The entire football season experience will never be the same again once Rich Eisen retires some day. We've got to enjoy this wonderful personality and storyteller while we have him, hopefully for another couple decades if we're lucky. I think I get as much enjoyment from The Rich Eisen show as the games themselves.
Then they should tell Caleb to call a timeout....he had 32 SECONDS! That QB has major issues...but everyone already knew that from watching his college career! He is a "nice drive, then putt for double bogey" kind of player
@@carlwheezer623 every QB in every game always has the ability to call timeout, even if they dont have one to call. Something Caleb I guess he didn't know while watching 32 SECONDS come off the clock or when he figured it was a good time for an audible. And then to take it deep and run the whole clock out, never seen a QB screw up that bad for 32 seconds!
@ correct, let’s share the blame where blame is due because it’s not like this is the first time he’s played football, the QB ALWAYS has the power to call a time out, no matter what level 🤡😂😂
Bears fire coaches in season once every 105 years. Cubs win the World Series once every 108 years. No longer the Windy City. New slogan is : Chicago. When once in a lifetime actually means something.
@@BK-wp1jjand they have had more wins and appearances and they started in 1962. But yeah. Good job. I am a Mets fan. So not sure the insult here. Sorry you couldn’t get the subtle joke here.
@@TheRealLaughingGravy The Mets had Pedro Martinez tho’, Greatest picture of all time who never took steroids during an era where everybody in their mama and their grandmama and even mark McGuire’s head almost exploded into mush because of all the steroids he thrushed into his veins.
@JDL0427 go back and look at the lock down season in college football, he wanted to stop the games completely and Harbaugh fought him on it. He's not a football person, he's about business
The problem is that the battled tested and experienced coaches available after this season are defensive minded, Vrabel and Belichick being a few. All the offensive minded candidates haven’t been head coaches. Ben Johnson will be the top candidate sought after because of what he’s done as an OC for 3 years. Ben Johnson as HC and Robert Saleh as DC in Chicago could be a lethal combo.
@@marcospinelli6367 You may be right. However, many of us would’ve laughed at George firing a coach midseason. Maybe Warren can convince the old man to leave a blank check. We’ll see.
The shopping list sounds great. The problem is the McCaskey family won’t pony up the money for. Case point, we have this convo ever 2-4 years for the last 30 plus years , and It’s why Harbaugh never came to Chicago.
When Ditka said, "Halas throws nickels around like manhole covers," he was stating the family credo that still holds true today. The Bears will remain in this limbo as long as that family owns the team.
~ The "Ben Johson to the Bears" narrative needs to hit the Brakes. Detroit has the Best O-Line in the Game. The Bears don't. Creative play-calling is useless without the ability to give the QB time to do their job. . . ~
And we have 3 picks in the first 2 rounds. All high. We can get O-Line help in the draft. We also have nearly $80 million in cap space. We can fill gaps there in free agency. Also, Ben Johnson is why they have that offensive line. You think he wouldn't be stressing fixing that immediately?! Seriously
I’m actually really interested to see how Thomas Brown AND Eric Washington both do now calling their own plays without having to get the nod from Matt Eberflus. They’ll both still be running Eberflus’ approved playbooks, but Brown & Washington will now be untethered. Let’s see what they got
He's got five games to prove himself. If the team isn't looking like a playoff caliber team at the end of those five weeks, then they better be moving on.
I'm not an NFL coach, but i know that if i was, i would be obsessed by the "times out" management during the 2 minute warning. And i know that i would put some times during practice to work on that, especially for the close score games during the season. Apparently, Matt Eberflus thought otherwise. Well, his life as the head coach of the Chicago Bears is now over because of that. Astounding.
Clock management isn't as difficult as these guys make it seem. Hackett had to hire a guy just to help out with it, and half of these coaches seem to botch something towards the end of a half in a game or 2 every year. Coaches should put tons of focus on RedZone play calling and time management every week in practice.
@@jarlwhiterun7478when you’ve got so much going on as a head coach, it’s something that’s easy to miss. But idk why more teams don’t have a clock/game management staff member that’s just there to make sure this stuff doesn’t happen
Ben Johnson might be a great head coach. But to assume he can handle all the responsibilities of a head coach and command the respect of the whole team isn’t a guarantee. They better interview 10-15 candidates. It can’t just be, “Ok Ben, great offense you’re hired!”
10 to 15 is too much now u gonna overthink it thats ocd right there u doing to much thats a scared move do u know how much time its gonna take to interview 15 coaches
@@deionharris-d8k Scared to interview 10 guys? That’s doing your due diligence on a massively huge hire. You obviously interview them about the job, simultaneously gathering info on what they think you do wrong.
Why would a great HC want to come to Chicago? This is coming from a lifetime Bears fan. This organization has continuously got it wrong for nearly 20 years. We can leave alone the whole one championship since 1946. C'mon man. Unfortunately, the ownership has no clue. They publicly said they needed help from another team to figure out how to run the organization in the past. I don't think the Bears will be a true contender in this league until someone else owns the team. Different sport, but take a peek at the Tampa Bay Lightning. They were awful for a long time; new owner, who invested in the team and they have been a significant club for the past 12 years.
To your point, the lions turned things around when ownership decision making moved down the line. As much as you would want to be the guy to turn things around, you can’t do that fully without full support from ownership
This dude’s comments at the post game press conference reminds me of Brandon Staley before he was fired last year. Particularly the way Staley responded to a question about who will be calling defensive plays for the Chargers 😂
I hope Thomas Brown does well, but if he doesnt get a hc job, itd be smart for the new coach to keep him and keep the progression of CW steady with a familiar voice and scheme
Williams is a single decision away from having 3 different play callers in 2 seasons. Must be scary for Bears fans, seeing the same story for Mitch and Justin play out
@@jusa9022 oh, he could have a promising future, I don't doubt that. But he is unfortunately dangerously close to spending his whole rookie contract where he will have to overcome the organization, not be uplifted by it (which is the case for every other NFC North QB)
@@miketemple7686 there is a difference between being the leader of the team, and calling plays, players would run through a brick wall for Campbell, would they do the same for Ben Johnson?
