Reading some of the falcon's forums yesterday and they were bemoaning the fact that their GM hasn't come up with many "immediate impact" players. At once I thought "Well that's not how you make a great team, you draft and develop."

That points to Ted Thompson as a great talent evaluator and Mike McCarthy as a developer of that talent. I think Mike McCarthy can get the best out of his players over the long term.

(But I also wish he was more aggressive during games.)

Originally Posted by: azrunning 

"He's always talking about how we have to start fast. He said that we have to have that knockout punch," Driver said of McCarthy. "He said we haven't [thrown] the knockout punch yet. He's a big boxing fan -- he shows a couple clips of this guy, that guy -- and says we have to start knocking guys out... He's making sure he knocks out every team we play. He's bringing everything we got. He's bringing the whole kitchen sink."

I still think he's holding us back. LOL. I know, I know. We won the Superbowl. To me, that's more about Ted Thompson being able to stock this team with players. And Dom Capers putting it together on defense. MM's the weak link in that trio, IMHO. Yeah, he's a great QB guru. The QB school is awesome. I just think that there's something about his teams where they sometimes feel like they're stumbling over themselves. There are too many "ugly" sequences in games. Too consistently.
HOWEVER, Mike McCarthy can redeem himself in my eyes. We are now beginning the second quarter of the season. This is where his teams have always shit themselves. Let's see if we can get some consistent football out of these guys. If we don't have to verge on playoff elimination before just squeaking in by the skin of our teeth, I will shout MM's praises from the rooftops. Deal?

Originally Posted by: nerdmann 

I still think he's holding us back. LOL. I know, I know. We won the Superbowl. To me, that's more about Ted Thompson being able to stock this team with players. And Dom Capers putting it together on defense. MM's the weak link in that trio, IMHO. Yeah, he's a great QB guru. The QB school is awesome. I just think that there's something about his teams where they sometimes feel like they're stumbling over themselves. There are too many "ugly" sequences in games. Too consistently.
HOWEVER, Mike McCarthy can redeem himself in my eyes. We are now beginning the second quarter of the season. This is where his teams have always shit themselves. Let's see if we can get some consistent football out of these guys. If we don't have to verge on playoff elimination before just squeaking in by the skin of our teeth, I will shout MM's praises from the rooftops. Deal?

Originally Posted by: nerdmann 

No deal. You are wrong. [middle finger]

Originally Posted by: evad04 

LOL, I love you man.

Originally Posted by: nerdmann