Lucky Luciano Posted November 20, 2014 Report Share Posted November 20, 2014 how the mccaskey family has failed to learn ANYTHING in regards to running an NFL franchise after 35 years, since mugs halas died in 1979, is truly unbelievable. they put the boy genius mikey in charge and he personally drove this franchise into the ground for over 30 years with bad decisions. after 20 years it became so bad and he was taking so much heat from fans and the media that they moved their financier and vice president ted phillips (supposedly) into mikey's spot as president and GM to take the spotlight off their golden boy genius son and demoted him to gardener. off to mowing the grass at halas hall huh mikey? right! meanwhile the 'family' gave us the song and dance routine that the family financier money man was somehow smart enough and experienced enough to run an NFL franchise as the president and CEO and he was calling the shots. total BS. in reality phillips was mikey's lap dog, puppet, media punching bag and couldn't even tie his own shoes without mike mccaskey's permission. the boy genius was pulling all the strings and still running the franchise for the next 10 years behind the scenes until 2011 when he decided to retire from the job he had done so well for 3 decades. at that time the 'family' decided to make george, a guy who was the senior director of ticket operations, as the new chairman of the chicago bears franchise. he immediately stepped in to continue the idiocy that bear management had fine tuned for the last 30 years. he and president phillips fire a completely inept GM but ties the man who replaced him's hands behind his back before the man even set foot in his office at halas hall by insisting that the former inept coach be kept for one more season. a freaking lame duck coach in which there was no possibility of finding or replacing any assistants to work with him and wasting an entire draft and season to conform to a coach that would be fired in one more year. brilliant!! ted/george then decide, the next season after firing lovie, that it worked so well putting restrictions on their gm that they conspire with the NEW GM to force whatever new coach they hire to tie HIS hands behind his back before he even signs on the dotted line with the stipulation that they keep rod marinelli as DC. genius move!! where do these people come up with this crap? it not only doesn't work it's been proven 2-3 times or more by OUR franchise to NOT work. yet none of the owners can ever seem to figure out what 80-90% of the fans could tell you in a new york minute the problem was. so... ole 'rod' decides he has had enough here and leaves. our GM then hires a proven failure to replace him, with the family and phillips approval, to compliment an untested head coach who needed to rely on someone good on that side of the ball to smooth over his transition into the NFL as a HC. the solution?? it's not hiring a new head coach at this point. it's not hiring a new GM this season without the real changes made below. we are stuck with the owners we have so that doesn't appear to be an option at this time unfortunately. that leaves us to HOPE that george or one of his siblings has enough sense to see the problem and hires a FOOTBALL man to replace sweaty teddy with someone who hopefully knows what he is doing. cause lady's and gentlemen, that is where the problem lies. we need first and foremost a president of this franchise who knows football and can make good decisions on how to run this team. let him with NO restrictions hire and fire a GM, scouts, head coach and assistants. in other words all football operations. this is the only way, other than through blind dumb luck, this franchise comes out of it's tailspin into the ground at super sonic speed and becomes something other than a laughing stock of the NFL and a cash cow for the mccaskey family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madlithuanian Posted November 20, 2014 Report Share Posted November 20, 2014 Spot on. how the mccaskey family has failed to learn ANYTHING in regards to running an NFL franchise after 35 years, since mugs halas died in 1979, is truly unbelievable. they put the boy genius mikey in charge and he personally drove this franchise into the ground for over 30 years with bad decisions. after 20 years it became so bad and he was taking so much heat from fans and the media that they moved their financier and vice president ted phillips (supposedly) into mikey's spot as president and GM to take the spotlight off their golden boy genius son and demoted him to gardener. off to mowing the grass at halas hall huh mikey? right! meanwhile the 'family' gave us the song and dance routine that the family financier money man was somehow smart enough and experienced enough to run an NFL franchise as the president and CEO and he was calling the shots. total BS. in reality phillips was mikey's lap dog, puppet, media punching bag and couldn't even tie his own shoes without mike mccaskey's permission. the boy genius was pulling all the strings and still running the franchise for the next 10 years behind the scenes until 2011 when he decided to retire from the job he had done so well for 3 decades. at that time the 'family' decided to make george, a guy who was the senior director of ticket operations, as the new chairman of the chicago bears franchise. he immediately stepped in to continue the idiocy that bear management had fine tuned for the last 30 years. he and president phillips fire a completely inept GM but ties the man who replaced