Andy Shaw writes: 'I blame team owners, front-office personnel, and coaches who brought in, mismanaged, and ushered out dubious players who collectively perpetrated these train wrecks.'
Chicago Bears fans look deflated after a dropped pass in the fourth quarter in a game against the Washington Commanders at Soldier Field on Oct. 13, 2022., I’m playing Chicago sports Scrooge, based on a lifetime of occasionally cheering but mostly jeering our preternaturally underachieving professional teams.
victory at a frigid Wrigley Field, their home stadium way back when; and numerous high-stakes Bulls and Blackhawk games over the years.So I feel qualified and compelled to lament the sorry state of our professional sports teams as we end one year and begin another. And I blame team owners, front-office personnel and coaches who brought in, mismanaged and ushered out dubious players who collectively perpetrated these train wrecks.
The White Sox are more of an enigma. Serious contenders on paper, after a couple of playoff seasons, but injury-ridden underachievers in real time last year. Why? Tony La Russa’s managerial mistakes, inept coaches or too many high-salary players getting hurt and having bad years at the same time? Maybe all of the above. Now there’s new field leadership and a couple of new players. So we’ll see if “wait ’til next year” is more than a cliche.
On to soccer. Like many Americans, I’ve never been a big fan, except when the U.S. men and women are competing in the Olympics or a World Cup that is as compelling as this past one, so I can’t opine intelligently on the woeful Chicago Fire. Maybe “not enough good players” is a safe guess. But I do know and admire team owner Joe Mansueto, so I’m hoping for a turnaround.
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