Hypothetical Next Coach of the Green Bay Packers

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This is not going to end well.

Tom Silverstein @TomSilverstein
New from JSOnline and PackersNews: Packers still planning Pat Fitzgerald pitch while arranging other coaching interviews http://bit.ly/2LHOXcm #Packers

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Is JSO actually reporting we have a source on both their schedules and we can report they COULD talk Wednesday?

It’s possible Murphy and Fitzgerald will talk as soon as Wednesday to gauge whether there’s interest to move forward with an interview. Both sides might agree the timing isn’t right.

Well, I am sold. Mike F***ING Kafka.

Fitzgerald would have to come up with some assistant coaches he was certain he could bring with him to Green Bay. One assistant to keep an eye on would be Kansas City Chiefs quarterbacks coach Mike Kafka, who played for Fitzgerald, served as a graduate assistant for him and has been under the tutelage of Chiefs coach Andy Reid the last two seasons.

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Without the Murphy connection, Fitzgerald wouldn't even be considered.

I fear Murphy is in love with Fitz and may make an offer he can't refuse.

I will then light a torch and head to Lambeau. PB, you bring the pitchforks.

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Without the Murphy connection, Fitzgerald wouldn't even be considered.

I fear Murphy is in love with Fitz and may make an offer he can't refuse.

I will then light a torch and head to Lambeau. PB, you bring the pitchforks.

Got it.

I say we burn Murphy in effigy and nominate KYP to be President and CEO.

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Got it.

I say we burn Murphy in effigy and nominate KYP to be President and CEO.

Works for me.

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You think this is really telling you something until you get to the word "could" and you realize its all a dream.

Zachary Jacobson @ZachAJacobson
Spoke to a source close to the #Packers’ organization tonight who told me that Josh McDaniels is currently the one clear-cut leading candidate to be the team’s next head coach and could have a deal in place as early as within the next two weeks.
from December 30, 2018

Mike Chappell @mchappell51
Pretty sure I've seen a tweet like this before. Maybe 10-11 months ago. Had something to do with Indy and McDaniels being not only the clear-cut favorite but having an agreement in place and there was a press conference scheduled and . . . well, we know how that ended.

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I would cross ol' Jason off your list of people dialed into the Packers.

Jason McIntyre @jasonrmcintyre
31 Dec 2018

Jason McIntyre @jasonrmcintyre
Following up on Adam Gase: He's going to choose between the Browns, Jets & Packers. He'll meet with all three and pick between Baker, Darnold & Rodgers. I give GB slight edge


Rivers McCown @riversmccown
I’m actually not surprised that Gase has all this helium given how well-regarded he seemed to be after 2015.

But putting the offense Gase used in Miami with Aaron Rodgers is like baby proofing the home when your youngest child is 15.

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I'll be relieved when Gase signs with somebody else.

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Without the Murphy connection, Fitzgerald wouldn't even be considered.

I fear Murphy is in love with Fitz and may make an offer he can't refuse.

I will then light a torch and head to Lambeau. PB, you bring the pitchforks.

Fitz seems pretty steady on staying at Northwestern.

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Pat Fitzgerald is considered to be a top candidate to land the Green Bay Packers head coaching position. But he does not want to hear any of that. On Monday, the head coach of the Northwestern Wildcats led his team to a 31-20 victory in the Holiday Bowl in San Diego. After the game, Fitzgerald was asked about his future with the program.

“Hashtag Go Cats, man, Fitzgerald said via Wildcats sideline reporter Adam Hoge. "I’m not going anywhere. This is home forever.”

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Fitz seems pretty steady on staying at Northwestern.

On the scaled of strong and believable denials, Fitzgerald is an amateur.

http://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=2705288

So on Thursday, Saban -- who has tried to denounce the story about him potentially going to Alabama numerous times in recent weeks -- again, and adamantly, denied that he's headed back to the college ranks.

"I guess I have to say it," Saban said. "I'm not going to be the Alabama coach."

When the stories linking Alabama and Saban began circulating last month, almost immediately after Shula got fired following a 6-6 season, the former coach at Louisiana State said he was flattered but not interested.

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I believe that Fitzgerald isn't leaving NW. He's finally got brand new facilities, his recruiting is only going to get better and he loves being at his alma mater. Add in that he's an Illinoisian (loves everything in that hellhole of a state) and currently is in year 2 of a 10 yr contract, it's all a lot of hubbub over nothing, IMO.

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I believe that Fitzgerald isn't leaving NW. He's finally got brand new facilities, his recruiting is only going to get better and he loves being at his alma mater. Add in that he's an Illinoisian (loves everything in that hellhole of a state) and currently is in year 2 of a 10 yr contract, it's all a lot of hubbub over nothing, IMO.

I agree. If Fitz wasn't a previous Murphy hire, I doubt these rumors would even exist.

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I believe that Fitzgerald isn't leaving NW. He's finally got brand new facilities, his recruiting is only going to get better and he loves being at his alma mater. Add in that he's an Illinoisian (loves everything in that hellhole of a state) and currently is in year 2 of a 10 yr contract, it's all a lot of hubbub over nothing, IMO.

This is the sane take. JSO has been mining the Murphy/Fitz connection to pump out clickable content. I haven't seen any real information indicating any confirmed action towards making this happen, not even as much as a "sources say".

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I agree. If Fitz wasn't a previous Murphy hire, I doubt these rumors would even exist.

I thought they were just rumors concocted by deadline enfeebled writers who were reading the wikis for Gutekunst and Murphy too.

But Silverstein, even though the headline does oversell the story, seems to have a reason to believe they want to talk to him.

I still think its likely bunk because whatever Spoon knows he cannot even couch as normal reporter sourcing. There is no quote, source or unnamed source about the Packers determination to interview Fitzgerald, its just stated affirmatively like he promised someone they wouldn't even be mentioned in the story. This story as a prediction opinion piece would not vary at all from its current state. So its impossible to tell who is providing this.

Which makes me think its bad info and probably someone else's conjecture.

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This is the sane take. JSO has been mining the Murphy/Fitz connection to pump out clickable content. I haven't seen any real information indicating any confirmed action towards making this happen, not even as much as a "sources say".

Exactly. Its weird and I guess there is an editor who needed an article to highlight over New Years.