Henry posted:No one knows yet but supposedly floating the idea of keeping Philbert "Philbardi" McFishsticks, which melts my brain.
I heard on the radio that he may keep Philbin around as an asst HC or some type of special consultant to help navigate the HC role. It's not a terrible idea.
Other teams starting to name HC's. Looks like the Packers started forcing other people's hands. If you want your guy, better make a move soon before they're gone.
I expect the Revolution to be exciting now that we have 21st century Napoleon!
Let us hope the Viqueens are no Waterloo.
And where the hell was Doc Benni when we needed him for breaking news?!
Will they be serving wine and cheese in Lambeau?
And more and better French Fries and maybe French Toast.
Murphy and Gutenmeister speak:
âWe are very excited to welcome Matt as the next head coach of the Green Bay Packers,â president and chief executive officer Mark Murphy said. âWe found a coach with the background and experience that we think will get us back to playing winning football. Weâre also excited about the personâhe is bright with a great work ethic and a perfect fit for Green Bay and the organization.â
LaFleur, 39, has worked under Mike Shanahan, Gary Kubiak, Kyle Shanahan and Sean McVay and with quarterbacks Matt Schaub, Donovan McNabb, Robert Griffin III, Kirk Cousins, Matt Ryan, Jared Goff, and Marcus Mariota.
âMatt is smart, organized and has a great vision for the path forward for our team,â Packers General Manager Brian Gutekunst said. âHis values and personality fit the culture of our organization. He has a tremendous ability to build relationships on multiple levels, which is a very important aspect in leading a football team.â
Good step forward.
1ST order of business...FIRE ZOOK into the Sun!!
Put the staff together.
Then Gutey needs to prepare for the draft.
Are we having fun yet?
Before I can get totally on board with this hire, I need to hear what Russ Ball has to say. He is part of the triumverate and his opinion is just as important as Gutes. He was part of the interview process so what say you Russ.
Russ deals with players contracts. This hire is 90% Murphy, 10% Gutey.
What's Russ going to say?? No I'm not on board with this hire & think it sucks because he's not my first choice.
Anything Russ says relating to this hire is worthless & pointless.
Just joking Boris. I could care less what Russ Ball thinks about it.
Thought you were serious. I'm usually better than that but watching hockey & basketball at the same time.
Brainwashed Boris posted:Russ deals with players contracts. This hire is 90% Murphy, 10% Gutey.
I think Gutenschnizel had more say in this decision then we think.
Why? Because if you think about it, a Matt LaFleur is pretty much what I'd have envisioned Gute hiring had the decision been entirely his own. He's a young, personable, bright coach who also understands how to put together an modern offense and is the closed thing you get to cloning McVay or Kyle Shanahan. LaFleur is also a guy who won't muscle his way into the GM role and make demands about who the Packers should draft or go get in FA. LaFleur appears to be a go-with-the-flow rookie HC who can inspire Rodgers and create very little waves for the GM.
Compare that with what Murphy supposedly wanted with FitzGerald, bringing in McDaniels and Gase who had major baggage, along with retreads like Caldwell and Pagano. Those are big egos and personalities who would have tried to get at least some control in personnel and who Gute would have had to massage ego's and maybe even be a go between Rodgers and them.
That's a headache Gute hardly would have welcomed.
If Gute nails this 2019 draft and FA, and LaFleur gets this team to a 9-7 or 10-6 campaign, it wouldn't shock me if Murphy announces the end of the "triangle" and we go back to the GM running the whole show in 2020.
El-Ka-Bong posted:Packdog posted:Glad to hear Jerry Montgomery will probably stay. Was excited when we initially hired him, and his work to date with Daniels, Clark, Lowry, MoWilk, etc....has been impressive.
I think Dean Lowry, if he's willing to put in the effort, will make any coach look like a genius. Guy is essentially Lawrence Taylor if he puts his mind to it.
Can he get us the good cocaine?
I don't get the need or desire to keep Philbin around. Murphy and Gute are either totally comfortable with the guy they hired to get GB back on track or they're not. Regardless, any decision on a potential role for Philbin needs to be 100% up to LaFleur.
Grave Digger posted:Football IQ is different than real world IQ, which is what the Wonderlic measures.
The Wonderlic also isn't a straight up IQ test, it measures how fast you process information. There isn't advanced calculus on it, just some oddly-worded questions in a tightly-timed environment.
