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2007.02.23: February 23, 2007: Headlines: Figures: COS - Ethiopia: Business: Sports: Football: Chicago Daily Herald: Barry Rozner writes: It’s Mike McCaskey’s team and there’s nothing you can do about that
Barry Rozner writes: It’s Mike McCaskey’s team and there’s nothing you can do about that
Most of us have known all along that McCaskey was still running the show, and that Ted Phillips was only out front to get the Bears a new stadium — and turn back the peasants at the gate after the Dave McGinnis debacle. The fact that it’s his team gives McCaskey every right to make policy — and football — decisions. It’s just that the Bears have worked hard to create the perception that Phillips was more than a figurehead, so it was surprising to hear GM Jerry Angelo reveal the chain of command, beginning with McCaskey. Ethiopia RPCV Michael McCaskey is chairman of the board of the Chicago Bears.
Barry Rozner writes: It’s Mike McCaskey’s team and there’s nothing you can do about that
McCaskey calling shots? No kidding
Barry Rozner
By Barry Rozner
Daily Herald Sports Columnist
Posted Friday, February 23, 2007
It should come as no surprise that Mike McCaskey is quietly working behind the scenes and pulling the strings in Lake Forest.
After all, most of us have known all along that McCaskey was still running the show, and that Ted Phillips was only out front to get the Bears a new stadium — and turn back the peasants at the gate after the Dave McGinnis debacle.
The fact that it’s his team gives McCaskey every right to make policy — and football — decisions.
It’s just that the Bears have worked hard to create the perception that Phillips was more than a figurehead, so it was surprising to hear GM Jerry Angelo reveal the chain of command, beginning with McCaskey.
While answering questions Thursday from beat writers and radio reporters attending the NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis, Angelo was asked if Phillips was in control of football operations.
“I’m not going to get into all of the nuances of how we operate, but Ted is talking to (Lovie Smith’s) agent,’’ Angelo explained. “In matters like that, that comes from ownership. In our particular situation, that’s the way we’re operating.
“(Ted) will consult with me on certain areas and on certain matters, and I will give him my opinion on things, but ultimately the negotiations lie in Ted’s court.’’
OK, so the negotiations “lie in Ted’s court,’’ and, “In matters like that, that comes from ownership.’’
In other words, on important matters, certainly on financial matters involving big player, coach or GM contracts, they’re discussed first at the ownership level.
Well, ownership is Mike McCaskey, and he wrote the playbook for the Smith negotiations, with Phillips merely dangling from the McCaskey strings.
Again, it’s McCaskey’s team and he has every right to run it how he sees fit, but Angelo — who is waiting for his own new contract — seems to be the only one upfront about it.
It also helps explain why the Bears are trying to hold the line on Smith’s salary, when a million or two more a year would seem to be a drop in the bucket for a team worth a billion dollars.
But every million that goes into Smith’s pocket is a million that would otherwise go into ownership profits.
You can like it or not, but those are your only options, because it’s Mike McCaskey’s team and there’s nothing you can do about that.
Unless you’ve got about $1.5 billion on hand and you’d like to make him an offer his fellow grandchildren couldn’t let him refuse.
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