Bears to hire Decamillis as Asst Head Coach/ST Coordinator

[theebs]

well they gave him permission and he is now on the bears staff.

Nick Eatman is saying this morning that usc lb coach joe berry is not coming here with kiffin.

he and eagleton also said they are getting the sense that all of ryans staff is staying.

which means only rob ryan was removed.

[Doomsay]

Originally Posted by Gaede

One thing we do well under Joe D is cover kicks.

That's been very good.

Yes

But we've had quite a bit of major special teams gaffes that have pretty much cost us games.

Yes

[CATCH17]

Originally Posted by theebs

well they gave him permission and he is now on the bears staff.

Nick Eatman is saying this morning that usc lb coach joe berry is not coming here with kiffin.

he and eagleton also said they are getting the sense that all of ryans staff is staying.

which means only rob ryan was removed.

Then this is all money related.

[erod]

Originally Posted by Gaede

Errr I don't agree.

Pretty much every year for the past several years we go out of our way to draft guys that are supposed to be special teams-capable. On top of that, since our teams our usually so mediocre, we're frequently signing guys off the street to make them work.

And yet nothing changes.

Every special teams coach teaches basically the same thing. Kick, punt, catch, run, get back, block.

If you have Deion, your punt return team is awesome. If you have Felix Jones, you're kickoff return team sucks. Has nothing to do with coaching.

[theebs]

maybe not on eberflus....etc..

steve dennis just told me those guys are not staying..

steve dennis ‏@cbs11swd
@ToddHebert nossir....eberflus, bloom will be gone. henderson is a maybe. wade wilson remains a maybe...john garrett is gone

[Gaede]

Who the heck is bloom?!

Edit: Nevermind, answered my own question. Ben Bloom. Never heard of him before though.

[Eddie]

Originally Posted by Teague31

Quite the all star coaching staff the bears are putting together. Can you imagine this board if we hired a head coach out of the CFL?

I would be quite happy with Trestman (sp)

[Idgit]

Originally Posted by theebs

well they gave him permission and he is now on the bears staff.

Nick Eatman is saying this morning that usc lb coach joe berry is not coming here with kiffin.

he and eagleton also said they are getting the sense that all of ryans staff is staying.

which means only rob ryan was removed.

Wow. Really? Now this is bizarre to me. Eberflus, even?

[Doomsay]

Originally Posted by theebs

maybe not on eberflus....etc..

steve dennis just told me those guys are not staying..

steve dennis ‏@cbs11swd
@ToddHebert nossir....eberflus, bloom will be gone. henderson is a maybe. wade wilson remains a maybe...john garrett is gone

Does that sound like John Garrett is gone regardless or has left for a specific opportunity?

[Idgit]

Originally Posted by theebs

maybe not on eberflus....etc..

steve dennis just told me those guys are not staying..

steve dennis ‏@cbs11swd
@ToddHebert nossir....eberflus, bloom will be gone. henderson is a maybe. wade wilson remains a maybe...john garrett is gone

That makes more sense.

[BrAinPaiNt]

Originally Posted by mldardy

Warning for you: It could actually get better as well.

And yes it has been really bad. The blocked punts, the missed assignments, the unnecessary squib kicks, the horrible return game until Harris emerged, etc. Harris and Bailey saved Joe D from looking worse.

You are correct...it could get better.

[BrAinPaiNt]

Originally Posted by Idgit

That makes more sense.

Agreed....the way Ryan talks about Eberflus it seemed like man love between the two would be too strong to keep them apart as long as Rob had a DC or HC job.

[john van brocklin]

Originally Posted by BrAinPaiNt

People want Joe D gone...willing to drive him or fly him somewhere else and so on.

And I think his teams have went down hill the last couple of years.

But even during his worst year with the Cowboys...it was still better units than what we had with the coach before him.

So just a warning...as bad as the ST unit has been and the ST Coach has been (if you think it has been really bad)...it could actually get worse with another coach being brought in...we could go back to what we had before him.

Reminds me of an old saying in the Army. Your current duty station is the worst and the one you are getting ready to go to is the best.
It is just another grass is always greener on the other side of the hill/fence saying and many times we find out that the grass is not better and in many cases it can be worse.

Just something to keep in mind.

S/T gave up 3 touchdowns last season, are you saying we could give up more ? I don't ever remember a Cowboys team giving up that many TD's.

[Risen Star]

Smell ya later. That guy was massively overrated.

[xpistofer]

Originally Posted by Hostile

I like Joe D. The only real complaint I have about him is our KRs jog to the 20 hoping for a hole to hit. I want our KRs to hit the gas and pay no attention to anything but the wind in their hair.

This. This....and this!

That drives me nuts. Just beat them to the 20 and if there's a hole find it otherwise, call it a day. I have never understood putting running backs at KR who approach KR's like running plays...