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It’s one of the quirks of Bear-dom that a coach as successful as Mike McCarthy would be a tough sell to Bears fans whose team has had one winning season in the last 14 years and just four playoff victories in the last 34. Would it help that the former Packers coach grew up less than 30 miles from Mike Ditka’s hometown of Aliquippa, Pa.?
The reality is that McCarthy, with his 174-112 record and 12 playoff appearances in 18 seasons with the Packers and Cowboys, including a Super Bowl championship with the Packers, would rate as the Bears’ best coach since Ditka.