Listening to the 85 podcast with Kmet and I just heard yet another pretty damning inadvertent statement about Waldron.
Hoge asked Kmet if Brown is bringing in new plays, new flavor to the offense or is he using plays that have been in the playbook and just not used. Kmet talked about how it is some new, but made a point to highlight that Brown has included the other coaches on offense and it has been collaborative and neat to see. Wow. Just..wow. The implications of that is that Waldron was not particularly collaborative or involving the other coaches on offense.
I think that also goes with a report a while back now that Waldron did not really have a team meeting for the entire offense. They just had position group meetings, but he did not bring them altogether as a group.
Man, the more you hear about Waldron, the more messed up it gets.
So, its interesting - Kmet says Brown is bringing in a couple new things, but Caleb insisted its still the same playbook.
When you watch the games - it looks like it is indeed still Waldron's playbook, but Brown just basically threw out everything that didn't work, and focused on execution and getting everyone on the same page.
As much as I want to toss bouquets his way, it would be sooo meatball Bears fan to celebrate.....competence....
Because thus far, that's all Brown has done. He's competent. He isn't reinventing anything. And the Bears are still limited.
I'll give you a case in point - DJ Moore is still being terribly misused. Now, they found him a nifty play where he run's underneath on a type of screen and gets a good chunk of yards, but they already ran this play 5-7 times over the past 2 weeks, and it seems the only play where DJ is really involved. Because they are running that play so frequently, eventually DCs will begin to sniff it out and shut it down. And when they do, there goes Moore's involvement in the offense.
Brown isn't (yet) doing anything creative with the offense. He's just applying common sense and standards.
So, I really am not keen on keeping him as a HC or OC. The one thing I like about him is his rapport with Caleb. Coaching him not to be afraid to make a mistake and telling him in the 4th quarter to "go be Superman".
That to me sounds like he'd be a keeper as a QB coach for Caleb, if Brown is willing to stick around in that capacity, and the new coach doesn't mind keeping him - in that capacity, I'd give Brown 1-2 more years before he's OC again, because if they get the HC hire right, the OC will likely be moving on quickly and then you know Brown will do a good job calling whatever the new offense is in a pinch.
