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Post by TW on Jan 29, 2015 10:41:01 GMT -5
I'm sorry. After the way we lost to Seattle, the continuous BS by both teams/players, and McCarthy's ignorance in what's been said since the debacle, I've totally lost interest.
At this point, I'm not even interested in who, nor how, the Packers draft.
I just don't see the Packers having true success as long as the dough boy is our HC.I sure as hell don't consider this past season as anything that resembles success.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2015 11:00:17 GMT -5
I was watching Mike and Mike before work and listened to KFAN on the ride to work this morning and I was thinking to myself - what a joke the NFL has become. All everyone is talking about is Deflategate and Marshawn Lynch being an idiot and how he will get fined for wearing that hat. They also talked about how he will make a fortune selling those hats because of it so he will come out way ahead. Nothing about the game, match ups, strategies etc. Then they play a clip of McCarthy talking about how he will evaluate his staff but stay the course for next year. I have the same negative attitude right now towards the NFL and the Packers. Not even sure if I will watch the game Sunday. I just don't care.
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Post by oakleaf on Feb 2, 2015 16:19:51 GMT -5
I believe McCarthy's a good leader and coach who created and developed an overwhelming team, as evidenced by the first quarter and the first half of the games Green Bay played Green Bay led the NFL in points and point differential. However, as leader of the Pack, I hope McCarthy understands that a great coach knows that "staying the course" is not good enough and that he must continue to learn and grow or he and the Packers will quickly be passed by. He needs to use historical data to identify trends as part of improving the future of himself and the team. A telling trend is that in the final two quarters and second half combined Green Bay went from first in scoring to the middle of the pack. Why? When ahead, McCarthy changes the game plan from an aggressive one to one of "containment" or prevent. If I could coach McCarthy I'd tell him this:
This past year and final game (as well as others where teams battled back in) suggests this trend is an area you can look to improve.
Overcommit towards aggressive play, don't undercommit. Never slack until the dagger has been slipped in... and turned. (For example, against a good team two scores up is not good enough unless there's less than 2 minutes left!) Understand momentum. Our record indicates you understand the hard part of gaining momentum, but trends indicate you give it away too soon. If you have momentum, stick with what got you it. Yes, understand that the opposing coach will use time-outs and half-time adjustments to remove or change momentum. However, only when you feel momentum slipping away do you change from what got you your momentum in the first place to a Plan B you have ready to go. Do not do your opposition any favors by changing momentum yourself by changing the strategy that got it in the first place.
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Post by TW on Feb 2, 2015 16:50:34 GMT -5
McCarthy has to learn to really take the responsibility for what's happening, not say "ultimately I'm responsible," then go on to assess the situation in his own terms and directly or indirectly state it was the players who screwed up by not executing the play the way it was supposed to be executed. That's a cop out.
We all know, in the NFL, plays, formations, and tendencies all play into the hands of the defense when we become predictable, and no matter how well the players attempt to execute the play, they can be overwhelmed by numbers, simply by the defense increasing the pressure at the point they are certain the attack will come.
With McCarthy, you can go over the last several years and find a high level of predictability that a specific formation, specific personnel, and specific results will happen. We've seen defenses totally sell out and Rodgers not having an alternate play in the arsenal because of the players on the field. This always happens when he tries to ice the ball. For some of us, we can see it from the first couple of plays of the second half, if we have a lead.
People can argue it's not true all they want. It's fact. Even announcers and writers are talking about it. They refer to McC as becoming "conservative." When it happens, hold on, we're in for a bad ride.
On defense, we end up in "prevent defenses." They're just a slower way to score, except Capers schemes and personnel choices don't allow for for coverage in the middle of the field and offenses shred us all the way to the end zone.
If you're a good head coach, you correct these problems. McC hasn't even come close to addressing these problems let alone fixing them. He's way too defensive of whatever he decides is best was best, and doesn't seem to learn from his mistakes.
Let's face reality. McC is riding on Rodgers coattails. If he wasn't as good as he is, and as good as he is at changing things at the line of scrimmage and choosing lower level options, the Packers would be a 4 or 5 win team at best. McC can't coach them to a better level.
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Post by oakleaf on Feb 2, 2015 17:37:43 GMT -5
Hope you're wrong, as I agree next year is dependent on McCarthy's ability to admit mistakes, learn and adjust. Or else, this year is as good as it gets as his tendencies are now too predictable and obvious.
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