tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25436106.post2589490058586001099..comments2020-06-10T16:42:13.944-07:00Comments on The View from the Outer Periphery: Mike McCarthyCuphoundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13441966566372722160noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25436106.post-16530710463977400412010-10-29T07:26:21.818-07:002010-10-29T07:26:21.818-07:00One thing I'm certain of is that Mike McCarthy...One thing I'm certain of is that Mike McCarthy learns very slowly, if at all. Look at how long it took him to start embracing <i>practicing outdoors in the cold</i> (in Green Bay, WI). He isn't much of a dialectical thinker. He just imposes his master plan and waits for it to work. He does this <i>four years</i> into this rebuild, even when it's clear that the rebuilt Green Bay Packers are a <i>mediocre team</i>.<br /><br />He isn't head-coaching material. He really isn't offensive coordinator material. He's a QB coach who has been promoted two levels too far. Given Rodgers' regression this year, he isn't even doing that very well anymore. Rodgers is probably "Favring" (forcing plays to try to win the game).<br /><br />It's ugly.Cuphoundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13441966566372722160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25436106.post-60969662414910284752010-10-29T02:07:37.780-07:002010-10-29T02:07:37.780-07:00I read the awe of social networking comment as him...I read the awe of social networking comment as him being amazed at the extent of social networking players do (with each other and fans). And it seems like he and Mike Singletary have the same problem from opposite ends of the spectrum: they don't know how to properly balance the motivational speeches/firing up the troops with the methodical planning that is necessary to win games. McCarthy is somewhat right, but perhaps instead of thinking of himself as a teacher (he has coordinators who work more closely with players to teach plays, etc), he should think of himself as a department head - set the tone for the players and other coaches.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com