Official Fire Mark Murphy Thread

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Can't wait anymore for normal channels to open this thread.

He screwed the pooch. He took a long shot and seems to be getting the short end of the stick so far publicly with his young coach.

It could still all work out. If you hire young, you have to train them, or at least, be patient. But I am done giving Murphy the benefit of the doubt.

Finding a great coach isn't easy. Just ask Ted.

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Today's complaint?

Matt Hietpas @MattyHip
#Packers David Bakhtiari on Matt LaFleur’s poor public speaking:
“I will always remember the first team meeting ... I felt uncomfortable for him ... I was like oof, he’s not enjoying this right now.” (Via @ThomaHawkShow)
He added that LaFleur has gotten better since then.

Shane @StPaulShane
Replying to @MattyHip and @ThomaHawkShow
Bill Belichick isn’t the most eloquent speaker either... and he don’t GAF. We’re fine, I like LaFleur a lot, we’ve seen game to game improvement, long season, lets goooooo!


Yep. No difference between pre-Brady Belichick and LaFleur. None at all. Nothing on the resume that stood out about his time as a Coordinator of Super Bowl winning teams (also a Super Bowl participating team).

[call_me_ishmael]

^ Not sure if you're serious or not. In my eyes, Matty was terrible in his opening presser, but he's MUCH better now and doing just fine.

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In other finding a great coach is hard news, we bring you Andy Reid.

Today usafootball's coaching/scouting site has a love letter to Andy Reid and his offense. Topic? Flooding a match zone and getting either an easy read or mismatch with a Post-Wheel four man route combo.

Andy Reid might be the most imaginative play caller in the last 25 years. Know what he cannot do? Manager a game, a clock or his challenges. Know why? Because his nose is in the play sheet. Best offensive mind in football can't figure out basic head coach stuff.

Why hasn't this been fixed? Because no one can tell a good coach that they need to improve. Only Belichick seems to know this and act on it. Sometimes I think Belichick isn't a super genius, he's just self aware enough to know when he screws up, he needs to improve.

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^ Not sure if you're serious or not. In my eyes, Matty was terrible in his opening presser, but he's MUCH better now and doing just fine.

Being good with the public? Kinda important. Sure you can be Belichick, but you better win a SB early to keep getting away from it.

But what I take away from Bach's story is that the man was under-prepared for the job.

[call_me_ishmael]

Andy Reid might be the most imaginative play caller in the last 25 years. Know what he cannot do? Manager a game, a clock or his challenges. Know why? Because his nose is in the play sheet. Best offensive mind in football can't figure out basic head coach stuff.

Why hasn't this been fixed? Because no one can tell a good coach that they need to improve. Only Belichick seems to know this and act on it. Sometimes I think Belichick isn't a super genius, he's just self aware enough to know when he screws up, he needs to improve.

I cannot wait for the inevitable book from Belichick on what makes him Belichick and what his approaches to sustained excellence are.

[RashanGary]

It’s a post longer than I know people care to read, but MLF is growing on me. I’m not all in, but I like how empowered Pettine is. I like how engaged and empowered the defense expresses themselves to be. I like that the STs are better. I like that the offense had gotten better every week.

Packers are 3-1 and trending upward.

Bakh was giving his coach shit. They all do that. Coach gives guys shit too. He said Vitale needed to score on that wheel route, just poking fun. Everyone knows it was a great play from a FB but MLF was giving guy shit. Bakh was doing the same thing.

[Bretsky]

It’s a post longer than I know people care to read, but MLF is growing on me. I’m not all in, but I like how empowered Pettine is. I like how engaged and empowered the defense expresses themselves to be. I like that the STs are better. I like that the offense had gotten better every week.

Packers are 3-1 and trending upward.

Bakh was giving his coach shit. They all do that. Coach gives guys shit too. He said Vitale needed to score on that wheel route, just poking fun. Everyone knows it was a great play from a FB but MLF was giving guy shit. Bakh was doing the same thing.

I'm really happy GB is 3 and 1 but I would not argue we are trending upward.

We were really fortunate to beat the Vikings; if their OC didn't go braindead and allow Cousins to screw the pooch they were ready to run a TD down our throats and our offense was as invisible as Rashan Gary in the second half vs Minnesota

I love that he gives Pettine free reign on defense. I also wonder if that is a part of the reason Marcia Marcia Marcia hired him. Marcia noted how Pettine was high on MLF's list he brought in for the interview.

I do like the defense; I have no more faith in our special teams than I did last year and I blame Marcia Marcia Marcis for f'cking that up by lowballing a salary offer to the guy MLF clearly wanted to lead our special teams.

This week will be telling in Dallas as to whether we are truly trending up or not.

[mraynrand]

I cannot wait for the inevitable book from Belichick on what makes him Belichick and what his approaches to sustained excellence are.

"Do Your Job. But Cheat too."

By Bill Belichick

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"Do Your Job. But Cheat too."

By Bill Belichick

Maintaining An Edge. By Any Means Possible.

[George Cumby]

The Ends justify the Means.

[mraynrand]

The Endzone justifies the Means.

FIFY

[bobblehead]

Being good with the public? Kinda important. Sure you can be Belichick, but you better win a SB early to keep getting away from it.

But what I take away from Bach's story is that the man was under-prepared for the job.

I took it to mean he is a poor public speaker.

Remember at the end of the 1st half M4 calls a TO and then Rodgers uses the 59 seconds he saved to drive the field and put 7 on the board?

How about right after the Eagle player got hurt at the end of the game and we came out of it and called a running play to burn the clock down so that if we did tie it Eagles would have no time to win with a FG?

Fat Mike wouldn't have done either of those things. Both were very smart coaching plays. I am liking M4. I like his approach. I like his record.

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I cannot wait for the inevitable book from Belichick on what makes him Belichick and what his approaches to sustained excellence are.

He is possibly the most brilliant DC in history. You can't teach it. His book will tell you nothing. He sees things others miss. Thats the book.

[Cheesehead Craig]

He is possibly the most brilliant DC in history. You can't teach it. His book will tell you nothing. He sees things others miss. Thats the book.

Didn't ESPN do a show recently with him and Saban and they talk to each other about coaching? That would have been cool to see.