Welcome back to The Coach Clarahanson Show!!! In Coach’s Humble Opinion: …Ron Wolf knew the mastery of timing. …like when to bet the house on a QB (Brett Favre), or when to fire a coach (Ray Rhodes). It’s about being predictive, not reactive. It’s about analyzing leading indicators (if we don’t make a change, we’re not going to win), not lagging ones (we lost another playoff game due to woeful performance, so I will get rid of the coordinator now even though it was an obvious need several weeks ago). Do these names ring a bell … Maurice Drayton? Shawn Mennenga? Mike Pettine? So now we are at a pivotal point for the future of the Green Bay Packers, and I’m convinced Aaron LaFlurphy will probably make the wrong choice… We have 2 options: A) “Play Rodgers” and at best be a potential spoiler to teams seriously in the hunt for the playoffs. This is also known as “Placate Rodgers” to keep him from publicly whining about not being able to play out his last year(s). Since Rodgers is really the de facto Team President and GM anyways, he will ensure his coach insists #12 plays every snap all the way through Game 17. B) “Play Love” from here on out and give the youngster the NFL reps he desperately needs to steepen his learning curve for NFL success. On the surface Option B is the best thing for the Packers, even though it might look like they are not doing everything they can to win every game this year. In reality, Love can’t play much worse than Rodgers (statistically he had a good chance of playing better!), and it’s not like there is any chance to win the Super Bowl this year, so 1265 please don’t pretend the rest of this season is anything more than the 2023 Preseason. That said, Coach reminds you that Packers President (on paper) Mark Murphy has tiny balls when it comes to how things might look, and his tool Matt LaFleur has no balls whatsoever. Therefore, I’m completely confident that Rodgers will play out every game this season, gaining the Packers nothing, and arresting Jordan Love’s development another year. …at least in Coach’s humble opinion. PS Coach reminds you, the loyal reader, that The Coach Clarahanson Show!!! is not published for preseason games, so this might be it for 2022, folks. Sad but true. Create A Seam Here – X’s & O’s about the game or a scheme WTF – Coach’s take on football news that’s messed up NFL To Provide All Refs Seeing-Eye Dogs ATLANTA, GA — To help improve the accuracy of calls on the field, the National Football League will now provide each referee with a seeing-eye dog. "What'd you see, Fido? Bark twice if there was holding!" yelled Shawn Hochuli at his new service dog. "Good boy. Does the red team still have the ball? Oh crap, I forgot you're colorblind, Fido!" The NFL made the move to provide service dogs as part of a concerted effort to raise the level of officiating. "We are really hoping to reach a point where at least occasionally, a call makes sense," said commissioner Roger Goodell. "It's a big ask of these canines to comprehend the intricacies of what's a 'rub route' and what's 'pass interference', but we feel confident they will be more accurate than our current system of a blind man taking a wild guess. Or, excuse me, a blind woman taking a wild guess." Thus far, the seeing-eye dogs have been welcomed heartily by officials and players alike. "It's a massive improvement already," said Philadelphia quarterback Jalen Hurts. "The dogs at least guide the refs out of the way when play starts - and a couple of the smarter pups have already caught on to 'offsides', and other simple penalties. They've also eliminated those embarrassing moments when the poor referee does the whole penalty announcement facing the wrong direction. Visual impairment is tough, man." At publishing time, Atlanta fans across the nation were reportedly screaming about how Fido is so unbelievably biased against the Falcons. The Bears Still Suck – Coach has proof Here are the worst 5 teams in the NFC, as ranked by the NFL. Last place is at the bottom… Udder Stuff – Commentary from the Badger Underground Axe Giant: The Wrath of Paul Bunyan Last year, Bucky went to the Axe game ranked #14 and something to play for. They lost miserably 20-23 in OT. This year, they are limping across the finish line unranked and barely bowl eligible. Likewise, Minnesota had a flash of promise in the early going after pummeling MSU, but have settled into steady mediocrity. This year we are back in mid-70’s form with neither team really having anything to play for except pride. Only Iowa, Purdue, and Illinois have a chance to go to Indy. The most important thing on Saturday for Bucky is to atone for the debacle last year. There is no reason they should not win except for the fact that they have trouble stringing together two wins in a row. Hopefully, the D can hold top Goof RB Ibrahim at bay after a 263 yd. outing last week against the stingy Iowa D. Herbig will come out fired up after having to sit out the first half after a BS targeting call last week. We do not hold out a lot of hope for the offense unless Braelon ‘the gimp” has a banner day with ample back up from Mellusi and Guerrendo. Mertz and the receivers have been spotty at best. As for last week’s squeaker against the Cornholers, Mertz was better than the box score or Twitter rants would have you believe. For one, this was the 3rd straight game playing in gusty high winds. This was the second straight game of the OL getting manhandled. The WR’s sucked with 4 drops, led by three by Chimere Dike. Another pass was thrown on target to the TE in the end zone, but the TE wasn't looking for the ball. The pass thrown for the pick hit a wind gust, though we question throwing a pass like that into the wind. Mertz woulda been better off throwing a bullet like he did in Q4 for a TD. We’re Gonna Kick Your @$$ – predictions for the upcoming game Do you remember 2016? Well, honestly, Coach barely remembers breakfast, let alone a more recent Season either* ... ... after a 4-6 start we beat the Iggles 27-13 and went on a 6-0 run, the “Run the table” year. (*Note: for the record, Coach can remember almost all the games in the 70’s thru the 2010 SB, but more recently they get a bit foggy ... it’s all lost in a blur of “Rodgers is self-centered and the Defensive Coordinator and Special Teams suck, heh?”) All the stats and everything we’ve seen this year says we will git kilt ... but who knows, let’s say the D plays like our talent is supposed to be and Erin Fraudgers pulls his thumb and cranium out of his rectum ... then “why not us?” ... in an “any given Sunday” prediction: Packers 27 Eagles 13 JB – Packers you forgot about, but stories you’ll remember about them Ok, good job remembering 2016. Next, can you remember who wore #4 for the Packers before Brett Favre? At 6'1" 195-lb, Chuck Fusina was a 5th round draft pick (#133 overall) of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 1979 NFL Draft. He spent his 1st 3 seasons as back-up to Doug Williams. In 1983, he left for the fledgling USFL. Fusina signed with the Philadelphia/Baltimore Stars where he blossomed under coach Jim Mora (Playoffs? Are you kidding me? Playoffs? Playoffs?). In his 3 seasons with that team, he passed for over 10,000 yards and led all USFL quarterbacks with 66 touchdowns and a QB rating of 88.6 and led the Stars to back-to-back USFL titles in 1984 and 1985. He was named MVP of the 1984 USFL Championship Game. When the league folded in August 1986, Fusina returned to the NFL for one last season … with the Green Bay Packers, as the 3rd string QB. In 1986, Forrest Gregg was the coach, and was in process of transitioning the team from a finesse passing squad with Lynn Dickey to a mob of thugs. Randy Wright took over at quarterback and was unimpressive, completing 53% of his passes for 3,247 yards, 17 scores and 23 picks. He was backed up by a has-been Vince Ferragamo (#5), who saw little action, and our featured Fusina – who suited up for 7 games in which he went 19 of 32 (59.4%) for 178 yards, no TD’s and 1 pick. That’s about it.
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