Or is this a ridiculous question, different sports, different handling of a team.
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@Goldie posted:Or is this a ridiculous question, different sports, different handling of a team.
Counsell by a long shot.
The Packers are in a sport where all the teams have the same payroll and one player (a franchise QB) can make the difference between a 11 win and a 5 win season. He's had a top 10 QB all-time until this year and failed to maximize that in the playoffs.
As frustrating as the Brewers have been in the playoffs, Counsell has overachieved to get there almost every year (certainly since 2019). The Brewers don't have a single everyday player that is a top 20 player in the league (Contreras and Yelich were B+ level players this year) and he has to win mostly with other team's castoffs and inexperienced youngsters. Over the course of a long season, Counsell makes a big difference. The team always plays hard and his status as a former player is very helpful. Counsell had a range of experiences as a player ranging from being an MVP in a playoff series to going hitless for about 40 plate appearances towards the end of his career. He can relate to almost any player on the roster.
The Brewers caught lightning in a bottle the last 5 years by having 3-4 pitchers (Burnes, Woodruff, Hader, and Williams) that were all-star caliber on the same staff on cheap contracts and leveraged that to compete. When Yelich played at a superstar level they were a World Series threat. Now that he's just (at best) good they don't have the firepower to compete with the good teams in a short playoff series. It's like going to a gunfight with a plastic spork.
