Caleb Williams goes in depth on his relationship with Ben Johnson (Hour 4)
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What insights does Caleb Williams share about his relationship with Ben Johnson?
My main message to him was he needs to get out of football for a little bit. He's done a phenomenal job in terms of staying focused all year long. He put a lot of time, a lot of effort. I thought he grew up as a professional. I thought his communication to the coaching staff grew. I thought his communication to his teammates grew. But we will certainly have a number of points of emphasis that he can dive into when he comes back this springtime.
That was Ben Johnson in his end-of-season press conference talking about Caleb Williams. This is Rahimi Harrison-Grody on 104.3 The Score. And we've spent a lot of time on a podcast that gave us a lot of time and insight into Caleb Williams. It was his conversation with Max Crosby on the Rush podcast. And we've been continuing to analyze this because there are just a lot of natural follow-ups and natural answers we're getting out of those two talking as to questions we had during the year.
Shout out to Max Crosby for not only having Caleb Williams on his podcast, but also being able to get a lot of insight from him that I don't think we have gotten to this point. Whether it was him talking about his approach to the season, specific plays, or or even his approach to the offseason and what's up next for him and cheat meals.
How has Caleb Williams' communication with coaches evolved?
I found it very fascinating to learn more about how Caleb Williams operates, how he sees things, and ultimately where he's going from here.
Also, does this count as getting away from football as this coach's orders? I feel like it's not. You didn't get away from football for long enough. Caleb Williams is a renaissance man. I need you in another continent doing some stuff.
That was another one of the themes, as I mentioned a couple hours ago during the show, earlier in the show. Caleb talking about me versus me. Part of the battle of Caleb versus Caleb is, like, he knows he needs to get away from football, but he's so hungry to do more.
But he also, I think, detaches well. Like, Caleb isn't the dude going to, like, his friend's house to play Madden to get away from football. He's going to Denmark or something. He's on the cover of GQ. He does cool stuff.
Was that in Denmark, the GQ story and the cover?
What are the key points from Caleb Williams' conversation on the Rush podcast?
I'm trying to remember where it was.
Some European country you don't necessarily go to often.
I remember people being upset that he was even over there, you know, living his best life. And I was like, it's the off season. You have to be able to... It's like those people who will complain... When someone's struggling on a team and then they see them live twitching or just on Instagram live, just having a good time. Like they can't have a release.
They hear us. You know, they hear Ian Happ with us. Well, he's too busy talking to you guys. Well, you're also listening to the show, number one. Number two, do you just do your job? Because if you're listening to us from 10 to 2, there's a tiny chance you don't just do your job.
the expectation wink that someone admittedly spends 14 hour days at the facility in season and still finds a way to get eight hours of sleep. That means you're getting up, you're going to work, you're coming home, you're going to bed.
How does Caleb Williams balance his football commitments with personal time?
And then when that six month period is over, they are escaping from that for, I think he said two months was the, yeah, two months, uh, Give him his two months. Do whatever you need to do in that two months so that, guess what? You're mentally ready for the next season.
Head coach told us, right? We've seen other clauses in contracts, Kyler Murray, that would lead you to believe that maybe there's a different type of discussion going on.
Did you catch when he said, oh, you know, I like to play other sports? Went right back to the three-point shootout.
He sure did.
When he said that, I was like, yeah, you sure? You'd like to play?
The post he had on his story where he held up his basketball shoes. It said he was hanging them up.
Hanging them up. He could have tied those shoes together, found the nearest electrical line, and just thrown them up.
What expectations does Caleb Williams have for the upcoming season?
Like, have his shoes up on the line.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What insights does Caleb Williams share about his relationship with Ben Johnson?
0:01–1:21
2
How has Caleb Williams' communication with coaches evolved?
1:21–2:18
3
What are the key points from Caleb Williams' conversation on the Rush podcast?
2:18–3:18
4
How does Caleb Williams balance his football commitments with personal time?
3:18–4:10
5
What expectations does Caleb Williams have for the upcoming season?
4:10–4:51
6
How does Ben Johnson's coaching style impact the team dynamics?
4:51–5:21
7
What adjustments is Pete Crow-Armstrong making to improve his swing?
5:21–5:52
8
What are the predictions for the Cubs this season based on recent changes?
5:52–45:00
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