The Bears have been so bad this year that change seems inevitable.
But here’s how bad it’s gotten — they’ve lost Mike Ditka.
The legendary Bears coach admitted he gave up on Monday’s loss to the Saints early, a clear sign that even the most ingrained of Chicagoans are losing interest.
“I’ll tell you what, I watched until it was 14-0, then I turned the game off,” he said in his regular spot in the Chicago Sun-Times. “I didn’t watch any more. So, I don’t know what happened. I don’t know how bad it got or didn’t get. I didn’t pay any attention to it.
“But from what I saw, the guys on defense didn’t know where to line up. They didn’t know how to cover. They didn’t know how to do anything. It’s a shame. There is no excuse for that. You can say it’s coaching, and maybe that has something to do with it. But I think it’s the people they have. They just aren’t very good.”
Ditka said he expects a change to come at the top, but said they had to be careful to not think one move would fix things.
“The problem I have with it is you can’t keep replacing the coach every two years,” he said. “And if you think this isn’t a good football team because of the coach, you’re wrong. It has nothing to do with the coaching. Look, they have made some bad picks, made some really bad choices and tied up their money in the wrong people.”
While there are reports that Bears ownership has already made up its mind on coach Marc Trestman, the future of General Manager Phil Emery remains up in the air.
And it sounds like the old coach of Da Bears has plenty of concerns there as well.
