More Banjo: @ Seahawks NFC Championship ***k Up

[pbmax]

True...but Hogwash......MM has shown over the years he'll turn conservative over the years. I'm not saying he's right or wrong. He plays the odds. And they almost always win when he does. Just not today.

He was aggressive this year with a healthy QB. He has gone four minute offense too early before, but this year he was on a roll.

[mraynrand]

C'mon Vince.

How many times do you need to see Slocum's units screw up before you fault him for it? 438? 671? We've got to be getting close by now, aren't we??

They didn't screw up kicking 5 FGs, forcing a fumble, pinning Seattle deep over and over.

[King Friday]

This is probably too extreme. Packers had a lot of things solved for 55 minutes.

So you disagree that what failed today is an extension of the same mistakes we've seen continuously over the last year or more? I thought McCarthy was going to get some of that shit fixed? He apparently didn't...and it failed him when he decided to conservatively milk the clock and hope his defense and special teams could be counted on.

[King Friday]

They didn't screw up kicking 5 FGs, forcing a fumble, pinning Seattle deep over and over.

Special teams lost the game. They gave up a TD on a fake FG that they should've been expecting was very possible that gave Seattle life...and couldn't grab an on-side kick to win the game.

[vince]

It undoubtedly does NOT always work. And when it does not I share in the blame. Today we went 2-1. The two teams we barely beat IMO were better than the team we lost to. I take part of the blame there

When patterns formulate...with the same coach..over and over....it's not hard to find justifiable blame

You can blame yourself until you're blue in the face for every mistake but that doesn't make you right about where the blame lies. There isn't a coach in human history that could coach up a team of 5th grade girls to perform perfectly.

I agree that a change is overdue with the Special Teams coach, even though I'm completely in the dark about how much blame actually lies with Slocum. Shit ain't right? Blame the coach. That's pretty easy. Shit ain't right a lot? Probably more likely my stab-in-the-dark guess about the real effectiveness of the coach is more accurate.

[woodbuck27]

Green Bay Packers @packers 1m1 minute ago
HC Mike McCarthy at the podium:
Very proud of our football team... season-long growth as a team. #Packers

Green Bay Packers @packers 6m6 minutes ago
McCarthy: Congratulations to the Seattle Seahawks. #Packers #GBvsSEA

Green Bay Packers @packers 5m5 minutes ago
McCarthy: Seattle made the big plays when they needed to. #Packers #GBvsSEA

Green Bay Packers @packers 4m4 minutes ago
MM: Our defense gave us many opportunities with the turnovers.
#Packers #GBvsSEA

Then he got:

[Harlan Huckleby]

You can blame yourself until you're blue in the face for every mistake but that doesn't make you right about where the blame lies. There isn't a coach in human history that could coach up a team of 5th grade girls to perform perfectly.

Gene Hackman or Walther Matthau

[pbmax]

vince is starting to win me over.

[woodbuck27]

Vince nailed that one.

Yes he did.

[woodbuck27]

From a pbmax post #10

" ProFootballTalk @ProFootballTalk 13m13 minutes ago
Mike McCarthy: I'm not questioning my play calling http://wp.me/p14QSB-9GK5 "



Was Mike McCarthy in some shock after the game? He seemed to be in shock during it.

How can that man make such a stupid response after he clearly called a pathetic game offensively. Mike McCarthy called it like a coach would if he expected to lose. I'll take what this situation obviously gives me.

Those two FG calls early sucked out loud ! Forget the muffed call on the Richard Sherman pick. He left 8 more points on the board by not having any guts.

The call to throw over Richard Sherman in the end zone to Devante Adams wasn't a high percentage play as he should have been well aware of how Aaron Rodgers arm was. Aaron didn't look sound in this game. He looked frankly spaced out. His passing was terrible.

Clearly Mike McCarthy is to be held mainly responsible for this loss. He's the Head Coach.

Mike McCarthy took his foot off the gas pedal over and over and over and again ! He was far too passive in his play calls. He called that game ...scared !

Wait .....is this a flashback ! Ohh right ....we've been right here before.

Posters here are always so quick to jump all over the ST coach. Why is Slocum the ST coach if he doesn't have the approval of Mike McCarthy!? If you want Slocum released that's on Mike McCarthy.

It's the same Ole same Ole again. Mike McCarthy gets upstaged in a challenging matchup. If you want to see another Green Bay Packer win you cannot support Mike McCarthy as the Packers HC and seriously believe in Aaron Rodgers and Green Bay Packers and another Super Bowl.

It comes down to reality and this question:

How high are your expectations?

It's simply put and either or situation. THE TRUTH IS:

We're stuck with Mike McCarthy and his happy little family of Packer coaches.

[pbmax]

Woodbuck, you cannot question the playcalling publicly after a loss. That just undermines confidence further. You do this with your season end post-mortem in house. Not in public. If you make changes, you talk about them in the Spring.

SOP.

[pbmax]

Wes Hodkiewicz @WesHod 48m48 minutes ago
CM3 said "medley of things" caught up w/ him late. Worked w/ trainers to get back "I have enough time to rest now so dont feel sorry for me"

[Bossman641]

OK, let's count the one play that could have turned the game un-losable.

1. Kuhn scores on goalline
2. Lacy scores on goalline
3. Cobb catches low slant but still gets first down
4. Quarless catches the 3rd down pass
5. Blown coverage on Lynch's wheel route that put them on the 9 yard line.

Rodgers hits Nelson on the out route in the end zone.

[pbmax]

Rodgers hits Nelson on the out route in the end zone.

OK, let's count the one play that could have turned the game un-losable.

1. Kuhn scores on goalline
2. Lacy scores on goalline
3. Cobb catches low slant but still gets first down
4. Quarless catches the 3rd down pass
5. Blown coverage on Lynch's wheel route that put them on the 9 yard line.
6. Rodgers hits Nelson on the out route in the end zone

#6 hurt. He was open but stumbled a bit. That split second might have put the ball right on his outstretched hand.

[Bretsky]

OK, let's count the one play that could have turned the game un-losable.

1. Kuhn scores on goalline
2. Lacy scores on goalline
3. Cobb catches low slant but still gets first down
4. Quarless catches the 3rd down pass
5. Blown coverage on Lynch's wheel route that put them on the 9 yard line.
6. Rodgers hits Nelson on the out route in the end zone

#6 hurt. He was open but stumbled a bit. That split second might have put the ball right on his outstretched hand.

WASN'T THERE A INTERCEPTION MISS BY HAHA AS WELL ??