You know, if there's one thing that gives me hope for the Bears, it's the Bulls. They were the running joke of Chicago for about 10 years, due to combination of incompetent management and awful coaching (once Thibodeau was run out). Sound like another Chicago franchise we discuss on occasion? But what the new regime has done in barely two years is just awesome, and they've become appointment viewing for me again.
And one could argue that Jerry Reinsdorf is just as bad of an owner as the McCashkey family, so maybe there's hope.