BearFan PHX Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 My patreon guys say it is official! Lets see how long until the mainstream media agree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearFan PHX Posted January 27 Author Report Share Posted January 27 and now Rappaport and Gabriel have it too. COOL. He will be great for us. EDIT: and now Scheffter has it too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearFan PHX Posted January 27 Author Report Share Posted January 27 also announced is Declan Doyle as OC. He is basically Johnson's assistant. We need good OL and DL hires now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrackerDog Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 On 1/27/2025 at 1:09 AM, BearFan PHX said: also announced is Declan Doyle as OC. He is basically Johnson's assistant. We need good OL and DL hires now. Expand I like the DC hire a lot. See the OC hire as a guy who can run practice for Johnson and grow into the role. As such I don’t hate it but was hoping for more experience. The dude is 28! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mongo3451 Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 Yes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZ54 Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 On 1/27/2025 at 1:16 AM, CrackerDog said: I like the DC hire a lot. See the OC hire as a guy who can run practice for Johnson and grow into the role. As such I don’t hate it but was hoping for more experience. The dude is 28! Expand We need someone that is smart and hungry to become an OC. If Johnson trusts him to put the work in and get the details right that's all I need to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearFan PHX Posted January 27 Author Report Share Posted January 27 On 1/27/2025 at 1:16 AM, CrackerDog said: I like the DC hire a lot. See the OC hire as a guy who can run practice for Johnson and grow into the role. As such I don’t hate it but was hoping for more experience. The dude is 28! Expand On 1/27/2025 at 1:24 AM, AZ54 said: We need someone that is smart and hungry to become an OC. If Johnson trusts him to put the work in and get the details right that's all I need to know. Expand To both posts: yup. No really strong candidate was going to come here to be in Johnson's shadow, and not call plays. So we got an energetic guy to be Johnson's assistant. He wont be going anywhere anytime soon anyway so cool. Just gotta hope he and QB coach JT Barrett are good in Calebs ear along with Johnson's input. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASHKUM BEAR Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 Glad to see the DC is official now. The next most important hire now is the Oline coach. We need a scheme that works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearFan PHX Posted January 27 Author Report Share Posted January 27 On 1/27/2025 at 3:03 AM, ASHKUM BEAR said: Glad to see the DC is official now. The next most important hire now is the Oline coach. We need a scheme that works. Expand in our case OL coach is an even more important hire than OC! This offseason is so critical with Caleb already heading into year 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DABEARSDABOMB Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 On 1/27/2025 at 1:09 AM, BearFan PHX said: also announced is Declan Doyle as OC. He is basically Johnson's assistant. We need good OL and DL hires now. Expand Saints guy at oline will be huge. Sounds like our current dline coach might be in play to stay - worked with Allen with Raiders. Doyle is super young - Johnson is clearly running the show but Doyle had least has a few years learning from a legend like Payton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearFan PHX Posted January 27 Author Report Share Posted January 27 On 1/27/2025 at 3:42 AM, DABEARSDABOMB said: Saints guy at oline will be huge. Sounds like our current dline coach might be in play to stay - worked with Allen with Raiders. Doyle is super young - Johnson is clearly running the show but Doyle had least has a few years learning from a legend like Payton. Expand Yeah ROushar sounds good on paper. Hes a little older, but I dont know the guy, maybe thats fine. I do know that in his prime he has coached up some very good offensive linemen. And did you see the list of pass rushers that have been drafted by teams while Dennis Allen was DC or head coach? WOW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DABEARSDABOMB Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 On 1/27/2025 at 3:47 AM, BearFan PHX said: Yeah ROushar sounds good on paper. Hes a little older, but I dont know the guy, maybe thats fine. I do know that in his prime he has coached up some very good offensive linemen. And did you see the list of pass rushers that have been drafted by teams while Dennis Allen was DC or head coach? WOW. Expand Yeah Dennis Allen was a huge get. Doyle seems like a bright young coach - didn’t realize he is also Ditkas nephew (if the reports are true). