Greetings, and welcome back to what I call, “The Packers Multiverse.” As I said last episode, to get away from the repetitive speculation of the offseason, I wanted to do something fun. In each episode, I will be taking a piece of Green Bay Packers history, and twisting it a little, or a lot. We […]
Mike Holmgren
The Packers Multiverse Ep. I: What if we Drafted Barry Sanders?
The Goal each Season in Green Bay, Super Bowl!
All Green Bay Packer fans know the goal each season for our Packers, is to win the Vince Lombardi trophy. The current culture in our society has become soft with “effort” superseding winning. I’m not sure when it changed, but I’m guessing sometime in the 90’s. I taught my children to always put forth a […]
Jim Harbaugh, Coaches, and the Cult of Personality
Finger Prints of the Holmgren Years Were Apparent in the Eagles Super Bowl Victory
Bringing Pederson’s Career Full Circle Last night in Minneapolis Minnesota, the world saw Philadelphia Eagles head coach Doug Pederson’s career come full circle from super bowl champion backup quarterback to super bowl championship-winning head coach. Pederson was able to draw upon his experience as a super bowl winning player as well as from his experience […]
Pederson’s Packers Prediction Proves Prophetic
July 2017. Training camp. Throughout the NFL, the most laughable pre-camp statement was uttered by Doug Pederson, head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles. Coming off his rookie season as a head coach, with his Eagles finishing 7-9, Pederson stated the following: “I look back at my time in Green Bay as a player when we […]
Questioning Mike McCarthy’s Legacy
There are few coaches in the history of the Green Bay Packers who have the resume Mike McCarthy does. An 80-42 regular season record (.656 winning percentage), franchise best 15-1 record in 2011, two trips to the NFC Championship Game and a Super Bowl title are just a few of the highlights of McCarthy’s seven year run […]