With the Chicago Cubs about to embark on their second straight trip to the postseason, they signed team President Theo Epstein to a five-year, $50 million contract extension. Meanwhile, the Chicago Bears continue to flounder. They’ve started their second straight season 0-3 and haven’t sniffed the postseason since 2010. The Bears need a football man running the team; their own version of Theo Epstein.
The lack of a FOOTBALL person and a FOOTBALL direction for the Chicago Bears goes back over 30 years. After George “Papa Bear” Halas passed away in 1983, his eldest daughter Virginia Halas McCaskey took over the team, and her son Michael was named team president.