think from that standpoint that experience matters. But again, other 0:11:12.000 --> 0:11:14.520 teams want to go in that younger direction where they've 0:11:14.559 --> 0:11:17.560 got no problem, uh, you know, getting a guy who 0:11:17.600 --> 0:11:19.960 they think an up and comer, you know, whether it's 0:11:20.000 --> 0:11:24.160 a you know, Matt Lafloor. And that's how everybody's talking 0:11:24.160 --> 0:11:27.080 about this division around Matt Lafloor, Sean mcvagh, Kyle Shannon, 0:11:27.160 --> 0:11:28.920 they were all on the same staff. You know, and 0:11:29.320 --> 0:11:32.240 they're looking at those, even Zach Taylor. You know, it's 0:11:32.800 --> 0:11:34.719 got a lot of love from that that they're young, 0:11:34.800 --> 0:11:37.079 up and coming coaches. I think if that's the direction 0:11:37.120 --> 0:11:39.800 the team is looking to go in, there's candidates from 0:11:39.840 --> 0:11:43.120 that standpoint as well. I mean, Luke Getsy, the quarterback 0:11:43.160 --> 0:11:46.640 coach for the Green Bay Packers getting interviewed now, is 0:11:46.679 --> 0:11:49.320 that Aaron Rodgers? Is that really the greatness of Luke Getsy? 0:11:49.520 --> 0:11:52.679 You know, I don't know, you tell me so. Jordan 0:11:52.760 --> 0:11:54.880 Love didn't fare too well in my opinion down there 0:11:54.920 --> 0:11:57.880 in Kansas City with his first start, But you know, 0:11:57.920 --> 0:12:03.600 I think it's it's their coaching tree, their scheme, whether 0:12:03.679 --> 0:12:06.719 on offense or defense, that seems to be factoring in 0:12:06.840 --> 0:12:09.360 and into it where you say, hey, this guy could 0:12:09.440 --> 0:12:12.440 be the next up and comer from that quote unquote 0:12:12.440 --> 0:12:15.839 tree or family of coaches and where they've come from. Well, 0:12:15.880 --> 0:12:18.520 what do you think? So does Floors and Kingsberry? Do 0:12:18.600 --> 0:12:21.040 they help this whole process or do they hurt the 0:12:21.080 --> 0:12:24.480 process because here they you know, one guy is a 0:12:25.040 --> 0:12:29.040 you know, had I don't know, a confused experience in 0:12:29.120 --> 0:12:33.960 Miami and the Arizona coach initially started had looked like 0:12:34.000 --> 0:12:36.200 a whiz kid. Then all of a sudden, you know, 0:12:36.240 --> 0:12:38.800 they went down the tubes at the end. So you know, 0:12:39.320 --> 0:12:41.720 when you look at their not only their future, but 0:12:41.800 --> 0:12:44.080 how do you project other guys in that same role, 0:12:44.320 --> 0:12:47.040 do they hurt or help? Yeah? To me, for Flores, 0:12:47.120 --> 0:12:49.880 to me, it was all about relationships, you know down 0:12:49.960 --> 0:12:51.720 there from what I understand. I mean, it's not like 0:12:51.760 --> 0:12:54.559 he's I think everybody understands he's a really good coach, 0:12:54.640 --> 0:12:59.440 But why what deteriorated on those relationships? One your relationship 0:12:59.480 --> 0:13:02.520 with your star quarterback who's young, who you selected in 0:13:02.559 --> 0:13:06.680 the first round. Your relationship with your general manager, who 0:13:06.760 --> 0:13:09.559 you came in there with a long vision of what 0:13:09.600 --> 0:13:11.800 you wanted to build there. And then look at the 0:13:11.880 --> 0:13:14.600 number of coaches he's gone through. There have been coaches 0:13:14.600 --> 0:13:17.720 that have left that staff. So I would have some 0:13:17.840 --> 0:13:22.160 question marks from from ownership standpoint of, hey, well what 0:13:22.280 --> 0:13:26.000 happened here? Well what happened here? Well, you know, how 0:13:26.400 --> 0:13:27.920 do you how did you want to bring along the 0:13:27.960 --> 0:13:30.720 young quarterback? And some of those have been pretty public, 