The Chicago Bears had a mediocre season and lost to the Saints in the first round of the playoffs, but chairman George McCaskey and president Ted Phillips believe they took a step in the right direction.
The Bears haven’t won a Super Bowl since 1986, but the decision-makers at Halas Hall supposedly think they’re close to being back in a place that they haven’t been in for 35 years.
Chairman George McCaskey and president/CEO Ted Phillips had their season-ending press conference on Wednesday and they expressed extreme confidence in their current general manager, Ryan Pace, and head coach, Matt Nagy, who are returning to their same positions next season after finishing 8-9 (including the Wild Card round).
“I’ve been most impressed with how well [Nagy and Pace] collaborate. I was impressed with both of them this past season, especially during the six-game losing streak,” McCaskey said. “The fact that our players never gave up is a tribute to the players.”
Dear Mr. McCaskey,
You are impressed with how Pace and Nagy collaborate? Let me give you a hint, Collaboration doesn’t determine whether you win a Super Bowl or not. Collaboration doesn’t determine if they should keep their job after getting bounced in the first round of the playoffs. And to say that you were impressed with them while they lost six straight games tells me that winning isn’t your number one priority!
Did you know the Bears were one of three teams to lose six straight games? The other two were the Jaguars (1-15) and the Jets (2-14). They are in a category with the two worst teams in the National Football League this year who were trying to lose but you were impressed by Ryan Pace and Matt Nagy’s character?
That’s insulting to every single Bears fan that heard you say those words.
670 The Score’s David Haugh put it well on Twitter. The “Bears keep talking about the 6-game losing streak like it was such a special, defining stretch. It was an ode to failure, yet they’re all using it as [a] basis to find success. That’s fine for [an] individual player to do. But a franchise to use it as justification to avoid change? Yikes.” he said.
And don’t bring up the fact that the team was able to win three straight games to get into the playoffs (which they wouldn’t have made under last year’s playoff format). The Lions, Texans, and Vikings finished the season with combined records of 16-32.
Your head coach said on Wednesday that “8-8 is not good enough. Losing in the playoffs is not good enough…We all want more. We all want better.”
If you truly want better, then you would make a change to truly go in the right direction instead of settling for mediocrity while your rival, the Green Bay Packers, have the league MVP and have a strong chance of winning the Super Bowl this season.
Sincerely,
Just about every Bears fan
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