McCarthy Year End Press Conference

Post #1 » by **MickeyDavis** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 3:53 pm

Highlights so far from the JS.

Green Bay - Mike McCarthy has started.

Mark Tauscher has not yet has his knee surgery.

Scott Wells needs shoulder surgery.

Chad Clifton needs a couple of surgeries to clean some things out.

Justin Harrell needs to be re-evaluated.

On possible staff changes: "I'm really at the beginning of it. Those are things that we'll look at."
McCarthy will start meeting with the coordinators.

12/31/2008 09:11 AM
McCarthy will meet with the coordinators today and then move on to the other assistants.

12/31/2008 09:11 AM
As far as his self-evaluation, McCarthy said "Well, 6-10. My name is on the door. It starts with me."

12/31/2008 09:15 AM
On whether this team needs to add free agents on defense: "I think that's convenient to attack the youth of our team."

12/31/2008 09:15 AM
On changes: "I'm going to go through the evaluation process and I'm going to set a course for success."

12/31/2008 09:17 AM
As normally happens, McCarthy expects 20 percent of his roster to change.

12/31/2008 09:18 AM
"All of our schemes are under evaluation right now."

12/31/2008 09:19 AM
We're doing more variations of the zone-blocking scheme than we did in year one...I don't run schemes because so and so won a world championship. We're creative and aggressive.

12/31/2008 09:22 AM
Being the youngest team is not something McCarthy is aiming for, and he doesn't think the Packers will be that again.

12/31/2008 09:22 AM
Injuries were not the reason why the Packers went 6-10. "We didn't overcome them enough."

12/31/2008 09:24 AM
On losing all seven games by four points or less, "You have to look at that. And we will."

12/31/2008 09:26 AM
"Yes, we definitely made the right move at the quarterback position. I was very happy with the productivity at the quarterback position."

12/31/2008 09:29 AM
I didn't get the job done. We were 6-10.

12/31/2008 09:30 AM
Pressure is a concern. That's something Bob and I will talk about.

12/31/2008 09:32 AM
McCarthy acknowledged that he and Sanders talked about more pressure packages last off season.

12/31/2008 09:34 AM
On Winston Moss: "I spent some time with Winston yesterday and we'll talk more tonight."

12/31/2008 09:36 AM
On Ryan Grant : "I had a long conversation with Ryan Grant. It wasn't all on Grant. The running game wasn't in sync."

12/31/2008 09:40 AM
Jason Spitz will get a look at center.

aaprigs311 · Post #2 » by **aaprigs311** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 4:36 pm

Dammit, I wanted Sanders canned today.

Balls2TheWalls · Post #3 » by **Balls2TheWalls** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 5:00 pm

The talk with Sanders should go like this:

"You're fired."

crkone · Post #4 » by **crkone** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 5:29 pm

Yeah I don't understand this and its making me nervous. Sanders should have been canned Sunday night.

Post #5 » by **MickeyDavis** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 6:36 pm

Here is the transcript for the entire PC.

http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/36934584.html

an_also · Post #6 » by **an_also** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 7:36 pm

if sanders is retained, i dont know what i will do

LUKE23 · Post #7 » by **LUKE23** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 11:00 pm

an_also wrote:if sanders is retained, i dont know what i will do

kick puppies

MikeIsGood · Post #8 » by **MikeIsGood** » Thu Jan 1, 2009 12:57 pm

LUKE23 wrote:
an_also wrote:if sanders is retained, i dont know what i will do

kick puppies

I would consider kittens.

emunney · Post #9 » by **emunney** » Thu Jan 1, 2009 5:00 pm

MikeIsGood wrote:
I would consider kittens.

braindazer · Post #10 » by **braindazer** » Thu Jan 1, 2009 8:28 pm

I'm not prejudice, I'll kick puppies or kittens