Will Packers make a run at Pat Fitzgerald?

Zero2Cool
Elite Member Topic Starter

6 years ago

No. Apparently he's a Bears fan. And someone commented that he's said he'd only leave to coach Bears. Screw this guy.

The head start that the Packers secured by firing coach Mike McCarthy with four weeks left in the regular season allowed Green Bay to court, and to interview, candidates not currently tied to other NFL teams. That has resulted in reported interviews with candidates like former Colts/Lions coach Jim Caldwell and former Colts coach Chuck [more]

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Rockmolder
Honored Member

6 years ago

Pretty interesting option.

Jason La Canfora wrote a pretty positive article about the Packers having to go after Fitzgerald far before news broke of this interview. It's more than a bit slanted and almost goes into full blown fanboy style at times, but hearing what other people in the NFL are saying about him does excite me a bit.

I know that from 1978-2005 Northwestern won 96 games, and I know that, if they beat Utah in San Diego at the end of this month, they will have equaled that total in just 13 seasons under Fitzgerald. Trust me, in a year very short on hot candidates and can't-miss guys in the coaching world, he is as close to one as possible to just that from the college sphere.

"Total stud," as one long-time NFL scout put it. "I would hire him in a minute. But he's never leaving Northwestern."

"Everything about him would play in the NFL," said another NFL decision maker. "But I don't think that's what he wants. He's not going anywhere"

"He would be at the top of my list," said one NFL personnel man with a team considering a coaching change. "But I don't think we'd have much of a chance to get him. It's a lot like David Shaw at Stanford. Are they ever going to really leave?"

Maybe so. Maybe not. I recall hearing a lot of the same things about Jim Harbaugh before he eventually left Stanford for the 49ers.

gbguy20
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6 years ago

Thanks Rock.

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Mucky Tundra
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6 years ago

Interesting quotes from the other NFL people. Granted, it might be the only 3 people saying those things but it's interesting. I've never heard much about Fitzgerald before the coaching search began and before this article everything I had read painted him as a college coach successful on a budget but nothing special for the NFL.

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