The Bears are not in a position to hire a first timer again only for it to fail, Ben Johnson might be great but with our track record we CAN NOT recycle another coach in 1-3 years, not with Caleb
So, how in the world did they end up with Matt Eberflus with the criteria that Kevin Warren presented here? There's no way in hell that Matt Eberflus meets these requirements.
The understanding was after the New England lose Poles wanted to fire him . But George said no so 3 more losses and now out of the playoffs. Thanks George
Again I ask...what evidence is everyone standing on to vouch for Ben Johnson who has never been a head coach for one day? I have yet to hear any logical reason that does not involve mentioning play-calling. We are hiring a HC, not a QB coach, not a play-caller, not an OC+.
At the 3:01 mark when he says "I think we handled it the right way" there was someone in the audience that must've had a very noticeable reaction to hearing him speak those words 😂😂 you can tell in his face the way he looked directly at someone and then kind of stammered a little bit and his face just says it all OMG 🤦🏾♂️ Im not one of those people that like to call for guys jobs and livelihood to be taken away if they breathe wrong, but this firing was long overdue smh I really truly cannot believe this man said "I like what we did there" and "I think we handled it the right way" like brooo whaaattttt !!????
@archee - Bill Belichick is 75-90 without Tom Brady and is going to be 73 years old. There is absolutely ZERO chance the Bears hire Bill Belichick. It is remarkable that fans want him. It makes no sense. Do you honestly think it is wise for the Bears to hire Bill Belichick when maybe he will be coaching for another 2 or 3 seasons and then the Bears have to go hire another coach? Bill Belichick is not going to be coaching into his late 70's. Kevin Warren and Ryan Poles have stated that they are seeking a long-term solution at head coach.
I'm saying Poles & Warren would be gone if da Beears hire Belichik... So no way P & W would do such a thing. Belichik becoming HC could only happen if Georgie wants Belichik... & Belichik would want full control.
@arrchee - Misunderstanding. I didn't realize that was what you were saying the first time I read your post. It should be an interesting 6 to 8 weeks. Thomas Brown and Eric Washington have a lot to prove and also are probably looking forward to first time opportunities. If Brown and Washington are not retained for 2025, I would be very surprised if the Bears don't hire an offensive minded coach.
@@YT-Holdings Heh heh, no worries... Only worry is they don't pick a quality HC... Look at Sean Payton with Broncos in his 2nd yr... Playoffs bound. Of course there is Jimmy Harbaugh with the bolts... Playoff bound... But then da Beears ownership will say they tried a veteran HC with John Fox... idjot Beears ownership shudda hired Bruce Arians instead of trestman... Idjot Beears ownership seemed to be 'enamored' by 'good interviews'... Supposedly everlose and trestman had 'great interviews'... & they luv Bill Polian's advice! Hey, in 2 seasons and 2/3rds, everlose made between $9-12 million!
@@arrchee8386 - I hope things get better for the Chicago Bears. I am one of the few fans that didn't mind the Marc Trestman hire. Their offense his first season was great. The issue was they hired Mel Tucker as their DC and forced him to utilize a 4-3 defense when he prefers a 3-4 defense. His defenses the two years as DC for the Bears when Marc Trestman was the HC were two of the worst in Bears' history. When Bruce Arians was hired by the Cardinals, their defenses were 7th, 5th and 7th in the league in points allowed for 3 seasons. In Arians' last season with the Cardinals, the defense went from 5th in the league to 14th and his record fell from 13-3 to 7-8-1. If Marc Trestman had that kind of defense that Bruce Arians had his first 3 seasons in Arizona, he would have made the playoffs two consecutive seasons. In Trestman's first season, Josh McCown was the better QB and was playing great. When Jay Cutler came back, they ended up not making the playoffs. Not sure who made that decision but I imagine Marc Trestman felt an obligation to start Jay Cutler. Jay Cutler's career record vs. Green Bay was something like 2-11. The Bears were 8-6 and in a great position to make the playoffs. The last two weeks the defense gave up 54 and 33 points. That wasn't Marc Trestman's fault. In his 2nd season, the Bears were 3-3 and lost the next 3 games because the defense gave up 27, 51 and 55 points during those games. The Bears then won their next 2 games to get to 5-6. The next 3 weeks were losses because the defense gave up 34, 41 and 31 points. At that point, the season was over.
Kevin Warren is a complete joke….absolutely laughable that he’s in charge of football lol. It’s a bad job based solely on that. A non owner, non football guy who will take credit for success while blaming others for failure. Wielding power like Rich McKay in Atlanta. They’re going to hire a cheap HC that’s picked by a random dude they’ve empowered. Short the organization.
“ Most Coveted Coaching Job “…😂😂😂😂😂 Give me a break, this sounds eerily similar to : “ The Best Situation for a #1 Overall Draft Pick ever “…🙄 Well, we see how that situation turned out 😒 This Trash Bag Organization is allergic to Success… Who in their own right mind would wanna Coach there, with these two Goofballs running the Franchise ??? 🤦🏾♂️
I hope by these goofballs running the franchise you mean The MCaskey family and not Poles and Warren. The only consistency since we’ve won a playoff game is George MCaskey as chairman, dude is the real goofball and we are even bigger ones to expect anything to change before that does.
Yeah i like Carrol or Belichick they are both established coaches now the question is would they even consider coming to the Bears and when u answer that question u got ur answer Lol for one the Bears will never pay the price for either of them and thats why they are in the position theyre in now. Believe me they will find some body under a rock that no ones ever heard of before and we as fans will be saying who the F is that i know thats what i said when i heard the name Eberflus.
Assuming a good coordinator will make a good coach is what brought Nagy and then EberLOSE to the Bears. 2 busy calling plays on 1 side of the ball to know when to call T.O. Or when NOT to challenge . Dude didn’t win a challenge ALL year
It wasn't the fanbase that got him fired. The fans wanted it too but the players had enough as well. Everyone should have known that the HC needs to get fired as well after the Patriots disaster
@Shane - I am assuming you are a Detroit fan. The Lions on the road outside the dome don't compare to what they do in a dome. The Bears play on grass, as you know. If the refs didn't call the horsecollar penalty which wasn't a horsecollar tackle, the Lions would only have scored 16 points. I don't want the Bears to hire Ben Johnson. He is not as good an OC as Liam Coen who has taken Baker Mayfield to another level when their WR's were healthy.
