Growing Respect For McCarthy

[Bretsky]

I believe we are talking about MM only.


Not at all. Who HIRED McCarthy?
Who assembled the talent - young talent?
And who has managed the salary cap so effectively?

Thread has focused on MM's leadership but I notice you always like generalizing; truth be told MM could give TT some lessons IMO and if TT had been more direct early on in this process and taken some of the tact MM did this mess would have been a heck of a lot better

Just wondering, B. Do you think this would have turned out differently if MM was the GM?

ABSOLUTELY

[motife]

Grace under pressure.
Some demonstrate it on the playing field only - nice.
Watching McCarthy demonstrate it in life - pricelss.

are we going for the John Facenda award?

[motife]

don't forget "Rich Corinthian Leather".

[Spaulding]

In some shape or form I almost feel sorry for Brett in that it appears his family is very heavy handed. From his Brothers, to obviously his agent Bus and even his wife Deanna, they in many ways seem to be the driving factor to this whole fiasco.

I can already envision, TT and Favre discussion retirement and/or coming back and the conversation going okay with Brett being pretty laid back and not entirely sure what he wants. TT gets off the phone and thinks, well that wasn't too bad of a conversation so he thinks the dialog is good. Brett on the other hand gets off the phone and his family yelling in his ear that he's a HOF quarterback and that it's HIS job and he is the Packers. Brett's mind frame changes and next you know he's flat out pissed and feeling disrespected and/or not wanted.

Seriously, I understand family plays a stake in life decisions but it seems to me that much of this whole fiaso can be attributed not only to to TT and Brett but even more what should be Brett's support structure.

[cpk1994]

don't forget "Rich Corinthian Leather".

Nothing tops Ricardo Montalban.

[mmmdk]

I believe we are talking about MM only.


Not at all. Who HIRED McCarthy?
Who assembled the talent - young talent?
And who has managed the salary cap so effectively?

Thread has focused on MM's leadership but I notice you always like generalizing; truth be told MM could give TT some lessons IMO and if TT had been more direct early on in this process and taken some of the tact MM did this mess would have been a heck of a lot better

Just wondering, B. Do you think this would have turned out differently if MM was the GM?

ABSOLUTELY

B, are you sying Brett would be playing for the Pack? I'm so not sure (if that's the case); that can of worms was bound to happen. I don't think MM would resemble Shermy and "buy" all the players Favre wanted - dance to the Favre-beat. No way! McCarthy would have traded Favre a LOOOONG time ago. TT built this team and Favre made TT fumble and drop the Favre-child on the floor - TT is a bad parent but a good GM. McCarthy is a darn good coach and a great teacher/parent; McCarthy could've handled the Favre-child accordingly and moved on all the same - just quicker.