McCarthy and "Close Games"

[mmmdk]

I predicted that Alan Babre would beat out College for the LG spot in camp this year. I own that shame. You also owned up to crackin' on MM in the other tread, I respect that. I think that I told you so's is part of a good forum, I can eat my mistakes, but i like to toss around things as well. Mainly I just like to rub it in to the over react to everything crowd.

Many people think that the packers should win every game by 3 scores and if they don't MM and TT suck. People seem to not understand that other guys get paid to. I never mind addressing a good honest tough question, but i just lose patience for "Sarah Palin is a Joke" or "MM can't win a close game" with no evidence other than raw emotion. I can't stand "TT should trade a 3rd for Lynch" when no other GM in the entire NFL would....that makes TT a moron. I hate "MM called a horrible play on the last play...no way Flynn can make that throw" because they think it would be smarter to run into the 9 guys in the box than attack single coverage downfield. Yea, I'm enjoying the win :P

Thanx bobble! Good post. I read it and I respect this response. Your [other] remarks made me "online" mad and I in "real" life this never happens.

I look forward to visiting Lameau in '11 or '12 - the world is just greater face-to-face.

Thanx again, bobble.

[vince]

bobblehead is on a crusade...ban the f@cker. What did you ever predict?

I'd call it a good roll more than a crusade, but whatever...

[mmmdk]

I'd call it a good roll more than a crusade, but whatever...

Yeah, Ok!

[retailguy]

I can't stand "TT should trade a 3rd for Lynch" when no other GM in the entire NFL would....that makes TT a moron. I hate "MM called a horrible play on the last play...no way Flynn can make that throw" because they think it would be smarter to run into the 9 guys in the box than attack single coverage downfield. Yea, I'm enjoying the win :P

Actually, I saw multiple news commentaries last weekend that New Orleans was willing to give up a 3rd, otherwise I agree largely with your rant.

As to McCarthy? Some of the criticism remains valid if you ask me. He called a phenomenal game yesterday, kept Atlanta off their toes for the entire game. His last 4 have been quite good actually. But those good games, don't make the Miami game, or the Washington game better. They still sucked. (I can give a mulligan for Detroit because of what happened to Rodgers).

I actually find myself agreeing with Justin Harrell that McCarthy has "grown up" in the last few games. (Imagine me agreeing with Harrell? lol) We'll see if it sticks. If it does, we've got a great head coach for years to come, if it doesn't, I suspect I'll still read denial after denial after denial that he "isn't that bad".

PS - I am enjoying the win today also. 'Tis a good day in Packerland...

PSS - I've predicted plenty that turned out not true, and also have no issue admitting it and moving on... But, I've predicted some things that have come to pass also, funny how those things get forgotten...

[mraynrand]

Thanx bobble! Good post. I read it and I respect this response. Your [other] remarks made me "online" mad and I in "real" life this never happens.

I look forward to visiting Lameau in '11 or '12 - the world is just greater face-to-face.

Thanx again, bobble.

Say "Hi" to Mario for me.

[Fritz]

This will be a great test of MM's game planning abilities. I believe his offensive line is not very good compared to the Bears' defensive line, and MM is going to have to figure out how to work around that problem.

[MJZiggy]

This will be a great test of MM's game planning abilities. I believe his offensive line is not very good compared to the Bears' defensive line, and MM is going to have to figure out how to work around that problem.

Not to be a smartass, but won't he do that the same way as he did two weeks ago? I'm just sayin'

[bobblehead]

Oh yea, I'm going there.

Fucking MM can't win ONE SINGLE close game in the playoffs. Fucker is likely to win the superbowl by 25 points just to prove he is incompetent.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Oh yea, I'm going there.

Fucking MM can't win ONE SINGLE close game in the playoffs. Fucker is likely to win the superbowl by 25 points just to prove he is incompetent.

Why? McCarthy once again failed to win a close game. (Remember that a close game is arbitrarily defined as a game won by 4 points or fewer.)

[mmmdk]

Oh yea, I'm going there.

Fucking MM can't win ONE SINGLE close game in the playoffs. Fucker is likely to win the superbowl by 25 points just to prove he is incompetent.

Not sure what you're really saying but I add this: Packers, collectively, made it a close game versus Bears yesterday and nearly lost a sure win by fucking their own minds up. Almost happened in Philly twice this season as did the the totally pounding of Patriots and that game was lost. This worries the objective fan!

[LEWCWA]

I think the Pack made the game close yesterday by playing very vanilla all the way around the 2nd half! I think the ultra conservative approach was by design, as they didn't want to get beat by def. or ST play and didn't believe a 3rd stringer could beat them. The Bears just have a knack for muddling up games and it happened again. This is just their style and it works for them. Seems like they aren't doing a damn thing, an wala, there they are driving for a winning or tieing score. It all worked out in the end, but they sure made it alot scarier than it had to be!

[Lurker64]

I think the Pack made the game close yesterday by playing very vanilla all the way around the 2nd half! I think the ultra conservative approach was by design, as they didn't want to get beat by def. or ST play and didn't believe a 3rd stringer could beat them. The Bears just have a knack for muddling up games and it happened again. This is just their style and it works for them. Seems like they aren't doing a damn thing, an wala, there they are driving for a winning or tieing score. It all worked out in the end, but they sure made it alot scarier than it had to be!

You're missing something very important. A game can only be close if the final margin is 4 or fewer points? A 5-point victory, like the one over the Eagles, is not a close game... nobody with the Packers can take any credit for that.

[Joemailman]

Not sure what you're really saying but I add this: Packers, collectively, made it a close game versus Bears yesterday and nearly lost a sure win by fucking their own minds up. Almost happened in Philly twice this season as did the the totally pounding of Patriots and that game was lost. This worries the objective fan!

Maybe fans expect too much. It's hard to put a team away, especially in the playoffs. The Steelers had a 21 point lead at halftime, at home, and were hanging on for dear life at the end.

[mmmdk]

Maybe fans expect too much. It's hard to put a team away, especially in the playoffs. The Steelers had a 21 point lead at halftime, at home, and were hanging on for dear life at the end.

Good point!
Yet what I saw in the Falcons game part 1 versus the Falcons game part 2...I'd want to take the latter approach for the pedigree of my team. But you can coach either way. What do you prefer?

[denverYooper]

Good point!
Yet what I saw in the Falcons game part 1 versus the Falcons game part 2...I'd want to take the latter approach for the pedigree of my team. But you can coach either way. What do you prefer?

They blew a couple of good shots in Bears territory with one freak INT and one bad decision by Rodgers. Either one of those and the Packers would have gone up 3 scores. Also, they took one killshot down the sideline (when Rodgers got his lip blown up). I don't think the game was called much differently once they were up and Mac said that he was trying to get up 3 scores, they just hit everything in the Falcons game where they didn't in the Bears game.