Gene Chizik Has Left The Building
“At the end of the day, I’ve got to do what’s best for my family and myself.” Like get the heck out of Dodge (or rather Ames) while the getting is good.
Losers
It’s official: the 2008 Packers are doomed to a losing season. There’s really nothing left to play for except pride, and I’m not sure Green Bay has enough of that left to overcome a playoff-contending Bears team or a Lions club desperate to avoid an 0-16 record. At least now we can stop worrying about football for a few weeks and maybe enjoy the holiday.
Cleditushuntitis
Brew Town Beat nails it on Justin Harrell.
Is It That Bad?
The Packers’ season is all but over at this point and there’s not a lot left for us fans to do but to wait to see what moves Ted Thompson and Mike McCarthy make during the offseason. But is it really so bad that at packergeeks they’re posting about the Vikings?
So Long To A Winning Season
With the 24-21 loss to the Texans, the time for excuses is over. How do you let Houston beat you in the cold of Lambeau Field? How do you come up with four turnovers but still lose the game?
Today’s loss, like last week against Carolina, came down to the final minute and once again the defense couldn’t hold. They got torched by Owen Daniels and Kevin Walter for more than 200 yards, and allowed Steve Slaton to break for 120 more. Houston hung up 549 yards on the Packers and only because of several key mistakes was the score even close.
And so we bid a fond adieu to all hope of finishing the season with a winning record, never mind thoughts of making the playoffs. The best we can hope for is that McCarthy’s Packers can find the fortitude to win their final three games to avoid a losing record, and with a road date in Chicago still looming in a couple weeks that seems far from certain.
We can also hope that the brain trust at 1265 Lombardi Ave. is starting the process of evaluating talent — both on the field and on the sidelines — in order to hit the ground running in January when the job of making changes to improve the team for next year begins. Some hard decisions need to be made with respect to Mike Stock and Bob Sanders, and the defensive line in particular needs some playmakers.
It should be an interesting off-season — at least I hope so.