I think one main thing with McCarthy is that the new GM was not behind him. GB fired Ted Thompson who is the guy who hired McCarthy. Team president Murphy took over hiring and firing of head coaches. McCarthy was a Thompson hire. The new GM was his hire. With Thompson gone the people in the front office were not the ones who hired McCarthy--he wasn't "their guy." Having "your guy" is often very crucial.
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Gutekunst agreed to succeed Ted Thompson as Packers general manager in January knowing the change in power structure, which Murphy implemented as a way to increase organizational communication. The final call on head-coaching decisions is now Murphy’s, and it’s expected he’ll spearhead the search for McCarthy’s replacement.
Meanwhile in one article, the reporter actually phoned around to NFL execs to ask which guys should be on a "new head coaches in 2019" list and McCarthy was consistently at the top. When Reid was fired some wrote him off too, and now instead after a few years with the Chiefs, he's one of the models for how you hire a head coach---an experienced offensive guy who has had success and just needs a new place to hang his hat.
It remains to be seen if the NFL has changed to the point where McCarthy is seen as having "lost it." Certain guys like Reid, Carroll, Belichick, etc. have not "lost it" so I don't think it's really the case that the NFL marched on leaving coaches behind. I think that't just one possible spin on the situation.
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/07/2018 12:00PM by zn.
