Here in 2022 - and even back 1992, they were always talking about how cheap the McCaskey’s are. SMH something’s never change.
@stevejohnson139710 ай бұрын
Maybe people should stop going to games and buying season tickets
@craigruston81708 ай бұрын
But they aren't that cheap
@AaronVirklan9 ай бұрын
The amount of transparency they had back in the day is unreal. These days everyone reads off of a script and everyone tip toes around every meaningful question. I long for these days.
@Mike-jv4rz8 ай бұрын
Ditka kinda told the future, this team has never been the same since.
@chessplayer10005 ай бұрын
Yes it was real back then. Mike Ditka had a passion for the game and it showed on and off the field. Today it's all corporate mentality. Mike said it the way it was and that's what made him a great coach. If the Bears are ever to find the identity again they need to find a coach from the 85 team. Not to many younger people in this generation have any idea of what the monsters of the midway were all about. When you played against the bears back then you better have had plenty of ice packs on hand. Thanks for the memories Coach Ditka.
@ghostjoker39812 жыл бұрын
Nobody had more humility in the end than Iron Mike. Tough love ❤️
@juanbalboa5537 ай бұрын
And here we are in 2024 and NOTHING HAS CHANGED! 😒
@dachicagoan81858 ай бұрын
They should have never fired him. He's a chicago icon, win or lose
@MrDuds19848 күн бұрын
I’m a bit Ditka fan but it was time for him to go after 92. He was a good coach but not a great coach. He was a distant fourth to Walsh, Gibbs and Parcells
@leodaman20249 ай бұрын
The McCaskey's are the MAIN reason the Bears have struggled.
@anz24415 ай бұрын
Mike got control, and he thru his entire draft away too. He was great for the Bears, a Legend ! But Buddy Ryan was every part of their success !!
@cacornhusker29402 жыл бұрын
i grew up a Cornhusker, but was raised a Bears, Bulls and White Sox Fan. Thanks Dad.
@bobsokoloski9559 Жыл бұрын
Mckaskey's are clowns. Halas hired Mike and that is and will be the only Lombardi Trophy the Mckaskey's will ever have. The Bears won't win another championship until they sell the team.
@_DB.COOPER8 ай бұрын
That right there is a MAN!
@justinroark884 жыл бұрын
Ditka got burned out and quit giving a fuck around 1988. Hell of a classy speech on the way out, though.
@brianvivickers37122 жыл бұрын
Sad day in Bear history
@TheSilvergold452 жыл бұрын
NOT BECAUSE OF DITKA !!
@brianvivickers37122 жыл бұрын
@@TheSilvergold45 : Why?
@robertswift61013 жыл бұрын
its true the bears never paid out the money
@frippertonics6421 Жыл бұрын
Wow... listen to Johnny Morris, and appreciate how the McCaskey family philosophy hasn't changed that much over the following three decades.
@anz24415 ай бұрын
They bring in a GM which they have struck out on many times, and constantly hire defensive coordinators to coach, and never a big name coach either. Last big name coach we had was Wanstadt !!
@chrisskalski72922 жыл бұрын
Iron Mike is the second best coach in the long history of the Chicago Bears.
@cacornhusker2940 Жыл бұрын
McMahon didn't like the McCaskeys and neither did Iron Mike. So I dislike them too.
@jerrymcgrath36622 жыл бұрын
When bears let Jerry Venezi walk to Detroit, Iron Mike knew just a matter of time
@blizzdog38819 ай бұрын
This is the man that built one of the greatest football team in history but George McCaskey jealousy got in the way….. Jim Finks
@thetruth9814 жыл бұрын
Bears stunk for a lot of years after that.
@danielstack41583 жыл бұрын
They really did, 90's was a lot of losing.
@musicman76enator3 жыл бұрын
@@danielstack4158 But at least in the 90s you could take a dump and no one gave a S***!!! Hahaha. 90s was the last full decade of the great Soldier Field. Now it's a joke. They should have never renovated it like they did. It was fine just the way it was, all they had to do was change the bathrooms, concourses, and get the Honey Bears back but nope.
@musicman76enator3 жыл бұрын
@GIL Favor They built it like a spaceship landed inside the actual stadium. They also got rid of seats that reduced it's capacity. The design is just ugly. It's called "Mistake by the Lake" for a reason.
@musicman76enator3 жыл бұрын
@Gyp Rosetti They wont win anything unless the McCaskeys sell the team.
@ElZappata2 жыл бұрын
…still stinking
@salvadorealiberto2 жыл бұрын
I'd love to see an accurate transcript of Ditka's press conference here. The cut-off sentences are legendary.
@joeblough261 Жыл бұрын
Haha! Yes. Nobody I know seems to talk about it much, but he is the king of just stopping mid sentence and going to something else. I can do a pretty good impersonation, LOL
@scottym9778 Жыл бұрын
A Man's Man.
