Camp tidbits

[Mongo3451]

Waddle was at practice today and echoed some of the expectation of excellence.  He personally saw BJ chew Caleb's ass in front of the starting offense.  He says he hasn't seen that type of command since Lovie.  Of course, he said Lovie had his own way with established vets like Olin and Url to keep everyone in line.  He also commented on the leadership of Grady Jarrett, saying he did burpees when other players were being punished.  Love it!

[AZ54]

21 minutes ago, Mongo3451 said:

Waddle was at practice today and echoed some of the expectation of excellence.  He personally saw BJ chew Caleb's ass in front of the starting offense.  He says he hasn't seen that type of command since Lovie.  Of course, he said Lovie had his own way with established vets like Olin and Url to keep everyone in line.  He also commented on the leadership of Grady Jarrett, saying he did burpees when other players were being punished.  Love it!

Good.   Tear them down and build them back up.   Those of us who went through basic military training know what that feels like.  Although the pay was quite a bit different.    

[Mongo3451]

1 hour ago, AZ54 said:

Good.   Tear them down and build them back up.   Those of us who went through basic military training know what that feels like.  Although the pay was quite a bit different.    

💯  It's coaching 101.  Nobody is bigger than the mission.  BJ wants excellence on execution.  

[Mongo3451]

1 hour ago, AZ54 said:

Good.   Tear them down and build them back up.   Those of us who went through basic military training know what that feels like.  Although the pay was quite a bit different.    

 

[BearFan PHX]

2 hours ago, AZ54 said:

Good.   Tear them down and build them back up.   Those of us who went through basic military training know what that feels like.  Although the pay was quite a bit different.    

and no one held out for a better contract LOL

Everything I wanted from Vrabel I'm seeing with Bj and DA. And there is a lot that Vrabel cant do that these guys can too.

Cant wait to see it on grass.

[Stinger226]

9 hours ago, BearFan PHX said:

and no one held out for a better contract LOL

Everything I wanted from Vrabel I'm seeing with Bj and DA. And there is a lot that Vrabel cant do that these guys can too.

Cant wait to see it on grass.

I also wanted Vrabel, and I think he will do just fine, but not the offensive mind of BJ and the agressiveness of DA. Poles hit HRs on these hires. Of course no games played yet but but being accountable in the first practice is proof they aint playing around. The sooner players know its not the softcore Flus, the sooner the build up starts. Humans are creatures of habit and they have new habits to learn.

[Stinger226]

Morning news

Colston on the field

Burden at camp but not on the field

Shemar Turner twisted his angle, to the locker room.

Zak Fraizer missing due to personal reasons.

JJ is in the building rehabing the hamstring injury

[BearFan PHX]

Love to hear this from Johnson. He's going to completely change the approach week to week to exploit matchups and style differences. Some years the Patriots were Randy Moss for an 80 year TD, some years they were a grind it out possession team. And week to week the Patriot defensive front could change, youd show up expecting to play a 3-4 team and they come out in a 4 man front etc. Great.
 

 

[DABEARSDABOMB]

Every aspect of Johnson screams they found their coach. Right now my biggest question is whether Caleb is hungry and willing to put in work it takes to be great. Last year and in college - he didn’t have a standard set that required work. Riley’s system is notorious for being easy and he never has made his QBs work a ton (had a lot of success though) and Flus and Waldron set weak standards. 
 

Really curious to see how Caleb responds to being truly coached hard for first time. I hope he has and is willing to work his tail off. 

[BearFan PHX]

18 minutes ago, DABEARSDABOMB said:

Every aspect of Johnson screams they found their coach. Right now my biggest question is whether Caleb is hungry and willing to put in work it takes to be great. Last year and in college - he didn’t have a standard set that required work. Riley’s system is notorious for being easy and he never has made his QBs work a ton (had a lot of success though) and Flus and Waldron set weak standards. 
 

Really curious to see how Caleb responds to being truly coached hard for first time. I hope he has and is willing to work his tail off. 

I agree with all of this. I think Caleb will be all in. I cant predict anything, maybe Johnson will be a flop, but from right here and right now it sure looks like this is a great staff.

And Caleb seems hungry and focused to me. Even before the draft, some of the things he says sound like he is really dialed in.

Statistically, he was pretty good last season. His 3,500 yards was the fifth best season for a bears QB ever. 20 TDs is pretty good, and 6 INTs is stellar. And this is as a rookie with nothing around him.

Now he was also sacked like hell. He needs to grow int he system and timing and rhythm. He couldnt ask for a better OL, WR group or head coach to teach him.

It sure looks like the table is set. I hope it's what it looks like.

Put it this way: I never believe anything until I see it, but I am not concerned about Caleb at all.

[Stinger226]

4 hours ago, BearFan PHX said:

I agree with all of this. I think Caleb will be all in. I cant predict anything, maybe Johnson will be a flop, but from right here and right now it sure looks like this is a great staff.

And Caleb seems hungry and focused to me. Even before the draft, some of the things he says sound like he is really dialed in.

Statistically, he was pretty good last season. His 3,500 yards was the fifth best season for a bears QB ever. 20 TDs is pretty good, and 6 INTs is stellar. And this is as a rookie with nothing around him.

Now he was also sacked like hell. He needs to grow int he system and timing and rhythm. He couldnt ask for a better OL, WR group or head coach to teach him.

It sure looks like the table is set. I hope it's what it looks like.

Put it this way: I never believe anything until I see it, but I am not concerned about Caleb at all.

I agree with almost everything you said but to say (this as a rookie with nothing around him) DJ,  Rome, Kmet, Swift are looked to be a strength to BJ. I think humans are creatures of habit and Caleb got in bad habits with bad coaching. Wasnt held accountably for his contritubtion to last years failures. One of his strengths is adaptablity but that doesnt come over night. 

Has to learn being under center most the time, change his mind set to look for the big play instead  the check down, to make quicker decisions to what he sees. The only time he showed rythum was when he was in two minute offense when forced to at the end of games. Remember BJ jumped on the chance to come here because of Caleb. Patience is the key to a complete do over with a great to be coach.