Special guest Dave Wannstedt

The Charter: A Chicago Bears Podcast

Chicago Sports Network

Football, Sports, Sports:football

4.4 • 699 Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2020

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Dave Wannstedt joins host Laurence Holmes to discuss his friend Jimmy Johnson getting the nod to join the ranks of the all-time great coaches in the Hall of Fame. Later on, Dave discusses the Bear great Jimbo Covert getting into the Hall and what does Dave take away from the recent Bears hires mean.(2:01) - Watching Jimmy Johnson getting into the Hall of Fame(6:10) - Seeing Jimmy Johnson getting emotional on TV(10:29) - Why Jimbo Covert is a Hall of Famer(14:20) - Bears moving their training camp from Bourbonnais(15:32) - Bear's new hiresSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Coming up next on the Undercenter podcast, we talk with our buddy Dave Wonstead about his buddy, Jimmy Johnson, getting the surprise of his life on live television.
0:18.6	That's coming up on the Undercenter podcast brought to you by Sprinkler Fitters Union Local 281.
0:24.6	What it means to me to be a Chicago bear, it's an easy question.
0:29.0	It means everything to me.
0:30.1	That means rich tradition, black and blue division, defense, legends, linebackers.
0:39.3	The history of it.
0:40.3	I mean, I'm a big history guy, so understanding this was one of the first franchises,
0:44.3	just kind of blows my mind, honestly, that was able to be a part of that.
0:48.3	The city, just the nostalgia of playing for a story franchise, the story franchise of the running back position
0:56.9	with guys like Gail Sayers and Walter Payton and being able to follow in those footsteps.
1:01.2	So being a bear means everything.
1:03.2	What more can you say?
1:09.2	Welcome into the Undercenter podcast.
1:11.3	I'm Lawrence Holmes, and I'm very, very happy to get the opportunity to talk with my buddy, Dave Wonstead.
1:16.8	Throughout the year on NBC Sports Chicago, Dave and I, on the Dave Wonstead show, go through the best plays of the Bears games, break them down every week.
1:27.7	What's fantastic about having Dave around is his experience, both as a head coach in the NFL
1:32.0	and as an assistant.
1:34.2	And that's where our podcast takes us today.
1:37.5	He spent almost two decades working for Jimmy Johnson.
1:41.1	So we had to talk to him about his buddy getting into the Hall of Fame and the way that
1:47.7	the Hall of Fame went about announcing it on live television on Fox. So that's part of our discussion.
1:54.1	And then we start talking a little bit about the Bears. So enjoy. The coach joins us to talk
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