Bears fans deserve something better than this
November 18, 2009
BY NEIL HAYES
Bears fans deserve better. They've deserved better for decades. All it takes is a quick visit to Pittsburgh, where everybody wears Super Bowl-champion caps and even airline representatives wear Steelers jerseys.
What does Pittsburgh have that Chicago doesn't?
Fans are just as passionate, if not longer-suffering. Both are largely blue-collar cities. Both franchises are steeped in football history, and both are family-owned.
Bingo. That's your difference. Ownership. Pittsburgh has the Rooneys, who run the most successful NFL franchise in history. Chicago has the McCaskeys, who keep the Bears mired in McMediocrity.
I like to think of myself as a sunny and inventive guy, but I can't think of one reason to be optimistic about where this franchise is or where it's headed.
What ails the Bears can't be fixed in one offseason. The team doesn't have a first- or second-round pick in the draft next year. If the free-agent acquisitions of this season are any indication, general manager Jerry Angelo will be hard-pressed to identify and acquire the players necessary to restock the roster.
Barring a complete collapse, coach Lovie Smith isn't going anywhere, even if he has lost whatever goodwill, confidence and faith Bears fans once had in him. Angelo likely isn't going anywhere, either, even if his personnel failures are as much a part of the problem as Smith's coaching lapses.
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http://www.suntimes.com/sports/hayes...neil18.article
Bears fans deserve better than this
Bears fans deserve better than this
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