him's hands behind his back before the man even set foot in his office at halas hall by insisting that the former inept coach be kept for one more season. a freaking lame duck coach in which there was no possibility of finding or replacing any assistants to work with him and wasting an entire draft and season to conform to a coach that would be fired in one more year. brilliant!! ted/george then decide, the next season after firing lovie, that it worked so well putting restrictions on their gm that they conspire with the NEW GM to force whatever new coach they hire to tie HIS hands behind his back before he even signs on the dotted line with the stipulation that they keep rod marinelli as DC. genius move!! where do these people come up with this crap? it not only doesn't work it's been proven 2-3 times or more by OUR franchise to NOT work. yet none of the owners can ever seem to figure out what 80-90% of the fans could tell you in a new york minute the problem was. so... ole 'rod' decides he has had enough here and leaves. our GM then hires a proven failure to replace him, with the family and phillips approval, to compliment an untested head coach who needed to rely on someone good on that side of the ball to smooth over his transition into the NFL as a HC. the solution?? it's not hiring a new head coach at this point. it's not hiring a new GM this season without the real changes made below. we are stuck with the owners we have so that doesn't appear to be an option at this time unfortunately. that leaves us to HOPE that george or one of his siblings has enough sense to see the problem and hires a FOOTBALL man to replace sweaty teddy with someone who hopefully knows what he is doing. cause lady's and gentlemen, that is where the problem lies. we need first and foremost a president of this franchise who knows football and can make good decisions on how to run this team. let him with NO restrictions hire and fire a GM, scouts, head coach and assistants. in other words all football operations. this is the only way, other than through blind dumb luck, this franchise comes out of it's tailspin into the ground at super sonic speed and becomes something other than a laughing stock of the NFL and a cash cow for the mccaskey family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connorbear Posted November 20, 2014 Report Share Posted November 20, 2014 Couldn't agree more. Peace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chitownhustla Posted November 20, 2014 Report Share Posted November 20, 2014 how the mccaskey family has failed to learn ANYTHING in regards to running an NFL franchise after 35 years, since mugs halas died in 1979, is truly unbelievable. they put the boy genius mikey in charge and he personally drove this franchise into the ground for over 30 years with bad decisions. after 20 years it became so bad and he was taking so much heat from fans and the media that they moved their financier and vice president ted phillips (supposedly) into mikey's spot as president and GM to take the spotlight off their golden boy genius son and demoted him to gardener. off to mowing the grass at halas hall huh mikey? right! meanwhile the 'family' gave us the song and dance routine that the family financier money man was somehow smart enough and experienced enough to run an NFL franchise as the president and CEO and he was calling the shots. total BS. in reality phillips was mikey's lap dog, puppet, media punching bag and couldn't even tie his own shoes without mike mccaskey's permission. the boy genius was pulling all the strings and still running the franchise for the next 10 years behind the scenes until 2011 when he decided to retire from the job he had done so well for 3 decades. at that time the 'family' decided to make george, a guy who was the senior director of ticket operations, as the new chairman of the chicago bears franchise. he immediately stepped in to continue the idiocy that bear management had fine tuned for the last 30 years. he and president phillips fire a completely inept GM but ties the man who replaced him's hands behind his back before the man even set foot in his office at halas hall by insisting that the former inept coach be kept for one more season. a freaking lame duck coach in which there was no possibility of finding or replacing any assistants to work with him and wasting an entire draft and season to conform to a coach that would be fired in one more year. brilliant!! ted/george then decide, the next season after firing lovie, that it worked so well putting restrictions on their gm that they conspire with the NEW GM to force whatever new coach they hire to tie HIS hands behind his back before he even signs on the dotted line with the stipulation that they keep rod marinelli as DC. genius move!! where do these people come up with this crap? it not only doesn't work it's been proven 2-3 times or more by OUR franchise to NOT work. yet none of the owners can ever seem to figure out what 80-90% of the fans could tell you in a new york minute the problem was. so... ole 'rod' decides he has had enough here and leaves. our GM then hires a proven failure to replace him, with the family and phillips approval, to compliment an untested head coach who needed to rely on someone good on that side of the ball to smooth over his transition into the NFL as a HC. the solution?? it's not hiring a new head coach at this point. it's not hiring a new GM this season without the real changes made below. we are stuck with the owners we have so that doesn't appear to be an option at