‘What am I supposed to say?’ Ex-Bears in media struggling amid latest miserable season
New York TimesBefore the Bears’ game against the Seattle Seahawks on Thursday night, Olin Kreutz was on the radio still trying to educate the listeners at the end of a lost season. “If they were winning, I’d be the biggest homer on the face of the f-ing planet,” said Waddle, who played for the Bears in the 1980s and ’90s. The list of ’85 Bears who did media in this town is basically the entire roster, headlined by characters like Steve “Mongo” McMichael, Dan Hampton and, of course, Ditka. “I’m just disappointed.” “You know what it’s like in Chicago when the Bears are winning,” Kreutz said. I’d like to enjoy a playoff game, a playoff win.” GO DEEPER How the Bears found yet another way to lose a game in the final minute While Waddle and Mannelly were affable as players and already doing media, Kreutz was the guy flicking the lights on and off when our time in the locker room was over.
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