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearFan PHX Posted January 27 Author Report Share Posted January 27 On 1/27/2025 at 3:57 AM, DABEARSDABOMB said: Yeah Dennis Allen was a huge get. Doyle seems like a bright young coach - didn’t realize he is also Ditkas nephew (if the reports are true). Expand I saw that too, and when i googled further, I found VERY little. My bet is it isnt true. For example, his wiki page has a section under family, and it identifies his dad as having been strength and conditioning coach at iowa. Youd figure the Ditka thing would be there too? But nothing. Also, I found something ont he internet claiming he was William the Refrigerator Perry's nephew too LOL I think people like swifty got hoodwinked by the same pranksters that had Dennis Allen to the Bears a few days ago on wiki and the name of some poster on another board like this one as the source LOL Like I promise you, I will never have any breaking news that I personally heard from Halas Hall LOL It will never happen! BUt back in reality, he is well thought of and experienced. Might be a little early for OC, but then again he is really asst OC, and thats perfect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DABEARSDABOMB Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 On 1/27/2025 at 5:13 AM, BearFan PHX said: I saw that too, and when i googled further, I found VERY little. My bet is it isnt true. For example, his wiki page has a section under family, and it identifies his dad as having been strength and conditioning coach at iowa. Youd figure the Ditka thing would be there too? But nothing. Also, I found something ont he internet claiming he was William the Refrigerator Perry's nephew too LOL I think people like swifty got hoodwinked by the same pranksters that had Dennis Allen to the Bears a few days ago on wiki and the name of some poster on another board like this one as the source LOL Like I promise you, I will never have any breaking news that I personally heard from Halas Hall LOL It will never happen! BUt back in reality, he is well thought of and experienced. Might be a little early for OC, but then again he is really asst OC, and thats perfect. Expand I was guessing same thing, regarding Ditka. I did see it in one article…the son of the old Iowa strength and conditioning coach is true though - that guy was a total stud at Iowa but got into trouble in the end (I’m an Iowa fan and Doyle was a huge part of how they did so well despite having so many 2-3 star recruits). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearFan PHX Posted January 27 Author Report Share Posted January 27 On 1/27/2025 at 6:01 AM, DABEARSDABOMB said: I was guessing same thing, regarding Ditka. I did see it in one article…the son of the old Iowa strength and conditioning coach is true though - that guy was a total stud at Iowa but got into trouble in the end (I’m an Iowa fan and Doyle was a huge part of how they did so well despite having so many 2-3 star recruits). Expand Like I said before, i expect Ben Johnson's knowledge and instinct far surpasses mine, and if he likes the guy, then i do too. And what a refreshing change it is to actually trust a Bears coach. Long time since i did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearFan2000 Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 I'm liking what I'm seeing as this coaching staff is coming together. I admit being worried about the sheer number of people interviewed and many on that list being awful options that George was going to again tie Poles hand and we'd not get a highly touted prospect like Johnson and end up with someone I'd have to convince myself to be ok with. Johnson is a first time Head Coach but he's coming from a winning culture and knows what a real NFL offense looks like. He does not seem to suffer from the "smartest guy in the room syndrome" We've had way too much of that. He strikes me as a guy who sets the bar high and expects a lot out of his players and pushes them. Now again, this is all on paper and till we see it on the field we won't know. What I'm looking for is not just how things go this coming season but can we have sustained success. Remember Nagy came in in 2018 and the team took a leap and we thought the future looked bright, but we know how that turned out. Johnson is inheriting a lot of talent on this roster that's been miss managed so I could see a vast improvement in year one. It's year two and beyond that will tell if he is the right man for the job. Love the Allen hire as DC as well. The key as others have pointed to is that the OL and DL coaches will be critical. Especially the OL. We have got to fix the OL or we're not going to go anywhere. We need better coaching, and better talent. IMO Poles has to get this right this offseason between the draft and FA. We cannot keep doing the patchwork plan it hasn't worked and it will not work. If Caleb has any chance to see his full potential here this has to get fixed or at least greatly improved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Luciano Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 in my estimation this is the dream team in coaching. we have a HC who is the best choice of what was out there. That has happened only once in my memory and that was wanny. wanny didn't work out but at the time he was the best choice. add johnson the best offensive option with the best DC available who has HC experience and is considered the best or close to it DC available and we should be set on both sides of the ball. also allen is in all probability not jumping into a HC job after a year like some coordinators would have. we FINALLY have two coaches that can move this franchise into the 21st century. if it works out we should be superbowl contenders within 2 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrackerDog Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 On 1/27/2025 at 1:29 PM, BearFan2000 said: We need better coaching, and better talent. IMO Poles has to get this right this offseason between the draft and FA. Expand Amen. AND some quality depth! Can’t go into it with 5 studs and expect they’ll all stay healthy all season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mongo3451 Posted February 4 Report Share Posted February 4 Love this from Allen. "WE WANT TO BE AN ATTACKING, AGGRESSIVE STYLE OF DEFENSE. WE WANT TO TAKE THE FIGHT TO THE OFFENSE AND NOT LET THE OFFENSE DICTATE THE TEMPO TO US. WE'RE GOING TO BE AGGRESSIVE, WE'RE GOING TO CHALLENGE VERYTHING WE'RE GOING TO PLAY THE GAME THE RIGHT WAY, WE'RE GOING TO PLAY A TOUGH, PHYSICAL BRAND OF FOOTBALL, I THINK THE BRAND OF FOOTBALL YOU COME TO EXPECT AT THE CHICAGO BEARS." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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