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Why is Mike McCarthy still HC of Pack?

millerforrest

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Why is bubble headed Mike McCarthy still the coach on this team? His clock management skills are the worst! His play challenges are *** backwards! He challenges ones he shouldnt & he doesnt challenge the ones he should! He & he alone has cost Packers many if not all the close games they have lost in the past 4 seasons!
 
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Is that really true? I'm not a Packer fan, and I'll admit I don't watch too many of their games, but he's always struck me as a pretty decent head coach. What examples do you have of his mismanagement? Perhaps, I just don't have enough info.
 
Wow, I thought he had a brilliant game plan against the Pats. The fact that they were in the game at the end when N.E. was a 2 TD favorite speaks volumes. The on side kick at the get go set the tone for the game. To go against Bill B. at his house with a non-name QB and be that close was great coaching in my book. Not really a Packers fan, but put a lot of credits on the Pats and was worried til the end.
The only mistake he made was not having his young QB schooled for the last play.
 
This year has been disappointing, but that's what happens when injuries harm your team. When healthy, the players McCarthy has are a very dangerous team. I was expecting a blowout on Sunday, but we still played well even without our star QB. And hey, beat the Giants next week, we're still in the playoff picture, even with all the injuries. Most teams would've crashed and burned earlier in the season with the amount of injuries we've had
 
millerforrest said:
Why is bubble headed Mike McCarthy still the coach on this team? His clock management skills are the worst! His play challenges are *** backwards! He challenges ones he shouldnt & he doesnt challenge the ones he should! He & he alone has cost Packers many if not all the close games they have lost in the past 4 seasons!
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be specific here... if you're saying the Arizona game last year that was a freak play and there was nothing that coulda been done.. granted that last drive was **** and i was ****** but i thought he had an awesome game plan for Flynn
 
The real question is, is how is there 3 people in this thread that are fans of the Packers and Suns?
 
How many injuries has he had to deal with this year? If he pulls off the NE game and gets to the playoffs he's one of the favorites for HC of the year.
 
As a Die-hard Packer fan, I agree 10000% with the OP. McCarthy HAS to go. Every one of the Packers losses this season can be directly tied to his **** poor game management in the 4th Qtr.

Loss #1 vs. the Bears: 18 penalties, botched challenge in the last two minutes, horrible clock management lets Bears kick a fg on the last play to win.

Loss #2 vs. Redskins: Blow a 13-3 lead late in the 4th qtr, terrible time management leads to Crosby missing a 55 yard fg on the last play. Lose in OT.

Loss #3 vs. Dolphins: ( I did not see this game because I was out of the country, but they lost in OT again, go figure)

Loss #4 vs. Falcons: Fails to challenge obvious drop by Gonzales on 4th down...drive results in TD. Runs 3 QB sneaks in a row from the 1 yard line and results in 0 pts. Kickoff team allows a 50 yard runback with under a minute left to set up winning FG for Atlanta

Loss #5 vs. Lions: Train wreck from the start, offense scores 3 pts on one of the worst defense in the NFL. Fails to convert 2nd and 1 on last drive, results in turnover on downs to end game...calls deep pass to jennings on 4th and 1 on last drive.

Loss #6 to Patriots: Kickoff team allows 70 yard kick return by an offensive lineman. Has first and goal from the 1 yard line, runs three consecutive fb dives into the pile, results in FG. Atrocious clock managment on final drive with young QB leads to running out of time at the 17 yard line.

And that's just this season. McCarthy is 10-21 in games decided by a TD or less...that is awful. The Packers should be no worse than 11-3 right now even with all the injuries, he has to go.
 
To expand on my last post, starters that have missed time include:
Nick Barnett, IR
Morgan Burnett, IR
Brandon Chillar, IR
Jermichael Finley, IR
Ryan Grant, IR
Brad Jones, IR
Mike Neal, IR
Brady Poppinga, IR
Mark Tauscher, IR
Aaron Rodgers
Donald Driver
Charlie Peprah
Clay Matthews
Frank Zombo
James Starks

MM has done more with less this season, the way he has handled this barrage of injuries and still have the Packers at 8-6 is amazing.

By the way, Matt Flynn almost ended the Pats ridiculous home win streak the other night, because of the coaching (Mike McCarthy).
 
AlleyAddict said:
To expand on my last post, starters that have missed time include:
Nick Barnett, IR
Morgan Burnett, IR
Brandon Chillar, IR
Jermichael Finley, IR
Ryan Grant, IR
Brad Jones, IR
Mike Neal, IR
Brady Poppinga, IR
Mark Tauscher, IR
Aaron Rodgers
Donald Driver
Charlie Peprah
Clay Matthews
Frank Zombo
James Starks

MM has done more with less this season, the way he has handled this barrage of injuries and still have the Packers at 8-6 is amazing.

