Long was a shell of his former self. Players just love working with him. 1 Profile Search. His technique is sound after being coached by Harry Hiestand at Notre Dame. Whitehair did a good job as the center in 2016 filling in, but struggled some in 2017. General Discussion - Bears. Man... this is such a hard pill to swallow, but Hiestand's unit looked so unprepared. Idk how he went from being considered one of the best OL coaches in football, developing elite NFL talent at ND, to coaching such a soft and lost OLine this year? It's the coaches job to get the most out of the players and progress their abilities. If you agree with the firing you agree with Pace that the line is good enough and, somehow, the coach made them bad. Welcome to Our Affiliated Board Members. Powered by Minute Media © 2020 All Rights Reserved. His best work, however, was the work he did with Bobby Massie. Seattle's Bobby Wagner and the Jets' C.J. Hilton since he entered the league in 2012. Nelson is the highest paid on this list but, comparatively speaking, he is underpaid. In his rookie campaign, Okereke saw his role grow as the season progressed. In short, Hiestand won't look for work very long b/c he is a very good coach, but he wasn't really a great fit in Nagy's scheme. They also talk about the great hiring of Matt Nagy. Now that it's come to light that Helfrich was the run game coordinator and that he had to work with Hiestand to prep the run game... it was clear they both had to go. Seems very much like a scapegoat move. 9 national ranking in rushing at 250.7 yards per game in 1996. He's not so much an inside zone coach (what the Bears run) and did it well at Notre Dame when he had guys like Quentin Nelson playing guard for him. The Bears feel Hiestand can do even more work with not only Massie but also the entire offensive line. Review. If they only plan to change coaches and not upgrade the O-line, then next year will look exactly like this year. Mosley are the highest paid inside linebackers at $17 and $18 million respectively. section: | slug: ranking-the-colts-five-best-salary-cap-bargains-linebackers-saving-indianapolis-a-lot-of-money | sport: football | route: article_single.us | One thing that gets overlooked many times is the hiring of offensive line coach Harry Hiestand. I wasn’t very good, and he just helped me improve every single day. Covering the impact of coronavirus on the sports world. Lock. Running backs Marlon Mack and Jonathan Taylor were both considered, but they will likely share carries this season, which makes them less of a value but no less talented. He also makes more than all but six Mountain West coaches — head coaches included — all but five Conference USA coaches, all but two Sun Belt coaches and all … I feel like you want to play your best game for him because of how much he cares about you as a player and as a person. It just sucks how much he blew this year. When people talk about the 2018 Chicago Bears they talk about the great moves general manager Ryan Pace did to assemble the roster. Harry Hiestand (born November 19, 1958) is an American football coach. Pace gave Leno a contract, drafted Daniels and ignored O-Line depth. Pittman has not accomplished anything yet in the NFL so it is difficult to justify his inclusion on a list of the best value contracts. The Stanford product should see an even larger workload in his second season. I would argue the line got better when Long went down. For starters Hiestand wasn't really a "fit" for the type of running game / blocking style that Nagy prefers. The Bears have the 8th highest offensive line payroll in the NFL. One of the best moves that happened on the line occurred because of Hiestand. I wonder when Nagy was hired maybe he just went with Harry based on recommendations from the FO instead of getting his own guy. The site may not work properly if you don't, If you do not update your browser, we suggest you visit, Press J to jump to the feed. What happened? I'd love that hire and would also be thrilled if they replaced Helfrich with Pat Shurmur. The re-hiring of Harry Hiestand was another one of the great moves by the Chicago Bears. He had two Pro Bowl linemen represent Chicago in Charles Leno and Cody Whitehair. Our Affiliated Boards From Other NFCN Teams . James Daniels isn't Quentin Nelson, and Hiestand might have struggled coaching a guy like that. That type of talent didn't exist on Chicago's line and it's tough to really coach up a player who doesn't have the raw talent to build on. He accumulated 65 tackles, one sack, two forced fumbles and a forced fumble. He did so well, in fact, that the Bears recently rewarded him with a four-year contract extension, keeping him from hitting free agency. 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Get the day's big stories + fun stuff you love like mock drafts, picks and power rankings. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. The Chicago Bears probably go out and get a lineman from the draft. Harry Hiestand; Harry Hiestand's Reputation Profile. Leno has been an average LT for years. Always felt like HH was being forced to get his guys to play a power style that they just weren’t built (or drafted) for. He made the decision to move rookie James Daniels from his natural center position over to guard. This is the guy that got got career years out of Leno and Massie in 2018. One mild area of concern is that he has missed four games during that time period. The unit is a bit undersized by traditional standards, but the linebackers are more than prepared to cover the sideline to sideline inclination of opposing offenses. Hiestand started his second go-around in Chicago. He brought that energy and the attitude every day that we’re going to improve. Where I’m at as well.

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