Keenan Allen: Shane Waldron was “too nice of a guy”

Nice guys finish last. Apparently they’re getting fired too.

Bears receiver Keenan Allen gave his thoughts on the midseason firing of Bears offensive coordinator Shane Waldron. Here’s what Allen said Wednesday, via Dan Wiederer of the Chicago Tribune: “I would say just probably he was too nice a man. I think he fell into the trap during OTAs and training camp of letting things go and not holding people accountable. Obviously these things lead to a slippery slope.”

Allen’s comments came the same day receiver DJ Moore said that even though there was “frustration” speaking of the violation, no one asked for Waldron to be fired.

To every player who expressed “frustration” with the foul and is surprised Waldron was fired, what did you expect? You wanted things to change, and they did.

In the end, it sounds like it was deserved. Although it is not impossible for ‘nice’ to work from a coach, a different approach is needed if nice does not work.

And the Bears shouldn’t be surprised, based on the awkwardly revealing comments from Seahawks receiver Jaxson Smith-Njigba after Waldron moved from Seattle to Chicago.