Official Fire Dom Capers Thread

[Teamcheez1]

From Demovsky over at ESPN.com:

Packers veteran defensive coordinator Dom Capers on how much longer he wants to coach: "As long as I enjoy it. I enjoy the competitiveness of it, and the relationship with the players. So as long as I enjoy it."

[Iron Mike]

I'm on board with DC "retiring" this off season.....as of yet, no one has mentioned a possible replacement for him, though.

Let me throw out a few names, and tell me what you think.

--John Butler

https://www.buffalorumblings.com/2017/1/11/14236628/john-butler-sean-mcdermott-bills-texans-assistant-ties-to-mcdermott-could-be-defensive-coordinator

--Perry Fewell

http://www.jaguars.com/news/article-JaguarsNews/Perry-Fewell-named-secondary-coach/15adcc3f-e2d1-4503-921f-178304271086

--Mike Pettine

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/football-insider/wp/2017/01/09/redskins-interview-former-browns-head-coach-mike-pettine-for-defensive-coordinator/?utm_term=.35a1124a46cd

[Rutnstrut]

He will have to retire. Stubby will not fire him.

[Bretsky]

Biegel and Fackrell were supposed to replace a declining Peppers. Perry was supposed to play. Lowry and Clark were supposed to have breakout years.

Nada.

Just that thought has me LMAO

They could not replace Datone Jones...who you left off

Thanksted

[mraynrand]

Just that thought has me LMAO

They could not replace Datone Jones...who you left off

Thanksted

Well, they are OLBs and Jones really is a DE, despite the position move. Jones' position move was a last desperate act to try and save Jones' career. Obviously it didn't work. I Think Jones was reasonably replace by Lowry. That's a slight upgrade, right now.

[wist43]

Capers ain't going anywhere... and we'll be right back here next year having these same conversations.

[mraynrand]

Capers ain't going anywhere... and we'll be right back here next year having these same conversations.

nobody's forcing you to come back

[Rutnstrut]

nobody's forcing you to come back

There has to be a few realists around to keep you kool-aid addicts in check.

[denverYooper]

There has to be a few realists around to keep you kool-aid addicts in check.

It's sort of ridiculous to talk about what is realistic on a fan forum. Being a fan implies some level of suspension of realism, whether you choose to interpret your team's actions pessimistically or optimistically. I personally choose to enjoy the long-term success of many wins over the last 20 years, though I'm always disappointed for a few hours when the Packers bow out for the year without a title.

I generally feel like pessimistic fanship is generally providing the fanalyst a fallback position, to make the ultimate loss more palatable: they told you so! Every organization on Earth that consists of more than one person has warts that can be focused on, so there is always a flaw to be picked out and amplified into absurdity as the ultimate reason that a season (or project) has failed.

For the most part, I think most on this site deal with it "realistically", as much as that is possible. I don't see anyone saying there shouldn't be changes made. Some just are interested in discussing more of the angles that make the changes that need to be made more complicated than binary hire/fire players or personnel decisions.

And Capers needs to go . I'm ready for changes on the defense.

[call_me_ishmael]

The beat writers seem to think it's a foregone conclusion that he gone. Good riddance! Who is the best young coordinator in the NFL is the question? I want simple schema that enables fast play and not-so-smart guys able to contribute early.

[denverYooper]

The beat writers seem to think it's a foregone conclusion that he gone. Good riddance! Who is the best young coordinator in the NFL is the question? I want simple schema that enables fast play and not-so-smart guys able to contribute early.

The beat writers these days mostly just ride the wave of click-based fan sentiment. Funny enough, the current approach of measuring reaction based on click data is "a simple schema that enables fast play and not-so-smart guys able to contribute early" in the journalistic realm.

[pbmax]

“This” turned out to be Newton throwing to halfback Christian McCaffrey running uncovered over the middle for an easy touchdown while the Packers bungled a coverage they had worked on during the week.

I have Tweeted at him, but I cannot find the reference to any coverage of what the coverage that they worked on during the week was supposed to look like versus McCaffrey.

Anyone else see it?

As ishmael says elsewhere, Spoon has climbed aboard the Capers gotta go bandwagon: http://www.packersnews.com/story/spo...ers/977755001/

[pbmax]

Never mind, it was in the article:

A perfect example of the lack of chemistry was McCaffrey’s 7-yard touchdown catch. Inside linebacker Blake Martinez and safety Josh Jones had tight end Greg Olsen and McCaffrey, who ran complementary routes. Both Martinez and Jones went with Olsen and McCaffrey was left wide open.

“We practice it through the week,” inside linebackers coach Scott McCurley lamented with pain in his voice. “It was a top concept in what we do and we didn’t get it executed between he and Josh in there.

This kind of thing is why I suspect its the assistant coaches as much as Capers. But are their skills lacking or does Capers assume they know more than they can teach? Is the scheme so complex that a rookie and 2nd year player cannot remember it even if well taught during the week?

Those are the answers you need.

[pbmax]

Jones has 663 snaps under his belt this season, so inexperience isn’t much of an excuse. He wound up chasing an underneath route that one of his teammates had covered in simple man-to-man coverage.

“That kind of exemplifies the consistency which we haven’t been able to play,” Capers said. “We haven’t played as consistent as we’d like to play.”

Is it Jones is just a rookie playing two positions and mastering neither (strong safety and Nitro).

[mraynrand]

There has to be a few realists around to keep you kool-aid addicts in check.

says the guy who evacuates his bowels every week in the gameday thread.