Ben Johnson transitioning from Detroit to Chicago.mp4

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Ben Johnson discusses his feelings coming out of the playoff loss and leaving Dan Campbell behind as he steps into a new responsibility, something he has never done.

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00:00I'm still reeling through some of those feelings myself right now that's it's a

00:10hard thing to do when you're around a group of guys as committed as we were to

00:16not only winning a division title but getting the number one seed in the

00:21playoffs but following through by winning a Super Bowl and coming up

00:24short the way that we did I'm still I'm still reeling through that what I could

00:32have done differently of course as that game ended and exit meetings happened

00:39information was brought to me about potential situations and it did not take

00:45long for me to realize where I wanted to continue my career goggle yeah Dan

00:50Campbell is truly authentic from from the moment he steps into a building to

00:55when he leaves he's entirely him and I know everyone talks about being yourself

01:02but he certainly embodied that over the last four seasons I was with him so I

01:07will forever take that with me along with his ability to empower the people

01:11around him I have seen him totally delegate responsibilities have complete

01:19trust in the people that he hires and allow them to do to do their jobs that's

01:25something I plan on taking with me and the role and responsibilities are

01:29completely different and I'm well aware that and I know that a lot of

01:34coordinators have failed in this role here's what I tell you is every step of

01:38my journey whether it's quality control whether it was position coach whether it

01:42was coordinator I have found a way to change myself to be the best in that

01:47particular job and so now that the job requirements are changing and I'm no

01:52longer just coaching an offensive player or an offensive unit this is the entire

01:57team and the good news is this I am a football coach so I will be able to

02:02change and adjust accordingly

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