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1st-and-10: By George, let Bears hire Jim Harbaugh

With a golden opportunity, Bears’ chairman George McCaskey needs to give his blessing and open the Halas Hall vault to hire a former Bear who can make a difference as head coach — just as George Halas did with Mike Ditka in 1982.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 9, 2024

History lesson: First-round success a must for Ryan Poles

In next week’s draft, the Bears’ second-year GM has his first chance to succeed where predecessors Jerry Angelo, Phil Emery and Ryan Pace failed, by changing the Bears’ trend of first-round draft picks who either under-performed or didn’t have staying power — or both.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 22, 2023

Outsider Kevin Warren an agent of change at Halas Hall

Just as George Halas’ hiring of outsider Jim Finks as executive VP and general manager to “run the show” in 1974 was seen as the best thing to happen to the Bears since Red Grange, Kevin Warren could be the Bears’ best front-office hire since Finks. But he has to…

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 21, 2023