Quote Originally Posted by Joemailman View Post
The path was interesting.. After 4th and 26, Sherman needed a scapegoat for the loss so he canned Donatell and hired Slowik. That pissed off McKenzie who refused to play for the Packers. Bob Harlan became concerned about the effect the GM job was having on Sherman's coaching when Sherman was missing practices to deal with the Mckenzie situation. Sherman traded McKenzie for a 2nd round pick. to New Orleans. Ted Thompson was brought in as GM and drafted Nick Collins with the pick the Packers got for McKenzie.
The Slowik hire was a catastrophe as was the instruction to blitz like crazy.