@CharlesTerrenceHarper8 ай бұрын
Whoa Johnny Morris swingin' lumber at the McCaskeys at the end.
@Chicagoathletics8 ай бұрын
Still miss him as our head coach.
@patrickmoylan59839 ай бұрын
He deserved to get fired he sold his team out during player strike.
@fogodechow77354 жыл бұрын
28 seasons since that 10 playoff seasons
@burklan11 ай бұрын
Bet almost all of them had Urlacher.
@RonnieMundt8 ай бұрын
@@burklanUrlacher I think only went 4 times. 01/05/06/10?
@RonnieMundt8 ай бұрын
You’re sure it’s even 10? 94 01 05 06 10 18 20
@rick3301958 Жыл бұрын
Iron Mike. Legendary coach!
@liberalmadness72482 жыл бұрын
Back when press conferences were actually worth watching. Today, it’s all PC and being sensitive.
@Suicidegrey4 жыл бұрын
This made me cry
@patrickbullock9079 Жыл бұрын
And how did the 90s work out for da bears???
@briannilles13037 ай бұрын
Dan Patrick, a young yes man
@ryanolsen373210 ай бұрын
The mccasky line still rings true today
@phillyfan-18210 ай бұрын
Mike McCaskey got demoted due to the bumbling of hiring Dave McGinnis. The bears made the announcement that they hired McGinnis when they never reached an agreement on the contract.
@josephrinella98748 ай бұрын
They should of kept ditka
@georgewilkinson10688 ай бұрын
A dark day in Chicago Sports History.
@ca94954 жыл бұрын
Bottom line, Ditka just got lazy, and the team suffered because of it. That may sound harsh, but it is true. To only win 1 Super Bowl with that assembly of players (six Hall of Famers), is completely and utterly unacceptable. Ditka was more interested in doing commercials , tv, radio and newspaper spots than keeping an eye and attention on his team. Very sad, because he could have been compared to the Parcels and Belichek's if he would have been more focused. Hell of a player in his day, but a coach, average at best. Wasted potential.
@prepro5954 жыл бұрын
C A Ditka is God, cuh.
@effend4464 жыл бұрын
Yes and no. There were a lot of big egos on those Bear teams and yes, Da Coach arguably had the biggest ego of them all. IMO, it all started when George Halas hired Ditka over Buddy Ryan to be the head coach in '82. And naturally, Buddy was not happy about that. Even though Da Bears won it all in '85, there were big cracks in their foundation that season - the biggest when Marino and the Dolphins exposed Buddy's 46 Defense on MNF. Ditka wanted the nickel and Buddy literally told him to fuck off. Then when Buddy left to become the Eagles head coach after the season, it just wasn't the same intensity with the defensive players. But even more so was the Player's Strike in '87 - and when Ditka called his replacements the "Real Bears", that's when the true colors showed, not just with Ditka, but the regulars as well. And of course, Jim McMahon wasn't exactly in top shape - partying all the time after winning it all in '85........and he was ultimately shown the door after '88. Wilber Marshall found greener pastures, ended up winning another Super Bowl with the Redskins. Willie Gault ended up with the Raiders. Heart attack aside, Ditka's intensity was still there to the end, but the talent no longer was. Cheap ownership (in the McKaskeys) didn't help, either.
@prepro5954 жыл бұрын
David Smith Blasphemy! (The both of yous). How dare you talk about Ditkith that way? Thank Ditkith for the life he’s allowed you to have. Give us this day our daily Ditkith, and forgive those who trethpath against us. If it weren’t for Ditkith, we wouldn’t have a super bowl at all. Thank you coach. Thank you. -The Grabowski Pride is alive and well because of you.
@effend4464 жыл бұрын
@@prepro595 Just had my 40th heart attack after you said that. I'm okay though
@prepro5954 жыл бұрын
David Smith you’re my Ditka, my Ditka, my Ditka, my Ditka
@the-secret2 жыл бұрын
That's why spamton said mike was criminal....
@dalepeto96203 жыл бұрын
Can you imagine a Steelers sideline with Ditka and Cowher as asst coaches?
@MrTeatreeoil2 жыл бұрын
👎👎👎
@billbeliakoff55892 жыл бұрын
I don't think Ditka would be able to coach today's players.
@lakebay97211 ай бұрын
back in the '70s, there was a Cowboys sideline with Ditka and Dan Reeves as assistant coaches. INTENSE! AMAZING!
@rickcollins24622 жыл бұрын
What a horrible organization
@tanmarketingchannel34362 жыл бұрын
DITKA was a great NFL coach-- he just had no control over his staff--who did whatever they wanted aka BUDDY RYAN, the dummy that messed up the Bear dynasty.
