Thread: George McCaskey takes over as Bears chairman

Originally Posted by soulman

Wonder if Leonard Tose did the same, LOL. Halas must have really loved his daughter to have given Ed any job with the Bears at all.

Hmmmm.. i'd have to check the dates- but i'd say this happened AFTER the old man pased away, not before... pretty sure Ed was petty quiet whle the old man was kicking when came to the Bears. : )

Originally Posted by Dagan81

Ed probably knocked up Ginny on a drunken binge.

well as they had 11 kid's.. that's alot of binges.. : )

Originally Posted by soulman

Hell no, Ed was working for him way back in the 60's in some capacity or another. Probably just a title with little if anything to do but you remember that it was Ed who lost the coin flip for the #1 pick in 1970 don't you? The one where Pitt got Bradshaw and we dealt the number #2 pick to GB for yesterdays lunch. LOL

yeah, he was there, but not in control or doing anything 'real".. finks also used to let him pick the 17th round pick also with his input..lol
it wasn't until mugs and then the old man passed away he actually had any real voice or power.. a funny story from the trib on how no one took him serious, when mug's was alive,,

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2...ted-phillips/4

his first day on the job, McCaskey was called into the office of team President Mugs Halas, who was to become McCaskey's best friend and mentor. Virginia's brother asked if McCaskey knew anything about the team's "disaster plan."

Mugs told Ed he was never allowed to ride on the team plane because he was the heir apparent. Mugs informed Ed of league rules for restocking the team and jokingly reminded him to be sure at the end of the season to make up any games missed because of the disaster.
"What if my plane goes down?" McCaskey asked.
"Then we don't have a problem," Mugs answered.

For a short period, McCaskey was allowed to pick the team's final draft choice when the draft lasted 17 rounds.

When Finks joined the team in 1974, McCaskey asked for direction from Finks about new duties.

"You're an owner, Ed. Own," Finks responded.

"What do owners do?" McCaskey asked.

"They go to the games," Finks said.

I got to be a big shot with the Bears through some clever planning," McCaskey once said. "George Halas had two children, Mugs [George, Jr.] and Virginia. I took one look at Mugs and I married Virginia, and that's how I got this job. But Coach [Halas] still waited 25 years before he hired me, because he wanted to make sure the marriage was secure."

In 1989, McCaskey's children printed 70 reasons to wish him a happy 70th birthday. Among them:
"We now know everything we need to know about horse race gambling."

Originally Posted by soulman

Yeah, that was my point. Job with title but no real duties. I mean I could just see Halas sending him to NY to call a coin flip for God's sake, a frickin' coin flip, and he couldn't even win that, LMAO!

I love Mugs comment though and Finks' as well. It too bad Mikey didn't follow the advice.

yep- shows how little "regard" either of them held Ed in- yeah guess should have rephrased to ed had no "real" job with bears until Pap bear died, then a job..... and Honestly if papa bear had his way Pat or Tim would have been the mcCaskey chosen to be the heir -apparent" not mikey.. even on his death bed, papa bear knew better.. now 28 years later, he gets his wish..