Post by JABF on Aug 16, 2024 15:50:25 GMT -6
So do we credit Waldron and his staff for better coaching?
Seems to me that's at least a big part of the apparent improvement?
I was thinking about this last weekend. I did have the impression that the offense during the game "flowed". There were no "WTF" moments or stupid calls I can remember (but I don't remember much). I do think that it is a difference maker, but hell.... we are talking about one preseason game where they don't game plan, so I have to wait and see a few games into the season before I believe my lying eyes
It may be the result of the organizational upgrade. Poles has upgraded the back-office of scouts and also added the franchise position of assistant GM (brought in one heck of a guy, his friend, Cunningham). That group assembled by Poles has upgraded the player talent. Yeah, the upgrades need to continue in 2025, but the team is so much better already. Poles also hired Eberflus. Eberflus (like Poles) made his share of mistakes the first 2 years - especially hiring his initial coaching staff. But he reloaded and now there are 28 coaches on the Bears now (LINK). The coaching staff seems better (and larger) than I can remember in years here. And I suspect President/CEO Warren is an upgrade over Ted Philips.
This is better than just a "Shane Waldron thing" but more of an organizational upgrade that spans the entire franchise. The reason why I like that is because it bodes well as far as sustaining success as a franchise, for years to come. The Bears had to cure an organizational disease that had run rampant for decades. Think of the crazy stuff that went on over the past decades. You'd just shake your head because some of the stuff was nuts. LOL, okay, a lot of the stuff that went on was nuts. Now, we seem to see stuff that actually makes logical sense. Yes, mistakes will still be made, but (hopefully) fewer mistakes and less-costly mistakes. The organization now just needs to build upon the good things they now have in place. Build. No more of this tearing down crap. Build upon the solid foundation that has been laid here.
This is not merely "luck" because good management (sports, business, whatever) positions itself so luck is more likely to happen). I see this Bears franchise as having made organizational moves that made it possible for all this good stuff we've seen lately to happen. The improvement in the offense is just one piece of visible evidence of all of this. Maybe I'm making this out to be a lot bigger than it is. But my gut feeling is that this is "big" and one day we will look back on this time as the pivotal point where the franchise was healed of it's organizational illness.