Game 18: Bears at Packers - 1/5/25 - Noon - Fox

[MiltownMadness]

It's a good sign the Packers didn't get punked really this year, we can keep up with anyone but need things to go our way for playoff success obviously

[raysbookclub]

MLF is awesome coach for like 95% of things including game action. Unfortunately he's panicky and ultra conservative generally and especially in tight moments. That 5% is often the difference and magnified in big games.

Would be extremely dumb to fire him but they need a dedicated guy on the sidelines whose sole job is preventing him from doing dumb stuff like calling that TO.

Isn’t that supposed to be Basaccia? He’s assistant head coach and ST coach. Rough season for him on both fronts.

[stillgotgame]

He's so good that he has made you think the talent on this team isn't very average. We are constantly playing over our heads with MLF, he's awesome but seems to be falling out of favor with our spoiled bunch.

What? He just called a TO when we need to burn time. Then he stood there and watched as his boy put our defense in prevent when we needed to prevent a first down.
Do you not understand football?

MLF would make a great OC but he's butter soft as a head coach.

Being a HC in the modern NFL is literally just being an OC, no? He's awesome, team wins and the talent is young and not very good yet. It's simple as "dont know how good you have it till its gone" or "grass isnt always greener", it's just fickle fan stuff and that's human but it's all silly when you take a step back. It was bad coaching at the end of the game but the game didn't matter and **** being reactionary vs. years of success

What years of success? He inherited a hall of fame QB and WR yet hasn't been to a Super Bowl. Do you like losing in the playoffs every year? I don't.
He's not bad, but nothing special either. He'd be a great OC though.

[Bernman]

You're giving them too much credit. They played everyone they could (within reason), even suiting up Watson. If they wanted to take this game off, you would have seen Willis and Wilson/Brooks from the first snap, no McKinney, no Nixon (their only decent corner right now), no Jacobs, no Kraft, no Reed, no Wicks, no Cooper, no Gary, etc. They clearly played to win this game and didn't. Easily could be 0-6 against the division.

You're requiring them to have no-assed it to not say they whole-assed it. There's such thing as half-assing like yanking arguably their best performing attacker this year. W/ things like that in mind, it's not real to say this is translatable.

[Mags FTW]

Blah blah blah. He blamed himself for last week's loss after he was dumbfounded that MIN played man to man. Now he blames himself again.

If one person is to blame over and over again, then it's time to let that person go.

[raysbookclub]

MLF needs to do better, but he’s a fine head coach, he’s done well. Would’ve been Super Bowl bound multiple years if not for a punt block TD, a missed FG by his rookie kicker, and Kevin King.

[MissKhriddleton]

NFL coaching is like 95% staying out of your own way. Build an AI to manage the clock and make any and all decisions and hire a hype man on the side for motivation.

[humanrefutation]

You're giving them too much credit. They played everyone they could (within reason), even suiting up Watson. If they wanted to take this game off, you would have seen Willis and Wilson/Brooks from the first snap, no McKinney, no Nixon (their only decent corner right now), no Jacobs, no Kraft, no Reed, no Wicks, no Cooper, no Gary, etc. They clearly played to win this game and didn't. Easily could be 0-6 against the division.

You're requiring them to have no-assed it to not say they whole-assed it. There's such thing as half-assing like yanking arguably their best performing attacker this year. W/ things like that in mind, it's not real to say this is translatable.

They didn't half ass it. The only player that they benched for a non-injury reason was Jacobs. And that was after a quarter+ during which he could have gotten hurt.

[Daver]

TO before the field goal, and having your safeties 40 yards deep when they need 15? Completely asinine coaching.

I didnt even realize that was our timeout taken before our fg, does mlf have cte?

The NFL hosts are roasting that exact play n saying wth were thry doing especially after a TO

[MiltownMadness]

You're giving them too much credit. They played everyone they could (within reason), even suiting up Watson. If they wanted to take this game off, you would have seen Willis and Wilson/Brooks from the first snap, no McKinney, no Nixon (their only decent corner right now), no Jacobs, no Kraft, no Reed, no Wicks, no Cooper, no Gary, etc. They clearly played to win this game and didn't. Easily could be 0-6 against the division.

