WHY BEN JOHNSON WANTS THE BEARS JOB SO BADLY!

[@daddio1491]

The best way for the McCaskeys to get the right coach is for us fans STOP buying season tickets. If no money comes in, this may force them either to sell or get the right coaches

[@Jeff-n3v3l]

Bingo

[@Nautilus1972]

Pfft!

[@marycooper8385]

Yes stop.buying.season tickets and also merchandise It's not.all that difficult to figure out

[@angusnegrin]

We need Ben Johnson, but he needs to have a good DC with HC experience to help him out.

[@johannawhaley3646]

Robert Saleh, great DC and former HC of Jets. He'd be perfect for Ben Johnson DC.

[@derrekgrapp7421]

I know Chicago needs an offensive minded coach but I'm not sold on Ben Johnson. There's something about him that doesn't pass the smell test. Vrabel seems like a safer choice for some reason.

[@sixtieskid062]

SELL THE TEAM!!

[@AkamatsuCreative]

Great topic. And so glad you went through the scenario of what if... the Bears don't get Ben Johnson or whatever... This is not a great cycle to need a new head coach. Just because ppl WANT Ben Johnson to be a can't-miss candidate, doesn't mean he is built that way. It's more the exception than the rule. My point is that all the people screaming at the Bears to just GO FIND and hire a great head coach, is like telling someone who is job hunting to just GO FIND a great job. There is so much luck and timing involved in these dudes working out, and that's why coaches and GMs are constantly getting hired and fired every year, without fail. It's not just a Bears problem. Do this thought experiment: Ben Johnson is hired as HC. The Bears start 2025 at 1-4, with (for example), the defense being bottom of the league, though the offense is respectable. Everyone in Chicago is gonna be screaming "Fire Ben Johnson!!" When the problem was that he probably wasn't the right guy as a HC, despite his success as an OC. I'm not saying this is going to happen, but just that people have to be realistic on how much of a crapshoot finding a truly great head coach is.

[@RyanFeatherly]

For one, Ben Johnson and Jared Goff are joined at the hip. Second, Ben Johnsons wife and kids do not want to relocate. Third, Johnson's wife talked him out of the Commanders job that he wanted.

[@ernestmyers4914]

The offensive line must be way better draft and free agents .Time to solve the line problem .Pay defensive linemen .Draft fast linebackers and receivers

[@Keithjhall]

McASSkeys are anything but functional... George needs to get out of the way but he just can't help himself. Ben Johnson is the perfect coach for Caleb, and hopefully for the team. Let's hope the McASSkeys don't screw up another coaching hire, but theres already disfunction at the top with George invovled

[@jondoe4307]

Lets not get our hopes up Shane Waldron was glorified until he got here and look how that turned out

[@RyanJohnson-zo5hs]

I’m hoping they can actually be smart enough to get Ben Johnson as head coach and they can also get Brian Flores as the defensive coordinator. I’m not sure who they should have as offensive coordinator, Thomas Brown did an excellent job so I’m like 50/50 on keeping him

[@mystaffmystaff8803]

Things will improve and get better for the Bears when the McCaskeys sell the team! The McCaskeys don’t care about the Bears fans or winning only making money. They have revealed just who the are and it ain’t dysfunctiona, its calculated moves towards spending less money while making more and deceiving the blind season ticket holders that fork over cool amounts of cash to these money hungry sharks.

[@woodstocknation1961]

We need proven NFL GM and proven NFL Head Coach. No more rookie GMs or head coaches. If Ryan Poles is allowed to stay as GM we will drafting top 8 next 3 or 4 years.

[@velvetbear7184]

Johnson had 1 good year and unproven. Classic Bears will sign him anyway. Hasn’t worked in last 40+ years. Thx McCaskey clan!

[@fredsparks4817]

Just buy a Packers jersey and quit whining.

[@DANGERProductions2020]

Originally I was on board with Ben Johnson. But the Bears have a history of hiring coordinators who are unable to lead teams. After watching Bears players celebrate plays last week during garbage time down 20+, I think we really need someone who commands respect and can reset the culture. Ben Johnson seems more like a X’s and O’s wonk.

[@chicagodude8888]

Who needs an X’s and O’s wonk that calls good plays and is smart. Give me a meathead who leads men like urban Meyer who would round house kick Tyreek Stevenson after the Hail Mary disaster

[@robertsnow4909]

I hate the celebrations it's just too much.i mean that's what they get paid for.

[@davidlewis1637]

Olin Kruetz for GM please

[@BuddyKinkito]

You have no offensive line,then you have no run game,caleb running for his life

[@jayman826]

BEARS DON'T BE STUPID AND GET BEN JOHNSON THIS IS A FEAKING NO BRAINIER

[@Nautilus1972]

Because he's desperate to be a HC. I wanty him NOWHERE near Chicago. Get Rex Ryan!

[@BuddyKinkito]

Ben johnson is going to the bengals

[@BClues]

Ron Rivera is interested and would be a great fit.

[@r39-p9j]

Yea for defense coordinator

[@robertbyington7715]

Great fit HORRIBLE coach

[@robertsnow4909]

Watch the danny mac podcast with Ron rivera..I like Ron also.

