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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DarkHelmet" data-source="post: 1056654" data-attributes="member: 9399">I agree with the players most have mentioned.  Jacobs an obvious stud.  Kraft, too.  Xavier, Cooper, Wilson.  For me the most disappointing aspect of the team was coaching, and by that I mean MLF.  The buck stops with him.  Here's what bothers me:1. The Packers lost 5 out of 6 in their division, and nearly lost ALL of their division games.  That is beyond unacceptable.  Lions and Vikes were good this year, but not that good.  Vikings in particular got very lucky in several games.  2. The Packers were 6 & 3 at Lambeau.  The goal should be to win all home games; losing more than one or two is unacceptable.  Think of the Lambeau dominance the Packers had starting with Holmgren.  From 1992-2002 there was only one season where they lost three games at home.  In the last three seasons they've lost 4, 4 and 3.  Rule for success in the NFL:  win your home games, win your division games.3.  Jordan Love's decision-making took a big step backward this year.  He has the physical tools, but just throws too many bad passes.  The Packers organization invested a huge amount of money in him.  They absolutely need to get the best out of him.  That means coaching him up to better decisions and better technique.4.  Game time brain freeze.  Far, far too often the Packers make dumb mistakes.  Some of it is on the players, obviously, but some of it is coaching.  5.  Mismanagement of the last two minutes of a half.  (Not as bad as the Bears, but pretty bad.)6.  Ineffective use of challenges.  (Did any coach have less success than MLF this year?)7.  A special mention for special teams.  Can't anybody play this game?  The punting and place-kicking are better, finally, but the coverage of kicks is inconsistent at best.  The Bears tricking the coverage on a punt . . . disgraceful.  And a particular irritation for me has been the kickoffs.  So many times the returner brought it out and failed to make the 30.  And that was the least bad outcome.  Often we were taking stupid penalties and staring inside our own 20.  And of course the fumble risk is everpresent, as we saw yesterday.  Unless the kick is very short, take the knee, for heaven's sake.  Avoid injuries, avoid penalties, avoid fumbles, avoid coming up short and simply take the touchback!All these things combined to make me not enjoy watching the Packers very much this year.  It's frustrating to watch a team beat itself.  Even with an overall winning record and a playoff appearance, losing so often within the division was a real drag.  I very much hope MLF can straighten out these chronic problems next season.</blockquote>

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