Bears interim offensive coordinator Chris Beatty on Caleb Williams.mp4

Bears interim offensive coordinator Chris Beatty comments on streamlining the game-day operation and on working with Caleb Williams.

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00:00Time management, clock management,

00:07those things have been a big part of my career

00:09since I was a high school coach.

00:11So one of the first things that Thomas and I talked about

00:14was how to streamline that and to make it smoother.

00:18So we've talked about that.

00:19We went through the process of trying

00:21how we're going to simulate that in the game

00:23and trying to get that to where it's not an issue,

00:26trying to be a play ahead.

00:28I think that's part of the issue

00:29is we haven't been ahead of the game.

00:31At first, my role was kind of the one to,

00:35I jumped on Caleb a couple times during,

00:38because it was like,

00:39hey, we need to get these things right

00:41within you and us seeing things the same way.

00:44And that was a learning process,

00:47all of us trying to learn each other

00:49and how we work together.

00:50And then as we've gotten to know each other,

00:53and I've known Caleb for a long time

00:55through recruiting and things like that,

00:58you kind of see how people work

00:59and how people learn best.

01:02We're going to be demanding on him.

01:04And that's part of it.

01:06Kerry's the lead.

01:07He's the one that does the practical work of it.

01:11Thomas is in there and Thomas is making sure,

01:13and Thomas is demanding.

01:16Him and I got a lot of the same personality traits

01:19as far as we want things to look a certain way.

01:22And that shows up in the way that he coaches

01:26and the way he's been working with Caleb.

01:27And I think Caleb's kind of taken to that.