Plan of Succession

 It was a classic Sunday-page-1 puff piece on Bears’ matriarch and majority stockholder Virginia McCaskey, complete with mention of McCaskey’s friend the nun and her commitment to the three f’s of family, faith and football.  Too bad the story ran on the same day McCaskey’s team “played” and lost in Minnesota to the Vikings, 38-17.  Trust me, the game wasn’t nearly as close as the score would make it.

And too bad Bear defenders didn’t play barefoot; that way, they wouldn’t have been faked out of their shoes so much.  Quick, what do you call a team that can’t tackle, block or score?  Why, the Bears, of course.

Only now, the faithful are showing signs of unrest.  On the radio yesterday after the game, ex-Bears Dan Hampton and Ed O’Bradovich could barely speak in sentences they were so mad.  Advice to linebacker Shea McClellin—cross the street if you see Hampton or O’Bradovich walking your way.  And run.

Sportswriters have come out of their stupor, too, to ask how this team is any better than last year’s; if the Bears lose their last two games, they won’t be.  The puff piece quoted McCaskey’s son George as saying there is a plan for what to do with the team after she dies.

Like sell it, maybe?