0:13:31.120 --> 0:13:33.320 and so I think you'd want to dive into those 0:13:33.360 --> 0:13:35.880 areas that are really critical to your team, especially when 0:13:35.880 --> 0:13:38.800 you got a young quarterback of your own in Justin Fields, 0:13:38.800 --> 0:13:41.520 who really is going to be the face of the franchise, 0:13:41.559 --> 0:13:44.120 and you want that to be a solid relationship moving forward, 0:13:44.120 --> 0:13:47.480 because let's be honest, Justin Field's not going anywhere. He's 0:13:47.520 --> 0:13:50.160 not going anywhere, and the coach who comes in there 0:13:50.240 --> 0:13:51.440 is going to have to be able to work with 0:13:51.520 --> 0:13:55.000 Justin Fields. That's Jim Miller toomp there, Jeff Jonny yac Karan, 0:13:55.040 --> 0:13:57.800 Bears All Access DON Chicago Sports Radio six seventy The 0:13:57.800 --> 0:14:00.640 scarts brought to you by IGS Energy. We talked a 0:14:00.640 --> 0:14:03.079 lot about the head coaches, but the general managers are 0:14:03.120 --> 0:14:05.760 also a big part of this and how it paints 0:14:05.760 --> 0:14:09.080 the future for the Bears franchise. So there's a long 0:14:09.160 --> 0:14:12.240 list that they've already interviewed. A few more on that 0:14:12.360 --> 0:14:15.120 list that probably have not been revealed yet, but from 0:14:15.200 --> 0:14:18.200 the in house candidate in Champ Kelly seven years with 0:14:18.360 --> 0:14:24.600 the organization, Assistant Director of Player Personnel Morocco Brown had 0:14:24.640 --> 0:14:28.840 some interviews obviously in the last couple of years. Familiarity 0:14:28.880 --> 0:14:32.480 with the organization, Jeff Ireland, Quesco Dopo Mensa, Glenn Cook, 0:14:33.520 --> 0:14:38.920 Monte Asenford, Elliott Wolf, Joe Shane ed Dodd's reportedly pulled 0:14:38.960 --> 0:14:41.120 his name out of the mix and Rancarton as recently 0:14:41.160 --> 0:14:44.800 as yesterday with San Francisco. Is there any theme to 0:14:44.880 --> 0:14:48.320 this group, Jim from your perspective, because there is a 0:14:48.320 --> 0:14:52.160 lot of inexperience there in terms of being in that 0:14:52.320 --> 0:14:55.080 job before we talked about this last week. There aren't 0:14:55.120 --> 0:14:57.840 that many that have had the job before, So you're 0:14:57.880 --> 0:15:01.120 going to have a new blood here. Yeah, yeah, definitely 0:15:01.160 --> 0:15:04.320 probably the most experiences. Jeff Ireland. Right, he's done it, 0:15:04.400 --> 0:15:07.400 he's called the shots, he's rand drafts and things of 0:15:07.400 --> 0:15:10.280 that nature. You'd like to know, you know, say, I'll 0:15:10.280 --> 0:15:12.640 give an example of say Brad Holmes, who's now the 0:15:12.680 --> 0:15:15.920 new GM up there for the Detroit Lions. From what 0:15:15.960 --> 0:15:18.920 I understand, he conducted the last eight drafts for the Rams, 0:15:18.960 --> 0:15:22.360 even though Less Sneat quote unquote is the de facto 0:15:22.480 --> 0:15:26.200 GM for the Rams. But Brad Holmes ran all the drafts, 0:15:26.480 --> 0:15:30.080 you know, trading guys away, acquiring guys, moving up and 0:15:30.120 --> 0:15:32.600 down the players that they picked, you know, things of 0:15:32.640 --> 0:15:34.800 that nature, and obviously did a good job, you know, 0:15:34.840 --> 0:15:37.360 And so you're gonna want to dive into that about 0:15:37.400 --> 0:15:40.160 some of these new newbie candidates that are, whether they're 0:15:40.200 --> 0:15:44.040 assistant gms or a part of the player a scouting 0:15:44.040 --> 0:15:46.400 department and things of that nature. Like Elliot wolf of 0:15:46.480 --> 0:15:49.680 you mentioned of the Patriots earlier, just how much experience 0:15:49.760 --> 0:15:52.720 they have, and I think that's why Brad he became 0:15:52.840 --> 0:15:57.120 very highly recommended, recommended where the Lions did that. They 0:15:57.160 --> 0:15:59.520 knew he had a background of conducting it and doing 0:15:59.520 --> 0:16:02.600 those draft So you know, all that's gonna come out, 0:16:02.640 --> 0:16:04.920 But you know, for a fact, just at face value, 0:16:05.000 --> 0:16:08.400 Jeff Ireland's done it. He was in Miami, he was 0:16:08.480 --> 0:16:12.200 the GM there was with Mickey Loomis, who's terrific in 0:16:12.240 --> 0:16:15.080 New Orleans, and he's been the assistant GM there for 0:16:15.640 --> 0:16:18.480 quite a bit of time. So that is a season 0:16:18.560 --> 0:16:21.360 guy that knows talent and he probably comes with the 0:16:21.400 --> 0:16:24.720 most experience. If that's the direction the Bears are looking 0:16:24.720 --> 0:16:27.720 to go in, or do you want the newbie guys 0:16:27.760 --> 0:16:30.320 like you said, where you potentially could have some growing pains. 0:16:30.800 --> 0:16:33.040 Time for a break here on Chicago Sports Radio six 0:16:33.120 --> 0:16:36.000 seventy the Score with Jim millertop there, Jeff Joniac coming 0:16:36.040 --> 0:16:38.200 up at the bottom of the hour, Jim Naggee from 0:16:38.240 --> 0:16:40.800 the Senior Bowl to talk about the college draft and 0:16:40.840 --> 0:16:44.560 the initial process of scouting the next wave of NFL 0:16:44.640 --> 0:16:47.080 players as we continue to break down the Bears look 0:16:47.120 --> 0:16:50.040 at head coach and general manager here on Chicago Sports 0:16:50.160 --> 0:16:54.960 Radio six seventy the Score. This segment of Bears All 0:16:55.000 --> 0:16:57.800 Access is brought to you by Athletical Physical Therapy. Visit 0:16:57.840 --> 0:17:01.160 Athletico dot com to request an appointment, clinic or virtually 0:17:01.160 --> 0:17:03.800 and start feeling better tomorrow With Tom There, Jeff Joniak, 0:17:03.840 --> 0:17:06.560 Jim Miller from sirius XM NFL Radio is moving the 0:17:06.640 --> 0:17:10.639 chains our special guest each week, let's talk beyond the 0:17:10.680 --> 0:17:13.119 head coach and GM search. Just some thoughts here on 0:17:13.520 --> 0:17:16.240 the Bears. I know Tom wanted to touch on some 0:17:16.280 --> 0:17:18.679 of this stuff last week. We didn't get to it, 0:17:19.320 --> 0:17:21.720 so I'll start with you. Tom and Jim just jump 0:17:21.800 --> 0:17:28.040 in whenever, what do you want the Bears offensive identity 0:17:28.480 --> 0:17:31.919 to be or maybe phrased in a different way again, 0:17:32.080 --> 0:17:34.920 regardless of coach or general manager. YouTube guys are the 0:17:35.400 --> 0:17:37.760 guys who played the game what it should be. With 0:17:37.880 --> 0:17:41.760 Justin Fields, knowing he's the number one quarterback, I still 0:17:41.760 --> 0:17:45.040 think I'll should lift through David Montgomery and I'm gonna 0:17:45.080 --> 0:17:47.959 include Khalil Herbert in that. So when you go to 0:17:48.000 --> 0:17:50.800 the line of scrimmage and you call the multiple plays 0:17:50.840 --> 0:17:53.680 within the huddle, you know a majority of the time, 0:17:53.840 --> 0:17:56.399 if it's a run, you know issued play, then it's 0:17:56.440 --> 0:17:59.440 going to start with David Montgomery obviously, but it's kind 0:17:59.440 --> 0:18:01.760 of got a excuse me, it's kind of got a 0:18:01.800 --> 0:18:04.719 feed off of that, whether it's play action or they 0:18:04.760 --> 0:18:07.720 see a coverage they can take advantage of, or even 0:18:07.760 --> 0:18:10.719 a play action fake to David Montgomery that puts Justin 0:18:11.119 --> 0:18:14.680 in a more favorable throwing position and then keep your 0:18:14.680 --> 0:18:18.480 offense on the attack even though it goes through Dave Montgomery. 