He is an attorney who was brought on to handle the stadium deal, not deal with football operations. He handled the Vikings stadium a few years ago. He is not a football guy, and even if he does get involved there is no track record of him being able to build a competent football operation.
I think if you look at a lot of Team Presidents you will find most had roles that werent scouting or whatever you think a team presidents background should be. There is a reason why when the rumors came out of Kevin Warren replacing Ted Phillips it was universally applauded by the Bears. Chiefs President came from ticket sales as well as getting events set up at the stadium. Eagles president was a finance guy with the Eagles. Dolphins presidents main job when he started was to get naming rights for their stadium. Most Team Presidents have similar backgrounds to Warren, if not less background than him. Being with the Rams, Lions, Vikings, and Big Ten Commissioner gives him a lot of connections with a lot of people and that is what is important for the position. As opposed to Ted Phillips, who was team controller, director of finance, and all other positions within Bears and Bears only. At this point Kevin Warren at least deserves the chance to make things right with this organization and is the only glimmer of possible optimism we have that things may be different.