Monday, October 04, 2004

MIKE SHERMAN SHOULD BE FIRED

Starting today, I am counting each day until he, and his staff are fired. I was going to also call for crucifiction, but some might think that's a little extreme.

I don't care to recount the abyssmal Packers performance, so I'll just assume you all saw the debacle and will understand the significance of the following:

1. Favre should have come back in during the 4th quarter. Medical staff should be fired.

As the Giants were scoring a touchdown on the ensuing possession - a 52-yard Tiki Barber run through the heart of the Packers defense - Favre's memory was being tested on the sideline.

Nall said he was told to quiz Favre on a couple of plays the Packers run to see whether the quarterback could remember all the details. He apparently passed with flying colors.

"I was over there when the doctors were talking to him, and they asked me to ask him a couple plays, and I asked him, 'What's your read on this?' and he spit it out just fine," Nall said. "I asked him to call another play, and he said it just fine. I talked to him, and he said he felt good."


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"I think Brett will be fine," Pederson said, declining to talk about his own injury. "He seemed to be fine later in the game. Obviously, the doctors will watch him, and we'll see what happens this week."

2. Nall should have been playing instead of Peterson, a point which was obvious to all by the middle of the 3rd quarter.
Unbeknown to most observers (ed. except those with eyes and/or a brain) , Pederson, who completed seven of 17 passes for 86 yards, was hurt, and as the game wore on, his side tightened up.

"We saw it on the sideline in front of the bench," Rossley said. "I don't know if it was his kidney or what. I guess they're going to do an MRI. It bothered him more and more as the game went on."

It was particularly apparent on the Packers' last possession when he attempted a deep, sideline pass to Robert Ferguson with 15 seconds to go in the game. The ball bounced about 10 yards short of the target and Pederson took himself out so that Nall could take a shot at a tying touchdown.

"He had a tough time throwing to his left," Nall said.


3. The Packers stopped trying to run the ball, and didn't commit to or stay with the run at the beginning of the game. They seemed to have no plan.

The Giants came into the game with the NFL's 22nd-ranked run defense and had allowed all three of their opponents to rush for more than 100 yards.

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"We have an extensive playbook and sometimes when we get in these ruts they have to find a play that's going to work," Wahle said. "It's tough to get into a rhythm but we're not making things happen."

4. The Packers have failed to upgrade their defensive line, defensive backfield, and their offensive receivers. Sherman has been there for 4 seasons now and the talent on this team has not increased since that year.

He has failed as a coach in 2002 and 2003 by losing winnable games. He has failed as a GM by not improving the team after his first year. For this reason and many others, Mike Sherman and his staff should be removed from their coaching positions in Green Bay.

Today is day 1 in the "Number of days since fat-ass Sherman should have been fired".