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NFL: Packers fire head coach McCarthy after 13 seasons
OAN ^ | December 3, 2018 | (Reporting by Andrew Both in Cary, North Carolina; Editing by Nick Mulvenney/Peter Rutherford)

Posted on 12/03/2018 11:46:19 AM PST by Red Badger

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1 posted on 12/03/2018 11:46:19 AM PST by Red Badger
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green bay had become peyton place. the next coach has got his work cut our for him; kiss aaron rodgers’ butt, or have him sabotage you, and get you fired.


2 posted on 12/03/2018 11:48:56 AM PST by JohnBrowdie
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Sounds like aaron is a cry baby.


3 posted on 12/03/2018 11:50:57 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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GB Management is unlike any other team in the NFL.

Owned by the Town.

Politics is involved, bigly...............


4 posted on 12/03/2018 11:51:56 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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and an A$$hole to boot............


5 posted on 12/03/2018 11:52:26 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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125-77-2...........he won’t have a hard time getting another gig.

He’s got a head start on all the others that will be gone at the end of December.

This is the time of year the NFL plays ‘Musical Coaches’...................


6 posted on 12/03/2018 11:54:09 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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And that putz Marvin Lewis continues to thrive in Cincinnati. Lewis and Bengal management have made so easy for me to swear off the NFL.


7 posted on 12/03/2018 11:56:18 AM PST by hardspunned
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p03
8 posted on 12/03/2018 11:57:26 AM PST by Snickering Hound
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To: Red Badger

True, they are owned by stockholders, which is unique in the NFL.

I think they have a board of directors, as any publicly traded company has.

I think I heard the NFL no longer permits such an ownership structure, that they grandfathered in the Packers.


9 posted on 12/03/2018 11:57:54 AM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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Should have fired Mike Murphy as well...clean house and start over. Love my Packers but the wheels really came off the bus this year.

In other news, in this post McCarthy era, the sun came up, the birds are singing and the troubles of the NFL have very little impact on my life. : )
10 posted on 12/03/2018 11:59:16 AM PST by The Louiswu (MAGA)
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dunno. he had existential problems with his last all-word qb, too. sounds like he has god issues.


11 posted on 12/03/2018 12:00:44 PM PST by JohnBrowdie
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*all-world.

goddam ios autocorrect.


12 posted on 12/03/2018 12:01:06 PM PST by JohnBrowdie
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I’m not a Packers fan, but one bad year and you’re toast?

Didn’t even let him finish out the season.

I’m betting he’s wearing NY Giants blue next year..................


13 posted on 12/03/2018 12:02:43 PM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

The GB Packers are unique only because they are one of the originals. IIRC, they were a ‘company team’ in the beginning.

If GB had never had a team, they would never qualify for one today, being too small. I think the limit is 1 Million population minimum....................


14 posted on 12/03/2018 12:05:26 PM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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sounds like he has god issues.

Yes, the Football Gods of Green Bay demanded a sacrifice....................and he's it.................

15 posted on 12/03/2018 12:06:53 PM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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Yep they are a unique situation, a throwback to when other smaller cities had NFL teams. Cities such as Canton and Portsmouth in Ohio, and Decatur, Illinois, once had NFL teams.

Same in the NBA, where the Rochester Royals and Syracuse Nats and Ft. Wayne Pistons were NBA teams.


16 posted on 12/03/2018 12:11:16 PM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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I don’t see the Giants pulling the plug on Shurmur after one season. Better chance McCarthy trades in the green & gold of the Pack for the kelly green of the Jets. Bowles is a dead man walking.


17 posted on 12/03/2018 12:13:43 PM PST by mellow velo
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_defunct_National_Football_League_franchises


18 posted on 12/03/2018 12:16:24 PM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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Sounds like a similar situation to the one the NY Giants faced a couple of years ago when they fired Tom Coughlin. He seemed to be coaching for a different era, and had no credibility as a coach anymore.


19 posted on 12/03/2018 12:17:46 PM PST by Alberta's Child ("The Russians escaped while we weren't watching them ... like Russians will.")
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Yeah, that is more likely. I’d forgot about them...........................


20 posted on 12/03/2018 12:19:49 PM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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