Teddy Retiring Discuss

[DC]

The process of finding a successor has begun. McCaskey, Phillips and Tanesha Wade, senior vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion, have been in discussions with the search firm Nolan Partners.

Potential in-house replacements may include senior vice president of marketing and communications Scott Hagel and senior vice president and legal counsel Cliff Stein. McCaskey said he would not identify possible candidates at this time.

Cliff Stein is still with the Bears?

Done deal.

 

[onebud34]

What about Jim Harbaugh or Singletary?

I saw Trace mentioned....but we need more fire and pashionz

 

[modo]

Oh for sure, I totally understand it from a business standpoint. However, the fans and media alike were pissed that he was involved in the coaching search at all given his past involvement in coaching hires that didn't go well. So it seems like it would've been an easy way to avoid controversy if he had just announced then that he was retiring at the end of the season and/or just not been involved at all in the coaching search if he knew he was going to retire soon.

Fans attitude is transitory

 

[baselman1974]

Cliff Stein might be under Trace as a VP of business operations.

Trace is a high powered agent. He knows the football business inside about. Also notice that Stein wasn’t involved with Bears for a while until Poles took over for Pace. Hmmm someone did recommend him. Who was it?

 

[remydat]

big time called it if my boi stein gets the job

Slow down their tiger. Stein and I go way back. Remember Rory Sparrow and I used to get into it over Stein.

Cliff Stein might be under Trace as a VP of business operations.

Trace is a high powered agent. He knows the football business inside about. Also notice that Stein wasn’t involved with Bears for a while until Poles took over for Pace. Hmmm someone did recommend him. Who was it?

Not quite. Pace took Stein off of salary cap and contract negotiations but McCaskey and Philips liked him so he remained with the Bears as general counsel and thus worked with Philips on all the non-football operations stuff including the stadium. When Poles was hired he then put Stein back on salary cap and contract negotiations.

 

[onebud34]

Slow down their tiger. Stein and I go way back. Remember Rory Sparrow and I used to get into it over Stein.

Whatever happened to Rory?

 

[Anytime23]

 

[ZOMBIE@CTESPN]

Tanesha Wade looking at George wanting to promote his Jewish friend
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That would prob make tucky furious

 

[run and shoot]

If the the McCaskey's still own the team (and they do) ....they'll just find someone else to
protect their financial interests

 

[Anytime23]

If the the McCaskey's still own the team (and they do) ....they'll just find someone else to
protect their financial interests

Thanks, Warren Buffett.

 

[remydat]

Whatever happened to Rory?

No idea. I know he got banned for a while and perhaps wasn't on the best of terms with Rush but I vaguely remember FT or someone mentioned he decided to spend more time with the fam.

 

[ZOMBIE@CTESPN]

If the the McCaskey's still own the team (and they do) ....they'll just find someone else to
protect their financial interests

#49

For reals?

 

[Bears Backer 54]

I'm surprised he was able to last as long as he did. He really never found any roles or tasks that added value to this organization. It always felt like the McCaskey family had brought in their personal financial adviser in and he tried to have a voice and authority in a sports organization but was way out of his league. In more recent years, it felt like he was just another echoing opinion for George which didn't really improve the front office. Hoping Poles and his assistant GM can have more autonomy now and George just stays out of the way.

 

[remydat]

I'm surprised he was able to last as long as he did. He really never found any roles or tasks that added value to this organization. It always felt like the McCaskey family had brought in their personal financial adviser in and he tried to have a voice and authority in a sports organization but was way out of his league. In more recent years, it felt like he was just another echoing opinion for George which didn't really improve the front office. Hoping Poles and his assistant GM can have more autonomy now and George just stays out of the way.

Not really true. He was instrumental in the Soldier Field deal and the now the Arlington deal. Most of what he does is on the non-football operations side. The Solider Field deal alone added about a billion to the team value and Arlington when it is completed probably adds a couple billion more. It was actually his idea to remove himself from football operations.


