NEWSLETTER
I won’t pretend like I know a ton about the inner workings of the Bears’ management and ownership situation. But, after the GM and coach were fired yesterday – but the rest of management seemed undisturbed – there was a great deal of dissatisfaction among folks whose opinions I trust on this kind of thing. From the sound of things, there isn’t a lot of trust that ownership understands how to best put in place the right kind of people to run the organization, which is probably ownership’s most important job, right there with providing necessary financial resources. You have to know what you don’t know, and know how to find the right guys to do that job. Reading the reactions yesterday, I was reminded that the Ricketts Family probably doesn’t get enough credit for coming into a new situation with the Cubs, then taking a little time to get their bearings (rather than doing anything rash), then targeting the right front office personnel for the baseball side … and then leaving hands off.
