Ding Dong McCarthy is gone

[mraynrand]

Partial got you there. He has the Packer Hall of Fame listed.

Pretty sneaky sis.

I don’t care. Thought it was ‘potential’ hall of fame.

Arguing based on packer hall of fame is lame.

[Bossman641]

We'll never forget you Mark.

In all honesty I'm not sure what they accomplish by firing him now but whatever.. he gets an extra 4 weeks of vacation.

[Joemailman]

Classless. Terrifying. I have zero confidence in Mark Murphy. That fact plus the new org structure sort of puts us in uncharted territory. I have faith in Googer and I hope he is given full control of all things football at the end of the season, including having Ball report to him and choosing the next coach.

How stupid is this to fire a PHOFer mid-season? What’s the upside? He’ll inevitably have a street after him. He deserved the Coughlin/Reid treatment, not the Hue Jackson Browns treatment. This is fucking embarrassing and extremely concerning.

I wonder if his PC had something to do with the firing now. He seemed to hint that maybe he knew he had lost the team

"I've never been in this spot," McCarthy said after the game, per Brian Jones of 247Sports. "I'm not going to act like I know what the hell I'm gonna do tomorrow when we get in here. But we're going to do what we always do. We're going to represent the Packers the right way."

[pbmax]

https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/nfl/packers/2018/12/02/twitter-reacts-packers-firing-mike-mccarthy/2187476002/

Kevin Seifert @SeifertESPN
Sparing Mike McCarthy a month’s worth of rumors, plus the indignity of playing out the string, strikes me as a respectful outcome. It’s OK to do things differently from the way they have always been done.

Peter Bukowski @Peter_Bukowski
I just hope #Packers fans realize and appreciate Mike McCarthy was and currently is the best coach in NFC North history. That's not even up for debate. It's objective fact.



Hal Habib @gunnerhal
Wow. Packers not wasting any time scrubbing their site following McCarthy era.
6:38 PM - Dec 2, 2018

Justus Cleveland @JustusCleveland
So the question is do Packer fans now turn their anger on Rodgers? Capers, Thompson and McCarthy are all gone. Some patience is going to be needed to rebuild, but the fan base doesn't really have a lot.

A. YOU ARE BEHIND AS ANGER ALREADY EXISTS AT RODGERS. NEW COACH WILL GET A HONEYMOON. WHOEVER YOU ARE, THIS IS BOG STANDARD, COMPLAIN ABOUT THE FANS, DUMB

Gerry Callahan @GerryCallahan
Troy Aikman, cliche machine, says Mike McCarthy deserved better. McCarthy was head coach in Green Bay for 13 years. He won one Super Bowl. How long did he deserve, Troy? Fourteen years? Twenty?

KC Joyner @KCJoynerTFS
I just got through posting that no NFL team would want to hire Mike McCarthy. And then someone pointed out that Cleveland will have an open head coaching job. The Browns would be foolish enough to hire him, so there is that caveat.

The Falcoholic @TheFalcoholic
Mike McCarthy is not going to be the OC of the Atlanta Falcons thank you for asking

THIS GUY IS LIKELY AN IDIOT

Adam Schein @AdamSchein
Mike McCarthy had a great run. Name will go into ring of honor. Inevitable it was over. Bad year. Can’t lose to Cards at home. Feel terrible Ted Thompson never gave him big time talent around Rodgers. Will be desired HC.

WHO WANTS TO TELL ADAM ABOUT THIS?

sportsfreak217 @sportsfreak217
Hey Adam have you ever watched a packer game before

Adam Schein @AdamSchein
The Browns or Jets would be lucky to hire Mike McCarthy.

Ragnarok Lobster @eclecticbrotha
Jay Glazer reporting other coaches around the league are outraged about the way Mike McCarthy was fired. That doesn't bode well for a front office looking for a coach to replace him.

I BET THERE IS SOMETHING TO THIS. GOOD REASON TO AVOID THEM TOO.

[Guiness]

But Rodgers wasn't the only guy on offense out there today that played like shit. How many guys dropped catchable balls today? Why did Aaron Jones disappear for long stretches again? Having a messed up O line didn't help either.

A. Jones mostly disappeared when he was pulled from the game and Williams was rushing. 1 or 2 series in the 3rd quarter and another in the 4th I believe?