I thought we established that Belicheck wasn’t the reason Tom Brady was great. Why would we want him as HC? He’s also old. When a coach destroys players’ trust as much as Eberflus did, you need to bring in someone who is clearly a players coach. Ben Johnson is that coach. I think an OC with a winning record in the division is best- and for more than just developing Caleb - but for fixing the O Line.
This seems really blown out of proportion. Caleb messed up. He needed to get the team to the line. Run the play, get a couple of yards and call a time out. Caleb changed the play, poorly handled the change, and couldn't execute the plan. Coach was fired for it. But ultimately this was Caleb's fault. 1000%
Eberflus's refusal to accept accountability for absolutely botching that game (and other horrible time management plays) is what did him in. It wasn't the fan base. It was obvious to anyone paying attention.
The end of the lions game sealed his fate, but man it would’ve been really nice to just hear Eberflus admit that he effed up by not calling the timeout instead of going the Shane Waldron route and doubling down saying they got it right I don’t know if it’s ego or lack of humility or just outright stupidity….but pretty unreal to listen to Eberflus say that they got it right
Poles has absolutely had misses (nate Davis, chase claypool, quan Smith, and these 2 coaches) but he has built a young high caliber team with alot of cap space and draft picks.. he should stay
@@theprodigy1401poles is trash, you can hire eberflus and then talk about accountability, but keep getting your hopes up because it’s great every year watching them fail you.
@afalseerra9517 there are alot of gas around the league that have swung and missed on coached, 2 or 3 years ago there were 10 hirings. He's not an ozzy newsome by any means, but compare this team 3 years ago to now, and the fleeing of Carolina
At 12 seconds, you call a TO, and then you DO have options. You can attempt a 59 yard FG to tie, or you can do a proper Hail Mary play for the end zone. Either would have been a better option than doing nothing and letting Caleb attempt a play that wasn’t even a shot into the end zone.
If they fired Eberflus earlier they may have had a respectable season. With the last opponents, I do not see anything different. Be thankful for a high draft choice, maybe draft an OL.
Just occured to me! Another way to interpret Flus's bad press conference comments: A good and professional HC would have taken the blame, taken responsibility and vow to get better. I think Flus may have been so mad at the playcaller on CW headset, and CW for taking that sack (Caleb looked confused on that previous play)? That he just couldn't swallow the pill and take responsibility. He was just too damn mad to see straight, and see his ultimate responsibility? Still a fireable offense/situation! But just not the reality we are being presented with on internet.
Ben Johnson would be Nagy 2.0 please just get a guy who’s done it before. Also firing flus was the right thing, but if Caleb doesn’t change romes route don’t we get the time out? Why is no one talking about that
Belichick is the Top Pick because you don't need to change your current coaching staff. Belichick lost his staff when Brady went to Tampa. His Coordinator was so good that they are Head Coaches now. Belichick still got Top Connections with all Coordinator cuz he Belichick everybody want to be his Coordinator. So Thomas Brown and Eric Washington may still have a job as Coordinators. Belichick said he like Chicago Coordinators. Chicago can use Belichick as a plug in and go Coach. He perfect to fix Chicago disfunctions.
You know you done goofed, when my 8 year old nephew who just finished his first year of organized football is screaming at the tv screen to call a timeout.
The talent has to be alluring to Ben Johnson but...that franchise is...that franchise. To be fair, the Lions were that franchise not that long ago but it's gotta put some doubt in your mind.
No Rich you actually got it wrong. Thry didn't let him talk with the media. He did that on his own before the meeting and poles and Kevin was like wtf he doing as chicago media confirmed and bears beat reporter and multople players
Everybody has critique that is negative but let me just say having Eberflus get up there on the podium and confidently say he was coaching the next game (Which Was clearly scripted by the front office to go the way it did ) and then being fired immediately afterwards was the best part of this whole debacle. Uberfloostered your profile has been deleted like Susan sickwedgie and marco overdose. Zuckerface is next let’s break it down 4 PRAEYA
Ben Johnson has good offensive lineman, a Superbowl winning quarterback, and a strong leader in Campbell in place. That's why he's been successful. He would not do so well as head coach of the Bears
"Haven't fired a coach mid season ever..." The Packers think this same way, this "we do it this way because that's the way we've always done it" type of thinking and it drives me crazy. Doing things the same way will get the same results. Are you winning championships regularly? No? Then why so stubbornly cling on to the way you do things?! KC can think this way, not teams that haven't won a Super Bowl in over a decade.
Well, GB is an annual playoff contender and can afford to be patient and develop. Imagine if the Lions fired Dan Campbell after two years of missing the playoffs, especially that first season with only 3 wins
Well, Matt Eberflus at least can be proud to be a small part of nfl history. By which I mean he's the third consecutive incompetent coach that the Bears' ownership has allowed to wreck the development of a third consecutive first-round draft pick qb. Oh, and also he's the first coach Chicago has ever fired mid-season, but I think the fact that owners can be so incompetent twice as to screwed the pooch--and the qb--not once, not twice, but thrice in exactly the same way is the real piece of historical interest.
Poles gave us Eberflus, and he supervised the hiring of Shane Waldron and Luke Getsy and built a team with weak O and D lines etc. Poles has been exposed as not being good enough.
Not to mention Velus Jones, fourth round punter, 2nd round pick for one year player, cast off centers, frequently injured linemen instead of Jalen Carter….
Why does everyone think Ben Johnson is going to be a great head coach? Can he be? Possibly, but let’s be real not all great coordinators are great head coaches. He has never led a team, and you will be brining in someone who has no experience of leading a locker room. Bears have been down this path, and I’m a little scared of doing it again.
