Bears are hiring former UCLA assistant HC and OC Eric Bieneimy as their running backs coach, as @jjones9 reported. Bieniemy now returns to the NFL. pic.twitter.com/jOV51FFBDK
Originally Posted by FloridaMan88:
I’ll take the high road and assume he had some role in the success of the Chiefs dynasty… even if this role is overstated by some with ulterior agendas… and wish EB the best with his future endeavors.
I like to think he turned Mahomes into a man. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Graystoke:
That’s a big fall from grace. The push to make him a HC just never got traction with the NFL clubs and now the time has passed.
What’s the primary reason? I’ve read it all and don’t know what to believe.
Maybe being a lower level coach is where he belongs, and anything else is just too much for him. As Clint Eastwood once famously said, a man's got to know his limitations. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Easy 6:
Come on man lets be honest here, he was basically Reids glorified gopher
Eric relayed orders from the boss, and gave fiery talks
Look, back when people were arguing for or against EB's case for a head coaching job, there were extreme arguments on both sides. A few nutsos thought EB was calling most of the plays. And you had the exact opposite as well where some people thought he was a complete puppet empty suit who served way more as a mascot than he did a coach.
Calling a coordinator a gofer just because he doesn't call the plays is ignoring all of the coaching, teaching, and prep that a coordinator does on a football team. It's reducing the duties and responsibilities to like 5% of the job and saying, "Well, because he didn't do that 5%, he did nothing." And it's honestly saying that EB had more power and say within the organization when he was a position coach than when he was the OC. At least as position coach, the only orders he took was what plays to teach. The rest was completely up to him.
Be reasonable, man. EB did a lot. Did just as much as Nagy, Childress, Doug, or any of his Philly OCs. [Reply]
Originally Posted by RealSNR:
Look, back when people were arguing for or against EB's case for a head coaching job, there were extreme arguments on both sides. A few nutsos thought EB was calling most of the plays. And you had the exact opposite as well where some people thought he was a complete puppet empty suit who served way more as a mascot than he did a coach.
Calling a coordinator a gofer just because he doesn't call the plays is ignoring all of the coaching, teaching, and prep that a coordinator does on a football team. It's reducing the duties and responsibilities to like 5% of the job and saying, "Well, because he didn't do that 5%, he did nothing." And it's honestly saying that EB had more power and say within the organization when he was a position coach than when he was the OC. At least as position coach, the only orders he took was what plays to teach. The rest was completely up to him.
Be reasonable, man. EB did a lot. Did just as much as Nagy, Childress, Doug, or any of his Philly OCs.
I'll give you this, he didn't do any more or less for us than all of those other guys
Because, again... its always been Andy Reid, then all of the other talking meatsticks in a lacky role [Reply]
Originally Posted by Sassy Squatch:
Yep. It's pretty clear at this point he's never going to get a head coaching job so there wouldn't be any reason not to bring him back unless they just don't see use for him.
I think he was lucky to get a coaching job again. [Reply]