When Mike Ditka was hired by the Chicago Bears in 1982, he could have hired anyone he liked to coach his offensive line. He stuck with the guy in-house. It might have been one of the better decisions Ditka, who won a Super Bowl in Chicago, ever made.
The in-house guy was Dick Stanfel, who was enshrined into the Hall of Fame as a player for the Detroit Lions on Saturday but might be equally well-known as a tough and talented offensive line coach.
“I could have brought in other people,” Ditka said during Stanfel’s Hall of Fame presentation.