The renovation of Soldier Field nearly 20 years ago was Phillips’ crowning achievement. In the 1990s, the Bears found themselves in an antiquated stadium without revenue streams that were competitive with other stadium-team deals. Without a new home, the Bears might have had to take drastic measures to ensure survival.

The Soldier Field rebuild significantly increased the Bears’ profitability and gave the team its first satisfactory football-only stadium in 100 years.

Phillips, known for his people skills and an easy, hearty laugh, approached the stadium dilemma by building trust with then-Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley. Phillips and Daley found common ground in their love of the Bears. They talked about players, games and coaches, as well as where they would play. Then Phillips asked the McCaskeys to grant him permission to sign a five-year extension on their below-market lease at Soldier Field. On the surface, it was a step back for the Bears — but it paid off because it set the tone for a give-and-take relationship between the team and the city.

Initially, Phillips proposed demolishing old Solider Field while leaving the landmark colonnades and building a new stadium in the south parking lot. Daley rejected that idea but accepted a second proposal to rebuild the stadium in its existing location.

The $630 million Lakefront Improvement Plan that was agreed upon was funded by a hotel tax and more than $200 million from the Bears and the NFL.

“When I think about it, that probably was the highlight of my career,” said Phillips, who accomplished what George Halas and Michael McCaskey failed to in numerous attempts. “There was a lot involved, working with the political strategists, architects, three contractors, politicians, different lawyers. It was an all-encompassing, 24-7 job for a while. When I drive to Soldier Field sometimes, I still look at that place and say I can’t believe we got this done.”

In January, the organizational flow chart changed. In the past, general managers reported to Phillips. New general manager Ryan Poles reports to McCaskey. When the change was announced, McCaskey referenced the Arlington Heights project as a reason.

But there was more to it.

“The reality is the team wasn’t a consistent winner,” Phillips said. “So I talked to George and told him that we need to make some changes in terms of football reporting, and the decision was made to make a change.”

 

[Pretzel Logic]

A business man (seemingly pretty good however you want to measure it) Vs a terrible football guy.

Hope he enjoys retirement, but he won't get a great deal of love from fans for the last 2 (3?) decades of involvement with this team.

 

[BaBaBlacksheep]

Hate to rain on the parade but have we forgotten George is still here?

Anyways… don’t think it’ll matter much. Poles is here and may be here a long time. This will matter most when it’s time to hire Poles replacement/successor. Which again could be a long time from now.

I’m just happy I won’t have to see his face anymore.

 

[Gustavus Adolphus]

If the the McCaskey's still own the team (and they do) ....they'll just find someone else to
protect their financial interests

What a waste of a post.

 

[run and shoot]

If the the McCaskey's still own the team (and they do) ....they'll just find someone else to
protect their financial interests

Thanks, Warren Buffett.

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Obviously you aren't familiar with Bear history. The larger picture is Bear ownership has always been more concerned with family business profitability than making the Bears a SB contender. I don't have time to post links on this now,
but it's well documented.

Please note our post season record during the SB era. While the Bears are top 5-10 in valuation
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[Chicagosports89]

Cliff Stein might be under Trace as a VP of business operations.

Trace is a high powered agent. He knows the football business inside about. Also notice that Stein wasn’t involved with Bears for a while until Poles took over for Pace. Hmmm someone did recommend him. Who was it?

Doesn't Armstrong own a player agency? Which he'd inevitably have to give up to take this job? And be making much less money? Not sure I see why he'd do that

 

[remydat]

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Obviously you aren't familiar with Bear history. The larger picture is Bear ownership has always been more concerned with family business profitability than making the Bears a SB contender. I don't have time to post links on this now,
but it's well documented.

Please note our post season record during the SB era. While the Bears are top 5-10 in valuation
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I believe the point is that is his job as team President. He hires a GM to take care of the football side but his main job is to make the Bears profitable.

The fact are you can knock his GM picks but he did not meddle much on the football side. Jerry, Emery, Pace, and Poles all had free rein and off the 3 Emery was really the only bad hire. Angelo and Pace made sense at the time.