The Bears should just back up the brinks truck and get Bill Belichick to get a credible organization going. They should have got Harbaugh. So now the must get Belichick
You have 5 weeks to see how Brown does. I don't get this whole "don't fire Thomas Brown" movement. He's got 5 games to prove himself, way more than any other coaching candidate will have. If the team is not whipped into shape and looking like a playoff caliber team by the end of the season, then he's out of here.
ben johnson said last offseason: he wont go to a team just to have ANY HC job. thats why he came back. he will wait for the best situation. not a crappy dysfunctional, clueless ownership team.
lions fans just have to face it, Ben Johnson is leaving after this year, as much as you hate it, Bears if they come knocking is the best team to jump ship for.
@metaalo. Absolutely. They have talent and a really good, potentially great young qb. He looks at that talent on offense and knows he can do damage. What other opening has that talent on its roster? Doesn’t mean it would be a guarantee to work, but it’s a good job.
@ nonsense. The gm is trash. He took over an old, expensive, and awful roster in ‘22. Made some good moves, brought on a lot of talent, and got the qb of the future. He’s made mistakes, they all do. Even the best. Do some research before spewing uneducated nonsense.
I wanna get folks take. Bears fan, extremely open to Johnson…but let’s not lock in on him like he’s a sure thing. Poles and Warren need to find out if he’s the leader and voice the players need. Not saying he can’t be that guy, but we just don’t know. Hard to gauge because I’d be willing to be Dan Campbell has completely control and authority of the lions. Ben Johnson could very well turn out to be Matt Nagy 2.0 Thomas brown might be able to assert himself as top guy if he shows he can be that voice and produce
Poles and Warren hired eberflus and waldren, if you think those two morons are gonna hire the right coach then I don’t know what to tell you. The bears will continue to suck.
Johnson won’t go to Bears. He knows what kind of GM he wants picking his groceries, and Pace ain’t it. Currently, he’s the worst GM in the NFL. It’s also in division. He doesn’t want to face the Lions twice a year. They’re a beast and will be for a minute. They have one of the best GMs in football. Johnson is only leaving for the right opportunity. Chicago isn’t that opportunity 😂
The entire football season experience will never be the same again once Rich Eisen retires some day. We've got to enjoy this wonderful personality and storyteller while we have him, hopefully for another couple decades if we're lucky. I think I get as much enjoyment from The Rich Eisen show as the games themselves.
Right? He is one of one.
Rich, we know that’s you.
@@danieljoyce7699😂
Absolutely he’s my favorite by far
Rich eisen makes it look easy
Haven't heard any media get this right.
It wasn't the fans that got him fired. Listen to players afterwards, they all disagreed w/not calling T.O.
Then they should tell Caleb to call a timeout....he had 32 SECONDS! That QB has major issues...but everyone already knew that from watching his college career! He is a "nice drive, then putt for double bogey" kind of player
Then you also have to accept that Caleb also could have called it as the QB 🙄😂
@@carlwheezer623 every QB in every game always has the ability to call timeout, even if they dont have one to call. Something Caleb I guess he didn't know while watching 32 SECONDS come off the clock or when he figured it was a good time for an audible. And then to take it deep and run the whole clock out, never seen a QB screw up that bad for 32 seconds!
Oh yeah let’s blame the rookie qb who went and brung them back in the instead of the coach that has blown 5 games
@ correct, let’s share the blame where blame is due because it’s not like this is the first time he’s played football, the QB ALWAYS has the power to call a time out, no matter what level 🤡😂😂
Bears fire coaches in season once every 105 years.
Cubs win the World Series once every 108 years.
No longer the Windy City. New slogan is : Chicago. When once in a lifetime actually means something.
Says a Mets fan.
😂
@@BK-wp1jjand they have had more wins and appearances and they started in 1962. But yeah. Good job. I am a Mets fan. So not sure the insult here. Sorry you couldn’t get the subtle joke here.
@@KenAdams426 - Ahem.
*World Series Appearances*
Series: Cubs - 11; Mets - 5
Games: Cubs - 60 ; Mets - 29
*World Series Wins*
Series: Cubs - 3; Mets - 2
Games: Cubs - 23; Mets - 13
@@TheRealLaughingGravy The Mets had Pedro Martinez tho’, Greatest picture of all time who never took steroids during an era where everybody in their mama and their grandmama and even mark McGuire’s head almost exploded into mush because of all the steroids he thrushed into his veins.
Warren's little speech was like a job spec for a director of sales.
hes not a football person, hes a business person. hes the reason why good coaches wont come to chicago
@@RedHoodFHno the McCaskey family is the reason that the Bears are a laughingstock
@@RedHoodFHhow he’s the reason and he’s just got here what planet you dudes live on
@JDL0427 go back and look at the lock down season in college football, he wanted to stop the games completely and Harbaugh fought him on it. He's not a football person, he's about business
@@landisellis6780He's not doing himself any favors Chief. It was still a self-serving, asinine statement.
Kevin Warren’s head coach pitch sounds like a bad LinkedIn job description. And I’m saying this as a lifelong Bears fan.
Better than Ted and George lol
He’s a total clown.
@@ProfKisutonope…at least they own the team. He’s an interloper. Let the GM run everything.
The problem is that the battled tested and experienced coaches available after this season are defensive minded, Vrabel and Belichick being a few.
All the offensive minded candidates haven’t been head coaches.
Ben Johnson will be the top candidate sought after because of what he’s done as an OC for 3 years. Ben Johnson as HC and Robert Saleh as DC in Chicago could be a lethal combo.
Or Johnson + Vrabel.
Every Lions fan: "Keep away from OUR JOHNSON!"
Don't be fatuous, Jeffrey.
Please keep him. I’ll take Campbell.
You better be worried about your DC also
@@robertdillow9172 I bet a lot of money that Glenn will be a better HC
Oh please! Johnson rubbing his hands like birdman thinking to himself: I can fix that situation
I love Rich but im still laughing hysterically at the idea of George McCaskey giving out a blank check.
@@marcospinelli6367 You may be right. However, many of us would’ve laughed at George firing a coach midseason. Maybe Warren can convince the old man to leave a blank check. We’ll see.
Too bad no one asked about Ryan Pole’s agent being Trace Armstrong who also represented Eberflus and Shane Waldron….Hmmmm?
Jaylon Johnson is The Bear
Poles is sitting there like Dad is talking lol
Yep. Kevin Warren inspires less than zero confidence.