[@robertbyington7715]

@ Great person not a great coach

[@BuddyKinkito]

Plus ,go lions

[@lexustech48]

If Ben Johnson IS interested but he wants himself a new GM, then Poles needs to go. If Johnson is a hard no, I'd be happy with Vrabel as Head Coach.

[@deedunn1989]

I don’t think Johnson has the track record to call his own shots like that. If he wants a new GM he can find another team

[@Longdistance-b3m]

No... Johnson doesn't want the Bears job at all.... hahahahahahaha

[@invincibleEAST1]

Dumb. Ben Johnson is not a proven head coach. Head coach and offensive coordinator is two different jobs.

[@andylarkin5779]

Calling a potential Johnson hire "dumb" is just a terrible take 😂. Risky? Sure.

[@chicagodude8888]

@@invincibleEAST1 trade draft picks for vets too. Rookies aren’t proven and for all you know could all bust.

[@robertbyington7715]

Oh i’m sorry do you think he is less successful than coach clueless. If you knew anything about Detroit Johnson has input not just with OC but game planning and offensive decision making that goes way beyond normal OC

[@markevans8054]

BJ isn't coming to Chicago, he's going to Cincinnati to work with Burrow. He's smart enough to stay away from Mccaskeys

[@chicagodude8888]

To work for a team ran by a worse owner in Mike brown?

[@markevans8054]

@chicagodude8888 Brown is bad too. Don't think he's worse than comatose George

[@deedunn1989]

@@chicagodude8888to work for a team that has the best QB WR tandem in the game. All they need is a average defense and they’re an automatic contender

[@chicagodude8888]

@ The Bengals problem is defense like you stated, what good is hiring an offensive minded coach on a team averaging 28 ppg with burrow and chase? A cheap owner like Brown isn’t going to bid on Johnson. Chances are even less likely than George

[@markevans8054]

@@chicagodude8888 maybe Vrabel is the answer, we'll find out in 25. Go BEARS 🐻🐻🐻🐻

[@koberipple]

Weird, Detroit sports media is reporting BJ is not signing in division. Chicago sports media is delusional

[@bowhunter8532]

This guy has some of the worst takes I've heard....

[@Jeff-n3v3l]

John Shoop sucked when he was OC in the Jauron era

[@BuddyKinkito]

Bears fans and you are dreaming

[@dougkahler7152]

I think Ben Johnson is the best bet for the coach unless you go the collage coach route and go grab Alabamas new head coach. I’ve watched him from when he was a player then coach then head coach of the Sioux Falls multiple Natty winning division 3 cougars then onto Washington. He’s truly a QB whisper. But right now if Ben Johnson wants the Bears I’d get him without hesitation.

[@michaelsurvilla8966]

George has bulked on hiring Harbaugh twice, but in all fairness, Warren kept George from hiring him this yr for personal reasons not money reasons. There's 1 thing about George that most fans don't realize though. George watches our comments on alot of sites, he always has, and this year at Thanksgiving time he was plummeted with complaints at the stadium. I believe if Warren heads him to the direction of B Johnson he will pay for Ben. But with that said, how do we know that Warren won't head him in the direction of someone like Flores, because Warren has ties to Minnesota.???

[@oreally8605]

This OC / DC stuff ain't working. Let's get Vrabel in here.

[@hofftipus4132]

Nah, not him.

[@oreally8605]

​@@hofftipus4132 He's the winningest coach of all the candidates.

[@scottblair7441]

Probably another overrated hot coordinator

[@samuelrivera3534]

Whoever you want, don't bother interviewing other candidates for what you just wasting time and might not get the person you want having four different interviews.

[@ThomasRezepka-jb8yu]

From what we are hearing in Detroit. Dallas and Jets have zero chance because of owners interference with team. Next worse is Bears the GM May quit if not get fired anywhere in next 18 months. Poles is pissed he has a babysitter hired above him. Kind of funny how dysfunctional the Bears executive office is. Jaguars is his first choice. A QB with a high football IQ that can read defenses and is smart enough to run his offense is already on roster. The owner writes checks and stays out of day to day operations. Plus they have a good cap situation unlike the Bears who are buried in bad contracts. Why that linebacker the bears have is so overpaid yet more proof the Bears Executives are piss poor. If you want Johnson you need to Fire the GM and his babysitter yesterday or you have no chance regardless of the “ Reporting “ you are making up at this time.

[@tomthumb3880]

Bears have 70 million in cap space next year

[@kongo3931]

With Kevin Warren in charge, Ben Johnson may not want to work with him.

[@ThomasRezepka-jb8yu]

@@tomthumb3880 the cap number hasn’t been decided yet so make up more facts. Sure you could say projected. Based on a guess. You are buried in bad contracts because you have to over pay for talent based on the teams poor performance for last decade. Nobody wants to play for a losing organization. But anyway. Until the circus of an executive office you have is fired and replaced nobody worth having will be interested.

[@Harold-w2y]

You obviously aren't aware that the Bears have a top 5 cap space and premium draft capital. Do your homework next time.