Fun fact - prior to Halas hiring Emerich as the teams first S&C coach the Bears lifted weights and worked out at the Irving Park YMCA. I used to have a home a couple blocks away and worked out regularly there (not with them - I'm not that old) - the walls in the weight room are like a little min...

Otis Day wrote: ↑Thu Feb 10, 2022 3:18 pm

Hiphopopotamos wrote: ↑Thu Feb 10, 2022 1:53 pm


Eberflus is so well respected that his mentor would rather retire than work with him in Chicago...

Oh my lord. He is fucking 72 yrs old, man. Are you going to be working at that age?

I've got 3 kids to get through college - so, probably, yes.

https://mobile.twitter.com/ChicagoBears/status/1491882404172210188 Years of experience coaching safeties and multiple guys made the pro bowl when he was coaching them but I’m sure someone will still find something to complain about. Are we sure this is the right Andre Curtis? This dude is actually ...

UOK wrote: ↑Thu Feb 10, 2022 2:50 pm

thunderspirit wrote: ↑Thu Feb 10, 2022 2:46 pm

Well, that is one way to interpret that.

Pretty much. I see posts like that and roll my eyes.

C'mon - even from my bitter ass that is pretty clearly a joke.

UOK wrote: ↑Thu Feb 10, 2022 1:12 pm For those wondering about Marinelli:

Eberflus is so well respected that his mentor would rather retire than work with him in Chicago...

Bears just hired David Walker as RB coach. Longtime college coach who has spent time with the Colts and then Lions. Stepped away from football three years ago to take care of his wife. He started a sort of coaches consulting business last year. https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/nfl/colts/2020/09...

Spent the last decade with the Raiders (his entire NFL tenure). Was a quality control coach for 7 years! Spent last three as an assistant DL coach. Another guy on staff doing the job he's hired for the first time in his life. I thought Eberflus biggest selling point was the amazing staff he was goi...

https://mobile.twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1491153525845336068 Spent the last decade with the Raiders (his entire NFL tenure). Was a quality control coach for 7 years! Spent last three as an assistant DL coach. Another guy on staff doing the job he's hired for the first time in his life. I thought ...

If the Shanahan offense is so important - why didn't we even interview the guy Kyle tasked as his OC and who is now the HC in Miami? I personally don't think he's going to work out. I think he's incredibly smart and is highly intellectual, but I fear he's going to have a hard time relating to playe...

If the Shanahan offense is so important - why didn't we even interview the guy Kyle tasked as his OC and who is now the HC in Miami?

TheWorldBreaker wrote: ↑Sun Feb 06, 2022 5:24 pm I’m curious to see how people will complain about this hire but at least Zach Ertz is a fan:



Future free agent signing?

This is Dray's first time as a full-fledged position coach.

I’m not going to ignore 5 years of data because in one game, against an all-time awful special teams unit, they balled out.

crueltyabc wrote: ↑Sun Feb 06, 2022 10:37 am I see a bunch of unflattering articles but now one about his firing…

I think I confused him with another San Fran coach that was asked to half his pay (it was the TE coach). Looks like San Francisco hadn't fired Hightower yet.

I'm a god-damn sunshine pumper and even I am having trouble feigning excitement for this coaching staff. OC: Getsy - complete unknown who called plays one season in college. Got the Aaron Rodgers stamp of approval for what that's worth. DC: Alan WIlliams - 2 years as DC in Minny were a disaster. Lon...

https://mobile.twitter.com/TomPelissero/status/1490342308285460480 The guy that was just very publicly fired by the 49'ers? OK. The 49'ers finished 15th, 21, 19, 27, and 25th in Gosselin's special teams rankings the last 5 years under Hightower. 4 straight years in the bottom half and never better ...

A little disappointed that Eberflus seems to have struck out on our first two options for ST coordinators - and let a very good ST coordinator already on-staff leave for Carolina. Twitter is saying that GB is prepared to outbid the Bears for Bisaccia. Thomas Guaghey just re-signed with the Giants.

Also to note - most QB's these days have a private QB coach that they work with on things like mechanics. Its my understanding that most NFL QB coaches now are more focused on coaching a QB within the offense and less on the actual specifics/mechanics of playing the position. Justin Fields has train...

https://twitter.com/DannyParkins/status/1489270073185476608 Just going by Wikipedia, here is his timeline: 2014 - QB coach in college 2015-16 - Hired as quality control coach in Minnesota 2017 - Assistant OL coach 2018 - Co-OL coach 2019 - Assistant OL coach 2020 - WR coach 2021 - Replaces Klint Ku...

welp..guess it was a play for more $$ from Michigan.. I think he would have taken the Minnesota job if it had been offered before the interview. Read a few reporters on Twitter who said Harbaugh thought the Minnesota job was his but it turned out that Minny was expecting him to interview and had no...

He wasn't the OL coach at Pittsburgh - he was the assistant OL coach there. I read At the same time, however, Tomlin is excited for what Morgan will bring stepping in as the interim offensive line coach for the remainder of the season. Tomlin also said he'll consider Morgan as the full-time line co...

https://steelersdepot.com/2022/01/new-head-ol-coach-chris-morgan-had-tremendous-impact-on-run-game-says-tomlin/ https://www.si.com/nfl/steelers/news/pittsburgh-steelers-chris-morgan-shot-line-coach a) Sounds like zone blocking, then? b) Wait, why is he leaving a permanent Steeler OL job for the sam...

Cross-posting here:

Bears just announced Steelers Assistant OL coach Chris Morgan has been hired as the Bears OL coach. Morgan was formally the OL coach under Dan Quinn in Atlanta.

pus wrote: ↑Tue Feb 01, 2022 4:04 pm Have there been any leads about an OL coach?

DaBearsBlog said ‘Buffalo’ when asked about it - but the latest reports were that the Buffalo OL coach was following Daboll to NY.

QB Coach and Pass Game Coordinator.

This is yet another bit of weirdness attached to Jack Easterby. The former Chaplin turned Football Executive. McCown and Easterby are close friends. https://www.chron.com/sports/texans/article/Texans-interview-Josh-McCown-Jack-Easterby-power-16793765.php This is all about Caserio and Easterby hirin...

I was trying to figure out if Joe Brady called plays for Burrow at LSU and started a fight on Twitter by accident. One guy said he did schematic stuff and WR coach. Maybe he’d be WR coach? I hope we get him anyway I guess because everyone else they’re hired is risky so the more potential high end t...

Another rumor I heard is he was looking for $100 mil so it could have been financial as well. And make no mistake, the Dolphins owner (Ross) has the bucks. He is the person that the U of Michigan business school is named after. :o Its an interesting story - early in the process, right after Flores ...