@SECRETARIATguy224 Жыл бұрын
Huh? Buddy Ryan ran the defense when they won the Super Bowl! Then he went and became a head coach . . . how did _he_ mess up the Bear dynasty?
@AndrewReevesArt10 ай бұрын
1. Halas 2. Ditka 3. Sweetness
@DarKKnightt072 жыл бұрын
He was the only Chicago bears coach that was successful.
@cacornhusker29402 жыл бұрын
Papa Bear was a pretty good Coach, but i get what you're saying.
@SECRETARIATguy224 Жыл бұрын
False
@ontop7437 Жыл бұрын
Lmfao , he rode the coattails of Buddy Ryan .
@DarKKnightt07 Жыл бұрын
@@SECRETARIATguy224 named another Bears Coach who won a superbowl
@SECRETARIATguy224 Жыл бұрын
@@DarKKnightt07 The point of your comment is what, exactly? With the talent that team had, they should've done much better.
@justinroark883 жыл бұрын
:29 Frank Sinatra reference
@joedufourhowboutdemcowboys40673 жыл бұрын
My Way
@saj89 ай бұрын
The Curse of Jerry Vanisi continues to haunt the Bears.
@blizzdog38819 ай бұрын
And Jim Finks ya he made the mistake of not taking Montana 😡 but he did build a hell of a team, all this was jealousy of Mike McCaskey
@mikebattista95703 жыл бұрын
Sad day indeed. But things do pass...like making the playoffs....
@musicman76enator3 жыл бұрын
@GIL Favor Yep. Saints won 8 Super Bowls under Ditka, most ever in NFL history *sarcasm*
@danielstack41583 жыл бұрын
@GIL Favor Ditka never should've gone back to coach. The game passed him by while he was away.
@MrTeatreeoil2 жыл бұрын
It was a happy day for me 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
@MrTeatreeoil2 жыл бұрын
@@musicman76enator you mean they went to the playoffs 8 times
@jonvisser15093 жыл бұрын
He did pretty good with the Saints oh wait lol. That Ricky Williams trade was epic. Hey the Bears won a Super bowl something Vikings haven't and the Lions where do you start with them.
@MrTeatreeoil2 жыл бұрын
If it wasn't for buddy mike wouldn't never have won super bowl XX
@Mikeylegs892 жыл бұрын
@@MrTeatreeoil as a packers fan I’m gonna defend the bears on this one. How many playoff games did buddy Ryan win as eagles head coach? 0. So even if you wanna say buddy Ryan was great and was the real reason the 85 bears won the super bowl well clearly buddy Ryan needed mike ditka as well. Also as much as I hate the bears, I do respect them. The Vikings on the other hand, talk so much shit for a team that hasn’t won shit their entire existence. You wanna talk about failure? The Vikings are a legacy of failure and being a choking hazard. From the 0-4 Super Bowls of the 70s, to the dropped pass against the redskins in the nfc championship game, to Gary Anderson’s miss and total choke artist job in the 1998 nfc championship game after going 15-1 and at the time was the highest scoring offense in nfl history, to Nathan Pooles catch in 2003 that ended the Vikings 2003 season after starting the year 6-0 to Brett favres interception in 2009 to blaire Walsh’s miss in 2015 to the 2017 nfc championship where you get your asses handed to you. Lol at least the bears have won championships and have won a Super Bowl. Vikings have not. They haven’t earned the right to talk shit but they do anyway. FOH
@williamstocker584 Жыл бұрын
Buddy didn’t do anything as a head coach
@blizzdog38819 ай бұрын
@@MrTeatreeoil it was GM Jim Finks that built that legendary team but I do believe if Buddy Ryan was named head coach the Bears would have won more then one SB 🤷
@mikeroberts40156 ай бұрын
It's like Bill belichick n new England
@SECRETARIATguy224 Жыл бұрын
Love Johnny Morris.
@danjacobsen76457 ай бұрын
I feel sorry for that 1 very lonely Super Bowl trophy
@yankeesny15727 ай бұрын
What you didn't like Ditka?
@hailmaryrecordings82552 жыл бұрын
The end of an amazing run.
@blizzdog38819 ай бұрын
I still believe to this day if Buddy was made HC we would have had more then one ring
@thedisheveledplayboys9 ай бұрын
How many did he win in Philly?
@blizzdog38818 ай бұрын
@@thedisheveledplayboys Buddy did not have a team pack with HOFers like Ditka he had a few but nothing like the Bears had.
@TheBronxBomber8 ай бұрын
Just not true as a bears fan. look at the numbers the 86 defense was arguably better. McMahon got hit and hurt for the season on a late hit by Green Bay should have been a suspension. And we lost Bc we had a backup
@twostop68955 ай бұрын
@@blizzdog3881 Buddy had Reggie White Clyde Simmons Jerome Brown Keith Jackson Randall Cunningham, come on bro
@blizzdog38815 ай бұрын
@@twostop6895 so your trying to convince me the eagles team was just as good as the Bears 😂
@gpp56559 ай бұрын
He even looks like a bear.
