Here's an excerpt from the Pompei article...
In the draft room on the morning of May 3 were team founder George Halas, general manager Jim Finks, assistant to the general manager Bill McGrane, head coach Neill Armstrong, scout Jim Parmer, Tobin and Vainisi.
The Dolphins chose tight end Ronnie Lee with the 65th pick, and the Bears were on the clock. Tobin’s heart started racing. Finks kept telling Tobin it was a lock the Bears would get him in the third round.
Vainisi took the magnet with Montana’s name on it from the bullpen area of the draft board. He placed it with the Bears’ other picks — Dan Hampton, Al Harris and Ricky Watts.
As the Bears neared the end of their allotted time, Finks spoke. “Put him back in the bullpen,” he said, according to Vainisi. “Let’s talk about this some more.”
Bob Avellini had taken the Bears to the playoffs two years before. Finks thought Vince Evans had potential. And the general manager had not given up on Mike Phipps, for whom he had traded a first-round pick. “We would be muddying the waters with another quarterback,” Finks told the others.
Then Finks expressed concern about the depth at running back behind Walter Payton. “Who’s the best running back left?” he asked. Their highest-rated remaining back was Willie McClendon from Georgia.
After some deliberation, Finks announced the Bears were taking McClendon. “Bill Tobin almost had apoplexy,” McGrane said before his death in 2015. “He was beside himself, sick he didn’t get Montana.”
Finks became a Hall of Famer, but it was not a Hall of Fame moment.