I've been down with some sickness the last couple of days (preceding the game as well). Lots of puking and bedrest, so I've been enjoying some Kitchen Nightmares on YouTube.
Gordon Ramsay goes into failing restaurants to try to help them recover into a sustainable business. There are often many problems, but one of the key ones is the incredible denial of the chef, manager, or business owner. They literally think they make the best food in the world, in spite of constant criticism of customers, and even a world class chef. Everyone is out to get them.
Ramsay pulls no punches, and absolutely tells them straight to their face how it is. He is brash and rude, but if you see through that, he is giving facts that can change their lives if they will accept them. Most often... they feign change, and do not change over the long-term.
Here is a short clip, and there will be salty language... and lots of it.
Seriously... if the F-word is something you'd rather not hear, just read skip the vid.
[YOUTUBE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MC8i0gt5m-Y[/YOUTUBE]
Butch is in denial. The restaurant is failing, and there has to be an important voice in his life that calls him on this crap. He has to set aside his arrogant denial, accept personal failure, and make changes.
The cards are extremely stacked against him, and the ability of the human psyche to inflict self-denial is a phenomenon that is mind numbing. Sadly, this is most likely a downward projectory that will end up with us hiring an "up and coming" coach or a "proven veteran" who is past their time.
Butch has his pipe dreams, and we fans have ours, but no one is really living in reality.