Wednesday, July 25, 2018

You Had Me at "Coach"


In case there were any doubts, the Tribune settled them yesterday with a page-one story on new Bears’ coach Matt Nagy:  “Nagy’s Active Mind A Beautiful Thing/Gigantic idea board encourages Bears staff to suggest, promote, refine, execute ideas.”  Yup, that’s what you call honeymoon coverage. Along with the TV report on how players and Nagy are “bonding.”  But if I were Nagy, I wouldn’t get too comfortable with all the adulation.  If the Chicago media runs true to form, love will turn to hate in due time.
I remember when Marc Trestman was hired, and the local sports’ media went nuts over the fact he’d written a book on motivation; sports’ people acted like Trestman’s first name was a cross between “Pulitzer” and “Nobel.”  Only Trestman couldn’t apply his motivational techniques to the team at hand, and it was “So long, Marc” after two seasons.  And, hello, John Fox.
We all know how that went, right?  

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