Official Thread for Bears Coaching Staff and GM/Front Office Search

[Beengay fudgepackers]

Hoping the, “Pete Carroll wants the Bears’ job!” is just a one way desire.

I don’t see it as a good match.

Pete Carroll would be a great hire. I don’t think the bears will get him though.

 

[Payton]

Pete Carroll would be a great hire. I don’t think the bears will get him though.

Someone somewhere compared it to the John Fox hire. A guy who was once good that is well past his prime. I personally don’t see that one going well. (That isn’t to say it wouldn’t be an improvement over the current situation, just not a very inspiring hire.)

 

[Beengay fudgepackers]

Someone somewhere compared it to the John Fox hire. A guy who was once good that is well past his prime. I personally don’t see that one going well. (That isn’t to say it wouldn’t be an improvement over the current situation, just not a very inspiring hire.)

Fox was never even half as good of a coach as Pete Carroll is/was.

 

[Payton]

Fox was never even half as good of a coach as Pete Carroll is/was.

I suppose not.

 

[richig07]

I gotta say, Ben Johnson saying he "won't chase" head coaching interviews is wild. It actually bugs me a little bit. Like goddamn dude, are you overly cocky or stupid? Dude hasn't really done shit yet? No? I don't know why, but that shit rubs a bit??

The more I learn about this guy, the more he screams "Josh McDaniels to me". It doesn't have to be McDaniels. Just insert in the name of any massively egotistical "know it all" OC who came in with the wrong attitude to his first job, thought he was god's gift to football, and it turned into a shit show. Players hated him, etc.

I have a bad feeling about him. Just a gut thing. He's clearly a smart guy, but I don't know...

 

[richig07]

Fox was never even half as good of a coach as Pete Carroll is/was.

True. That being said, I stand by John Fox's job in Carolina being a really solid one. That was a piss poor, afterthought of a new franchise. No QB, not much talent... Fox turned that whole thing around with a no named QB (Delhomme) and he did it quick. They stayed competitive for a while, too.

I just think that by the time he got to us that the game had passed him by. I also think he inherited the biggest mess of a roster and cap situation that I've ever seen. Courtesy of the Emery/Trestman disaster from hell. Anyone who thinks we've seen worse than 2014 recently is suffering from recency bias.

 

[BearsWillWin]

The more I learn about this guy, the more he screams "Josh McDaniels to me". It doesn't have to be McDaniels. Just insert in the name of any massively egotistical "know it all" OC who came in with the wrong attitude to his first job, thought he was god's gift to football, and it turned into a shit show. Players hated him, etc.

I have a bad feeling about him. Just a gut thing. He's clearly a smart guy, but I don't know...

Please list the things you know about Ben Johnson that point to him being a bad guy that will piss off players and ruin the locker room.

Besides just making it up.

 

[averagejoe]

I work with a 30-something named Ben Johnson. I told him he should look into having an unlisted address if the Bears hire the coach with the same name.

 

[averagejoe]

The more I learn about this guy, the more he screams "Josh McDaniels to me".

Perhaps McDaniels' apple didnt fall off the arrogant Belichick tree?

I like Dan Campbell. If Johnson's apple is anything like Campbell, at least we wont get "word salad" at press conferences.

 

[Jiddy]

Perhaps McDaniels' apple didnt fall off the arrogant Belichick tree?

I like Dan Campbell. If Johnson's apple is anything like Campbell, at least we wont get "word salad" at press conferences.

I've watched a couple of his press conferences. I mean, pretty much anyone on the planet can outdo whatever the f*ck Eberflus was doing in press conferences...but he was fine. Winning is all that matters though. Just find a winner please for the love of God. We have sucked for far too long.