https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/12/bring-ted-lasso-energy-into-your-life

If nothing else, Ted Lasso the guy, as well as Ted Lasso the show, never expect or require women to carry and process the emotional baggage of men who refuse to clean up their own messes. Sudeikis does terrific work as Ted, especially in scenes in which we see the coach’s flaws and fears. Ted snaps at people on occasion, and his jaunt to the UK is a way to avoid some hard truths. He can use his sunny demeanor the way that Rebecca uses her power wardrobe: to deflect anything messy, complicated or challenging. But he wants to be better. He allows others to change him, and he pays attention when he realizes he screwed up. The noticing he’s so good at spreads throughout the club; more and more people start to figure out how they might be able to evolve—maybe. If they really try. At one point in the season, a male character says, “I’m a grown man, I’m not a baby child.” In context, it’s a funny line; out of context, it could serve as the show’s mission statement. Ted finds ways to reach the Richmond players, fans and staffers who are angry, who are lonely, who need to face the consequences of their arrogant or abusive tendencies. He draws out junior staffer Nate (Nick Mohammed) and bolsters his confidence in a dozen ways, and it’s not long before the entire club benefits from Nate the Great’s input. We’ve seen plenty of examples in recent years of the wrong kind of tenacity and the worst kinds of confrontation. Ted does not, to use therapy jargon, model that kind of behavior. Displaying humane persistence and quiet creativity, he figures out how to motivate each person, even the baby men—and when that doesn’t work, he gently but firmly imposes consequences on them.