10:13 is ALL THAT NEEDS TO BE SAID. Lovie came in with the same mission. That message fuels the city as well as the players.
The shopping list sounds great. The problem is the McCaskey family won’t pony up the money for. Case point, we have this convo ever 2-4 years for the last 30 plus years , and It’s why Harbaugh never came to Chicago.
When Ditka said, "Halas throws nickels around like manhole covers," he was stating the family credo that still holds true today. The Bears will remain in this limbo as long as that family owns the team.
~ The "Ben Johson to the Bears" narrative needs to hit the Brakes. Detroit has the Best O-Line in the Game. The Bears don't. Creative play-calling is useless without the ability to give the QB time to do their job. . . ~
It's almost like the bears have the draft capital AND cap space to fix that. Plus they have a qb with a higher ceiling than Goff.
@@Matthew-tj8by Crazy talk! ;)
And we have 3 picks in the first 2 rounds. All high. We can get O-Line help in the draft. We also have nearly $80 million in cap space. We can fill gaps there in free agency.
Also, Ben Johnson is why they have that offensive line. You think he wouldn't be stressing fixing that immediately?! Seriously
@@THG-3141Brad Holmes isn't going to Chicago. The offensive line coach for Detroit isn't in Chicago either.
Bears will have a completely different oline next year
I wanna see what Thomas Brown can do.
I’m actually really interested to see how Thomas Brown AND Eric Washington both do now calling their own plays without having to get the nod from Matt Eberflus. They’ll both still be running Eberflus’ approved playbooks, but Brown & Washington will now be untethered. Let’s see what they got
I dont think you understand how playcalling works
He's got five games to prove himself. If the team isn't looking like a playoff caliber team at the end of those five weeks, then they better be moving on.
Falling into the interim coach trap is a bad idea
If you follow the NFL you'd know the J-E-T-S just tried this with the DC. The D & team got worse w/a 1st time HC.
I'm not an NFL coach, but i know that if i was, i would be obsessed by the "times out" management during the 2 minute warning. And i know that i would put some times during practice to work on that, especially for the close score games during the season. Apparently, Matt Eberflus thought otherwise. Well, his life as the head coach of the Chicago Bears is now over because of that. Astounding.
It gives Flus time to work on a new haircut.
And put more cheap gel in his hair.
Clock management isn't as difficult as these guys make it seem. Hackett had to hire a guy just to help out with it, and half of these coaches seem to botch something towards the end of a half in a game or 2 every year.
Coaches should put tons of focus on RedZone play calling and time management every week in practice.
@jarlwhiterun7478 Yet Eberflus has blown 9+ games during his career where the Bears more than a 90% chance to win going into the 4th quarter.
@@jarlwhiterun7478when you’ve got so much going on as a head coach, it’s something that’s easy to miss. But idk why more teams don’t have a clock/game management staff member that’s just there to make sure this stuff doesn’t happen
Ben Johnson might be a great head coach. But to assume he can handle all the responsibilities of a head coach and command the respect of the whole team isn’t a guarantee. They better interview 10-15 candidates. It can’t just be, “Ok Ben, great offense you’re hired!”
10 to 15 is too much now u gonna overthink it thats ocd right there u doing to much thats a scared move do u know how much time its gonna take to interview 15 coaches
You're right. Just because you're a great coordinator doesn't mean you can be a head coach.
@@deionharris-d8k Scared to interview 10 guys? That’s doing your due diligence on a massively huge hire. You obviously interview them about the job, simultaneously gathering info on what they think you do wrong.
They will interview 14 other POC to check their mandatory boxes.
@Imperium83 terrible, it sucks that they have to consider minorities. Wish we could go back to the good old days when they knew their place.
Why would a great HC want to come to Chicago? This is coming from a lifetime Bears fan. This organization has continuously got it wrong for nearly 20 years. We can leave alone the whole one championship since 1946. C'mon man. Unfortunately, the ownership has no clue. They publicly said they needed help from another team to figure out how to run the organization in the past.
I don't think the Bears will be a true contender in this league until someone else owns the team. Different sport, but take a peek at the Tampa Bay Lightning. They were awful for a long time; new owner, who invested in the team and they have been a significant club for the past 12 years.
Could not agree more.
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Because if you win you’ll be a God
To your point, the lions turned things around when ownership decision making moved down the line. As much as you would want to be the guy to turn things around, you can’t do that fully without full support from ownership
This dude’s comments at the post game press conference reminds me of Brandon Staley before he was fired last year. Particularly the way Staley responded to a question about who will be calling defensive plays for the Chargers 😂
Life long Chargers fan and I feel for Bears fans having to deal with his freaking twin. No chance way out of his depth simply not an NFL Head Coach!!!
Talk, talk, talk…McCaskey’s…enough said.
Mike Vrabel 🎯
I hope Thomas Brown does well, but if he doesnt get a hc job, itd be smart for the new coach to keep him and keep the progression of CW steady with a familiar voice and scheme
Williams is a single decision away from having 3 different play callers in 2 seasons. Must be scary for Bears fans, seeing the same story for Mitch and Justin play out
@@Erik_Ice_Fangcaleb isnt having the worst rookie season in modern history so it’s not the same thing really
@@jusa9022 oh, he could have a promising future, I don't doubt that. But he is unfortunately dangerously close to spending his whole rookie contract where he will have to overcome the organization, not be uplifted by it (which is the case for every other NFC North QB)
Ben Johnson and Caleb Williams will be the dynamic duo.
Nothing about Johnson says HC to me. Hard pass
@@ProfKisuto As a vikings fan, I also hope the bears skip on Ben Johnson!
@@Zeffpenguin being a good coordinator does not mean good HC. He seems like a total weenie.
@@ProfKisuto I also hope they skip on Ben Johnson!
Ben Johnson + Saleh might fit. More veteran DC with HC experience to hold down the defense, Ben Johnson works his magic on offense
That would be good, but I don’t know if Ben has that dawg in him, we need someone tough.
@hollabackatcha. Agree. Saleh is a great defensive coordinator. That’s a great partnership you suggested. Good job.
Go ahead, I’m listening.