this time unfortunately. that leaves us to HOPE that george or one of his siblings has enough sense to see the problem and hires a FOOTBALL man to replace sweaty teddy with someone who hopefully knows what he is doing. cause lady's and gentlemen, that is where the problem lies. we need first and foremost a president of this franchise who knows football and can make good decisions on how to run this team. let him with NO restrictions hire and fire a GM, scouts, head coach and assistants. in other words all football operations. this is the only way, other than through blind dumb luck, this franchise comes out of it's tailspin into the ground at super sonic speed and becomes something other than a laughing stock of the NFL and a cash cow for the mccaskey family. I agree 100%. This same post has been brought up. Someone else recommended Bill Polian for this role. I think he would be a great hire for this. He knows this business, knows scouting, knows drafting. His knowledge would be light years ahead of Teddy. Keep Teddy on for the accounting department, I think that is where his experience is. Let a guy like Polian make all decisions concerning the the Team and its operations. Have him hire a GM, and Polian oversees him. If Polian thinks Emery is the man for the job, great but if he doesnt hire someone else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DABEARSDABOMB Posted November 20, 2014 Report Share Posted November 20, 2014 how the mccaskey family has failed to learn ANYTHING in regards to running an NFL franchise after 35 years, since mugs halas died in 1979, is truly unbelievable. they put the boy genius mikey in charge and he personally drove this franchise into the ground for over 30 years with bad decisions. after 20 years it became so bad and he was taking so much heat from fans and the media that they moved their financier and vice president ted phillips (supposedly) into mikey's spot as president and GM to take the spotlight off their golden boy genius son and demoted him to gardener. off to mowing the grass at halas hall huh mikey? right! meanwhile the 'family' gave us the song and dance routine that the family financier money man was somehow smart enough and experienced enough to run an NFL franchise as the president and CEO and he was calling the shots. total BS. in reality phillips was mikey's lap dog, puppet, media punching bag and couldn't even tie his own shoes without mike mccaskey's permission. the boy genius was pulling all the strings and still running the franchise for the next 10 years behind the scenes until 2011 when he decided to retire from the job he had done so well for 3 decades. at that time the 'family' decided to make george, a guy who was the senior director of ticket operations, as the new chairman of the chicago bears franchise. he immediately stepped in to continue the idiocy that bear management had fine tuned for the last 30 years. he and president phillips fire a completely inept GM but ties the man who replaced him's hands behind his back before the man even set foot in his office at halas hall by insisting that the former inept coach be kept for one more season. a freaking lame duck coach in which there was no possibility of finding or replacing any assistants to work with him and wasting an entire draft and season to conform to a coach that would be fired in one more year. brilliant!! ted/george then decide, the next season after firing lovie, that it worked so well putting restrictions on their gm that they conspire with the NEW GM to force whatever new coach they hire to tie HIS hands behind his back before he even signs on the dotted line with the stipulation that they keep rod marinelli as DC. genius move!! where do these people come up with this crap? it not only doesn't work it's been proven 2-3 times or more by OUR franchise to NOT work. yet none of the owners can ever seem to figure out what 80-90% of the fans could tell you in a new york minute the problem was. so... ole 'rod' decides he has had enough here and leaves. our GM then hires a proven failure to replace him, with the family and phillips approval, to compliment an untested head coach who needed to rely on someone good on that side of the ball to smooth over his transition into the NFL as a HC. the solution?? it's not hiring a new head coach at this point. it's not hiring a new GM this season without the real changes made below. we are stuck with the owners we have so that doesn't appear to be an option at this time unfortunately. that leaves us to HOPE that george or one of his siblings has enough sense to see the problem and hires a FOOTBALL man to replace sweaty teddy with someone who hopefully knows what he is doing. cause lady's and gentlemen, that is where the problem lies. we need first and foremost a president of this franchise who knows football and can make good decisions on how to run this team. let him with NO restrictions hire and fire a GM, scouts, head coach and assistants. in other words all football operations. this is the only way, other than through blind dumb luck, this franchise comes out of it's tailspin into the ground at super sonic speed and becomes something other than a laughing stock of the NFL and a cash cow for the mccaskey family. I completely agree. I think it starts with hiring Bill Polian or a Bill Polian type to be the president. I think they should do it now so that the individual can get his chance to see how everything is going and then be in a good position to make decisions in the offseason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Luciano