What about Jaxon Smith-Njigba’s comments on new Bears OC Shane Waldron? | CHGO Bears Podcast

Jaxon Smith-Njigba’s long pause of silence when asked about his old offensive coordinator Shane Waldron raised plenty of eyebrows and sparked discussion. Here’s how Adam Hoge, Mark Carman and Nicholas Moreano reacted after the interview was aired on the CHGO Bears Podcast.

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Are we live are are we are we live well kind of sort of actually now yes we are now this is live okay now it is live that was we apologize I apologize I don’t even know I don’t I don’t even know what we should that what was wrong

With him Shane sorry that was the question that we should ask for you all for us yeah I look never had a reaction like that everever I I in all the years we’ve been doing this like that I’m not going to lie that threw me off and not 100% happy

About how I handled it I feel like there was definitely probably follow the better follow-up question that could have been answered there um but that was certainly not the reaction to mentioning Shane Waldren that I thought we were going to get um so I don’t I don’t know

What to make of it I do think the context is important he’s he was a rookie he was only with them for one year um well some of the research that I did behind the scenes afterwards on it he is not from what from what I understand like when we’re going to talk

To Tom peliso he’s going to speak very well of Shane Waldren a little bit later in the show but I’ve also heard from different people that he is not exactly Mr front of the room guy he’s not he is not a head coach galvanizing D he’s a little bit awkward

That doesn’t mean that he doesn’t know what he’s doing but as far as connecting with guys you could clearly see that he didn’t have the best connection with Jackson Smith and J and that’s just one player right you know that’s just one player but unfortunately it’s the only

Player we’ve had access to so far that’s played for him uh maybe there will be more as this week goes along but that was um I appreciated the honesty yeah yeah I mean even like people in the comments like oh we’re cooked and like I

Maybe we are I would wor about it too much yeah Jackson and jiga 63 reception 628 yards four touchdowns he has DK meta Tyler locking on the roster too so it’s not like he wasn’t a part of the offense but when I saw that ini like oh maybe

The Bears are cooked but we’ll have to wait and see on that you guys at least those wings were cooked good Wings Bounty came through well in in life especially in coaching if I may WX poetic for you for a second it’s more important to be respected than to be

Liked in that position and I’m not saying that Jackson Smith and jig had a ton of respect from what that is this live reaction but who may maybe maybe he’d look back on his time with Shane Wald someday in perhaps a different way than he’s looking at it right now I’ve

Watched that probably like 20 times since we recorded that yesterday which was also why I was thror off by like just the question of are we live cuz technically we weren’t live but also we all have microphones and then and then we were all he was he ended up saying he

Was kidding with that too so we’re we’re good with it but it was it was definitely uh and then and then we and then we had to bring up the Big 10 championship game where we all forgot that like half the roster had had Co and I I completely forgot that too even

Though I covered that game specifically as we’re talking about Shane Waldren and this hire um I’ll just summarize what I’ve heard now including that conversation yesterday yesterday we had I think you did a good job there K talking about like there’s almost some floess to this higher too where like I

Don’t know that everybody looks at Matt Eber flu like he’s the you know he’s going to rahah you know Dan Campbell you up and and get you ready for the game but schematically he’s going to do a of a job he’s going to he he’s going

To probably at least to start the game put you in in the right position I mean Mt has been doing a lot of things well despite the fact that I’m not sure how many especially you know fans at this point look at him like some big galvanizing Force that’s getting them

You know ready to go on Sunday it seems like the early feedback and again we haven’t talked to Shane Waldren I’ve never talked to Shane Waldren he has not been introduced to the to the media yet um but it seems like Shane Waldron’s kind of more of that type of Coach but

The more and more people you talk about around the league like he’s going to scheme things up it’s going to be good and it’s and it and and we’re going to talk to Tom peliso who does know Shane Waldren apparently he’s known him for a while so he’s got some really good

Insight on that um and so you’ll get a different perspective so definitely a awkward exchange there with Jackson Smith and jiga um I think it’s pretty clear how he feels about him I think that that’s that’s fair to say but it is just one player and it’s just you know

One thing that I guess put in the scorebook yeah I I talked to Carrie Joseph who does know Shane Waldren and how he can again construct an offense and he said it’s all about Shane’s mentality putting the quarterback in a confident position look we haven’t

Talked to him like you said Adam but I feel like when we do get that introductory press conference he going to come off as a a football guy right like like an eberl type like you were talking about not have the big personality but the X and O’s get on the

The Whiteboard Drop the play this is what you got to do this is where you got to be Det Tails like that’s what I think we’re going to come across when when we actually get to talk to him in person but yeah that again that was very interesting what jackon Smith and jiga

Had to say I I I you know fingers crossed this works out for the bears but you could put me in the slightly concerned history of Matt Eber flu hires Corner after that moment with Jackson Smith and jig but I’m not I’m not completely willing to give the Bears

The 100% benefit of the doubt that they made a great hire I hope they did and he is well respected around the league and the Bears got a lot of props for moving quickly and getting it done with Shane Waldren so I’m not by any means out on

Shane Waldren just from one Jackson Smith and jigo reaction but another way to look at it is I think that’s the first negative thing we’ve heard about him that’s I was about to say that too like everything else has been pretty positive with Shane Waldren that’s the

One outl now it’s also a pretty strong Source it’s a player who played for him but I I had heard the front of the room thing before too okay so that that wasn’t that wasn’t the first time and that and so but I mean a lot of coaches

Are like that I it’s fine it’s fine It’s