It seemed like everyone here was excited about the hire of Mike McCarthy.
It seemed like everyone here loved the drafted players.
It seemed like everyone liked the free agency signings of McCoy, Poe, Aldon Smith, and Griffen. Even Ha Ha Clinton Dix and the new Swing Tackle.
Yet, here we are at 1-3 (should be 0-4) after some really ugly performances through 4 weeks.
This falls all on Mike McCarthy because he's the Head Coach. He is responsible for getting this team ready to play each week. And the 1-3 record indicates he isn't doing a good job at it so far. In fact, it indicates he's been terrible as a Head Coach.
He inherited a competitive team and the off season moves that were made were applauded by this board and even the media. But now it's the front office's fault.
Give me a break.
This franchise and the hapless bungles are the only teams in the NFL that don’t hold their front office responsible for results. 30 of the 32 owners in this league hire people to run the football side of the team, set goals to be accomplished, and if they aren’t accomplished usually within 5 years, they are fired and someone else is brought in.
It’s not that I think Mike McCarthy shouldn’t be held accountable. But his work and influence have stretched over a whopping 4 games. Jerry’s fingerprints are 3 decades deep. It’s too early to play taps over Big Mac. And sure the players need to play better and should be held accountable for poor play.
But how can you have accountability anywhere in this organization if you don’t have it at the top? Accountability in effective organizations always starts at the top.
It’s too early to blame the season on Big Mac. But it’s not too early to know who is most responsible for the mess we’re in. He’s sitting in the owners box with his nepotistic kingdom.
