Mike McCarthy Retires His Sharpie: Clements Promoted to Playcaller

[mraynrand]

Perhaps they don't have the horses (or oxen) to improve, but I wonder if they've brought in Solari to try and improve that.

He's not a physician, is he? Couldn't it just have been that Sitton and Lang were injured in such a way as to primarily affect drive blocking?

[Joemailman]

He's not a physician, is he? Couldn't it just have been that Sitton and Lang were injured in such a way as to primarily affect drive blocking?

I don't know if it's really been the Packers strong point though.

[mraynrand]

If true, I give Stubby all the credit in the world.

Obviously, all was not right with the status quo. A team cannot suffer the collapse we did in the NFCC and not try to prevent the same thing from happening in the future. It's typical that upper management wanted to look at the collapse as an aberration. They're satisfied with success. Stubby actually believes his own press clippings. His goal is a Super Bowl win and last year he was as close as he could come to a Super Bowl...and failed. Big time.

As all good leaders do, he took charge of the situation and shook things up. He wants more accountability in phases of the team he had neglected in the past.

Stubby swallowed his ego and did what he thought necessary to reach his goal.

Great stuff. So great I might even stop calling him Stubby.

...Nah, Stubby it is.

Yes it will always be Stubby - his seemingly unyielding stubbornness is his greatest attribute and sometimes his achilles heel.

Can't blame 'em TOO much for the collapse - after all they were on Lombardi time and thought the game was already over.

[th87]

I can't prove this, but it probably would've been better to take shots at the end zone as soon as we got inside the 20, instead of slowly matriculating the ball down the remainder of the field. As the offense gets closer, the field shrinks for Rodgers, there is no Finley, and we're still not good enough to pound it in.

[gbgary]

I can't prove this, but it probably would've been better to take shots at the end zone as soon as we got inside the 20, instead of slowly matriculating the ball down the remainder of the field. As the offense gets closer, the field shrinks for Rodgers, there is no Finley, and we're still not good enough to pound it in.

this pretty much.

[pbmax]

I can't prove this, but it probably would've been better to take shots at the end zone as soon as we got inside the 20, instead of slowly matriculating the ball down the remainder of the field. As the offense gets closer, the field shrinks for Rodgers, there is no Finley, and we're still not good enough to pound it in.

That may very well be true, but I would suspect McCarthy doesn't agree.

[Smidgeon]

What I thought was a funny quote from M3's presser:

I don't see Eddie as a slow starter. Based on the things I read, the play-caller just needs to give him the damn ball in September. His first year, he made a huge impact for our football team. The number of tackles he broke was the highlight of his rookie season. Year 2, the ability to play first, second and third down was impactful for us. The focus was to get him the ball more in the passing game. Very smart, instinctive player. The understanding he has of our protection schemes. I think Eddie made the big step you look for.

Quite astute. And now you know he pays attention to what's being written about him and his team.

[mraynrand]

I can't prove this, but it probably would've been better to take shots at the end zone as soon as we got inside the 20, instead of slowly matriculating the ball down the remainder of the field. As the offense gets closer, the field shrinks for Rodgers, there is no Finley, and we're still not good enough to pound it in.

Packers didn't have the four/five vertical threat they used to that allowed them to create gaps in the coverage. And defenses play back more. But they did have the pass protection to do it.

[Pugger]

[QUOTE=mraynrand;828497]Yes it will always be Stubby - his seemingly unyielding stubbornness is his greatest attribute and sometimes his achilles heel.

Can't blame 'em TOO much for the collapse - after all they were on Lombardi time and thought the game was already over.[/QUOTE]

[Smidgeon]

Didn't want to start a new thread, so I'm putting this here.

M3 certainly is confident about his football team:

The Packers have a statistical breakdown that McCarthy called "the 16 principles of championship offense and defense."

"We hit 13 of the 16 on offense," McCarthy said. "And the three that we didn't get, I think we were like one play or two plays off. So you know, if we could play at this level of offense from here on in, it will be the best offense pro football has seen."