Shane Waldron’s brief tenure in Chicago was a disaster, and the Bears wasted no time moving on. After just nine games in the 2024 season, the team fired him—a rare in-season move for the franchise, highlighting just how poorly things went. However, new details continue to emerge about the turmoil inside the Bears locker room, particularly regarding Waldron’s relationship with Caleb Williams.
There had been speculation about tension between the two, but an episode of Making Monsters by 2nd City Gridiron shed more light on just how strange their dynamic became. Taylor Doll, host of the Making Monsters podcast, shared some shocking details about the situation with Shane Waldron.
Reportedly, before Waldron was fired, Caleb Williams had to seek outside resources to review film because Waldron was not doing it with him. Williams even went as far as creating his own film study room to make up for the lack of coaching from Waldron.
“He built his own film study room because Shane Waldron was not going over film with him.
Despite the chaos, Williams still managed to put together a fairly productive rookie season, which makes his performance even more impressive.
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That’s why hiring Ben Johnson this offseason is such a huge win for both Williams and the Bears. With a significant coaching upgrade, the entire offense should benefit. Johnson has also assembled a strong staff around him, giving Williams the best possible support to take a big step forward next season.
If you’d like to listen to the full episode, here’s the link! I highly recommend it—Taylor did an amazing job, as always.
@TGena Just a little friendly suggestion for future reference. Both political campaign and product advertising research indicate that the use of repetitive symbols rather than words has a greater impact on the reader.
So for the fourth year: 4 4 4 4 should be better than:
four four four four.
Yet I like to combine: four 4 4 4 4. Just for the effect. But inevitably, it will be each writer’s decision depending on the motivation for doing so.
@TGena – I’ve also thought it was strange that Ian Cunningham is still having no offers of a GM job. I wonder how those interviews have gone? Or are teams looking at the Bears OL and saying, ” No, thanks! ” – I wonder what it is?
Thom, Let’s not, and let’s quit dwelling on negatives, and things very Bearish that you can put down. If you wanna dwell on something negative, how about the fact that Shane Waldron was awful, and yet now he’s been hired as an offensive coordinator for the Jaguars.? Except he’s not since you know, Liam Coen will call plays. Or the fact that Luke Getsy ran home to Green Bay… Not as an offensive corner but as some made up name, senior offensive assistant. These two fellas really know how to hold clipboards don’t they? How about focusing on something good… Read more »
@citizen34 — Using the familiar “Studs and Duds” format, let’s add Kevin Warren’s name to the Studs category; and both Ryan Poles and Ian Cunningham to the Duds group. HC Ben might save Poles’ job this season — but I’m concerned that Ian is having such a difficult time finding gainful employment, in the league. It’s almost as if NFL teams are scheduling Cunningham for live interviews simply to comply with the Rooney rule. Either way, look for Kevin Warren to view this season with a very critical eye. After all, it is (as Dr. Steven Sallie points out) GM… Read more »
Also, does the org not have a centralized server on which film is accessible to every player, like every other NFL team does? Is the claim here that Caleb literally did not have access to game tape??