thank you evad04 for stating what I wanted to, only much more eloquently! I don't have a particularly sophisticated offensive mind, but I at least know that ...

Play get team big yards = coach good (said in neanderthal voice)
or
Play get not many yard = coach bad (said in neanderthal voice)

is not an accurate way to assess the effectiveness of an offense.

MM's playcalling is fine.

For Lions week, I suggest we bag the usual game prep and instead focus on the true core issue holding this team back from it's potential.

Instead of practice, here is the lesson plan for the week.






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No, I don't play a lot of Madden, nor am I asserting that I know anything about NFL offenses. McCathy has designed very good schemes and play designs. In my opinion his play selection, particularly in opening drives, his play calling is at times foolish and seems to bring the overall tempo of the team down. With a quality running back this is not nearly as important, but without a run game his shortcomings become more evident.

I wasn't trying to start up the anti-McCarthy bandwageon, just merely trying to see if others shared the same concern. Clearly many others feel that concern is unwarrented. evad04 I have very little interest in what a self-righteous, arrogant, prick, like yourself, has to say about any of the posts I leave on this board.

I do not care much for personal attacks. Outside looking in I am puzzled at time with the play calling, but I acknowledge I understand very little about the matter.

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MM's playcalling wasn't the problem in this game.

If anything, MM needs to be screaming at everyone for the penalties. I lost count, but how many Cutler INTs were called back by penalties? How many plays were ruined by penalties?

He did make a stupid call on the red flag though.

One thing that I'll say that will be controversial is when da Bears had almost 2 minutes left, I was seriously thinking of letting them have a TD so we can go back and score and put the game into OT. Heck, I could kick a 20 yard field goal. You knew their kicker would make that one.

I was thinking percentages. I trust Aaron to lead a TD drive (as long as Tauscher doesn't hold every time we get a first down) more than us blocking a 20-yard field goal.

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Your kidding me right he is not a very bad play caller it was the players dont blame the coach everytime.MM is not the reason we lost it was are oline and penalties.Stop blaming it on him all the time its a team game we lost because the whole team didnt play well.

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Cutler threw two interceptions that were negated by flags. One more could have been if it was caught.

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I deserve that. I owe you an apology. Truth is, I am as emotional as just about any other poster on these forums. The source of my frustration is mainly the misattribution (as well as disproportionate distribution) of blame. I didn't have any right to say you are an ignorant person. I think you may be slightly ignorant of the Packers offense, but that wouldn't tend to differ with most fans (myself included). I'm sorry.

I do think it is funny how your thread title (or I think the subtitle about taking the clipboard out of his hands) has been changed. Stick to your guns, man. You claim he's a great talent developer but can't call plays. And say as you do that you're not inciting an anti-McCarthy bandwagon, but comments like "McCarthy's offense lacks originality of any kind. period." go some distance to erode that.

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Thanks Kevin.

Completely different game if we didn't shoot ourselves in the foot.

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I might agree with you if I had any idea what you were saying.

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No! why did you push this tread back to the top? I have been trying to bury it ever since the conversation cooled down. Seeing this is no longer going to happen, I changed the title back.

"I don't know how we can really fault Mike McCarthy's play calling overall. This offense's output has been quite impressive considering its lack of a running game. I still think he locks up at key moments, though. His stubbornness in the face of overwhelming odds and evidence is both impressive and infuriating." This comment from another post expresses my sentiments perfectly.

I was not pinning trying to pin this loss at all to McCarthy, which I can't seem to make people understand. I don't like how rigidly he sticks to his game plan and his inability to make game time adjustments. I find myself wondering what mm has done to deserve all the hype he receives. I do not think mm has all of what it takes to be a head coach in the NFL, and I am skeptic as to how much of the packers success he is truly responsible for. Because I am not sure what he is responsible for, I am in no means calling for a HC change at this time...

Once again I know very little about NFL offense and can offer no alternative of my own.

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