When you listen to Eberflus he sounds like the guy that tried to help you at Home Depot, but has to ask someone that knows what they are doing for help.

Hire Ben Johnson

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Ben Johnson has the best offensive line in the league and a good quarterback. He would suck ass in Chicago.

Everybody wanted Jared Goff pre-Lions.

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He's still the weak link.

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

And BJ has him winning.

Love me some Johnson. Guy knows ball.

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Parkins likes your idea. He has Johnson on his short list of guys he wants Bears to hire.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

That's sufficient grounds to abandon the idea and start a preemptive fire Ben Johnson thread. Parkins - Fire Eberflus to keep Getsy - is a grade a dumbass.

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Successful calls:

Kyrie Irving will never win anything as a team's alpha: check
T.rubisky is a bust: check
Ben Simmons is a liability: check
The Fields Cult is dumb: double check

2013 CSFMB ROY

Guy is going to get noticed eventually.

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I think he's already noticed. My worry would be making sure he's not just some playbook nerd but he can actually command respect in the lockerroom.

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Successful calls:

Kyrie Irving will never win anything as a team's alpha: check
T.rubisky is a bust: check
Ben Simmons is a liability: check
The Fields Cult is dumb: double check

2013 CSFMB ROY

Tough to know. I liked him when he chose to stay off hard knocks last year. Could be a function of being a shy nerd; could be a function of letting meatheads like Campbell and Deuce pursue the cameras while he does actual work.

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Idk. To me id want the Campbell and trust that he can find a Ben Johnson over hiring Johnson and hoping he turns into a Dan Campbell. But since the "charter franchise" does nothing except hire inexperienced GMs and HCs I'm sure if the market consists of Tomlin,. Campbell, Belichik, Johnson, and Halas, Johnson is for sure getting the job.

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Successful calls:

Kyrie Irving will never win anything as a team's alpha: check
T.rubisky is a bust: check
Ben Simmons is a liability: check
The Fields Cult is dumb: double check

2013 CSFMB ROY

Retreads don’t work out very often. The goal should be to identify a younger guy with talent and let him grow into the role. A McVay type situation is probably the best you can hope for.

That Lions team doesn’t win because of Campbell inspired meathead nonsense.

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We can debate the retread thing - Reid, Belichik, etc - are retreads Shanahan, McVay, etc are not, but yes even a successful retread at some point was a Ben Johnson waiting for an opportunity. That said, I think you're underestimating the culture change Campbell fostered. He is definitely responsible for Detroit's turnaround while Johnson appears to be a very good playcaller. Both can be true. But you need a rock at the HC and Campbell appears to be that. Johnson will need to display those same CEO qualities since a promotion means less time digging into playbooks and more time telling different players and functionaries to get their shit together otherwise there will be consequences.

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Successful calls:

Kyrie Irving will never win anything as a team's alpha: check
T.rubisky is a bust: check
Ben Simmons is a liability: check
The Fields Cult is dumb: double check

2013 CSFMB ROY

whoever they hire will suck

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

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Wow. That's... a thing.

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"Play until it hurts, then play until it hurts to not play."
http://soundcloud.com/darkside124 HOF 2013, MM Champion 2014

The bears do that but by accident, not by design. And the end of the play is not a long pass but a 10 yard sack.

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Successful calls:

Kyrie Irving will never win anything as a team's alpha: check
T.rubisky is a bust: check
Ben Simmons is a liability: check
The Fields Cult is dumb: double check

2013 CSFMB ROY

Yeah. Shit. Bummer, man.

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"Play until it hurts, then play until it hurts to not play."
http://soundcloud.com/darkside124 HOF 2013, MM Champion 2014

That play works 1 time out of 50 attempts

Bump

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Dicks

If the Bears are able to get him and he is as good as advertised the Bears will have ended up getting lucky.
That's all there is for this team down the road.
They have to rely on being lucky.

Rex Ryan weighs in:

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How would he know? Does he have a foot in the door?

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"I honestly don't see a good bet on the board here."