Bill Polian? It’s at least worth a call from Bears

The football gods keep tempting the McCaskeys to upgrade the Bears’ organization.

The latest opportunity came Monday when the Indianapolis Colts fired vice chairman Bill Polian, who could become to the Bears what Scotty Bowman is to the Blackhawks.

This isn’t as uncomplicated as it might seem. Nothing ever is at Halas Hall, is it?

Polian is a crusty guy who isn’t always easy to get along with. He likes to be in control of everything, which isn’t the style in Lake Forest.

But maybe Polian is just what the Bears need, someone to come in, shake things up and tell the McCaskeys in blunt terms what’s wrong with the organization.

Polian’s availability certainly doesn’t guarantee George McCaskey will consider hiring him. Nobody seems to know what the Bears’ rookie chairman is thinking.

McCaskey already has myriad reasons to reinvent the Bears in somebody’s image other than that of their current management staff. Primary is that the Bears missed the playoffs in four of the past five seasons, including the current one.

When reminded of that Monday, head coach Lovie Smith tried to distort the record by saying the Bears qualified for the playoffs in one of the past two seasons.

That’s true, but Smith’s illogical logic alone should be enough reason to fire him, and perhaps general manager Jerry Angelo and club president Ted Phillips, too.

Other reasons for change are everywhere, not the least of which is the Bears have become the Kardashians — great brand name, not enough talent, famous essentially for being famous.

There’s also the offensive line that whenever one of its members gets in the way of a pass rusher it could be categorized as a stumbling block.

Then there’s the decision to not use the season finale to take a look at rookie quarterback Nathan Enderle, as if coaches felt they need three more years to make him as ineffective as Caleb Hanie.

Anyway, the McCaskeys don’t seem inclined to remake the entire organization and maybe George McCaskey does need another year to evaluate the situation.

OK, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t a Halas Hall office for Bill Polian right now.

What Polian’s role would, could or should be at 69 years of age isn’t clear.

This isn’t the young and younger executive who built the Bills, Panthers and Colts into winners.

Maybe now Polian would like to come back to Chicago, where early in his career he ran the Blitz of the United States Football League.

It would be understandable if George McCaskey doesn’t think that it would be in the Bears’ best interest to name someone approaching his 70th birthday to the demanding position of president or GM for the long run.

But the Polian role that makes sense for the Bears is similar to Bowman’s with the Hawks.

How about a title like senior adviser to the owner? Polian wouldn’t report to the club president or to the general manager but directly to George McCaskey.

Polian might not want a position like that. He might still feel up to being in charge of his own team.

It wouldn’t hurt the Bears to ask Bill Polian any more than it hurt the Hawks to ask Scotty Bowman.