Firing a coach is something that shouldn't be taken lightly. After sleeping on it, I've come to the same conclusion that many of you did last night. Matt LaFleur has won a lot of games as Packers coach, but it's time for a change. ⬇️
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Does he need to manage the clock and call some plays better? Or course. But for anyone to think a coach who just led the NFL’s youngest team to the playoffs two straight years should be on the hot seat is crazy to me.
The #Packers were fading and Rodgers looked washed when Matt LaFleur showed up.
He immediately turned them into contenders and got Rodgers back to MVP form.
Then he made Jordan Love and the youngest team in the league into dynamos last year who beat both Super Bowl teams down the stretch.
Now he's got the youngest team in the league again and played 30% of his games with a backup QB and still has the 7th best record in the league.
When does he start getting credit?
If I had to gauge my disappointment between how bad the Packers looked yesterday and my disappointment in the loud obnoxious “fire LaFleur,” “Jordan Love is Daniel Jones,” “The Packers are frauds,” “When can we get out of Love’s contract,” “Malik Willis is better” crowd, I’m far more disappointed in the fanbase side of things. Just don’t even remotely get that side of fandom. After every loss it’s just “everyone sucks, burn everything to the ground, cut and fire everyone.” I understand fan is short for fanatic but have you never seen a team lose before? Spoiler alert - it’s going to happen again at some point. Packers will bounce back and they’ll be better for it. R e l a x is overplayed but r e l a x.