It was a week of utopian life. In the utopia of football. In the city of Eden.
The presentation by Chicago by Ben Johnson as a chief Savior of the Bears-alias: head coach-seemed more a coronation than to provide the last team’s vacant coach position. Pump, circumstance and ceremony on Dimethyltriénolone. An atmosphere unrivaled by no hiring (no signature of recovery or free agent) since. . . Well, since then.
We had this optimism before circumfiring the Bears, but not exactly like that. During the week, it sometimes looked more like an exorcism aimed at eliminating any evil from the football from our spiritualities without victory. Rumors quickly turned into confirmation. Confirmation has transformed into credibility. Then the sockets began to flock.
Days 1 and 2:
“It was the only hiring of the Bears. It was the name that would calm their fans base. -Jeff on Saturday on “get up”
“”[Bears] The property changes. This is the last sign that property changes: they do what they have to do. – Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk
“We all think that the organization of the Chicago Bears is [bleep]. . . . It looks just like it’s a bit of a [bleep] to show. . . . So each time we hear Ben Johnson, we think back to last year, when Ben Johnson said: “I’m going to be very picky on the place where I go. “- Pat McAfee in his program
“I think that is the kind of unique coach. They do not very often come like him. [The Bears] I understood this one. – Mike Martz on “Spiegel & Holmes” by The Score
“Shocked. . . impressed. . . would I dare to be proud. . . very excited. George McCaskey has just won a beauty contest against Tom Brady. Dashboard, look: McCaskey 1, Brady 0. “-Kyle Brandt on” Good Morning Football “
“On paper, the guy who said ‘no thank you’ to the jobs in the past and has chosen not to even interview [during] This application process, I think it is a major victory for him to say: “I want the Bears”. “- Peter Schrager on” Good Morning Football “
“This is exactly where we want to be.” – Johnson at the reception of Bienvenue des Bears in Halas Hall
The day of the press conference:
“Ryan [Poles] said, “It’s the guy we want. “I said,” Go get it “. ” – George McCaskey
“This decision has made it possible to acquire capital for many people.” – Leïla Rahimi on “Spiegel & Holmes”
“They obtained the most popular market coaching product on the market.” – Big Anthony Herron in “Spiegel & Holmes”
“It’s actually surprising [that the Bears] did what they were supposed to do! ” – Adam Abdalla on” Bleck & Abdalla “by ESPN 1000
“I hope, we all hope that in Chicago, this time, it’s different.” —Michael Wilbon on “Pti”
“Hang on, baby!” – Johnson, signature of “Carmen and Jurko” by ESPN 1000
The days after:
“And just like that, audacity and naivety have returned, involuntarily. A johnson-[Caleb] Collaboration Williams-Could this be the bear test? -Rick Morrissey in Sun-Totes
“There is no reason for anyone to think that Johnson disagreed [Matt] Lafleur or packers. . . . Johnson simply stated a fact. —Adam Wells of the Bleacher Report
“I ranked the Bears as the best trainer position on the market, mainly thanks to Williams and its assets. It is clear that Johnson agrees, and that should make Midway football enthusiasts extremely optimistic about the future of the franchise. – will broninson for cbssports.com
“I wanted to take the difficult way. This is really the story of my career. I have gone a long way, to the harsh, and it played a huge role in [me] want to stay in this division. So, does it give me an advantage? I don’t think. The only way to make noise here is to do things in the right way, that is to say working hard and making sacrifices. – Johnson on “first catch”
Today:
We pray.
His presence, described as “responsibility”. He told his players to “feel comfortable with discomfort”, followed by “the bar is placed above than it has never been”. His hiring was described as a “deliberate” and “intentional” decision by the Bears Office Front. Some have whispered “brilliant”.
His coach speech seemed serious, authentic, without being threatening, conflicting or too confident; Anti-Dan Campbell. There seemed to be a lack of insecurity inside Johnson; Anti-Matt Eberflus. Something bears fans are not used to seeing, that is partly the reason why some (me, in particular) openly suggested to someone with previous experience in HC to fill the void. To clean the paranoids.
Analytical? Advanced intellect in football? Responsibility for everything? Think QB first, but not just QB? Are you no longer afraid of risk and downstream games? An undisputed confidence? Skill? Not all boxes were checked this week. But we all walk with Sharpies by hand, flying over imaginary squares.
However, he was there, he is there. In front of us, for us, for our time. A week of him. With “communications, a structure and clear expectations” its priorities; Make sure that “the same things seem different and different things look alike” its mission. The itinerant updating of this city of “past is in your head; The future is in your hands ”Psalm.
Thus, in honor of the name, his homonym of the 16th-18th centuries (Ben Jonson, quite close), these words: the devil is a donkey. And let’s hope that finally, for a while, after Johnson’s official arrival and his apparently omnipresent approval, this devil will remain outside Chicago.
