Bears request permission to interview Saints Assistant GM Jeff Ireland

The problem with the Bears is that the McCaskey family doesn't have a pile of cash like other franchise owners. I'd wager that, if they were to try and buy a franchise under the current rules, they would be denied.

The team is their main source of income. It isn't just Virginia, Mike, and George with their hands in the piggy bank. Every member of the family gets money.

When it comes time to make that last expenditure to put the team over the top, nothing will happen. They rely on every ticket being sold and every t-shirt being sold. They don't play salary cap games like Loomis because that costs money. They have a hard cap.

In 1997 I became a Saints' fan after a Mike McCaskey radio interview where he complained about how much money the players wanted after the '85 super bowl. He said that they let the players (Wilber Marshall) leave because they aren't going to pay. He continued by saying that it's better to be competitive and make the playoffs because that's profitable and gives everybody hope but winning the super bowl isn't necessarily what they want.

With that, I was out. They'll never be consistently good until that family sells the team. There's talk on the radio that some family members dream of the day that the team is sold but it won't happen as long as Virginia is around and, possibly Mike and George.

Mike and George have a terrible time when they have to speak at press conferences, etc. They're not cut out for it and they end up making things worse.

Here's George's latest debacle. I wouldn't want to work for him.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/2022/1...key-after-bears-chairmans-accusatory-response