The Bernstein Brief: Trestman Wants Popcorn
By Dan Bernstein-
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(CBS) Instead of confronting the smoldering remains of his ruined team, Bears coach Marc Trestman wants popcorn.
"We've got to put the San Francisco game on, the Jets game on and see why we were able to play four quarters against Atlanta in competitive football games," Trestman said Monday, a day after Chicago fell to 3-6.
He doesn't want to watch the problems and won't even admit they exist to the depth and breadth that has been on recent display to everyone else. So the Trestman Magic Movie House is only showing the good stuff.
It's right in line with a team that is incapable of seeing itself as others see it. Management huddles and harrumphs behind closed doors after the game and then again the next day, emerging to reinforce the status quo. Incompetent assistants overseeing complete collapse are lauded as "great teachers," and linebacker Jon Bostic tells WSCR that any problems are due to "little things."
So they may as well all stare at a screen that shows something other than current reality.
The Bears have retreated to their Happy Place, muttering to themselves in the dark.
Dan Bernstein is a co-host of 670 The Score's "Boers and Bernstein Show" in afternoon drive. Follow him on Twitter @dan_bernstein and read more of his columns here.
