#but like ted operating solely with beard who never stands up for himself until he BREAKS aka 1x09 then like. it makes sense

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i just have been thinking about ted's abilities when it comes to coaching, given recent dash commentaries, and i think ted........isn't used to working on a team. like a full fledged team. for the past ~15 years, he's been working alongside beard.......beard. who. lbr here. ted kinda walks over professionally. and that's typically alright, considering they were college coaches of a sport they both knew, but ted has always had a position of power over beard, professionally. and he's very very used to beard.................going along with whatever he suggests. from beard's outburst in 1x09 and ted's blatant confusion over it, it's clear beard doesn't make his opinions that known. i mean hell. it's easy to assume ted accepted the job without talking to beard first. and we even saw that type of behavior in actio in 1x05. he benched jamie without discussing it with his fellow coach, at the time only beard, who just went "okay then." like....ted is very used to a) knowing the sport and b) making all the decisions without really clearing it with beard, which translates into not clearing it with nate or roy when they join the staff. because ted is used to working solely with beard, who never spoke up about things. hm.

like.........when nate and beard did try to talk to him in 1x09 about benching roy (they literally had to sit ted down to breach the idea) he told them,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, they were wrong. like. that's what he said. "i value each of your opinions...even when they're wrong." respectfully, ted. you,,, do not know what you're talking about. they have to walk you through every single football related thing...beard is more willing to discuss football strategy with the kitman than his own boss because his boss doesn't know what they're doing.