Wow. I'm not trying to be a Mike McCarthy homer, but I think the rationale for the Mike McCarthy-hatred is way off. He lit into the team v. buffalo and look how they responded. The team was arguably the hottest in football last year going 7-1 after a slow start.
They had 1 awful game, but guess what, only THREE, teams in the NFL are undefeated right now, you think they didn't have mind-numbing moments of idiocy that cost them games? Should 29 coaches be handed out pink slips this morning?
"musccy" wrote:
Yeah, it's ridiculous. The Packers loss one game and now we should sacrifice Mike McCarthy to the football gods in hope of Vince Lombardi riding down on a white horse to save the season.
The offense moved the ball up and down the field against the Bears. They did so against Buffalo in the second half. That's six quarters of productive football. However, nobody can overcome the amount of penalties and the special teams play the Packers put on the field against Chicago.
The best offense in football is New Orleans and they haven't scored 30 yet. The season is a marathon and not a sprint. Much as the Packers won't score 30 every single game, they aren't going to commit as many penalties they did against the Bears in every game as well.
People also underestimate what McCarthy did last year. He went from being a coach who wanted to go down the field in the first half of the season to spreading the field and calling shorter passes in hopes that would setup the deep ball later in the game as well as the running game. In other words, he changed his approach.
Coaches don't do that or most of them dont. Mike Martz isn't doing anything different in Chicago for example and he won't even if Greg Olsen begins to feel left out. Yet, McCarthy did last year. That more than anything has me feeling fine about him as a play caller. Don't get me wrong, I have gripes, but not enough to attend any upcoming sacrifices.
Well, unless we lose to Detroit in Lambeau.