Eberflus (finally) fired

[mikemac2001]

4 minutes ago, mannc said:

Well they did want to save the timeout, and if Williams was checking out of the play…he probably realized too late what was happening.  

Ya I put it on Caleb and the preparation for those situations 

 

Caleb needs to know there is no check out but the coach needs to prep him he also should have said it in the headset and once it got down to ten secs just call the timeout to save any chance of a fg 

[boyst]

20 minutes ago, FireChans said:

I FIXED IT

But is he still dead? What about general Franco? He still dead?

[Sweats]

I can't honestly believe that the last 30 seconds of that game was mental error or poor clock management by anyone in that organization.......the whole thing looked staged to me.

 

Caleb standing there, not calling a play with time ticking down till 5 seconds left then throws a bomb into triple coverage, no TO called and not even considered.

 

Like come on, man......that whole fiasco looked like it was on purpose.

[Beast]

I don’t like seeing people fired but this was deserved.

[Simon]

14 minutes ago, FireChans said:

Head coach’s job is to save rookie QB from himself

 

If I ran a franchise, there would be no conceivable scenario where I would willingly put a rookie QB on the field.

[mannc]

3 minutes ago, mikemac2001 said:

Ya I put it on Caleb and the preparation for those situations 

 

Caleb needs to know there is no check out but the coach needs to prep him he also should have said it in the headset and once it got down to ten secs just call the timeout to save any chance of a fg 

I want to know what happened on the play before, where two Lions defenders went totally unblocked in a situation where you absolutely cannot under any circumstances give up a sack.

[bills6969]

14 minutes ago, MikePJ76 said:

Williams looked completely clueless.  The head coach should have called timeout as soon as he saw him changing plays but at the same time it speaks to how much williams lacks awareness.  

 

 

This.  No situational awareness whatsoever.  Apparently he thought that had no timeouts so he checked out of the play. Eberflus should’ve called a timeout immediately.  What a clownshow.

[Mat68]

5 minutes ago, mikemac2001 said:

Ya I put it on Caleb and the preparation for those situations 

 

Caleb needs to know there is no check out but the coach needs to prep him he also should have said it in the headset and once it got down to ten secs just call the timeout to save any chance of a fg 

Preparation and communication is on the HC.  Why the qb draw?  Playing for a Fg and overtime?  Play got blown up.  Call the time out as a hc.  Had time for a fire drill fg or spike with a first down.  

[Sweats]

You have 2 options in that moment.....

 

1) call a TO

 

2) run the play as fast as possible

 

Seeing as how neither option was even considered at that point, someone has to get fired over it.

[paulmm3]

Too bad for the Bears they're still stuck with Caleb Williams. I said when the Giants cut Daniel Jones that I'd take Daniel Jones over Caleb Williams any day of the week and I stand by that.

 

 

[Sweats]

You have the chance to take the Lions to OT with 30 second on the clock and completely blow it........if that was the Bills and JA, i like those odds.

[Mat68]

He was always a lame duck head coach.  Not hiring Harbaugh because Warren and Poles were too insecure will always be a massive failure.  This is where weak ownership destroys the franchise.  Very much a Brandon, Whaley situation when Pegula first bought the team.  Why draft a qb #1 and keep the win nothing head coach?   

[chongli]

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited 4 hours ago by chongli

[vincec]

16 minutes ago, mikemac2001 said:

Ya I put it on Caleb and the preparation for those situations 

 

Caleb needs to know there is no check out but the coach needs to prep him he also should have said it in the headset and once it got down to ten secs just call the timeout to save any chance of a fg 

Headsets turn off 15 seconds after play clock starts.

[GaryPinC]

3 minutes ago, paulmm3 said:

Too bad for the Bears they're still stuck with Caleb Williams. I said when the Giants cut Daniel Jones that I'd take Daniel Jones over Caleb Williams any day of the week and I stand by that.

 

 

The thing with Williams is he's a slow runner, limited escape-ability.  As a rookie that's especially toxic and needs time to develop his mental game.

 

I'm with others that the clock mismanagement is totally on Eberflus.  Bad enough he hasn't sufficiently prepared his rookie QB for that scenario but job ending that he didn't recognize it and burn the last timeout to regroup and preserve clock time.

[vincec]

13 minutes ago, mannc said:

I want to know what happened on the play before, where two Lions defenders went totally unblocked in a situation where you absolutely cannot under any circumstances give up a sack.

I was wondering the same thing. It almost looked like the center snapped the ball too early the way the OTs were so easily smoked.

[mikemac2001]

3 minutes ago, vincec said:

Headsets turn off 15 seconds after play clock starts.

Yes he was sacked at like 33 so that’s about 15 secs to confirm don’t adjust the play once the coach sees this on the sideline he should have stepped in 

[BruceVilanch]

14 minutes ago, Simon said:

 

If I ran a franchise, there would be no conceivable scenario where I would willingly put a rookie QB on the field.

What if Nate Peterman was your QB1?

[vincec]

2 minutes ago, GaryPinC said:

The thing with Williams is he's a slow runner, limited escape-ability.  As a rookie that's especially toxic and needs time to develop his mental game.

 

I'm with others that the clock mismanagement is totally on Eberflus.  Bad enough he hasn't sufficiently prepared his rookie QB for that scenario but job ending that he didn't recognize it and burn the last timeout to regroup and preserve clock time.

The press conference is what got him fired so unceremoniously. You can’t seriously go up there after that fiasco and claim you did the right thing.

Edited 4 hours ago by vincec

[GaryPinC]

Just now, vincec said:

The press conference is what got him fired. You can’t seriously go up there after that fiasco and claim you did the right thing.

Certainly the cherry on the cake and maybe with Chicago's inept FO you are right.