By the way, Matt Flynn almost ended the Pats ridiculous home win streak the other night, because of the coaching (Mike McCarthy).
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Correction, he WOULD HAVE ended the winning streak if not for Mike McCarthy and his 4th qtr game managment.
 
shawn_200m said:
As a Die-hard Packer fan, I agree 10000% with the OP. McCarthy HAS to go. Every one of the Packers losses this season can be directly tied to his **** poor game management in the 4th Qtr.

Loss #1 vs. the Bears: 18 penalties, botched challenge in the last two minutes, horrible clock management lets Bears kick a fg on the last play to win.

Loss #2 vs. Redskins: Blow a 13-3 lead late in the 4th qtr, terrible time management leads to Crosby missing a 55 yard fg on the last play. Lose in OT.

Loss #3 vs. Dolphins: ( I did not see this game because I was out of the country, but they lost in OT again, go figure)

Loss #4 vs. Falcons: Fails to challenge obvious drop by Gonzales on 4th down...drive results in TD. Runs 3 QB sneaks in a row from the 1 yard line and results in 0 pts. Kickoff team allows a 50 yard runback with under a minute left to set up winning FG for Atlanta

Loss #5 vs. Lions: Train wreck from the start, offense scores 3 pts on one of the worst defense in the NFL. Fails to convert 2nd and 1 on last drive, results in turnover on downs to end game...calls deep pass to jennings on 4th and 1 on last drive.

Loss #6 to Patriots: Kickoff team allows 70 yard kick return by an offensive lineman. Has first and goal from the 1 yard line, runs three consecutive fb dives into the pile, results in FG. Atrocious clock managment on final drive with young QB leads to running out of time at the 17 yard line.

And that's just this season. McCarthy is 10-21 in games decided by a TD or less...that is awful. The Packers should be no worse than 11-3 right now even with all the injuries, he has to go.
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So who do you think they should hire? I hear Brad Childress is available.

Shut up, him and Thompson have built a great team. Stop being so quick to pull the trigger on him when, as Packers fans, we have been lucky to have a great football team over the past decade.
 
McCarthy will get a break this year because of the injuries, but I will be mad if Shawn Slocum isn't fired.
 
shawn_200m said:
Correction, he WOULD HAVE ended the winning streak if not for Mike McCarthy and his 4th qtr game managment.
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Correction, he's the reason the Packers were even in the game to begin with. To defer the coin toss and kick an onside kick to begin the game was a genius tact to get a young team fired up for a game they should have gotten pounded in. It was a young QB making his first start not knowing what play to run in a hurry up offense that hurt us at the end. If you want to blame McCarthy, fine, but I hope the Packers' front office isn't as blind as you are.
 
This part of the fanbase has been very vocal ever since TT and MM "ran Favre out of town." Honestly, I have never understood it. He is doing the unthinkable this year with the amount of starters on IR and having them control their own destiny for the playoffs.

As far as the challenge arguement, there is a challenge tracker on ESPN's NFC North blog that keeps track and last I checked McCarthy was the best in the North with 60% overturn rate. (May or may not say much to lead the North in that category but 60% is pretty good)

I agree with the poster that said Slocum has to go, his special teams are always a complete mess and it obviously isn't getting any better.
 
AlleyAddict said:
So who do you think they should hire? I hear Brad Childress is available.

Shut up, him and Thompson have built a great team. Stop being so quick to pull the trigger on him when, as Packers fans, we have been lucky to have a great football team over the past decade.
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Really? we've had a "great" team over the last decade? What exactly has made it so great? Since 2000 they've won exactly 3 playoff games, have never been to a Super Bowl and have lost a ton of close games...what about any of that was great? If you want to blindly follow McCarthy and TT into mediocrity, be my guest.
 
millerforrest said:
Why is bubble headed Mike McCarthy still the coach on this team? His clock management skills are the worst! His play challenges are *** backwards! He challenges ones he shouldnt & he doesnt challenge the ones he should! He & he alone has cost Packers many if not all the close games they have lost in the past 4 seasons!
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Are you being serious? I really can't tell. If you are serious about criticizing the job that McCarthy has done, then you don't know what you're talking about.

Being a good coach takes more than just clock management skills. I will admit that he has made some questionable decisions late in the ballgame a couple of times this year. The Bears game for instance was a complete joke.

Regardless, he has done a remarkable job of even getting his players to be in those types of positions. The injuries to this Packers team have impacted some of our key positions and key players.

Injuries for Packers 2010:
Johnny Jolly- done for season
Ryan Grant- done for season
Nick Barnett- done for season
Jermichael Finley- done for season
Mark Tauscher- done for season

and Rodgers going down with a concussion, which caused Flynn to be thrown in against the Pats.

I know all teams have injuries, but these are some key players to this Packers team. Losing Finley, IMO, was the biggest loss for the team. With the injuries this team has suffered, I think McCarthy has done a great job just getting this team to be in close ballgames like they have been, and still fighting for a playoff berth.
 
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