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<blockquote data-quote="Sky King" data-source="post: 595016" data-attributes="member: 7171"><p>Before yesterday I had a very high level of confidence in McCarthy. I would be lying to you all if I said that my confidence has not been shaken a bit. How could it not? Not that I'm chiming in to call for his immediate firing. I am not. It is just that his professional credibility has taken a hit in my estimation. That's not only because the team he leads has lost a big game. Rather because of <em>how</em> they lost it. As the head man he is rightfully held the most accountable of all. It goes with the territory and his status and pay reflect that reality. Now I have seen what he is <em>not</em> capable of and I'm surprised and disappointed in him and his choices in subordinates (coaches and players). But how does that all fit into the grand scheme of life?</p><p></p><p>In many professions an epic failure of leadership in critical circumstances would absolutely cost people their jobs and that happens all the time. Successful organizations establish high standards and achieve them through that leadership, not in spite of it. Many leaders would not be given another chance if they had already failed at a crucial moment. It's just how it is, fair or otherwise. </p><p></p><p>Football has the luxury to be more lenient. This is not life or death. It's only football. People whom we like may be retained as leaders because nobody got killed as the result of anything they had failed to accomplish. The City of Green Bay does not report to the City of Seattle this morning nor fly its flag. Football is entertainment and it affords us the luxury of not really demanding perfection from its leadership, or else. Although we do make that exaggerated proclamation sometimes.</p><p></p><p>The Packers hierarchy will decide if McCarthy's subordinates will respond to his leadership adequately in the future, as I hope they do at the conclusion of every season. I use the word "adequately" because it all depends upon their definition of that word. Personally, I think Mike McCarthy is safe. IMHO at least one of his subordinates will not be. Depending upon how the latter turns out I will have an even better idea of how the Board of Directors, Mark Murphy, Ted Thompson and even Mike McCarthy himself define adequately.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sky King, post: 595016, member: 7171"] Before yesterday I had a very high level of confidence in McCarthy. I would be lying to you all if I said that my confidence has not been shaken a bit. How could it not? Not that I'm chiming in to call for his immediate firing. I am not. It is just that his professional credibility has taken a hit in my estimation. That's not only because the team he leads has lost a big game. Rather because of [I]how[/I] they lost it. As the head man he is rightfully held the most accountable of all. It goes with the territory and his status and pay reflect that reality. Now I have seen what he is [I]not[/I] capable of and I'm surprised and disappointed in him and his choices in subordinates (coaches and players). But how does that all fit into the grand scheme of life? In many professions an epic failure of leadership in critical circumstances would absolutely cost people their jobs and that happens all the time. Successful organizations establish high standards and achieve them through that leadership, not in spite of it. Many leaders would not be given another chance if they had already failed at a crucial moment. It's just how it is, fair or otherwise. Football has the luxury to be more lenient. This is not life or death. It's only football. People whom we like may be retained as leaders because nobody got killed as the result of anything they had failed to accomplish. The City of Green Bay does not report to the City of Seattle this morning nor fly its flag. Football is entertainment and it affords us the luxury of not really demanding perfection from its leadership, or else. Although we do make that exaggerated proclamation sometimes. The Packers hierarchy will decide if McCarthy's subordinates will respond to his leadership adequately in the future, as I hope they do at the conclusion of every season. I use the word "adequately" because it all depends upon their definition of that word. Personally, I think Mike McCarthy is safe. IMHO at least one of his subordinates will not be. Depending upon how the latter turns out I will have an even better idea of how the Board of Directors, Mark Murphy, Ted Thompson and even Mike McCarthy himself define adequately. [/QUOTE]
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