Why Me Laugh?
What's it called when you are so fatigued by a dismal situation that you lose the ability to cry or complain and resort to hollow laughter?I want to know because that word should be the official theme of the 2006 Packer season.
Today we hired yet another non-up-and-comer who has no history of success, no experience in a system that performed well, that is totally unheard of, and is unwanted by any other team.
He joins a defensive coordinator whose never been a defensive coordinator before, an offensive coordinator whose never been a coordinator before, and assistants who come from failed systems who never performed with distinction.
The coach himself is not ready to be a coach, has never coached before, has never been successful outside of one year with the saints, has never worked in a good system, has no real playoff experience, has not been mentored by a top coach, and guided the worst offense in the NFL last year.
Jim Bates thought so little of McCarthy that he took his hiring as a degrading and unforgivable insult, even refusing to work with McCarthy next year.
And at the top of the food chain, we have the deer-in-the-headlights-with-a-stick-up-it's-ass Thompson running the show, ...a guy who'd never been a GM before, was unwanted by any other teams, had no record of excellence, refuses to bring in top flight free agents, and almost single-handedly let a team crumble from 10-6 to 3-13. A SEVEN game drop.
That word I was searching for, ...hopelessness.
2006, a season of hoplessness.
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