Let's run with this "Ted Lasso" comparison for a minute, shall we? It might be a liiiiittle bit of a stretch, but hear me out. Both stories are about a guy coming in to coach a team he's ill-equipped to handle and while Buttermaker and Lasso are complete opposites as people (one a grouchy drunk, the other an eternal optimist) their coaching style isn't all that different in that they both end up caring more about bringing the best out of their players than winning their games. Also, both creative endeavors are ultimately wholesome entertainment filled with naughty words.
It's not a 1:1 comparison, but there's no question in my mind that the "Ted Lasso" team took copious notes from "The Bad News Bears" while developing their series.
If you've never had the pleasure of seeing "The Bad News Bears," either the original or the perfectly fine 2005 remake starring Billy Bob Thornton and directed by Richard Linklater, let me fill you in on the plot. Walter Matthau plays Buttermaker, an ex-Minor League coach at rock bottom who grudgingly takes a little league coaching job with the most ragtag batch of kids imaginable. These are the rejects that no other team wanted. You know, the kids that would be picked last when the 6th grade PE teacher divides up the class into Dodgeball teams.
That makes the Bears underdogs, though, and who doesn't love to cheer for a scrappy underdog? Even grumpy ol' Buttermaker, who starts the gig solely to collect a check, gets invested in these kids and pushes them to ignore the haters, believe in themselves and work as a team. A clumsy, foul-mouthed, scrappy team, but a team nonetheless.
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