I also don't quite understand why Murphy cannot see the similarities to other situations in which someone like, say, Martha Ford, really likes a coach, like, say, Jim Caldwell, so when she hires a new GM, one of the conditions is that she'd, you know, rather not see Caldwell fired. So the GM's hands are tied, especially when the guy goes 9 - 7 in Detroit (that's like 11 - 5 in Green Bay). Then he has to give the guy an extension, only to see the Leos limp to an 8 - 8 record despite Stafford being healthy for all sixteen games, and then he has to can Caldwell and start again.

If you're going to start over, then start over. The only way I can understand how Murphy is doing things in such a half-assed way is if he talked to Aaron Rodgers and heard from him that McCarthy really, really ought to stay - that Aaron didn't want to start over with a new coach.

Even then, it's a bit hard to understand. If Rodgers really does intend to play for another five or six years, he ought to know MM won't be around that long, and that now's the time for a new start.