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Dan Jiggetts: Chicago Blitz DAN JIGGETTS: Chicago Blitz Dan Jiggetts took a front office job with Chicago Blitz following the strike-shortened 1982 NFL season. Acting as the director of pro-player procurement, Jiggetts also played on the offensive line for the Blitz during his two years in Chicago. Jiggetts, a Harvard graduate, played 38-17 with 12:04 left coaching staff and some of the front office with the Bears before moving to the USFL. in the game. people. He thought he was inheriting a After acting as a player-representative dur- After the suc- playoff team. ing the strike, which shortened the season cessful 1983 season, “After I was at work I realized the entire to nine games, he was one of many who Blitz owner Dr. Di- roster was swapped,” Levy said laughingly, weren’t welcomed back to the NFL. ethrich decided he 21 years later. “There were several of us that were ‘per- wanted to be closer Things got worse for the beleaguered sona-non-grata,’ and found something else to his team. Di- Blitz franchise when new owner, Dr. Hoff- to do,” Jiggetts said in November 2005. ethrich, who lived in man, decided to jump ship before the sea- Jiggetts “Coming to the Blitz gave me an oppor- Arizona, swapped son started. tunity to stay in town and help put things franchises with the “It was after we lost a game to the Panthers; together on the management side.” owner of the Arizona Wranglers for the I saw Dr. Hoffman and asked him where he The Chicago Blitz stormed into the play- 1984 season. was going. He said, ‘I’m done, I’m out of here,’” offs with a 12-6 record in their inaugural sea- When Marv Levy took the reins as head Jiggetts remembered. “That’s the last time I son, but were defeated by the Stars in the first coach for the 1984 season he was unaware spoke to him, before he could legally leave the round, 44-38 in overtime—despite leading that the players were traded along with the team midway through the season.” THE USFL • The Rebel League the NFL Didn’t Respect but Feared 61 “The NFL didn’t get to the level of success it did by being ‘softies’ and ‘nice guys’…They understood the threat that was being presented to them, and they wanted to limit the ability of anyone that came into their business.” as attendance dropped to under 8,000 a game. Things were so bad players had to supply their own toiletries for the locker room. Coach Levy said the players even had to buy their own toilet paper. “I remember players making a mad- dash for the bank to cash their checks on Fridays,” Jiggetts said with a laugh. “By the end of the day there was no money left in the account for bonuses.” Jerry Reinsdorf, current owner of the Chi- cago White Sox and the Chicago Bulls, had shown some interest in purchasing the team, but it was Eddie Einhorn who acquired the rights to the Blitz franchise. Einhorn chose not to field a team for the 1985 season. Einhorn, currently the vice chair of the White Sox, was instrumental in persuading the USFL to move to the fall schedule, partly due to his connections with the TV networks. Jiggetts, one of the better compensated of- fensive lineman in the USFL, joined the San Antonio Gunslingers in 1985. But if things were bad in Chicago, they were even worse in San Antonio. “I heard stories of players knocking down the door of G.M. Roger Gill—he was stuck in the window trying to escape the wrath of the team,” Jiggetts said. The relationship between Jiggetts and the Gunslingers didn’t last long. Jiggetts contract proved to be too much for the debt-ridden Gunslingers, and San Antonio sent his salary back to the league office in New York. According to Jiggetts, the league could have succeeded simply considering the suc- cess of cable TV alone. “No question [the USFL] could have been a big success,” Jiggetts said with con- Flutie getting ready in Generals’ camp fidence. “But going after the big-name free- The league took contol of the team and ’84 season around. agents from the NFL hurt the league; it the franchise slipped into its agonizing de- “I convinced Vince it was a great oppor- would have hurt anyone unless they could mise. Images of an empty Soldier Field on tunity for him,” Jiggetts said. “Vince played afford to lose money for a few years.” a rain-soaked March afternoon still haunt his tail off for us that year.” Evans tossed As a former player-rep, Jiggets knew all several Blitz players and coaches. 