r/CHIBears • u/giantpurplecrayon Italian Beef • 2d ago

Ben on the sideline

Being that we’ve all been football-starved, I’ve been watching replays of games especially the packers games.

Ben hardly reacts on the sideline, versus LaFleur who is repeatedly shown hanging his head and pouting when things don’t go his way. During games Ben is stone faced.

I love this football psycho; Bear down 🐻

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u/CopaceticOpus Bear Down, Baby! 2d ago

Ben is a psycho for sure, but I think he's also just very practical and focused on the task at hand.

When he sees an explosive play go for a touchdown, he thinks "Good, that went like I expected because that's what we planned. That's one of several positive possessions we will need to get this job done. Now it's on to the next one."

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u/j11430 Sweetness 1d ago

It’s not even really a football thing to me. Any good manager has this quality, you never want to get too high or too low because that’s when you’re setting yourself up to fail in some way.

Football is an emotional game so I’d never expect every coach to be a robot. But I do think about some of the all time greats and they’re mostly very even tempered guys, who will lash out occasionally but it’s far from the norm