I’m a Bears’ fan
in so far as I like to ride my exercycle to something on a Sunday
afternoon. Given that it’s more fun to
watch winning football than losing football, I want rookie coach Matt Nagy to
do well (as announcers try to figure out the correct pronunciation of his
name. Nah-zhee, anyone?) But I heard Nagy say something Thursday that gave
me pause.
“We have to
callous our team a little bit,” Nagy told reporters at the opening of
camp. How exactly “callous” works as a
verb Nagy didn’t say, and no reporter as far as I know pressed him to
explain. Two Trib columnists, though,
seemed to be on board with the message.
“How refreshing” and “how promising,” said one. What a “departure from the country-club atmosphere
the Bears have had in July and August in recent years,” said the other.
The thing is,
the contact that Nagy is promising and much if not all of the local media is
looking forward to doesn’t produce callouses; it risks injuries immediate and
long term. Practice hard, yes, but avoid
anything that leads to concussions. No?
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