Chicago lost one of its own. Mike Ditka was more than a coach. He was the attitude of this city: tough, loyal, funny, and never afraid to say what he thought.
Da Coach gave Chicago a team that played the way we work, and a season in 1985 that every Chicagoan still talks about. He stayed in this city, and he stayed one of us.
Thank you, Coach. Our thoughts are with the Ditka family and everyone who loved him.
— ChiTown Threads