[CBFF] Owner rankings

[Jason Cetina]

Of course I remember the 90s. I'm just saying that in the past few years,
the Bears have done a lot to shed the image they developed in the 90s. And
seriously, do you really think Daniel Snyder or Georgia Frontiere deserves a
higer ranking?

On 7/4/07, mactbone <mactbone0 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Ummmm, you remember the 90s, don't you? Two years doesn't wipe out Wanny
> and Jauron. Rooney's Steelers have five Super Bowl wins - and have to have a
> better winning percentage from the 70s to now.
>
> I'm seeing a lot of people willing to forget a lot because of two years.
> -Chris
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Jason Cetina <jason at cetinas.org>
> To: post at chicagobearsfanforum.com
> Sent: Wednesday, July 4, 2007 5:08:18 PM
> Subject: [CBFF] Owner rankings
>
>
>
> http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/michael_silver/06/27/ownerrankings/index.html
>
> Apparently, Mike McCaskey owns the Bears, which is why they are ranked
> 26th.
>
> I actually think that Virginia and Ed's decision to give Michael the boot
> upstairs after the McGinnis fiasco has helped turn the franchise around.
> If
> they continue on course, they are on par with Art Rooney.
>
> Quote:
>
> 26. Michael McCaskey, Bears
>
> Just as the Yorks don't seem capable of parlaying the nearby Silicon
> Valley
> wealth into big-picture endeavors that buoy the franchise, McCaskey is a
> massive marketing underachiever. He has a storied team in the nation's
> second-most-populated market where pro football is played; a team, mind
> you,
> coming off its first Super Bowl appearance in 21 years. Yet the biggest
> buzz
> coming out of Chi-town over the offseason has been:
>
> a) The team's cheap stance toward underpaid coach *Lovie Smith*, who
> finally
> signed a contract extension after his agent announced it wasn't likely to
> happen?
>
> b) Smith's curious decision to cut loose highly regarded defensive
> coordinator *Ron Rivera* -- and, a cynic would note, remove a potential
> candidate to replace Smith as his own contract situation played out?
>
> c) The organization's hard-line stance toward franchised playmaking
> linebacker *Lance Briggs*, to whom they have no intention of offering a
> long-term contract, and apparently aren't open to trading, likely ensuring
> he'll miss more than half of the season?
>
> d) Troubled defensive tackle *Tank Johnson*'s jail stint, traffic stop in
> Arizona and subsequent release, with Smith and general manager *Jerry
> Angelo
> * acting utterly stunned by his misbehavior?
>
> The answer is, Who cares? It's McCaskey's world; the rest of us just laugh
> at it. Chicago fans should be less stressed about *Rex Grossman* and more
> appalled at the performance of *this* signal-caller.
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