Craig Counsell stays even-keeled amid Cubs' struggles, success

"He leads the league in patience," David Haugh says of Cubs manager Craig Counsell.

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00:00When you hear him talk after you just had the best series of your season,

00:04we're debating on which of the victories was your favorite and the best,

00:08your manager sounds like, well, did you win three in a row or did you lose three in a row?

00:14He is, that is his, that's his strength. He plays the long game. His perspective is

00:24always going to be something he considers, I think, and he leads the league in patience.

00:29He just seems like a guy that never is going to get too up or too down. And I think in a manager,

00:34that's the ideal temperament. That's interesting. Yeah. I mean, I think that

00:41the way things usually work, if a guy is demonstrative and emotional and you win,

00:48then you really like that. If you lose, then he's out of control and he can't maintain his emotions.

00:56If a guy is very even tempered and very kind of consistent and neither up nor down,

01:05then you win and you think, wow, he's playing chess. Look at him. He's got total control of

01:11everything he's doing. And if you lose, you're like, Oh, somebody give that guy,

01:15you know, a jolt of energy. Maybe the team would respond. The team's reflecting their manager.

01:21They're listless. Of course they have no emotion. They don't know how to have any fire or passion.

01:27Is his heart beating? Should we get something in here to help? I mean, I'm just saying it all

01:34depends on the results, whether you like it or dislike it as a general rule with all coaches,

01:41managers, and all of sports, let alone professional sports. I think it takes discipline to be

01:47the same guy day in and day out. I think it helps if your personality is such that in Craig

01:53council's case, he doesn't, he isn't prone to ups and downs. It doesn't seem like it seems like he

02:00has managed, whether it was in Milwaukee for eight years or in the first few months of his

02:06Cubs tenure, he doesn't seem like a guy that's going to get phased by much. And he's not going

02:12to be one of these guys that throws players under the bus when things are bad and doesn't get too

02:16effusive with the praise when things are good.