I saw a lot of people criticizing someone who is certainly not my boy, on Wednesday. My first reaction was to pile on. But that wasn’t the right reaction and I knew it.
I’m talking about Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy here. Fat Mike. The Buffoon.
Those are names I call him. They have been earned.
But here I am coming to the defense of Fat Mike, today.
You may have heard. The Packers tried to sign quarterback Brian Hoyer, this week. This came after McCarthy was adamant that Brett Hundley was his guy. That how dare you suggest the Packers might look at Colin Kaepernick!?
Let’s just boil this down to the root for a second.
Fat Mike does not make personnel decisions. Ted Thompson, Big Ted, does.
And while Fat Mike has not shown much confidence in his quarterback, his guy, Brett Hundley, that does not mean he’s a hypocrite because the Packers did not sign Kaepernick.
It isn’t his decision. Yeah, I’m talking directly to you Ryan Clark and all the other useless, shitdick talking heads like you.
Now, does Fat Mike have some input on what Big Ted does? I’m sure that is the case.
Is it possible that Fat Mike went to Big Ted and said, hey, I’m not totally comfortable with Brett Hundley running this offense?
Sure is!
And therein lies the fault, if you’re looking for one to put on The Buffoon. Maybe you’re not such a hot play caller if Aaron Rodgers isn’t running the plays, huh?
That is a completely different issue, however.
Personally, I am not opposed to the Packers bringing Colin Kaepernick in. That guy has some tools. There is no way he shouldn’t be on an NFL team. Collusion, it’s alive and well among old, rich white men.
Surprise!
And that’s exactly why I wouldn’t expect the Packers to sign him. It would upset the status quo and we all know the Packers’ leadership is ultimately only about the status quo.
So Ryan Clark and other shitheels want to blame McCarthy for trying to sign Hoyer and not signing Kaepernick? Can we just posit, for a moment, that it wasn’t Fat Mike’s call?
“Well, I’ll just say this about veteran free agency,” McCarthy said. “First off, I can’t confirm (the report) because from the time Aaron (Rodgers) has been injured, I’ve never once been involved in a conversation about bringing in a veteran quarterback. So from my perspective, from the time of the Minnesota game, the Monday after the Minnesota game to here today, … I know you think I’m talking to you guys (in the media), but I’m really talking to our football team and our fans. The direction that we’re going with the quarterbacks is Brett Hundley and the guys that we have here. So that was really clearly the vision from the time we had to address it there in Minnesota.”
And for once, Fat Mike was not pissed off. He was not demeaning to the questioners. He didn’t talk down to fans, as he often does. He made a simple statement and that statement spoke volumes.
Big Ted is the guy in charge of personnel decisions. Fat Mike is the guy in charge of coaching up the players on his football team. Fat Mike is (supposedly) going to coach up Brett Hundley.
We’d love to see that happen. It hasn’t gone so well thus far, but we believe Brett Hundley can be the guy. Not entirely sold on the fact that Fat Mike is the guy to coach him up, but we’ll soon see about that, won’t we?
Fat Mike should not be on the hook for personnel decisions. He should only be on the hook if he isn’t much of a football coach without Aaron Rodgers.