@donaldgleason2830 Жыл бұрын
Now we are almost the worst in the league!!!!
@fogodechow77354 жыл бұрын
Since 4-6 in the playoffs
@fsanmiguel6663 жыл бұрын
Make that 4-7
@TheSilvergold452 жыл бұрын
@@fsanmiguel666 WHAT DO U EXPECT WITH THE SHIT PLAYERS McCASKEY GAVE DITKA LOL
@yegorgribenuke68532 жыл бұрын
THE COMMENTERS DONT KNOW
@jazmin9352 жыл бұрын
Is the same Mike!?
@U2BEMatchmaker3 жыл бұрын
Never should have fired him. He should still be there today.
@justinroark88 Жыл бұрын
0:23 is the face of a man similar to when his wife of 10 years, who he loves dearly, telling him that she's filed for divorce.
@connorreutter1662 жыл бұрын
Ditka 670 media 0
@williamburdon69933 жыл бұрын
Da Bears!
@MrTeatreeoil2 жыл бұрын
Bad news bears
@craigkelm1803 жыл бұрын
Mike Ditka is Winner!!
@marcelcovaci99222 жыл бұрын
Da Bears are run like a mom and pop shop, they can’t compete in the NFL like that
@michaelkawell33003 жыл бұрын
He was a great coach.he made alot of bad descions also.86,87,88 couldnt get back and had homefield in 2 of those seasons.bad qb play and it fell on ditka and ahouldve been.
@frankk.77612 жыл бұрын
Bringing in Doug Flutie at the end of the 86 season and starting him against the Redskins was a horrible decision.
@SonicSlicer Жыл бұрын
@@frankk.7761 A decision that was made after Charles Martin had his way with McMahon. If McMahon stays healthy in 86, or relatively healthy as we all know how injury prone he was, I think the Bears repeat and never need to go get Flutie.
@SECRETARIATguy224 Жыл бұрын
@@SonicSlicer FALSE. Flutie was already on the team when Martin ended McMahon's season. It's people like you that just invent things like that that reveal just how silly some Bears fans are and will be forevermore.
@SonicSlicer Жыл бұрын
@@SECRETARIATguy224 If McMahon stays healthy, does Flutie play ahead of Fuller or Tomczak? Inventing nothing, that came from the 30 for 30 on the 85 Bears.
@SECRETARIATguy224 Жыл бұрын
@@SonicSlicer Doug Flutie was _brought in_ WAY before the Charles Martin situation. They didn't bring Flutie in as a result of that injury.
@benedettomansueto40163 жыл бұрын
My New York "Football" Giants 🏈🇺🇸🙏✝️❤️🏆🏆🏆🏆 Ended Ditka and Bears in 1991 Playoffs 31 - 3 .... total dominance
@davidcrowder56794 ай бұрын
Ditka was a drama queen in front of the camera.
@ontop7437 Жыл бұрын
Ditka was a horrible coach , horrible talent evaluator and worse human being . All the players knew it which is why nobody listened to him . He was just a big mouth jerk . Thank you Buddy Ryan for 85 .
@rick3301958 Жыл бұрын
Your out of your mind.
@robbie1923 жыл бұрын
Joke as a head coach.. was really bad his last 4 w Chicago...had an all time horrible run w Saints many years later...
@PrinceTron13 жыл бұрын
The Bears made the playoffs 2 of his last 4 years as head coach (1990, 1991). How the hell was his last 4 years as bad as you say? And as a Bears fan I don't give a shit about what he did with the Saints.
@robbie1923 жыл бұрын
@@PrinceTron1 my bad..he went 6 and 10 in 89 and then 5 and 11 in 92. Was then 15 and 33 w the saints..a total joke there
@jeffmilroy9345 Жыл бұрын
He ranks second to Halas for winning percentage as a bear head coach. How does that figure?
@SECRETARIATguy224 Жыл бұрын
@@jeffmilroy9345 It demonstrates the almost _total lack of quality_ they've had throughout most of their history.
@jeffmilroy9345 Жыл бұрын
@@SECRETARIATguy224 No argument there - except the 9 NFL championships since 1922 - which was right around the time when Halas purchased the rights to the bears for $100. You gotta figure he had some more money to spend on players like Grange eh? But even Grange was a disappointment at times - sitting on the sidelines for example - when they beat the Packers 21-0. But that still leaves a championship average of once a decade. Not quite as bad a record as the Cubs but nothing stellar.
@conaldtrump2 жыл бұрын
MOST OVERRATED COACH EVER
@williamstocker584 Жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂
@jeffmilroy9345 Жыл бұрын
Maybe - but you gotta prove it. Could you beat his team back in 85?