Favre wasn’t TT’s “guy”. But MM is his “guy” and I don’t see TT dumping one of his own. But how convenient to shunt all the blame to MM. Matty Ice…even Bradford and good grief Sanchez and his buffoon coach Ryan have won really close games this year. Jeez, I think EVERY team in the league has won a game in the last seconds.

You either have it or you don’t. No matter the QB, Packers gave a golden opportunity on Sunday.

Teams succeed in the NFL on a regular basis because of good organizations and front offices; the teams that promote stability, depth, consistency and organizational discipline (i.e. in signing and drafting players that fit their style and are good citizens). In any given year a team can catch breaks and appear on the upswing (Bengals, 49ers last year) or some bad breaks and appear to be falling apart (Vikes, Cowboys this year), but the teams with good front offices give themselves a chance to win most years.

I think that Pack is one of those teams with a good organization/front office. My personal guess is that TT values the stability and the general positive upward trend that has occurred under MM’s watch and that he is not a candidate to be fired this year.

That said, MM frustrates me as often as everyone else who comments here, but I do think the Pack could do a whole lot worse. What I would like to see is a new offensive line coach and/or philosphy. It is the one area of the team that has never shown any improvement since MM got the job.

Bill Walsh, Jimmy Johnson, Belichick, Bill Parcells- these guys are/were franchise makers. Dan Reeves, Dick Vermiel, Marty Schottenheimer, Norv Turner, Mike Holmgren- these types of guys seem to be able to improve a team but aren’t miracle workers. Everyone else seems to fall into the vast majority of NFL coaches including MM- they can succeed in a good program and fail in a bad one. MM isn’t worth firing, but he isn’t anything special. we could do worse.

Question is, who then? I agree Capers should stay on D. The one intriguing guy might be Jon Gruden. Think about it, started with the Packers, moved up the ranks, won a super bowl, and now may be available. Thoughts?

An argument against Capers as the HC is the Peter Principle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Principle) taken at it’s simplest …he should stay at his highest level of competency, Def Coord,

Paraphrase from MM this am:

“There was no confussion on the last play. It was well thoughout and only the sack stopped it.”

MM wil never change, ever, ever ,ever.

As far as whether TT has the stones to can MM – I agree Joe, I think he does. In fact, to this day, I still believe that one of the main reasons he was not too concerned re Favre’s departure is that he absolutely did not believe Favre could win the big game anymore. MM is quickly establishing his own rep as a guy who can’t win the big game. (In fact, this week’s game will be huge – a loss in this one and my guess is MM may get canned.)

Travis – very much have the same concern about possibly promoting Capers. He’s very good at his craft – some guys can rise up and be good head coaches, but I just think he ought to remain up there behind the glass calling defensive plays. What we need is a game manager – the kind of guy who is sharp enough to follow the game and make instant, quality decisions…like Mike Tomlin or Sean Payton or Bill Belichick.

I know LSU isn’t a great school, and education in general in the south is pretty bad, but not thinking he can remember two plays? Now come on MM….

I think my only other gripe was that on the last play Flynn didnt get a pass into the endzone. At least to give them a chance. That sucked.