Maybe the LaFleur hire has more to do with not getting Rodgers back on track, but how well Kizer or whoever the Packers bring in to eventually replace Rodgers can be coached.
You still have to play & win football. Rodgers is playing another 4-5 years.
Short of drafting Trevor (Jesus) Lawrence in 2021, I don't think Rodgers is getting replaced any time soon.
Unless Rodgers wants to hang it up or suffers a career ending injury. If the Packers win a Superb Owl in the next 2-3 years Rodgers may want to go out on top.
ChilliJon posted:I don't get the need or desire to keep Philbin around. Murphy and Gute are either totally comfortable with the guy they hired to get GB back on track or they're not. Regardless, any decision on a potential role for Philbin needs to be 100% up to LaFleur.
If I had to guess I would think it would be in a role to help/mentor a young coach adjust to being the HC for the first time. Time will tell what Philbon's role will be but I would think what his role is up to LeFleur.
Timpranillo posted:YATittle posted:Any of them better than Zook.
I have no idea the context of this question.
That said, unless the context is barefoot water skiing, everyone is better at everything than Ron Zook.
I posted the list of special team coaches above, forgot to include my comment and a lot of other responses came in between my two posts
ammo posted:Maybe the LaFleur hire has more to do with not getting Rodgers back on track, but how well Kizer or whoever the Packers bring in to eventually replace Rodgers can be coached.
I would hope they hired a HC to do both.
ChilliJon posted:I don't get the need or desire to keep Philbin around. Murphy and Gute are either totally comfortable with the guy they hired to get GB back on track or they're not. Regardless, any decision on a potential role for Philbin needs to be 100% up to LaFleur.
Agree. I'd rather have someone who already is well versed with LeFleur's offensive scheme as well as innovative with it. Additional benefit is it more in line with replacing the old guard with the new.
To that end, had a league source with no dog in the hunt regarding the #Packers staff suggest two names for potential vacancies:
â Jim Owczarski (@JimOwczarski) January 8, 2019
For special teams coordinator, #Bengals Brayden Coombs. Well regarded assistant, has been considered for at least one other coord. position in past. https://t.co/nCrpxCpBMh
The other being #Rams asst. linebackers coach Chris Shula as a full position coach. McVay ties but on other side of ball under Wade Phillips.
â Jim Owczarski (@JimOwczarski) January 8, 2019
No idea where or if these guys fall on lists, but clearly people in the league are taking hard looks at younger coaches. https://t.co/nCrpxCpBMh
Footballoutsiders ranked the Bengals ST as 7th in the NFL in 2018 (Packers were 28th btw). Doesn't sound like a bad potential hire.
Can't believe we were as high as 28....
Would love to Brayden Coombs
https://thepowersweep.com/blog...ial-teams-zac-taylor
Article listing potential assistant hires for LaFleur...including our own Johhny Holland, LaFleurs brother, etc...
As for Speciali teams , I'm pulling for Brant Boyer: The New York Jets had the leagueâs best special teams in 2018, according to Football Outsiders, and Boyer was the coordinator behind the success. The Jets fired head coach Todd Bowles, and the next head coach may want to bring in their own staff. If heâs available, LaFleur would have a connection to him through Jeremy Bates, who served as the Jets offensive coordinator this season.
Johnny Holland. Wasnt he on Ray Rhodesâ staff?
No, Dorkmire was the ST coach on Ray Rhodes staff
Holland was LB coach.
Packers new head coach Matt LaFleur's first presser in 25 minutes or 3:00 pm
Whichever comes first?
Todd Bowles appears to be Tampa's new DC.
Murphy said he interviewed 10 people.
Jesus, Murphy loves to hear himself talk...
Chongo posted:Jesus, Murphy loves to hear himself talk...
No kidding. Heâs going into way too much detail in the hiring process. Waiting for him to tell us what kind of underwear he wore each day.
packerboi posted:Chongo posted:Jesus, Murphy loves to hear himself talk...
No kidding. Heâs going into way too much detail in the hiring process. Waiting for him to tell us what kind of underwear he wore each day.
"Good afternoon, I'd like to introduce our new head coach. I will be speaking for the duration of the press conference. Thank you."
Love the chicken-scratch notes on wrinkled up legal pad...JFC...