0:18:18.600 --> 0:18:21.040 When you go back and you look at the teams 0:18:21.040 --> 0:18:25.240 that have Super Bowl success, ultimately they average over twenty 0:18:25.240 --> 0:18:28.639 seven carries a game at about four point one yard 0:18:28.680 --> 0:18:31.960 to carry. So if your ultimate goal is to win 0:18:32.000 --> 0:18:36.760 a division, get yourself into the playoffs, into super Bowl 0:18:36.760 --> 0:18:39.800 caliber team, you have to have an identity and I 0:18:39.840 --> 0:18:42.399 don't think there has been any identity of the Bears 0:18:42.440 --> 0:18:45.280 offense in the last couple of years. It was a 0:18:45.359 --> 0:18:48.479 week to week a game plan that they put together. 0:18:49.040 --> 0:18:52.560 Now you need that foundation, and I think as good 0:18:52.560 --> 0:18:56.159 as what Justin can be what Darnell and Cole Commet 0:18:56.320 --> 0:18:59.480 can be. I still think the foundation of your offense 0:19:00.119 --> 0:19:03.280 is Dave Montgomery and the offensive line. Yeah, and I 0:19:03.359 --> 0:19:05.560 think you look at all the teams in the NFC North, 0:19:05.600 --> 0:19:09.439 it's running the football. That's what Dan Campbell did for 0:19:09.440 --> 0:19:11.640 the Lions is the best saver. Run the football. Since 0:19:11.640 --> 0:19:13.879 he's too taken over, he knows they need to run it. 0:19:14.080 --> 0:19:16.520 Look at Minnesota what they do with Dalvid Cook. Oh, 0:19:16.600 --> 0:19:19.600 wait for it, Green Bay their top ten running the football. 0:19:19.840 --> 0:19:23.280 They're top ten, all right. So Aaron Rodgers needed to 0:19:23.320 --> 0:19:26.199 me there's just there's a style of play that the 0:19:26.240 --> 0:19:28.119 Bears need to play. I think they're always going to 0:19:28.200 --> 0:19:31.240 be good defensively. They've always, you know, had that feather 0:19:31.320 --> 0:19:33.400 in their cap, and I think no matter who comes 0:19:33.400 --> 0:19:38.120 in there, it's going to continue to be the process there. 0:19:38.480 --> 0:19:41.840 So I mean, again, run the football, protect a young quarterback. 0:19:41.920 --> 0:19:44.520 Isn't that what Philadelphia did with Jalen Hurtz for Week 0:19:44.600 --> 0:19:47.040 eight on who was better than them? They're in the 0:19:47.080 --> 0:19:50.160 playoffs and the Bears have a better defense. They can 0:19:50.240 --> 0:19:54.080 do this and so and then expand the offense. You know, 0:19:54.119 --> 0:19:57.080 I just don't think that style of play in the 0:19:57.200 --> 0:19:59.560 NFC North, just wide open, chuck it all over the 0:19:59.600 --> 0:20:02.080 lot that it's not going to win your games, all right, 0:20:02.119 --> 0:20:05.720 Matthew Stafford in the Rams just won a game playoff 0:20:05.760 --> 0:20:10.480 game throwing the football seventeen times, seventeen times with a 0:20:10.560 --> 0:20:14.200 veteran quarterback who hasn't won in postseason. So it is 0:20:14.240 --> 0:20:17.159 about running the football. It's about protecting a young quarterback 0:20:17.440 --> 0:20:20.160 and let him grow. He'll be learning now a whole 0:20:20.200 --> 0:20:23.120 new offense. No matter who comes in there, there's gonna 0:20:23.119 --> 0:20:26.400 be different terminology. It's gonna take time. He's no finished 0:20:26.400 --> 0:20:28.280 product and he's not gonna have a gold jacket and 0:20:28.359 --> 0:20:31.920 decant right now. So give him the best things that 0:20:31.960 --> 0:20:34.560 can help him out. A good defense, a running game, 0:20:34.640 --> 0:20:37.560 and put some weapons around him, and let the passing game, 0:20:38.359 --> 0:20:42.919 you know, grow as he grows as a quarterback, you know, 0:20:43.000 --> 0:20:46.200 and hopefully that's the case. I think that's what everybody, 0:20:46.480 --> 0:20:48.800