[CBFF] Owner rankings

[Jim Ferolie]

The McGinnis fiasco was undoubtedly the nadir of the Bears franchise as we 
know it, and the day Momma fired Mikey shortly thereafter was the single 
most significant off-season move the Bears ever made.

I didn't realize people were still talking about Rivera. They ain't in 
Chicago that I know of.

For some reason, this guy sounds like he's from the East Coast. This is the 
last I'm going to give him a thought.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jason Cetina" <jason at cetinas.org>


> 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.