Why Can't The Packers Cut Ties With Favre?
NINERS OFF. COORDINATOR'S HIRING SIGNALS MORE FAVRE
What does leading the NFL's worst offense get you? Try a cozy head coaching job in the land of Vince Lombardi.
Just imagine if the former 49ers offensive coordinator, Mike McCarthy, would have presided over an offense that was 30th ranked in the NFL instead of 31st. It's possible that the New England Patriots would jettison Bill Belichick in favor of McCarthy. No, but maybe in a bizarro world.
It's obvious that the Green Bay Packers chose keeping Brett Favre around for another year instead of looking over McCarthy's scant resume. McCarthy was Green Bay's quarterback coach in 1999 when Favre threw 22 interceptions.
The Packers needed to cut the cord on Favre before they risked any chance of a competing in the near future. There are two opposing philosophies working in cheese country. They possess a definite quarterback prospect in Cal's Aaron Rodgers yet they are beholden to the ghosts of the glory years under Favre.
Those years are about three years in the rearview window and won't be reversed with the hiring of a former assistant of dubious distinction.
What would be so wrong with nudging Favre towards retirement and looking to the future with Rodgers? It's not like the season ticket application aren't running thousands deep.
Now, for the Niners. What to do, now? The only way that the offense could be worse is if the NFL awards a 32nd franchise to Paris and stocks it with mimes.
What does leading the NFL's worst offense get you? Try a cozy head coaching job in the land of Vince Lombardi.
Just imagine if the former 49ers offensive coordinator, Mike McCarthy, would have presided over an offense that was 30th ranked in the NFL instead of 31st. It's possible that the New England Patriots would jettison Bill Belichick in favor of McCarthy. No, but maybe in a bizarro world.
It's obvious that the Green Bay Packers chose keeping Brett Favre around for another year instead of looking over McCarthy's scant resume. McCarthy was Green Bay's quarterback coach in 1999 when Favre threw 22 interceptions.
The Packers needed to cut the cord on Favre before they risked any chance of a competing in the near future. There are two opposing philosophies working in cheese country. They possess a definite quarterback prospect in Cal's Aaron Rodgers yet they are beholden to the ghosts of the glory years under Favre.
Those years are about three years in the rearview window and won't be reversed with the hiring of a former assistant of dubious distinction.
What would be so wrong with nudging Favre towards retirement and looking to the future with Rodgers? It's not like the season ticket application aren't running thousands deep.
Now, for the Niners. What to do, now? The only way that the offense could be worse is if the NFL awards a 32nd franchise to Paris and stocks it with mimes.
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