Packers passed 50 times, rushed 18. Cardinals are ranked 30th in rush defense. Aaron Jones leads the league in yards/attempt.

[Guiness]

J
Steve Czaban @czabe
Tony Dungy is visibly shook by the McCarthy firing. “You just don’t do that to a SB winning coach in the middle of the season.” Oh for f***’s sake people!

IN NO WAY DO I ENDORSE ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT CZABAN, WHO IS NORMALLY A DUMBASS OF COWHERD PROPORTIONS

Dungy up on his high horse, dispensing advice

[ThunderDan]

I think Mark Murphy is putting himself in trouble. He needs to stay out of Gute’s way and let him pick his coach.

[Fosco33]

I called for mid season firing on Oct 8th. Waited a season too long and we all knew it... and wasted another year of Arod.

[esoxx]

It wouldn’t shock me if it was on purpose.

If true, Rodgers should be inducted to the Asshole HOF immediately.

[beveaux1]

Packers have not fired a coach during the season since 1953. Not during the late 60s, the 70s, the 80s, or the early 90s. They didn’t fire Rhodes during the season. They didn’t fire Sherman during the season, not even during his 4-12 season with Favre at QB. I don’t even understand the argument that they want to start their coach search early. They can’t hire anyone during the season, and they can’t even interview until the playoffs start.

Nobody could convince me that they haven’t already started a list of people they want to interview or that they couldn’t do it while letting MM run out the string. This is kind of sad...and crappy.

[George Cumby]

Yeah, all the way.

This is a huge opportunity.

We should change that stupid "triangle of authority" set-up Murphy instituted at the end of last season (after canning TT)

Goot hires the coach. The coach reports to Goot & Goot reports to Murphy.

Similarly, the coach hires his staff. Pettine should get a shot at the DC job (like all the assistants their shot to interview)

The new broom should also sweep the roster. There were so many guys who were lesser talents with an NFL job. Starting over is a chance to get rid of a lot of dead wood.

I like that we made this move early.

Now we have to pick the brightest light out there to lead us back home.

Yup.

'Cause if Murphy fucks this up, we are headed back to the future of the '70's and '80's.

[call_me_ishmael]

Ragnarok Lobster @eclecticbrotha
Jay Glazer reporting other coaches around the league are outraged about the way Mike McCarthy was fired. That doesn't bode well for a front office looking for a coach to replace him.

I BET THERE IS SOMETHING TO THIS. GOOD REASON TO AVOID THEM TOO.

Peanut Butter,

My dude, normally you are spot on on most things and I find you very easy to agree with. But this. No no no. This I cannot get behind.

It was a chicken shit thing they did to McCarthy. Ted Thompson NEVER would have done that. Howie Roseman NEVER would have done that. John Mara would NEVER have done that.

The folks in here are too biased and uninformed to recognize the truth: Mike McCarthy, for better or worse, record wise is one of the top 20-30 coaches in NFL history. In this business you are exactly what your record is. Mike McCarthy is a winner.

I 100% believe it was his time to go, but after the season. It should have been handled in a classy way. The Eagles put a video montage and celebrated Reid on the website (https://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/...9bb2963f4.html). The Packers wasted no time purging him from their site.

We're in uncharted territory here and I am very nervous about it. No Harlan, no wolf, and the only guy with ties to the old guard is a GM who's power has been neutered. I am very concerned, to be frank.

[texaspackerbacker]

Just because the record for his 13 years was probably among the top 20 or 30 for that long a period in NFL history, that doesn't make McCarthy that great a coach any more than it makes Ted a great (or even good) GM. Having the world's greatest QB tended to elevate the reputation of both, but the fact is, neither one maximized things. Getting rid of McCarthy before the end of the season may not have been necessary, but it sends a message that somebody in a position of power recognizes his contribution for what it was.

[call_me_ishmael]

Umm my dude - do you remember the hot garbage ARod looked like pre-MM? Same could be said for Favre. MM gave Favre an additional 5 year window after everyone thought he was done, and MM made ARod into a star. Notice that once the rumors of a poor relationship with the coach began, ARod has looked like shit consistently.

[Sparkey]

Murphy says he will consult with Gutekunst, but it will be his decision as to who they hire as the next head coach of the Green Bay Packers