I get both sides on this one. I get why MM would be mad about JSOnline bringing up Guion's dirty laundry, and I get why people would not even want someone with Guion's background associated with this team.
There is a middle ground between those two positions.
It's not a little hypocritical to think everybody on the roster is going to be a choir boy. Whether all, some or none of the allegations of domestic abuse are true as opposed to certain parties trying to reach into a relatively deep pocket, or whether Guion's money and dope are evidence of dealing or are simply walking around money and an "off season stash", the Cohen piece does not state a conclusion.
Regardless, you're going to have guys on the roster at one time or another who are guilty as charged, pay their fines and do their suspensions, or end up in jail and then out of the league. Or maybe they're clever enough not to get caught.
It's rarely been the case that the Packers are entirely squeaky clean. The point is that the Packers are cleaner than most nearly all of the time. Certainly a roster loaded with thugs is problematic, from a PR standpoint, in the locker room, and on the field. The Packers work to not be that team.
I don't have any issues with Cohen's piece. He cites the 300 pages of court and police documents and quotes his sources by name. You have quotes from police and judges that are somewhat damning; you have his lawyer's statements in counterpoint. We've had bits and pieces of the story told here and there; this is the first attempt at a complete picture. The reader can judge for himself...or suspend judgment.
I don't see any basis in McCarthy's claim that the piece is "garbage" from a factual standpoint. That would appear to be a reaction to the timing of the piece and the desire to put the matter in the past as Guion pursues his "second chance" with the organization. That's understandable. Perhaps in due time he'll come to understand Cohen is doing his job just as McCarthy is doing his.
To think that this was a Cohen hit job timed for a point in the season to get the most attention is as questionable as assuming Guion is guilty on all counts. This looks to be a piece that took some considerable research with some of the material only released in the last few months. I'm sure he realized it would not be well received in the organization and that he might be compromising his "access" in the future. He gets credit for taking risks in presenting a relevant story.
The piece could have a positive affect in that it might go some little ways in holding Guion's feet to the fire; at the least we know him to be a drug suspension risk as he is surely in the NFL "program". He should thank his lucky stars that Starke County is more interested in civil forfeiture of $260,000 in cash and property on the "preponderance of the evidence" than pursuing a long and costly criminal prosecution.
My takeaway is simply that I hope Guion has learned something. And for gosh sakes, whether his side of the story is true or not, he needs to get a financial advisor and stop playing Santa Clause in February if that's what he was doing, so he doesn't end up broke on his a** 3 years after leaving the game like 2/3 of NFL players.
I don't think MM left much too for interpretation as to what he thought of the article. 