@@artsoto5459hard to disagree with that since it worked for Detroit.
@@miketemple7686 there is a difference between being the leader of the team, and calling plays, players would run through a brick wall for Campbell, would they do the same for Ben Johnson?
From 2021-2023, Caleb Williams played in 37 college football games. Do you think he had never faced such a situation?
The Bears are not in a position to hire a first timer again only for it to fail, Ben Johnson might be great but with our track record we CAN NOT recycle another coach in 1-3 years, not with Caleb
So, how in the world did they end up with Matt Eberflus with the criteria that Kevin Warren presented here? There's no way in hell that Matt Eberflus meets these requirements.
The understanding was after the New England lose Poles wanted to fire him . But George said no so 3 more losses and now out of the playoffs. Thanks George
If Ryan isn't allowed to get his guy for whatever reason, likely money, then he ought to quit and expose George for what he's really all about
Again I ask...what evidence is everyone standing on to vouch for Ben Johnson who has never been a head coach for one day? I have yet to hear any logical reason that does not involve mentioning play-calling. We are hiring a HC, not a QB coach, not a play-caller, not an OC+.
I'm doing nothing as the coach except calling the timeout at 15 seconds. I would've been panicking before 20.
Not everyone is cut out for the HC position 💯💯💯
I don't see Bill belicheck going there either. Caleb is off script. Bill like stay in pocket throw on time and target. Offense mind coach is a must.
It took the Cubs 108 years and it took the Bears 105 years. Chicago the City of the Century.
At the 3:01 mark when he says "I think we handled it the right way" there was someone in the audience that must've had a very noticeable reaction to hearing him speak those words 😂😂 you can tell in his face the way he looked directly at someone and then kind of stammered a little bit and his face just says it all OMG 🤦🏾♂️
Im not one of those people that like to call for guys jobs and livelihood to be taken away if they breathe wrong, but this firing was long overdue smh I really truly cannot believe this man said "I like what we did there" and "I think we handled it the right way" like brooo whaaattttt !!????
Vrabel as HC and josh mcdaniels as OC for Caleb has my intrigued.
If they get Belichik, what's the point to keep Poles and Warren?
@archee - Bill Belichick is 75-90 without Tom Brady and is going to be 73 years old. There is absolutely ZERO chance the Bears hire Bill Belichick. It is remarkable that fans want him. It makes no sense.
Do you honestly think it is wise for the Bears to hire Bill Belichick when maybe he will be coaching for another 2 or 3 seasons and then the Bears have to go hire another coach? Bill Belichick is not going to be coaching into his late 70's.
Kevin Warren and Ryan Poles have stated that they are seeking a long-term solution at head coach.
I'm saying Poles & Warren would be gone if da Beears hire Belichik... So no way P & W would do such a thing.
Belichik becoming HC could only happen if Georgie wants Belichik... & Belichik would want full control.
@arrchee - Misunderstanding. I didn't realize that was what you were saying the first time I read your post.
It should be an interesting 6 to 8 weeks. Thomas Brown and Eric Washington have a lot to prove and also are probably looking forward to first time opportunities.
If Brown and Washington are not retained for 2025, I would be very surprised if the Bears don't hire an offensive minded coach.
@@YT-Holdings Heh heh, no worries... Only worry is they don't pick a quality HC...
Look at Sean Payton with Broncos in his 2nd yr... Playoffs bound. Of course there is Jimmy Harbaugh with the bolts... Playoff bound...
But then da Beears ownership will say they tried a veteran HC with John Fox...
idjot Beears ownership shudda hired Bruce Arians instead of trestman... Idjot Beears ownership seemed to be 'enamored' by 'good interviews'... Supposedly everlose and trestman had 'great interviews'... & they luv Bill Polian's advice!
Hey, in 2 seasons and 2/3rds, everlose made between $9-12 million!
@@arrchee8386 - I hope things get better for the Chicago Bears. I am one of the few fans that didn't mind the Marc Trestman hire. Their offense his first season was great. The issue was they hired Mel Tucker as their DC and forced him to utilize a 4-3 defense when he prefers a 3-4 defense. His defenses the two years as DC for the Bears when Marc Trestman was the HC were two of the worst in Bears' history. When Bruce Arians was hired by the Cardinals, their defenses were 7th, 5th and 7th in the league in points allowed for 3 seasons. In Arians' last season with the Cardinals, the defense went from 5th in the league to 14th and his record fell from 13-3 to 7-8-1. If Marc Trestman had that kind of defense that Bruce Arians had his first 3 seasons in Arizona, he would have made the playoffs two consecutive seasons.
In Trestman's first season, Josh McCown was the better QB and was playing great. When Jay Cutler came back, they ended up not making the playoffs. Not sure who made that decision but I imagine Marc Trestman felt an obligation to start Jay Cutler. Jay Cutler's career record vs. Green Bay was something like 2-11. The Bears were 8-6 and in a great position to make the playoffs. The last two weeks the defense gave up 54 and 33 points. That wasn't Marc Trestman's fault.
In his 2nd season, the Bears were 3-3 and lost the next 3 games because the defense gave up 27, 51 and 55 points during those games. The Bears then won their next 2 games to get to 5-6. The next 3 weeks were losses because the defense gave up 34, 41 and 31 points. At that point, the season was over.
I agree with Rich
Kevin Warren is a complete joke….absolutely laughable that he’s in charge of football lol. It’s a bad job based solely on that. A non owner, non football guy who will take credit for success while blaming others for failure. Wielding power like Rich McKay in Atlanta. They’re going to hire a cheap HC that’s picked by a random dude they’ve empowered. Short the organization.
Ben Johnson doesn't seem like the guy who will walk away from Detroit right now. Chicago needs more than a good coach.
“ Most Coveted Coaching Job “…😂😂😂😂😂
Give me a break, this sounds eerily similar to :
“ The Best Situation for a #1 Overall Draft Pick ever “…🙄
Well, we see how that situation turned out 😒
This Trash Bag Organization is allergic to Success…
Who in their own right mind would wanna Coach there, with these two Goofballs running the Franchise ??? 🤦🏾♂️
I hope by these goofballs running the franchise you mean The MCaskey family and not Poles and Warren. The only consistency since we’ve won a playoff game is George MCaskey as chairman, dude is the real goofball and we are even bigger ones to expect anything to change before that does.
