First the Kangol hat, and now this.
Bruce Arians’ forced “retirement” as Steelers offensive coordinator after the 2011 season was the main draw of his profile on HBO’s Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel that aired Tuesday night. But Andrea Kremer, who did the piece, found out a little more about the NFL’s favorite hipster head coach.
She told Pro Football Talk that Arians likes to use a “chill zone” to relax.
“It’s this gigantic wooden box that’s got music and these crystals in it, and these lights,” Kremer said. She went on to say that it looks like a casket.
Arians’ wife is co-founder of The Zone, the company that created this relaxation chamber. Some of Arians’ assistants use it, and according to The Arizona Republic anyone willing to pay $299 for three one-hour sessions can chill out in this box.
The lights can change colors depending on whether someone wants to chill out or get fired up. It’s not for the claustrophobic. While a casket closes from the top, this closes from the side and leaves the client alone with the colored light and an inspirational recorded message.
Kremer said Arians uses it once a week during the football season.
Perhaps he needed a few extra sessions in January of 2012 between the time the Steelers let him go and Chuck Pagano called.
