A week after the Green Bay fired Mike McCarthy, the Packers found a rhythm on offense and beat the Atlanta Falcons 34-20. It was definitely a feel good win in interim head coach Joe Philbin’s debut. They mathematically kept their slim playoff chances alive and demonstrated some heart. In a week that was anything but…
Commonly, teams bounce back the week after firing their head coach, due to a newfound sense of urgency, willingness to what to improve and other extenuating reasons. But normally a team does not come out and play as well as Green Bay did after firing their head coach of 13 seasons. But here we are,…
It’s a new era in Green Bay. For first Sunday in 13 seasons, the Green Bay Packers have a new head man on the sidelines running the team. Not to mention calling the plays. Joe Philbin comes down from his ivory tower to be interim Head Coach after the Mark Murphy fired Mike McCarthy after…
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…
As the Green Bay Packers set upon their search for a new head coach to replace Mike McCarthy after 13 years on the job, there are plenty of opinions out there as to what kind of coach they need to hire: “They need a quarterback whisperer, so that we don’t waste any more of Aaron’s…
While the Green Bay Packers loss to the Arizona Cardinals officially ended any slim hopes of a playoff push, while also ending the tenure of Mike McCarthy, there are still a lot of things to keep fans engaged for the rest of the season. I’m most excited to see how the young players perform the…
The day had finally come. Mike McCarthy is no longer the Head Coach of the Green Bay Packers. 13 years is a long time to be in one job. In professional football, 13 years is an eternity. McCarthy did not become a bad coach overnight. Just like with players, sometimes a change in scenery is…