As a sports fan, I find this quote fits the situation in Green Bay today. The Packers fired their head coach because they felt the team was underperforming and Mike McCarthy wasn't doing enough to get the team ready to play this season.
I honestly feel that Mike McCarthy sealed his fate last year when he stuck with a bad defensive coordinator and a horrible backup quarterback.
The Packers didn't take the chance to sign Colin Kaepernick last year because they put their faith in a "Preseason God" that turned out to look more like Dudley Dooright then a competent quarterback. The Packers defense didn't look good for years but McCarthy stuck with Dom Capers.
I don't get to make the important decisions when it comes to the NFL roster of the Green Bay Packers, but I do get the right to gripe about the poor decision making that the Packers make from time to time.
Some of the experts said the Packers should have fired McCarthy after the debacle in Seatle where the Packers blew a 16 point lead and missed the Super Bowl. That game took place in 2014 but the hangover is still felt today.
But Mike McCarthy's Packers always seemed to make the mental mistakes that good teams don't make. This year the mental mistakes just piled up and so did the loses. Special team mistakes this year cost the Packers at least three games, but the coach stuck with his kicker and his special teams' coach.
These mistakes by the former coach might get fixed at his next stop, but they were enough of a hindrance to cause him to lose his job.
Sure, Aaron Rodgers looked horrible this season. He can't throw a simple pass to save his life this year. Rodgers looks old and looks like he doesn't have the arm strength he once had and he definitely worries too much about throwing interceptions. He is risk-averse and lacks the arm strength to make the throws he made two years ago. Mike McCarthy should have adjusted his playcalling to make up for the deficiencies of the highest paid quarterback.
We as fans want to blame someone, but there is a lot of blame to go around in Green Bay. They stuck with Ted Thompson for too long and most of his draft picks aren't even on the roster today. They stuck with Dom Capers when their defense looked horrible. They make some questionable calls when it comes to personnel. You can't pay your quarterback a ton of money and stick with a porous offensive line.
Mike McCarthy should of, could of, and well, now he is unemployed. Will he go to the Cleveland Browns and turn that franchise around? Is there a chance he ends up in Pittsburg? It will be interesting to see what team takes a chance on the guy.
At the end of the day, I felt that Mike McCarthy was done in Green Bay and he was done with Aaron Rodgers because he did nothing to protect the overpaid drama king of Green Bay. Aaron Rodgers onfield pouting set a tone for this season and Rodgers used the media to mock his coach. He just seemed to have enough and seemed to be looking towards next year in a way that seemed too obvious to old Packers fans.
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