Ryan, in case you haven’t deduced it already, I’m the guy who asked if you get to Packergeeks much and then came back with a “my bad” because you posted there first. Laughed pretty heartily both times I read it.

I’m really concerned about Murphy’s stance on this whole deal. I’m hoping that as I read in a comment from one poster, maybe not here, that Murpy’s comments about “we’ll wait til the end of the season” were his way of quietly saying he wanted to kill them (TT & MM) with his bare hands. I am extremely concerned that MM’s going to be the whipping boy here and we’re still going to be stuck with TT. I hope & pray that’s not the case.

There is a time when a nose does need to be stuck in football business and I’m pretty sure we’re there. I just don’t see W’s against Dallas or the Ravens and God help us if we lose to Detroit. Again, I am no great football mind & obviously turning it around and running out the season could change a lot of thinking. Don;t see it happening though.

McCarthy was a journeyman assistant coach whose record of success in the five years prior to his 2006 hiring by Thompson was unimpressive at best. Look back at his body of work in San Francisco and his last four years in New Orleans – not very pretty. Then with that lackluster résumé, Thompson hires him – not as quarterbacks coach or offensive coordinator – but Head Coach?

The only bright spot during his time in that position, of course, has been Favre’s final season in 2007. With Brett and the old QB’s leadership and confidence departed, McCarthy has faltered badly even with a similar talent pool available to him.

I also have to admit that McCarthy’s inability to string even two or three intelligent sentences together when speaking bothers me. The well-spoken Lombardi or Holmgren he is not.

As many have said before, Thompson’s hiring of McCarthy and his effective rejection of the opinionated and charismatic Favre seems to indicate that Ted, above all else, wants no powerful personalities is his midst who might effectively question his methods.

Yeah, FB at PFT is me. Sometimes I plagiarize my own stuff around the boards.

Gotta agree with you. It’s little of everything. Best look you’ll get at a team’s depth is to look at how their special teams plays. That’s where your depth players make their money. The deeper you are, the more dominant your special teams are. We have no depth, obviously.

We’re failing on all levels here. We have a team when we need a system.

TT should be a good leader, but doesn’t have to be.. MM has to be a damn General, and he’s a wide eyed grunt. He’s all Xs and Os, no spirit.

MM doesn’t have the heart of a champion or the ability to lead men.

Do you think troops fought for Patton because he had the perfect game plan? Hell no, they wanted to win for him, they would have done anything. He points a finger where to go and they thunder a path to it. Simple as that.

We need General Patton… We have General Confusion.

Seriously, for the life of him, McCarthy cannot understand why his team can’t win. You can see it in his eyes. He’s truly baffled by it!

Here’s why: MM fancies himself as an Offensive Genius. He believes that all he must do is show the players the Xs and Os, get them to remember where everything goes, and that’s it. He has no concept of how even a talented football team needs a general.

Favre was our General. He didn’t have to call the plays, or come up with a brilliant scheme. He just had to point his finger and say, “Let’s go!”

Guys killed themselves to win for Favre. Look how hard even modest receivers played for Brett. He had it. He was a General.

What do we have now? A ship full of minions.

We simply fire MM and TT.

Now carrying 3 FB’s and 112 LB’s, that’s a FO problem. Consistently abandoning the running game. That’s a coaching problem. I’m just concerned that we may have a few players on this team that may be of no value to anyone which means that’s exactly what we’ll get for them in a trade attempt.

BTW, are you FB at PFT?

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/12/removal-of-ted-thompson-and-mike-mccarthy-and-staff

It ain’t the talent, dude. We’re the Giants ever the most talented team? No, they were on the same page, as a unit.

The Patriots consistently stock themselves with older veterans. Why? Not because they are the most talented, because they can be coached.

Some teams have more talent, but at the end of the day, look at the majority of Super Bowl winning coaches. They are generally the Elite of their field. Lombardi, Landry, Knoll, Madden, Shanahan, Belichick, Dungy, Holmgren, ETC.

Does MM fit in that group? Uhhhhhh… NO!!!!!!!!!!

He’s a moron.

It’s more than Xs and Os and talent!

Your coach has to be a GENERAL! He has to rally the troops, get them fired up, and send them in to battle!!! That’s what they want and need.

MM is a loser. He couldn’t lead a rich, desperate housewife to the mall.

On the other hand, what if he’s right? What if they DO in fact go out and practice fundamentals, blocking schemes, snap counts, etc. Then every Sunday it’s the same mental errors & just plain lousy blocking. I mean someone certainly missed a block on that punt block. The guy walked in untouched.

MM certainly can’t go out and play for them.

This means that TT drafts players that don’t have the skills to play at an NFL level and can’t even be taught how to get to the next level.

Man, there’s a lot more wrong with this team than I thought.