Virginia Halas McCaskey
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Oct 15, 2026
Bradley HartmannHOST
And during the cold open of this episode, I told a story about Mike Ditka and somebody else's hair, but I think this story about his hair also reveals a lot.
Bradley HartmannHOST
"Ditka was weird about his hair," said McCaskey.
Bradley HartmannHOST
"He had a special hairbrush, and it had to sit outside the stall when he took a shower with his cologne.
Bradley HartmannHOST
One day, the PR guy used Ditka's hairbrush and walked out with it.
Bradley HartmannHOST
Years before, when he docked Ditka's salary, the young tight end said, "The old man is so cheap, he throws around nickels like they're manhole covers." It was a nasty thing to say, and it stuck.
Bradley HartmannHOST
By the 1980s, it was the main impression fans had of Hallas.
Bradley HartmannHOST
And we'll get to it later because I believe the leadership style, for better or worse, of Mike Ditka is inextricably linked to George Hallas and then his heirs, the McCaskey family, who is still running the Bears today.
Bradley HartmannHOST
But later in life, George Hallas wrote, or had a ghostwriter for sure, write the book Hallas by Hallas, and this is something interesting that he said.
Aiden O'ConnorPANELIST
All right.
Jay MoorePANELIST
He's got the McCaskey mustache, the weepy.
Jay MoorePANELIST
[laughs]
Aiden O'ConnorPANELIST
You see it.
PatrickHOST
They capitalized on one of the most talented offensive players ever.
PatrickHOST
Somehow, throughout time, the message of Ditka became so powerful that, yeah, again, we were like the victims of his success where- You're hearing about why was Matt Eberflus hired, you know, in 2022, and, uh, McCaskey citing Ditka.
PatrickHOST
They're like, "Hey, why, why are you consult- why are you hiring these people to act as consultant for Matt Eberflus? Why are they equipping..." He's like, "Yeah, you know, Halas was old when he hired Ditka.
PatrickHOST
You know, we gotta get back to that, that grind-it-out, tough style of football that..." You know, and so it just speaks to how strong the, the message is, how enduring it is, and, uh, just, you know, how omnipresent that was.
Phil OttochianHOST
... and that is why we suck.
Phil OttochianHOST
That, that in itself, if you can't have accountability, McCaskey and Slim Fast, you fucking got nothing.
Phil OttochianHOST
[laughs] And that is embarrassing.
Phil OttochianHOST
You're going against your fucking rival, you got fucking punched in the mouth and kicked when you were down, and your quarterback that fucking sucked.
Dan McNeilGUEST
Joe Gibbs with the Washington then Redskins, he won three Super Bowls in 10 years with three different quarterbacks.
Dan McNeilGUEST
So while it's, it's easy to point fingers at Ditka or McCaskey or McMahon for the injuries, and all of those things are valid, I think you gotta look at, at, at the climate in the, in the NFL at the time.
Dan McNeilGUEST
And the Bears were just victims of being in a great conference with, you know, literally some of the best players in the game's history at their positions against whom they had to compete.
Dan McNeilGUEST
It wasn't easy.
Kevin UlmHOST
They started winning games.
Kevin UlmHOST
They won their first game against the Packers in like a million years right before Virginia McCaskey died.
Kevin UlmHOST
And she was like, I'm free.
Kevin UlmHOST
And she died.
Ben JohnsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Um, you know, this is just adversity to, to learn from
speaker_8PANELIST
It's typical McCaskey-type shit
Ben JohnsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It's an opportunity to grow and to learn from our mistakes-
speaker_8PANELIST
Sorry, that's what that shit is
Mike NorthGUEST
family.
Mike NorthGUEST
Did you want McCaskey to sign off on it? Yeah,
Dan SileoHOST
I wanted to have a little bit of the Hallis
Mike NorthGUEST
family name on it.
ScottHOST
So one thing about the Bears, they'll do it big for...
ScottHOST
I remember when Miss McCaskey died, I was...
ScottHOST
This sounds funny.
ScottHOST
I was literally as close as I am to this light right here to, as to Kendrick Lamar.
37 MINS LATER
ScottHOST
So that's something that I'm looking for i- as like a, as a storyline to this.
ScottHOST
And I do think Mike Ditka adds a different wrinkle to this because the Bears...
ScottHOST
One thing we know about the Bears, we- and, and Devin Bush said this in his interview with Fox, Fox, uh, Chicago this week, that George McCaskey told them when he signed, we have to beat the Packers.
ScottHOST
I guarantee you there's gonna be some conversation, we cannot lose to this team after Mike Ditka died.
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