14 touchdowns for the Blitz in 1984, then about the strong arm of the NFL when it Jiggetts turned to his old friend Vince threw 12 TD’s for the Gold in 1985. came to negotiating. During the trial, Jig- Evans in hopes of turning the disastrous The Blitz finished with a 5-13 record getts wasn’t surprised by the stories of the 62 THE USFL • The Rebel League the NFL Didn’t Respect but Feared “Walter was the greatest friend and teammate anyone could have. If you put a description of what a football player should be, just go back and analyze the career of Walter Payton. thing to do,” Jiggetts remembered. “Wal- ter was the greatest friend and teammate anyone could have. If you put a description of what a football player should be, just go back and analyze Evans the career of Walter Payton. He was the most ferocious com- petitor, but gentle as a lamb off the field, not to mention a great Blitz lose 1983 playoff to Stars 44-38 in OT practical joker.” Even in moments NFL “influencing” the networks to drop This didn’t sit well with Flutie’s new of pain, Walter the USFL if they went throught with the teammates. “I thought it was a shame that found time for hu- Payton move to the fall. some of guys decided they didn’t like Doug,” mor. “The NFL didn’t get to the level of suc- Jiggetts said. “I think guys regret that they “After the press cess it did by being ‘softies’ and ‘nice guys,’” viewed him like they did; they thought he conference, we went Jiggetts said. “They understood the threat was the ‘teacher’s pet.’” to the back of the that was being presented to them and they After the USFL folded, Jiggetts was broad- restaurant to do wanted to limit the ability of anyone that casting a game in Los Angeles when he ran into the one-on-one in- came into their business.” former college coach George Karas. Karas was terviews with the During the mid-1980s, the Bears fran- working for the Raiders’ front office. press,” Jiggetts said. chise won 67 regular and post season games “There was an impending strike within the “I put my hand on between 1984 through 1989, but won only NFL, and Los Angeles wanted Doug Wil- his shoulder, and he Gill one Super Bowl. Jiggetts cites upper level liams, who was picked up by the Redskins said I hit him near management as one of the reasons why the in ’86. I suggested Vince Evans,” Jiggetts his liver. I said, ‘You don’t even know where Bears didn’t become a dynasty. remembered. “We talked through practice your liver is.’ He then proceeded to grab me “There was enough praise to go around, and by the time I got to the hotel, Vince had in a very sensitive area of my body. some people wanted more,” Jiggetts said. called me three times.” Vince wasn’t sure of After Walter’s passing, Jiggetts spoke “The president [Mike McCaskey] of the what to do, but Jiggetts convinced him to get at his memorial service at Soldier Field. “It organization wanted more praise, when it his tail to Los Angeles. Evans did, and played was so strange to realize where you were was Mike Ditka, Bill Tobin and Jerry Vai- with the Raiders until 1995. and why you there; in a place where you nisi, who put that team together.” In 1999, Jiggetts stood by his old friend, had so much joy and fun,” Jiggetts reflect- Another problem the Bears faced was Walter Payton, as the legendary running ed. “He left a legacy and that legacy is more their injury-prone quarterback, Jim McMa- back announced he was suffering from a rare than what he accomplished. When I look hon. Midway through the 1986 season, the liver disease. As Payton spoke to the media, at his young son, Jared, who scored his first Bears brought in Doug Flutie to compete for he started to sob. Jiggetts was there to put NFL touchdown in 2005; it was great to the starting quarterback position with Steve his hand on his long-time friend’s shoulder. see that come about.” Fuller and Mike Tomczak. When Flutie ar- “We worked together on our radio show for “God took him home way too early.” rived in Chicago, coach Ditka invited the three years and when we had the press confer- Jiggetts currently works for Comcast newcomer over for Thanksgiving dinner. ence to announce he was sick, it was the hardest Sportsnet in Chicago. THE USFL • The Rebel League the NFL Didn’t Respect but Feared 63.
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