McCarthy on VERGE of signing contract extension!

[4and12to12and4]

I hope Favre decides to come back very soon. Especially before FA starts. We are in a great position to snag any FA we want. Many will want to come to Green Bay if Favre comes back for next year.

[VegasPackFan]

Yes, and typically when you have a good, contending team, FA's who are looking for the ring will sign with you for less. You can get a few guys that arent in it for the money.

[Scott Campbell]

Right about now I'd like another 5 years or so of the Ted and Mike show.

[MadtownPacker]

I was onboard with M3 from the gate (I might have even coined the "M3" name with my "Feel the power" sig) but he is gonna make it really $$$ to get tickets next season. Kinda pissing me off.

[motife]

They shouldn't be so hasty. Brad Childress may be available.

[pack4to84]

They shouldn't be so hasty. Brad Childress may be available.

Thank God Purple People wouldn't let him leave Min. when we where looking for a coach back then.

[MJZiggy]

They shouldn't be so hasty. Brad Childress may be available.

Thank God Purple People wouldn't let him leave Min. when we where looking for a coach back then.

I gotta think that once he met with him in person, TT would still have made the same call, but of course there's no way to know for certain. I just think TT would have known when he had the right fit, and obviously he now has it.

[LL2]

I hope they annouce it this week so it will not be an issue anymore and reporters can't keep asking about it. He deserves it. He's the winningest Packer's coach since Lombardi. Replace Holmgren Way with McCarthy Way!

[Ballboy]

Time frame of this is really crappy....why have to answer questions about this(ie Press Conf from 1/13) rather than the game itself.

Who-ever in the Packer organization is doing this should be fired.......I agree he deserves the $$, but just not at this point in the season.

[The Leaper]

Who-ever in the Packer organization is doing this should be fired.......I agree he deserves the $$, but just not at this point in the season.

I agree, although I'm fairly certain that Green Bay wasn't looking for this to be out publically. Getting a deal hammered out behind closed doors with agents is one thing. Blabbing about it is quite another.

McCarthy isn't going anywhere. He's a coach that doesn't seek the limelight, and Green Bay is a perfect fit for him.

No point in even bringing this up on the public record until AFTER the season is finished.

[MJZiggy]

I didn't know this. He has been there before!!

From Mike McCarthy's Jan. 4 press conference:

"I told them the story about my first year in the National Football League as a rookie assistant coach. We played in the AFC Championship Game and went to the Pro Bowl. I thought this is great stuff. Pro football is awesome. I haven't been back since."

[MJZiggy]

While I'm at it, on Matt Hasselbeck:

What, the story in Minnesota? I think it was a Monday night game, and there was a fake field goal and if I recall, he threw the touchdown to Jeff Thomason. Do you remember the play? Matt went in to celebrate and he jumped up and missed the pile and landed on his face. So, I'm sure you could dig it (the footage) up. It was pretty comical.

[TheRaven]

It is interesting timing - if a player was working on an ext right now, he would be blasted by all for worrying about it during the playoffs.

However, it is a bit different for coaches - there really aren't many restrictions on grabbing someone else's coach, so you gotta lock them up when you can.

I also don't mind if this becomes a topic rather than the game - from that aspect, it could benefit the team and take pressure off them and put it on the coach. What coach wouldn't love to be able to do that before a NFC Championship game?

I certainly don't think TT, or anyone, should be 'fired' for doing this as someone previously stated. All the good this organization has done from top to bottom and you want to fire someone for signing our wildly successful young coach to a long term deal?