Hell Yeah! I'm fully bought into that man. Everytime I hear time I here him speak, everytime I hear Caleb speak, everytime I hear players speak, you can just tell they think he's the real deal and they're fully bought into what he's teaching them. Caleb mentioned that before he left for the summer break that Ben asked him if he needed any help from Ben to be better. Caleb told him to don't stop pushing him.
IMO, I thought George and Kevin looked weak and defeated. They pretty much had to say something as this is around the same time last year they gave a brief state of the org type of speech. Illinois has them by the balls and they'll settle for Hammond if forced to. Pritzker wants to make a run in '28 for the Democratic nod. Springfield Politicians from Chicago are supposedly pissed that the Bears are leaving for Arlington Heights. The Bears bluffed against politicians who are not going to give up state Tax Money without looking like they played hard ball.
I like Warren, I believe those that say Ben Johnson was never coming to Chicago without Warren. Warren talked George into being a professional organization and giving Johnson the resources he wanted. I think George wants to win, but just didn't know how before Warren. George is a down to earth guy. Far from athletic. His dad just happened to marry the heirous to the Chicago Bears. He lives out in rural DeKalb and umpires youth baseball games. I think he even umped some when the Savannah Bananas played at Rate Field.
IMO, I think Warren should have never mentioned repeatedly about wanting to put cranes in the sky and build on the lakefront. Between that whacky tree hugging group, Friends of the Park, who successfully blocked Lucas from building a museum on the lakefront, to the Bears not owning property, to their not really being a good spot to build a new lakefront stadium around Soldier Field, Arlington always made sense as option 1. Warren should have just came out from the beginning and said they can't build in the City for these reasons and they want to pay for their own stadium on land that they own. Either way it went they were going to negotiate property tax rates and need infrastructure improvements from tax dollars. Soldier Field is currently a logistical nightmare to get to. They were talking about having to complete reconstruct Lake Shore Drive and bridges in that area for a new stadium.
All other sites mentioned in the City would need infrastructure improvements.