You're requiring them to have no-assed it to not say they whole-assed it. There's such thing as half-assing like yanking arguably their best performing attacker this year. W/ things like that in mind, it's not real to say this is translatable.

They didn't half ass it. The only player that they benched for a non-injury reason was Jacobs. And that was after a quarter+ during which he could have gotten hurt.

This is the true cope. Love was throwing footballs on the sideline, this was not serious to the Packers as far as winning at all costs go.

[Daver]

We deserved to lose both games vs Chicago so kick rocks defending MLF.

Agree 1-5 in north is brutal n a carl brooks block from being 0-6

[TroyD92]

Blah blah blah. He blamed himself for last week's loss after he was dumbfounded that MIN played man to man. Now he blames himself again.

If one person is to blame over and over again, then it's time to let that person go.

I'm not gonna kill MLF but he takes accountability a lot and doesnt really manage to fix the things he's taking accountability for.

[Daver]

Eventually Chicago was going to beat us, at least they win a meaningless game for us where both of our QBs were hurt...still barely won.

Get healthy for next week, we can beat Philly.

Lol we can but philly will beat the crap out of us on sunday

[Turk Nowitzki]

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He's used up his leeway with this excuse/soundbite to the media. We know it's on you, do better.

[Daver]

He's so good that he has made you think the talent on this team isn't very average. We are constantly playing over our heads with MLF, he's awesome but seems to be falling out of favor with our spoiled bunch.

Is that you Mrs. Lafleur

There will come a time where we are like the Bears and we will beg for a coach like MLF. It's just how these things work

Dude just stop it b4 you hurt yourself.Gotta be his long lost son or something.Csnt deny his regular season record but csnt deny how bad his in game decisions are how bad his PC is in big games.

[Daver]

What? He just called a TO when we need to burn time. Then he stood there and watched as his boy put our defense in prevent when we needed to prevent a first down.
Do you not understand football?

MLF would make a great OC but he's butter soft as a head coach.

Being a HC in the modern NFL is literally just being an OC, no? He's awesome, team wins and the talent is young and not very good yet. It's simple as "dont know how good you have it till its gone" or "grass isnt always greener", it's just fickle fan stuff and that's human but it's all silly when you take a step back. It was bad coaching at the end of the game but the game didn't matter and **** being reactionary vs. years of success

What years of success? He inherited a hall of fame QB and WR yet hasn't been to a Super Bowl. Do you like losing in the playoffs every year? I don't.
He's not bad, but nothing special either. He'd be a great OC though.

Spot on ....what success lol has gottrn punked in every PO game but 1 RS record aside hes been out coached in damn near every big game and his in game mansgement is absolute garbage.6 years in n hes still msking the same mistakes

[Daver]

MLF needs to do better, but he’s a fine head coach, he’s done well. Would’ve been Super Bowl bound multiple years if not for a punt block TD, a missed FG by his rookie kicker, and Kevin King.

So wrong it was also some headscratching calls by MLF that also cost the packers a chance to get to the SB.Wouldof couldof shouldof.

[Kerb Hohl]

Some thoughts

-That was the first true “no explanation” **** up I can recall from MLF with that timeout. If they were going for it, maybe it makes sense…but run it down no matter what. He panicked.

-Malik: you’re kinda out here for a reason. Scramble, buddy.

-Loss doesn’t bother me a ton when coupled with the Commanders win. We’re not winning it all anyways, but if we were gonna make a run, at least we hopefully got some of the bull stuff out of the way. We lost with that MLF ****, minimal Jacobs, backup QB, and most importantly: fumble in our own territory and ridiculous ST score. That isn’t all going to happen regularly.

[Kerb Hohl]

MLF needs to do better, but he’s a fine head coach, he’s done well. Would’ve been Super Bowl bound multiple years if not for a punt block TD, a missed FG by his rookie kicker, and Kevin King.

So wrong it was also some headscratching calls by MLF that also cost the packers a chance to get to the SB.Wouldof couldof shouldof.

This is the hill I will die on and always argue - the TB late FG decision had logic behind it. Getting 8 points was not easy there and it still would’ve only been a tie. The logic was a possible different way to win it in regulation.

Today’s mistake with the timeout. Outside of just panicking, he truly just messed up.

[Matches Malone]

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