Bears season ending press conference recap: Ryan Pace, Matt Nagy & George McCaskey fail the fan

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🗓️ 14 January 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Bears fans are as smart and passionate as any fanbase in sports, and the team seems to take advantage of that. In their season-ending press conference, George McCaskey, Ted Phillips, Ryan Pace, and Matt Nagy spoke to the media and fans about the state of the Bears and tried to convince everyone that running it back is the right move. Hosts JJ Stankevitz and Cam Ellis not only break down the press conference, but they take calls from the fans the Bears leadership disrespected in a new voicemail segment. Put the kids to bed for this one. (1:10) - Was this the worst press conference in Chicago sports history? (4:30) - Clips of Ted Phillips and Ryan Pace from the press conference (11:22) - The Bears brass told on themselves (19:22) - Bears fans speak their frustrations in the voicemail segment (25:40) - Why can't the Bears disclose the contracts for Ryan Pace and Matt Nagy? (34:05) - Bears fans should be apologized to (40:25) - How did Pace and Nagy convince McCaskey and Phillips that they will improve next year? (46:20) - Is there a path where the Bears do improve?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, I'm J.J. Stankovits and welcome into another edition of the Undercenter
0:08.6	podcast brought to you by St. Xavier University. On today's episode, I'm joined by Cam Ellis and producer
0:14.6	Tony Gill to talk about, well, what might be the worst press conference in Chicago sports history.
0:22.4	All that and more on the Undercenter podcast, starting right now.
0:26.3	What does it mean to be a Chicago bear?
0:28.6	It means rich tradition, black and blue division, defense.
0:35.2	I think it's the one franchise that when you think about them, being a defensive player
0:39.0	myself, I think that's the first thing you go to.
0:41.3	Legends, linebackers, defensive linemen, dominant players.
0:47.3	The history of it.
0:48.3	I mean, I'm a big history guy, so understanding this was one of the first franchises, just
0:53.3	kind of blows my mind, honestly, I was able to be a part of that.
0:56.5	I mean, what more can you say?
1:02.9	All right, Cam, so we, you and I went into the NBC Sports Chicago Studios today to tape a recap show of the Bears season and of
1:13.0	these press conferences that we were part of today on Wednesday. And I want to start our
1:20.4	listeners here. I walked up to David Kaplan's desk. I have not seen Cap in person in 10 months.
1:25.8	Right. And the first thing Cap said to me was that was the worst press conference I have ever seen
1:30.9	in Chicago sports history, which is why I co-opted that for our intro.
1:35.1	Cap has seen more press conferences than days I've been alive, probably.
1:41.5	And for him to say that, only confirmed to me how much of a disaster
1:46.5	everything we heard from George McCasky, Ted Phillips, and then Ryan Pace and Matt
1:51.9	and Aggie was today. It was, it was just, it was insulting to Bears fans.
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