Dude, give Thomas Brown a chance before you just throw out ideas.
Guys like that never get elevated, and they should be elevated all the time.
Yeah i like Carrol or Belichick they are both established coaches now the question is would they even consider coming to the Bears and when u answer that question u got ur answer Lol for one the Bears will never pay the price for either of them and thats why they are in the position theyre in now. Believe me they will find some body under a rock that no ones ever heard of before and we as fans will be saying who the F is that i know thats what i said when i heard the name Eberflus.
Blaming your rookie QB for your ignorance while on the hot seat is absolutely wild. Eberflus mine as well said fire me right there.
Hope Ryan Poles and Warren is listening. Sound advice.
Assuming a good coordinator will make a good coach is what brought Nagy and then EberLOSE to the Bears. 2 busy calling plays on 1 side of the ball to know when to call T.O. Or when NOT to challenge . Dude didn’t win a challenge ALL year
Lions will make Ben Johnson the highest paid v2 head coach.
1:03. Playoff? Are you kidding me right now? 😂
“Trying to get a play off” not “playoff.” As in, get the play going before time expired.
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It wasn't the fanbase that got him fired. The fans wanted it too but the players had enough as well.
Everyone should have known that the HC needs to get fired as well after the Patriots disaster
Ben Johnson going to Chicago would make me fucking sick
@Shane - I am assuming you are a Detroit fan. The Lions on the road outside the dome don't compare to what they do in a dome. The Bears play on grass, as you know. If the refs didn't call the horsecollar penalty which wasn't a horsecollar tackle, the Lions would only have scored 16 points.
I don't want the Bears to hire Ben Johnson. He is not as good an OC as Liam Coen who has taken Baker Mayfield to another level when their WR's were healthy.
I thought we established that Belicheck wasn’t the reason Tom Brady was great. Why would we want him as HC? He’s also old.
When a coach destroys players’ trust as much as Eberflus did, you need to bring in someone who is clearly a players coach. Ben Johnson is that coach. I think an OC with a winning record in the division is best- and for more than just developing Caleb - but for fixing the O Line.
This seems really blown out of proportion. Caleb messed up. He needed to get the team to the line. Run the play, get a couple of yards and call a time out. Caleb changed the play, poorly handled the change, and couldn't execute the plan. Coach was fired for it. But ultimately this was Caleb's fault. 1000%
Eberflus's refusal to accept accountability for absolutely botching that game (and other horrible time management plays) is what did him in. It wasn't the fan base. It was obvious to anyone paying attention.
The end of the lions game sealed his fate, but man it would’ve been really nice to just hear Eberflus admit that he effed up by not calling the timeout instead of going the Shane Waldron route and doubling down saying they got it right
I don’t know if it’s ego or lack of humility or just outright stupidity….but pretty unreal to listen to Eberflus say that they got it right
Yes Flus has blown a ton of things, ball should have been snapped way sooner 5-7 yard gain timeout, field goal.
Bears need to get an established former head coach not a new shiny coordinator for HC and also fire Poles to bring in a better GM...
Poles has absolutely had misses (nate Davis, chase claypool, quan Smith, and these 2 coaches) but he has built a young high caliber team with alot of cap space and draft picks.. he should stay
@@theprodigy1401poles is trash, you can hire eberflus and then talk about accountability, but keep getting your hopes up because it’s great every year watching them fail you.
@afalseerra9517 there are alot of gas around the league that have swung and missed on coached, 2 or 3 years ago there were 10 hirings. He's not an ozzy newsome by any means, but compare this team 3 years ago to now, and the fleeing of Carolina
At 12 seconds, you call a TO, and then you DO have options. You can attempt a 59 yard FG to tie, or you can do a proper Hail Mary play for the end zone. Either would have been a better option than doing nothing and letting Caleb attempt a play that wasn’t even a shot into the end zone.
How about at 32 seconds left?
If they fired Eberflus earlier they may have had a respectable season. With the last opponents, I do not see anything different. Be thankful for a high draft choice, maybe draft an OL.
NO! BJ is ours
Just occured to me! Another way to interpret Flus's bad press conference comments:
A good and professional HC would have taken the blame, taken responsibility and vow to get better.
I think Flus may have been so mad at the playcaller on CW headset, and CW for taking that sack (Caleb looked confused on that previous play)? That he just couldn't swallow the pill and take responsibility. He was just too damn mad to see straight, and see his ultimate responsibility?
Still a fireable offense/situation! But just not the reality we are being presented with on internet.
No no no no no no. No. No! We neeeed to keep Ben! We don’t know how to cope yet!
Vrabel to the Bears would be a good thing
BREAKING NEWS: Chicago Bears hire Cody Parkey as their new head coach!
Ryan Day gets called up.
Ben Johnson would be Nagy 2.0 please just get a guy who’s done it before. Also firing flus was the right thing, but if Caleb doesn’t change romes route don’t we get the time out? Why is no one talking about that
Belichick is the Top Pick because you don't need to change your current coaching staff.
Belichick lost his staff when Brady went to Tampa. His Coordinator was so good that they are Head Coaches now. Belichick still got Top Connections with all Coordinator cuz he Belichick everybody want to be his Coordinator.
So Thomas Brown and Eric Washington may still have a job as Coordinators. Belichick said he like Chicago Coordinators.
Chicago can use Belichick as a plug in and go Coach. He perfect to fix Chicago disfunctions.
You know you done goofed, when my 8 year old nephew who just finished his first year of organized football is screaming at the tv screen to call a timeout.
The talent has to be alluring to Ben Johnson but...that franchise is...that franchise. To be fair, the Lions were that franchise not that long ago but it's gotta put some doubt in your mind.
No Rich you actually got it wrong. Thry didn't let him talk with the media. He did that on his own before the meeting and poles and Kevin was like wtf he doing as chicago media confirmed and bears beat reporter and multople players
Ryan Poles was clearly uncomfortable sitting there
Warren is the reason the bears will not get a good coach. he is not a football person, he is a business person
Why is everyone of these Pundits overlooking TB & EW as the lead people for the Bears?
