Steve McMichael's Mother Was an Absolute Savage to Mike Ditka

Steve McMichael is known for being one of the greatest, most outspoken characters in the history of Chicago Bears football. He's never been a man afraid to speak his mind. Well it seems we've finally learned where he got that from. During an appearance on the Dan McNeil podcast "Unsupervised" he revealed just how brutal the old woman could be when she was not happy with someone. The conversation had shifted to the ESPN documentary about the 1985 Bears team that won the Super Bowl. McNeil was surprised and somewhat disappointed the episode didn't once address the problems that developed between the players on the team and head coach Mike Ditka after that season. Namely the Ditka's lack of loyalty or professionalism at times that turned much of the locker room against him. Well it turns out McMichael's mother wasn't suffering Da Coach even before that. McMichael explained an incident between the two occurred during the Super Bowl run.

Mike Ditka got roasted twice over his lack of actual coaching prowess

"It was the '85 Bears wasn't it? It's like my mother told Mike Ditka when he walked out of the Miami, down in Miami with that one game we lost. He walked out and mother said he had his head ducked down walking through, you know, out the exit past the fans. And my mother says as he walked by, 'If I'd have called a game like that I'd have hung my head too.' Alright? He acted like he didn't hear her. He walks out of the Super Bowl dressing room and she's outside waiting on me to come out of the locker room. He walks up to her and you know what he says? 'Well how did I do today, baby?' She says, 'Shit, they didn't need you today.'"

[audio mp3="https://www.sportsmockery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Unsupervised_008_092817004818.729-004859.977.mp3"][/audio] Yeeeow. Send that man to the burn unit. Chicago lost that game in Miami 38-24. This after falling behind 31-10 in the first half. Players later lamented they were grateful for the loss but the opportunities had been there to win if not for some questionable coaching decisions. One was refusing to let up on their blitzes despite Dan Marino shredding them with his quick passes. The other was constant pass calls despite Jim McMahon not being healthy and the offensive line not blocking well. Walter Payton was averaging 5.2 yards per carry that night. As for the Super Bowl, the Bears hammered the Patriots 46-10. It was evident early that no amount of game planning by New England could make up for the fact that Chicago was the clear superior football team. Ditka could've taken a nap on the bench for three hours and they still would've won handily. Kudos to Mongo's mom for recognizing that.