Chicago Bears Poll: Could you do a better job than...?

Because I feel that I can work within my limitations, and acknowledge what I can’t do, and then ask for help.

I’m not certain they can.

ridiculous however voted yes, we have no idea what is happening behind scene! we are just crazy fans/writers.

Only because I would have the balls to do what is necessary. I don’t know what happens behind closed doors or the financial aspect of running a team, but I know when to call b.s and when someone isn’t doing there job, especially after having been given so much time to improve their job performance

Could you do a better job than Virginia McCaskey/ the rest of the McCaskeys at owning and running a $1,000,000,000 business?

How do I get into that sort of profession? I would do so much better than these buffoons.

@Acreman20: A smart person could do a better job. One who knows that in order to make money, you gotta invest in your product.

And she doesn’t even know football. But she would be able to bring people in who do know football and have a successfull track record.

And if they did fail, she’d let ’em go within a reasonable amount of time, and find someone who could get the job done!

They say that if you fill a room full of chimpanzees and give them computers with word processing software and enough time, they will compose literary works to rival Shakespeare. Ever the optimist, I think that if you gave Bigfoot Phillips, J Angelo and Snuffy Smith enough time and darts to throw at a draft board, they would make us all proud.
The thing is, none of us is immortal and we don’t have time to wait for the current Bears administration to do a better job than they have.
I voted no, by the way. I don’t think any single person can, but you have to be able to put a staff together that can help you achieve good results more often than not. The really good franchises in recent history are examples of that.

But still, I’m quite sure they know much more about football and buisness management and all that than any of us. Not trying to insult anyone, but that’s what they do for a living. I don’t approve of the job they are doing, but I voted no.

Than any of them do but I am not confident in my ability to perform their job. it’s easy as a fan to sit there and say “oh well I would have done that totally differently” but when it comes to it, could you? I don’t know all the details but I am sure every move is pretty well calculated. Could I draft better? Maybe in the first round but probably not any better in the later rounds, do I know that? No I don’t and I am not sure I would do better.

But yeah, as Acreman said, I am no professional and there is no way I could do their job as well as them.

Now Ron Turner on the other hand…as my Dad said “My ficas tree could call better plays than Turner.”

I could do better than Ted Phillips. I’m a business owner, have my degree in finance, have a passion for the sport, and could whip this billion dollar business into a multi-billion dollar winning cash cow.

Where do I submit my resume again?

i’m too much of a fan. plus, i would have nothing to bitch about.

I like to watch football but running the team is WAY beyond me.

I can’t answer because I’m not exactly sure what Ted Phillips does.

but it was very entertaining to read everyone’s response.

Because well ive never experienced any job or have any job experience in running a business or franchise, and second if i fail just like the 3 i wouldnt want to be hated by hundreds of thousands if not millions of fans

who knows, I’ve never been given the chance, and why would I be a downer about my own possible abilities?

executives move from industry to industry all the time. Core competencies in managing a business are basically the same. I feel that I could document how I’ve been more successful in running my business and doing my job than they have been at theirs, in fact, if I had the number of failures that they’ve shown the last 3 years in a row and if my area of responsibility was as much in disarray as theirs seems to be, I would have been fired already. Given those circumstances and a reasonable learning curve regarding the nuances of that business, yes, I believe I could do a better job.

Better than Phillips? I would have to see the job description.

First thing I would do is what I have heard from Bill Gates, and I think he does alright for himself. Surround yourself with people smarter than yourself. I would hire the best football mind available and immediately.

As for better than Lovie and Angelo, most likely not, I have never been a part of a professional team nor coached at anywhere near their level. Although the drafting by throwing darts as suggested above, might be a start.

to feel superior to others by admitting your hypothetical shortcomings. However, the poll as stated is probably not the billion dollar question. None of us are paid the exorbitant salaries that these geniuses are being paid. By that measure, they must be willing to bear the responsibility/criticism that is inherent to these positions. Saying, “Well if you think it’s so easy, then why don’t you do it” is childish and petty. I guarantee that I personally would be willing to put forth my best effort for the kind of money JA or Phillips are getting. I would also admit when I made mistakes. Those 2 qualifications put me (and many other Bears fans) ahead of JA and Phillips to begin with. Besides, none of these guys are actually writing the contracts or combing them for fine print. They hire people to do it for them. They are quite literally figureheads who delegate their work. Sounds like a great gig to me. I’d be willing to bet that most of the fans on this site could “accept” that kind of money and be able to delegate the responsibility to the people who actually perform the work.

since I’ve never coached at any level higher than high school, I’m sure I don’t have the offensive or defensive mind to be a play caller at the NFL level… and since my only “scouting” experience (besides Madden) is in the limited internet research I do every NFL offseason to prepare myself to write about the NFL draft from a Bears perspective, I’m sure doing either of those jobs would be a bit dificult.

But being the man in charge of finding the coaches to lead the team and finding the GM to pick the players, I’m sure I wouldn’t do any worse than the current knucklehead running the show.

I can sit on my duff and wait for 6 o’clock to roll around with the best of them.

So I’m already more qualified than these morons.