Bears hire Bieniemy as RB coach
 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Bears are hiring former UCLA assistant HC and OC Eric Bieneimy as their running backs coach, as <a href="https://twitter.com/jjones9?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jjones9</a> reported. Bieniemy now returns to the NFL. <a href="https://t.co/jOV51FFBDK">pic.twitter.com/jOV51FFBDK</a></p>&mdash; Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href="https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1885814579524952066?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 1, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I can't imagine he's going to be too impressed with the effeminate QB with the sparkly nails who is going to be handing the ball off to his guys.

Dang. That’s gotta sting and really hurt his HC chances for a long time.

The fact that he didn't come back to KC. Kind of shows what our true thoughts of him as a coach.

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.

Back where he started with us. He was a really good running back coach. I'm sure that he will do great at Chicago. I remember Kareem Hunt's first game and how he fumbled his first snap. Beinemy was encouraging him and he ended up having a great game.

He's not ever going to be a head coach. That ship sailed.

Good reset for him. Ben Johnson will set him up for success in that role. I guess the question is if his ambition will want him craving more. If he settles into this type of role he can have a nice career.

Lol holy shit. How do you go this far backwards?

Might have something to do with being a dick

Agreed, he's a great addition as a RB coach

Position coach is where he belongs, he's just not an OC or HC

I genuinely like the guy but he seems to be moving backwards instead of foreword. His timing seems to be on par with Alec Baldwin just sans the catastrophic consequences as opposed to WTF consequences.

Maybe he just needs to adopt the George Castanza mentality of 'do the opposite'.

Andy has brought back coaches before. So ya it does kind of say something.

People just don't listen to the stuff they don't want to hear.

This should not be a surprise to anyone. This is exactly who EB is.

Yet scrubs like Brian Schottenheimer and Kellen Moore are going to be HC.

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.

Great hire for them. Ben Johnson is putting together a great staff.

Yeah if Caleb can reel in the accuracy I expect them to soon contend and perhaps make the playoffs.

Was a pretty damn good OC for us.

I like to think he turned Mahomes into a man.

Da Bears.

Thought he wasn't a HC because waaaycism come to find out he wasn't even good enough to be a OC at UCLA

Come on man lets be honest here, he was basically Reids glorified gopher

Eric relayed orders from the boss, and gave fiery talks

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.

Vikings, Packers, Lions, Bears, EB. Oh My!

Good hire.

EB is a good coach. Hell of a RB Coach.

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.

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.

It’s always been fishy to me that Nagy and Pederson had no problems getting head coaching gigs but Beinemy did not.

But none of us have any idea how good/bad these guys interview and what exactly they do behind Reid.

I’ll just say that some of the guys hired ahead of Beinemy were complete jokes.

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

I think he was lucky to get a coaching job again.

Well for starters, he was implicated in recruiting scandal at CU many years ago involving paying players with sex and drugs. He's reportedly had outburst and anger management issues going back to college. Since leaving the Chiefs, he's interviewed several places but can't get a second interview due to what people have called a lack of vision. He's been fired multiple places.

He may very well have been a big contributor in KC but we sure didn't lose anything when he left. People don't like Nagy but at least that's based on stuff on the field.

Yeah. Trey Smith is gonna be making a lot of money playing in Chicago

That would be a great move for both him and the Bears.

He will never be a Head Coach in the NFL

If he could find a way to change his spots, and be a little closer to how Andy runs things instead of being a loose cannon I think he could be a good HC. But with him it would absolutely depend on who he brings in as OC/DC if he will be successful if another chance ever comes. He definitely seemed like he was very prepared, just like the team was when he was OC here. He’s just more of a hard ass, and Nagy is more of a players coach. And didn’t he supposedly throw fruit at Patrick or Reek during halftime of the Bengals playoff loss?

The guy has been in football for what, 40 years? He ain't changing.

I do think this is a great marriage for both sides. Bieniemy provides Johnson with that Dan Campbell type tough guy coach to promote accountability and Eric gets another shot with what appears to be a really good staff.

I think Chicago is gonna be a playoff team next year

In my mind any supposed OC under Andy Reid is more like Quality Control Coach, like the label they gave Childress

Its Reids show and they're all just communicators, conduits of information from the boss who help ensure everyone is hearing the message correctly... yeah Andy keeps it secretive to help spread the love to his guys, but thats what it boils down to

Having over-qualified coaches is excellent. If the egos can be managed and everyone gets along it's a huge advantage.

DV did it.

Now, that's not a long list of people I just listed but anyone can change.