maybe not by the book

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Ch1town

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Originally Posted by dblref
Having spent the last week in Colorado Springs, and having spent a week in Chi-town last month, I definitely agree with your statement. Question is, which is the better?



Having lived in the cities of Chicago & Denver I have to agree that they are vastly different places & people.
Like Snaq said earlier, players in CO show officials much respect. I think it's taught to the youngsters at an early age in this region. I have to agree with OS "Another thing, everyone is sir or mam in my games. I think it's very important that we be people first and approachable".

Overall CO +3 on the line (great weather, quality people, better opportunities)

You deserve what you allow.

I have been living in a suburb of Chicago of 8 years as of about 2 or 3 days ago. I can tell you that many of the type of people are either very blue collar or come up in those kinds of backgrounds. Remember Chicago is a place where they were constantly complaining about their QB who took them to the Super Bowl. Even when Rex Grossman was winning games, there were media stories all over the place about playing a back up that had not has much NFL success in the post season or constant winning in the regular season for that matter. So this is not a place where someone just comes to you and says "sir" and "May I ask you a question..." in a tone that is completely respectful and does not have an edge. We also are generalizing here and there are always exceptions and other factors. But as a general rule I will not be a person that is constantly going to deal with questions after ever play. If that is something you want to do then do what you are comfortable with. Being approachable is very different than being yelled at or being confronted by players that should worry about their play instead of what you are doing personally.

Peace