The Green Bay Packers have spent the last thirteen seasons under coach Mike McCarthy. After another disappointing season and a lack luster offense, President and CEO Mark Murphy made the choice to fire McCarthy after a horrid showing against the Arizona Cardinals mid season. The season was well over for the Packers, and so began…
Christmas. A time for family, a time for joy, a time for the inane and laughable. Wait, Jake? When did you become a scrooge all of a sudden? Because it amazes me how people react to the smallest piece of news when it comes to head coaching vacancy for the Green Bay Packers. I am…
I love this time of the year. Driving down the snowy streets of Green Bay basking in the Christmas decorations and lights spread across the town. Being with family, opening presents, firing up my favorite Christmas movie, and collecting another NFC North divisional ti…wait a second. The Packers were eliminated from the playoff picture to…
Buzzwords are the core of sports journalism nowadays. Networks use them, sports “analysts” use them – even fanbases are now accepting them There is one word that should never be involved in the same sentence involving the Green Bay Packers. Never. “Tanking.” It was a simpler time back when fanbases believed that word was on the…
Well…this is new. In the 100 seasons that the Green Bay Packers have been a franchise, never have they fired a head coach midseason until last Sunday after the worst home loss in 20 years. Losing to a 2-9 Cardinals squad who has not won at Lambeau since 1949 when they were…in Chicago! Mike McCarthy…
Optimism. It’s a word that fans use to keep themselves positive about their team. Unfortunately, the Packers fanbase (I’m guilty) had used it for the last few seasons. From Aaron Rodgers telling fans to R-E-L-A-X on Milwaukee radio to him saying the Packers would “Run the Table.” Don’t get me wrong, Green Bay was in…
You ever had deja vu? I was asked that by someone close to me this week and for some reason, I started thinking about the “Fail Mary” on Monday Night Football in 2012, the 2014 NFC Championship debacle, and Brandon Bostick (I may need to drive out to the country and scream). Also, tonight is…