Posted November 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2014 I think they should do it now so that the individual can get his chance to see how everything is going and then be in a good position to make decisions in the offseason. AGREED!!! this would be a crucial time to fill this position as you stated. the only conceivable alternative is someone else on their radar that could be had once the season was over. the only problem with with that is their radar seems to consist of rubber bands and tinfoil rotated by donkey's tied to a horse mill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madlithuanian Posted November 20, 2014 Report Share Posted November 20, 2014 I think the radar guys are the same clowns looking after the clocks at Soldier... AGREED!!! this would be a crucial time to fill this position as you stated. the only conceivable alternative is someone else on their radar that could be had once the season was over. the only problem with with that is their radar seems to consist of rubber bands and tinfoil rotated by donkey's tied to a horse mill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mongo3451 Posted November 20, 2014 Report Share Posted November 20, 2014 I completely agree. I think it starts with hiring Bill Polian or a Bill Polian type to be the president. I think they should do it now so that the individual can get his chance to see how everything is going and then be in a good position to make decisions in the offseason. I would weep tears of joy if Polian was hired to run the franchise. I think he's retired from that though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madlithuanian Posted November 20, 2014 Report Share Posted November 20, 2014 I htink the only possibility would be if Virgie and the boys brought him in to consult to find the guy to be "that guy". I would weep tears of joy if Polian was hired to run the franchise. I think he's retired from that though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASHKUM BEAR Posted November 22, 2014 Report Share Posted November 22, 2014 I agree and have mentioned this after the NE or GB debacle. I have a new thought. Bellichek is Coach/GM of NE. I wonder if he would be interested in becoming President of football ops? He is a mastermind of putting together NE's dynasty as coach/gm, but he is now 62... and may want to get off of thefield and still follow his passion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chitownman Posted November 23, 2014 Report Share Posted November 23, 2014 We are definitely all in agreement on this. I remember sending a letter to Mikey way back when Curtis Ennis was drafted as him to step down as he was killing Papa Bear's franchise. I also mentioned in that letter that they should have sold the team to the investment group that Sweetness was the front for when Sweetness was doing his best to purchase the St. Louis franchise before the Rams moved there. Why Sweaty Teddy (kudos to the person who came up with this) is still the one who is running things for this team and why the Family feel that an accountant is the right guy to run this team is still beyond my comprehension. The Family needs to either find a true football individual (Polian or someone in that mold) to run the team or sell the team with the understanding that the new owner must keep a member of the family around in some kind of Board of Directors position to keep the name alive by a member of the Family. Today's victory was ugly at best and the commentators (granted Brennaman is still pissed off with WGN and the Cubs) were mentioning that Cutler is still suspect at best as he could not move the ball enough to secure the win. Fortunately the defense got lucky even with letting our former backup QB throw for over 325 yards. Still a lot wrong with this team and as the saying goes, it starts at the top and flows downhill from there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scs787 Posted November 23, 2014 Report Share Posted November 23, 2014 "He wouldn't be the type of quarterback he is without the intangibles," Polian, now an ESPN analyst, told "The Waddle & Silvy Show" on ESPN Chicago 1000 Wednesday. "Just stop and think about this: What was he surrounded with at Vanderbilt? I saw him as a sophomore ... in the Swamp take Florida to the wire and come back about three or four times in that game. It took a miraculous play by the Gators, who were then in the top 10 in the country, to win the game. "This is a guy who's done a lot with a little throughout his career. And his receiver corps -- it's no secret -- his receiving corps in Chicago has not been stellar during his time there. I don't know why people would question the intangibles. He's done a lot with a little throughout his career." "I see an incredibly talented guy. He's got a great arm, he's got a great delivery, he's got good knowledge of what defenses are doing to him," Polian said. "He's got really good timing; he can deliver the ball on time. He can make every throw. He can get it into tight windows which is extremely rare in quarterback talent. He's got some escapability. He can buy a second chance. He's not RGIII by any stretch of the imagination but he can buy a second chance. He's courageous; he'll take the hit in order to get a first down. "I think if he's surrounded with better receiving and protection talent he'll shine. He's a very, very talented quarterback." Signed, Bill Polian (last year) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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