Aaron Rodgers vs Mike McCarthy

[mr. smoke weed]

Interesting read

What Happened in Green Bay

Articles long af so I’m not gonna copy it in here, but seems like Rodgers is a real piece of work. Glad he got that mega extension

 

[Ku$h Parker]

@tru_m.a.c @FAH1223 @Bboystylez

 

[FaTaL]

Post the cliffs

 

[WhoShotCha]

I dont even need to read the article to know that McCarthy woulda been fired years ago if it wasnt for Rodgers.

 

[FaTaL]

 

[FAH1223]

:smugrodgers:

When Rodgers missed seven games in 2013 and nine games in 2017, the player remembers teammates outright quitting.


"That's when the real coaching, the real identity, the real character came out of everybody," he says. "I saw that guys give up when we don't have a star quarterback. I see guys aren't going to give it all when their backs are against the wall."

Even when they built a 19-7 lead in the NFC title game in 2015, even as they bruised and bloodied the most physical team in the NFL for 56 minutes, it was only a matter of time before their inner softness was exposed. McCarthy caved, the defense caved, and it was not by accident.

"That Seahawks game defined our team right there," he says. "We didn't have any finishers."

 

[levitate]

Mike was getting that Kraft handjob $40 special???

 

[mozichrome]

Reading so far, McCarthy got threw way under the bus. Then they went back and ran over him again

And that whole “ARod won’t respect you if he thinks he’s smarter than you” quote is such bullshiit. That sounds like u giving dude a pass if he says some slick shiit that he should get hit in mouth for saying

 

[FaTaL]

Reading so far, McCarthy got threw way under the bus. Then they went back and ran over him again

And that whole “ARod won’t respect you if he thinks he’s smarter than you” quote is such bullshiit

Naw, he’s massively arrogant

 

[mr. smoke weed]

I implore y’all to read the article. Everyone know McCarthy was an above average coach, and Rodgers is an extremely talented QB. But good lord Rodgers is a terrible leader and seems more Jay Cutler than Tom Brady.

 

[tru_m.a.c]

MM is a ho and he needs to let this shyt go. You are the most overrated coach in NFL history. You don't have a job because nobody else has an Aaron Rodgers for you to borrow.

Your legacy is defined. You have a sub 500 record when Aaron Rodgers is hurt, despite the rest of the roster being intact. Your defenses routinely rank at the bottom.

You are not a fukkn realist. You thought AJ Hawk was a starting linebacker.

 

[FAH1223]

The cold front of complacency swept on through northeastern Wisconsin every single time the Packers fell just shy of another Lombardi Trophy.

After the Giants stunned those 15-1 Packers.

After Colin Kaepernick zapped their defense (twice).

After the Seattle meltdown.

After an NFC title game blowout loss in Atlanta.

Every time, the general manager who oversaw the team from 2005 to 2017 did...nothing. Or close to nothing. That's what the ones banging the table for both Rodgers and McCarthy stress. They point to Ted Thompson sticking his head in the sand every offseason. To his ignoring the building tension between the two men he brought together to lead his franchise. And to how his stubborn reluctance to sign veterans, despite the rising salary cap, made life more difficult for both.


As one player put it, Thompson assumed the Packers system was automatic and he could just plug cheap rookies in.

In the process, the Packers lost the leaders that Rodgers and McCarthy never were, never would be, and they never found replacements.

Gone were gnarly, take-no-prisoners guards Josh Sitton (a Packer from 2008 to 2015) and T.J. Lang (2009-2016). Both were never afraid to speak their minds. Gone was fullback John Kuhn (2007-2015), who several players cite as a major vocal leader. Gone were all those receivers. Gone were defensive tackle Ryan Pickett (2006-2013) and defensive back Charles Woodson (2006-2012). Gone was defensive tackle B.J. Raji (2009-2015), who one player claims held everyone accountable on defense. Thompson lowballed Raji, choosing instead to pay big money to fire-breathing defensive tackle Mike Daniels. While Daniels has been hell-bent on trashing Green Bay's "soft" label, one teammate says guys are turned off by his "hypocritical leadership."

Thompson wanted the Packers to stay young. In the process, he gutted the team of its heart and soul.

It got so bad, one player says, that offensive and defensive players almost never hung out off the field. Camaraderie was shot.

"Guys really started feeling like, 'I can't get paid here,'" one player says. "How are you letting certain guys walk who proved themselves?"

The leadership exodus pushed Rodgers further and further into an ill-fitting role. He never had to worry about speaking up back in 2010 or 2011. He played football. That's what he prefers. Multiple sources say Rodgers misses those days, with one adding he's become worn down and bitter about everyone's expectations of the type of leader he should be. In other words, as a former Packers scout puts it, Rodgers "is Brett Favre 2.0. He used to say, 'Oh, I'll never be like that guy.' And he literally is."

 

[broller]

McCarthy on his Robert Kraft?

 

[MVike28]

Packers fukkery?

IN!

 

[Quarquar]

All facts though about how GB should have more than 1 ring during Rodgers reign as QB