It’s a tale as old as overtime.

There’s a dramatic difference between being a coordinator and being a head coach. Some coordinators thrive at the next rung on the ladder. Others become real-life examples of the satirical Peter Principle, which stands for the notion that many organizational employees keep being promoted until they land in a job that they can’t effectively perform.

The jury remains out on whether Bears coach Ben Johnson will step up, or step off , in his promotion from offensive coordinator to head coach. In only one game, however, he (along with the rest of us) have witnessed the stark differences between sitting in the football lab and cooking up unstoppable plays and game plans and standing exposed in the spotlight as the man in charge of the entire team.

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