It took a week, but the Green Bay Packers have done the right thing.The club announced Monday that they have fired six defensive coaches, including embattled coordinator Bob Sanders. The firings were first reported by the National Football Post, and then confirmed by Tom Silverstein of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Defensive tackles coach Robert Nunn, defensive ends coach Carl Hairston, defensive backs coach Kurt Schottenheimer, cornerbacks coach Lionel Washington, and assistant Kevin Gullickson were also sent packing.
Word from Silverstein is that assistant head coach/linebackers coach Winston Moss, who has interviewed for the vacant head coaching position in St. Louis, was the only defensive coach retained.
What isn't known is what direction head coach Mike McCarthy will go for a new defensive coordinator. If Moss doesn't get the Rams job, he has to be considered a candidate. Silverstein also mentions the possibility of Mike Nolan joining the staff. The former 49ers head coach is said to be friends with McCarthy.
As for Sanders, I'm sure I don't have to tell you that I won't miss him much. Hopefully the new coordinator will play all the guys at the correct positions, and perhaps be capable of squeezing some success out of the group, instead of crafting fourth-quarter failure after fourth-quarter failure.
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1-05-2009 @ 1:23PM
steve said...
i think they should fire mccarthy too. after the titans game, the way he let that slip through by not taking the field goals to win. not to mention the g.m. what the heck are they thinking. 14 million in mid season for a unproven q.b. they had the rest of the season to sign him. come on. hey mike holmgren, we could use a good g.m.
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1-05-2009 @ 2:10PM
Geordi said...
Hey Steve, there's lots of money being spent on less-than-stellar QB's in the division. Just ask Vikings fans.
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1-05-2009 @ 2:40PM
jg said...
Favre's revenge! Ha! The Pack without him really sucked this year.
BTW-After the last games both Pennington and Romo had this year, NO ONE should be pointing fingers at Favre. The Jets need to work on their front line and defense. The Pack has never had a great defense going back to the late 1990's. Will the firing's help? Maybe.
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1-05-2009 @ 5:45PM
Hector said...
theyre nothing without Brett Favre thats why they fired the coaches cuz they needed an excuse on why they didnt make the playoffs!!!!!!
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1-05-2009 @ 5:45PM
Hector said...
JUST FIRE THE WHOLE TEAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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1-06-2009 @ 2:53AM
mike said...
rodgers proved himself in my opinion...4000+ yds passing...28tds....only 13 pics...compare that to favre...eeek...favre didnt play to hot in the last part of the season...i like rodgers...they packers scored points...their defense just put them in a position that made it extremely hard to win week after week...i think the packers are doing a good thing in firing basically the whole defensive coaching staff...we have playmakers...kampman...woodson...collins...barnett....hawk....picket....they just weren't coached to play to there potential...
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