What the hell happened to the Ditka mustache?
Mike Ditka recently committed the most heinous facial hair heresy in recent sports history. Photos surfaced earlier this week of Coach Ditka at an official Chicago Bears draft event sporting facial hair supplemental to his famous mustache: a beard.
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Look, this hipster beard trend has taken a lot of the good ones such as Brian Wilson, James Harden, Jayson Werth, hell, even pretty boy Tom Brady has flirted with the fashion statement. But, please, for the love of all that is Holy, leave Coach Ditka out of it.
A clean shaven face with a wide-stroke paintbrush ‘stache commands respect, for reference, see Tom Selleck.
Do not be fooled by the mythos of an ESPN documentary, it wasn’t The Fridge or Mike Singletary or Buddy Ryan that inspired the greatest defense of all-time in 1985, it was a facial feature so unique and powerful that it could not be denied. The Ditka mustache was the driving force behind the most dominant defense of all time.
This is what makes Ditka’s descent into beard-ism so troubling. After a windy, cold Fall Illinois day out on the practice field, Coach would take Walter Payton and the boys out for a hot Italian sandwich or a deep dish slice. Imagine if Ditka rolled into practice late after a hot room Yoga session and led his athletes to the nearest gourmet grilled cheese and Kombucha bistro. There would be no ’85 Bears; there would be no reason to dream.
This blog is a wish, no, a plea to Coach Ditka to realize what he has done to the thousands of affected Bears fans.
Shave the beard, Coach.
Shave the beard.
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