However, most owners have other businesses that got them the success to be able to buy a football team. So, if an owner doesn't know much about football because he's busy running a conglomerate, producing movies, developing real estate, etc., it's understandable. But in George's case, football is his family's business and he's clueless at it. There's no excuse. He's like a kid that grew up in an auto shop full of professional mechanics that can't tell the difference between a wrench and a screwdriver.
Oh, no doubt there. However, here's what's different to me.
It is true that the McCaskeys have run the Bears like a mom and pop shop. They've LONG been the suckers at the poker table (When you sit down to play poker, first order of business is to spot the sucker. If you can't spot the sucker, then you're the sucker).
But Jesus did George do a fucking heel turn in his own odd, demented little way.
For him, that presser was a stand-offish bit of "fuck you all, fuck that dead kid's parents and watch as I abuse their memory to tell dumb Bears fans to fuck off, fuck Olin the lying shit, fuck the ex Bears who run to the radio to bitch about us, fuck the fans who won't let off my damn family, fuck the press who has been on our dicks for decades despite the fact that those ******* know even less about running a football team than I do and are just trying to sell papers and click to the dumb Bears fans I just told to fuck off. Yeah, I got Ted Phillips here JUST TO PISS YOU OFF. So fuck everyone, and if you think you're pissed now, wait until you see the next shit. Fuck around and find out."
I mean - coming from a McCaskey, when you sit down and think about it - its pretty fucking epic and hilarious, and came across just as weird as you'd think it would, but that could just be, George finally got some good advice from Polian, who was able to not only tell George he was the sucker but SHOW him HOW he was the sucker, and how the rest of his NFL connections were abusing the McCaskeys, and I think it broke poor George, but in the best possible way.
Because if you ignore the presser, the search they are conducting has been probably not only one of the most expansive but most professional I think I have seen in the Bears' existence. They are leaving no stone unturned. This has to be 100% Polian-driven.
And I think by virtue of having to sit in on all of these interviews, getting different perspectives from different football people all across the league, and with Polian right there to help George wade through the bullshit, I really do believe this has the possibility to make George a better football owner.
Remember - in past searches, George only sat in on the finalists - someone else got that list together every time.
This time, he's there to interview EVERYONE. And you hope some of that knowledge rubs off and makes him more equipped for "next time" (although, i don't think there will be a next time - they will get the stadium done, built, and then sell.)
George won't either.
