Getting to the mountain top.

Things have to get worse before they get better. That’s often my philosophical bent. Actually wishing  for things to get worse.  Especially in the sports world. With my Chicago Bears and Chicago Cubs.  Recognize mediocrity for what it is. Mediocrity. Or maybe something even worse. Lousy football. Lousy baseball. Which usually means starting over. From scratch.  Starting anew. Rebuilding from the ground up. The Bears have an opportunity to get into the National Football League playoffs this season. That is, if the Bears win at Detroit next Sunday, and the Minnesota Viklings lose to the Green Bay Packers. The Bears have no realistic chance of going very far, even if they make the play-offs.    But management might assume that  reaching the playoffs is good enough. And therefore, rebuilding ain’t necessary. But I say, face the truth.  The Bears need a long-term rebuilding program. A new coaching staff. New players. The whole shebang. And it’s more likely to happen if the Bears lose to an inferior Detroit team, and don’t make the playoffs. So, contrary to the inclination of many diehard Bears fans, I want the Bears to lose and lose and lose.  So that some day there’s no other way to go than up.  That’s the strategy being used by the Chicago Cubs. A lousy baseball team keeps getting worse and worse. Intentionally. Until the quality of baseball has to get better. To the point of maybe becoming the best. Hitting the basement so hard that the bounce takes one to the top of the mountain.  –Jim Broede