[CBFF] Owner rankings

[Jim Ferolie]

Not because of two years, because of the direction. If you can truly take 
McCaskey's firing as regime change -- and I believe it was -- this new 
regime has been much, much more successful, despite having a few losing 
seasons in there. It grew tremendously from the days when it was at times 
truly embarrassing to be a Bears fan.

Besides the obvious ones, such as He Who Shall Not Be Named and the 
Disability-Faking Puking Bruin, there's so many bad memories. How about 
Fabien Bownes out of bounds on fourth down to end the Vikings game? Or, er, 
Fabien Bownes seeing the field? Ironhead Hayward being an upgrade at RB? 
Having half of Chicago root for a loss in the Rams game that the Rams tried 
just a little bit harder to lose? The 42-0 loss to Tampa?

Erasing that kind of laughingstock reputation takes time, and Ted Phillips, 
after some missteps, did a great job with the most important decision he's 
ever had, hiring a GM. It's been all improvement since.

Rooney, well, no. But it's not about forgetting. It's about measuring the 
ownership differently because it IS different, even though it's in the same 
family. You wouldn't say the Yorks are the same owners as Eddie DeBartolo, 
would you?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "mactbone" <mactbone0 at yahoo.com>


> 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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