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<blockquote data-quote="net" data-source="post: 319633" data-attributes="member: 200"><p>Green Bay loses to Detroit. The Earth has rotated off its axis, the sun no longer shines. We are all doomed.</p><p> </p><p>What I've noticed since the advent of the Internet and Fantasy Football is how the fans all seem to have lost a good deal of reality about professional football.</p><p> </p><p>Remember the phrase "any given Sunday"? What happened Sunday is "any given Sunday". It's what makes the NFL more interesting than basketball or baseball. I can predict the Lakers, San Antonio and Miami will be contenders. In baseball, the Yankees, Phillies, Boston, San Francisco will be contenders. In the NFL, it's hard to predict how things are going to shake out and that's what makes it interesting.</p><p>So, inevitably when the Packers lose, there's a mad rush of posters to call for complete change because the Packers have a bad game. Without the perspective of long stretches of winning and losing and winning again, I too, might think like that. But the fact is Green Bay has a good football team. Detroit is an improving football team. They came within a whisker of beating the Bears twice, and the Bears lead the division. </p><p>I seriously doubt the Packers have the horses to win much more this year. By my count, 7 starters are missing on defense and about half that many on offense. Injuries are no excuse, but eventually not having players like Finley, Grant, etc. start to wear you down.</p><p>I know there's always time to second-guess the coach. He did make two blunders against Detroit that I question. But my goodness, why is it that 90 percent good work is constantly thrown out when the coach makes a blunder?</p><p>The Packers are not a lousy team. We could be supporting the Panthers, or the Cowboys, two teams with lots of talent, but very few wins. Since 1992 Green Bay has always been among the winningest team in the NFL. Yet after each loss out of the woodwork come the folks who think a Super Bowl coach and GM are waiting the Lambeau Field parking lot for TT/MM to get fired. Denver is a great example. They had a superior coach, then fired him and hired the next big young coach, only to now be paying both of them and looking for a third coach. That's worked out well, no?</p><p>The Patriots kept Bellichick after a couple of down years. Looks like that turned out ok, no?</p><p>Change will happen, but it could be for the worse.</p><p>I'm content to wipe out this season. The Packers likely will lose the next three games. I would say give the management one more season(assuming there's football next year) and then we can start all the FIRE EVERYBODY crap again.</p><p> </p><p>But it really has gotten tiring. Firing everyone not going to happen, so why even discuss it?</p><p>If you persist in asking for the coaches and GM's head, then lay out a viable plan who the replacement are and how they will be better.</p><p>BTW, Jon Gruden said publically last week he's not going to coach anywhere next year.</p><p>So if you must persist, lets see your plan. And then after you fire all the players who had a bad game, find replacements and see how that works under the salary cap.</p><p> </p><p>I'm glad we have a competitive team in pro sports smallest city. It didn't work out this year. There's always next year.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="net, post: 319633, member: 200"] Green Bay loses to Detroit. The Earth has rotated off its axis, the sun no longer shines. We are all doomed. What I've noticed since the advent of the Internet and Fantasy Football is how the fans all seem to have lost a good deal of reality about professional football. Remember the phrase "any given Sunday"? What happened Sunday is "any given Sunday". It's what makes the NFL more interesting than basketball or baseball. I can predict the Lakers, San Antonio and Miami will be contenders. In baseball, the Yankees, Phillies, Boston, San Francisco will be contenders. In the NFL, it's hard to predict how things are going to shake out and that's what makes it interesting. So, inevitably when the Packers lose, there's a mad rush of posters to call for complete change because the Packers have a bad game. Without the perspective of long stretches of winning and losing and winning again, I too, might think like that. But the fact is Green Bay has a good football team. Detroit is an improving football team. They came within a whisker of beating the Bears twice, and the Bears lead the division. I seriously doubt the Packers have the horses to win much more this year. By my count, 7 starters are missing on defense and about half that many on offense. Injuries are no excuse, but eventually not having players like Finley, Grant, etc. start to wear you down. I know there's always time to second-guess the coach. He did make two blunders against Detroit that I question. But my goodness, why is it that 90 percent good work is constantly thrown out when the coach makes a blunder? The Packers are not a lousy team. We could be supporting the Panthers, or the Cowboys, two teams with lots of talent, but very few wins. Since 1992 Green Bay has always been among the winningest team in the NFL. Yet after each loss out of the woodwork come the folks who think a Super Bowl coach and GM are waiting the Lambeau Field parking lot for TT/MM to get fired. Denver is a great example. They had a superior coach, then fired him and hired the next big young coach, only to now be paying both of them and looking for a third coach. That's worked out well, no? The Patriots kept Bellichick after a couple of down years. Looks like that turned out ok, no? Change will happen, but it could be for the worse. I'm content to wipe out this season. The Packers likely will lose the next three games. I would say give the management one more season(assuming there's football next year) and then we can start all the FIRE EVERYBODY crap again. But it really has gotten tiring. Firing everyone not going to happen, so why even discuss it? If you persist in asking for the coaches and GM's head, then lay out a viable plan who the replacement are and how they will be better. BTW, Jon Gruden said publically last week he's not going to coach anywhere next year. So if you must persist, lets see your plan. And then after you fire all the players who had a bad game, find replacements and see how that works under the salary cap. I'm glad we have a competitive team in pro sports smallest city. It didn't work out this year. There's always next year. [/QUOTE]
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