Everybody has critique that is negative but let me just say having Eberflus get up there on the podium and confidently say he was coaching the next game (Which Was clearly scripted by the front office to go the way it did ) and then being fired immediately afterwards was the best part of this whole debacle. Uberfloostered your profile has been deleted like Susan sickwedgie and marco overdose. Zuckerface is next let’s break it down 4 PRAEYA
Just get a winner for once. Go all out. Try to trade for Shanahan or back up the brinks truck for Ben Johnson. We need to go bold for once.
Ben Johnson has good offensive lineman, a Superbowl winning quarterback, and a strong leader in Campbell in place. That's why he's been successful. He would not do so well as head coach of the Bears
He does not have a superbowl winning QB the rams traded Goff then won a superbowl where you been.
Goff a SB winning QB ?? Ok
T. Brown gets a five game audition, if he were to win against GB, he might get the job.
Thomas brown deserves a hard look at the bears HC job
The Bears have never hired a HC with NFL HC experience. So I expect it’s some offensive coordinator.
"Haven't fired a coach mid season ever..." The Packers think this same way, this "we do it this way because that's the way we've always done it" type of thinking and it drives me crazy. Doing things the same way will get the same results. Are you winning championships regularly? No? Then why so stubbornly cling on to the way you do things?! KC can think this way, not teams that haven't won a Super Bowl in over a decade.
Well, GB is an annual playoff contender and can afford to be patient and develop. Imagine if the Lions fired Dan Campbell after two years of missing the playoffs, especially that first season with only 3 wins
You have to do whatever you can to dismantle what Detroit has built, you take their OC.
Well, Matt Eberflus at least can be proud to be a small part of nfl history. By which I mean he's the third consecutive incompetent coach that the Bears' ownership has allowed to wreck the development of a third consecutive first-round draft pick qb. Oh, and also he's the first coach Chicago has ever fired mid-season, but I think the fact that owners can be so incompetent twice as to screwed the pooch--and the qb--not once, not twice, but thrice in exactly the same way is the real piece of historical interest.
Why should Warren and Poles be retained?
With the Niners all banged up, the Lions will have the NFC title in 2025.
Mike vabrel best option to me that best fit
Poles gave us Eberflus, and he supervised the hiring of Shane Waldron and Luke Getsy and built a team with weak O and D lines etc. Poles has been exposed as not being good enough.
Not to mention Velus Jones, fourth round punter, 2nd round pick for one year player, cast off centers, frequently injured linemen instead of Jalen Carter….
Just described Jim Harbaugh
Why does everyone think Ben Johnson is going to be a great head coach? Can he be? Possibly, but let’s be real not all great coordinators are great head coaches. He has never led a team, and you will be brining in someone who has no experience of leading a locker room. Bears have been down this path, and I’m a little scared of doing it again.
The Bears should just back up the brinks truck and get Bill Belichick to get a credible organization going. They should have got Harbaugh. So now the must get Belichick
I don't want Ben Johnson....I want to see how Thomas Brown does....The McKaskies brought in Dan Quin on a coach seat...they won't pay Johnson. ...😂
You have 5 weeks to see how Brown does. I don't get this whole "don't fire Thomas Brown" movement. He's got 5 games to prove himself, way more than any other coaching candidate will have. If the team is not whipped into shape and looking like a playoff caliber team by the end of the season, then he's out of here.
ben johnson said last offseason: he wont go to a team just to have ANY HC job. thats why he came back. he will wait for the best situation. not a crappy dysfunctional, clueless ownership team.
lions fans just have to face it, Ben Johnson is leaving after this year, as much as you hate it, Bears if they come knocking is the best team to jump ship for.
@metaalo. Absolutely. They have talent and a really good, potentially great young qb. He looks at that talent on offense and knows he can do damage. What other opening has that talent on its roster? Doesn’t mean it would be a guarantee to work, but it’s a good job.
@@metaalothe bears are a mess and the fact that you think differently just shows your delusion.
@@vincedidiana5781no it’s not. The ownership is awful. The gm is awful and Kevin Warren is awful. lol. The bears are gonna remain trash.
@ nonsense. The gm is trash. He took over an old, expensive, and awful roster in ‘22. Made some good moves, brought on a lot of talent, and got the qb of the future. He’s made mistakes, they all do. Even the best. Do some research before spewing uneducated nonsense.
Ben Johnson has not got the CV to be the head coach of the Chicago Bears. Rex Ryan does.
better players needed
I think he lost the team when he put all the blame on Stevenson without taking any responsibility for the previous play call.
I wanna get folks take. Bears fan, extremely open to Johnson…but let’s not lock in on him like he’s a sure thing. Poles and Warren need to find out if he’s the leader and voice the players need. Not saying he can’t be that guy, but we just don’t know. Hard to gauge because I’d be willing to be Dan Campbell has completely control and authority of the lions. Ben Johnson could very well turn out to be Matt Nagy 2.0
Thomas brown might be able to assert himself as top guy if he shows he can be that voice and produce
Poles and Warren hired eberflus and waldren, if you think those two morons are gonna hire the right coach then I don’t know what to tell you. The bears will continue to suck.
@ the mccaskeys and bill polian made poles pick between Eberflus, Quinn and Jim Caldwell. Hardly the coaching search poles wanted I’m sure
I just wish they would sale the team to someone who knows what’s going on
Will the Raiders have an opening?
leave us alone
Get Robert Salah in there and run a 4-3 3-4 multi front D.
I’m so over hearing about Johnson. I don’t want him
Ben, stay and we will give you a statue!
Which shade of Eberflus was this? Funeral black?
Bears front office team looks and sounds lost. Could have Ran Carthon Disease.
Johnson won’t go to Bears. He knows what kind of GM he wants picking his groceries, and Pace ain’t it. Currently, he’s the worst GM in the NFL. It’s also in division. He doesn’t want to face the Lions twice a year. They’re a beast and will be for a minute. They have one of the best GMs in football. Johnson is only leaving for the right opportunity. Chicago isn’t that opportunity 😂