Is it time to get rid of Ted Phillips?

Bob Kraft; "Everybody in our organization puts winning first," Kraft said.

Ted Phillips; “When we talk about appealing to sponsors, we never talk about wins and losses,” Phillips said.

Ted Phillps; “A lot of the sales pitches that get done, they don’t talk about wins and losses."

Ted Phillips; "We’re pretty proud of that that you can kind of sustain strong business relationships without worrying about wins and losses. Obviously, when you win it’s better.”

So in just one sentence Bob Kraft tells you all you need to know about how he runs his team.  Ted Phillips says three times that wins and losses don't matter as much as sponsorship and the "Bears Brand".  The Brand......The Brand.....we're getting The Brand back together!!!  Oh wait.... that's in comedy movie Phillips is a real life comic.  Real funny isn't he?

What happened to that little snot nosed QB from Texas A&M who came in more concerned about his "Brand" the he did about playing football.  Where is that little loser today?  I hear a lot about another brand that's going to hell in a basket right now too due to some of the same terminal arrogance Teddy Bear is spouting here.  Are the words Bears fans even mentioned once in his little speech here?  Hell no, it's all about corporate sponsorship and business relationships not wins and losses.  Those are nice but not important much like the fans.  We like you but we prefer sponsors.  They don't care as much whether we win or lose.

So now how many think Ted Phillips has zero to do with the losing culture that is the Bears?  How many times do you think Teddy Bear has reminded the McCaskey's that winning takes money and involves risks they don't need to take because; "I think for the most part we have had a lot of success doing that because people understand the power of the Bears brand and what it means to the city of Chicago, what it means to the NFL, what it means to their own brand." So geez Ginny and George I'd like to win to but can we afford to win when we really don't need to and we can still make big bucks?

When I hear Robert Kraft talk I hear one word......win.  When Ted Phillips talks I hear win, lose it's all the same to me just as long as we make money.

This is the CEO of your football team sportsfans and I assure to he has a more direct conduit to the McCaskeys than Ryan Pace will ever have.  Is this the guy you want running your football team because no matter what some business reports says about how the Bears choose to depict their organizational structure in public I'm saying this is the way it really is.

Again, fire Phillips if you want, don't care. But what do you think changes? Everything I've read says that Philipps runs the business side of the Bears. Pace runs the football side-roster, draft, FA signings, hiring coaches.

Phillips over sees--VP of Marketing, VP of PR, VP of this, VP of that...Only payroll decisions he makes are how are much to pay the mail room clerks, and even that is handled by the VP of HR.

So....What do we think changes on the field if Phillips is fired?