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WHAT HAPPENED IN GREEN BAY Quote:A checked-out coach. A tuned-out quarterback. A soap opera where there should have been a dynasty. And those who saw the Aaron Rodgers-Mike McCarthy wreckage up close say we didn't know the half of it.
Tyler Dunne April 4, 2019
There had to be a breaking point. An incident, an argument, a loss, a moment that doomed the football marriage of Aaron Rodgers and Mike McCarthy.
Anyone could see the Packers quarterback and head coach were headed for divorce well before that inconceivable 20-17 loss to the lowly Cardinals in December, the one that finally got McCarthy fired. Death stares and defiance from Rodgers had been constant for years by then.
But how far back do you have to go to find the beginning of the end?
Was it Week 3 of the 2017 season, when cameras caught Rodgers barking "Stupid f--king call!" at his coach?
Or back further, to the NFC Championship Game on Jan. 18, 2015, when McCarthy coached with the ferocity of a sloth, calling for field goals from the 1-yard line twice in the first half and then running three straight times with five minutes left to infuriate his QB and effectively euthanize a Super Bowl season?
Or even earlier, to 2013, when Rodgers and McCarthy appeared close to throwing haymakers midway through a loss in Cincinnati?
Those who observed this relationship from the beginning say you have to keep going.
Back to the honeymoon period. Even as the Packers went 15-1 in 2011, with Rodgers as league MVP. Even as they won their last Super Bowl title, in the 2010 season, with Rodgers as Super Bowl MVP. Even then, Rodgers was already seething at his coach.
So keep going. All the way to when these two were first brought together. In early 2006.
The worst-kept secret at 1265 Lombardi Avenue was that Rodgers seemed to loathe his coach from the moment McCarthy was hired.
Nobody holds a grudge in any sport like Rodgers. When it comes to Rodgers, grudges do not merrily float away. They stick. They grow. They refuel.
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2828...ce=cnn.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=editorial
Looks like plenty of blame to go around from TT, Rogers and McCarthy.
I just hope the shit-show continues with LaFleur.
The Bears and Vikings have gotten better since Rogers early days, no cake-walks anymore.
Huhh, I got about 1/4 of the way through and decided no thanks not wasting another 10 minutes of my life.
FTP
What can you expect with a prima dona like Aaron Rodgers. McCarthy was more like a high priced babysitter than a Head Coach.
I like this line"The Packers went through their terrible time of losing before," Harris says. "History can repeat itself."
And yes PF, plenty of blame to go around. Everyone lauded each of that trio as a genius and their egos did them in. McCarthy sucked as a coach, but they had their best years when he got the QB to buy in an follow the offense. But Rodgers ego and love of the dramatic made him hold the ball.
Yes, they deserved each other. And we can all hope Harris' comment was prophetic.
Quote: @AGRforever said:
Huhh, I got about 1/4 of the way through and decided no thanks not wasting another 10 minutes of my life.
FTP
Not me. I soaked up every drop of their Packer tears. It was like elixir.
I'm really not a petty guy. Except when it comes to the Packers. B)
Quote: @pumpf said:
@ AGRforever said:
Huhh, I got about 1/4 of the way through and decided no thanks not wasting another 10 minutes of my life.
FTP
Not me. I soaked up every drop of their Packer tears. It was like elixir.
I'm really not a petty guy. Except when it comes to the Packers. B)
I started glazing over a bit near the end, but yes, enjoyed most every minute of it.
Another injury plagued year or two will likely wrap up the fairy tale. Life will come full circle, when he is once again sitting alone after everyone is gone; just like what happened in the green room all those years ago.
Quote: @jargomcfargo said:
Another injury plagued year or two will likely wrap up the fairy tale. Life will come full circle, when he is once again sitting alone after everyone is gone; just like what happened in the green room all those years ago.
I love the mental picture that your words painted...
Can't wait to see the putrid and urine trot out another 6/9 and watch the finger pointing of how the young coach is the prob---while erin keeps making that pissed off at the world mug
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