Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images
Shortly after he was named Bears coach a year ago, Matt Eberflus spoke to Virginia McCaskey on the phone.
“She goes, ‘Matt, you know I’ll be your biggest fan,’ ” he said Wednesday.
It was, he would learn, part of her personality.
“Always encouraging, always upbeat, always thoughtful,” he said. “And it’s been a joy to get to know her this last year.”
Thursday, though, will be a special day — the Bears’ matriarch and a direct link to the founding of the NFL, turns 100 years old.