McCarthy's first interview since being fired

[OldSchool101]

What 2 things did Mike McCarthy and Marilyn Monroe (Norma Jean) both have in Common beside being MM and MM?

1. They both got hounded by the press after they were gone.
2. They both were involved in birthday celebrations before they got royally screwed.

Sorry Mike I couldn’t help myself!

 

[sschind]

I don't read anything in there that says he's a low character person either, I think it shows quite the opposite. But then i've learned the some people actually like Pepsi and drive Chevys too, so...

I get the impression that Murphy isn't Mr. Personality. Not that he doesn't have any, because i've seen him joke around and show some, but when it comes to things like this he does seem like the type that either just has to get it over with rather than have it hanging around. Figured he made the decision, just do it.

and while fired is fired and i think the ending was written after that game, it wouldn't have killed anybody to wait until the next day. It wouldn't have made any difference to tell Mike he was being replaced, you can go home to your family or finish out the season. Joe wasn't going to replace him, so I don't buy the notion of giving him a chance to get the job. Maybe? But I don't really believe so. and there really is no benefit in keeping someone around once you've made the decision to fire him, and he was still getting paid, so it's not like they tossed him on the streets with a kick in the ***. But it is kind of a bad look when you fire someone in that way. It's like they couldn't wait to get rid of him and I think that's a bad way to go about replacing one of your winningest coaches who has brought a lot of success for quite a while. It's not like they knocked on his door and he was nose deep in hookers and cocaine one day.

Listen you Coked up Ford freak (I'm praying you aren't a RC Dodge man)...

Seriously though, Several years ago I owned a house that I was renting to a friend. We had a lease but it was a rather informal agreement as he was also a roommate while I lived in the house. I moved and kept the house as a rental property. When I decided to sell the house I sent him a formal letter explaining the situation. He told a mutual friend that he was a bit offended by the formality. I did it to cover my *** and so he knew what was expected from him but he thought differently.

I could see a similar situation happening here. Maybe Murphy thought the best way to handle it was to take a formal approach and McCarthy possibly saw this formal approach as being cold and impersonal. I saw nothing that would indicate M&M were not friends, maybe not drinking buddy friends but I think they would have gone to each others birthday parties. It has to be a tough decision, well not even a tough decision because as McCarthy said himself he could see the writing on the wall, so even though Murphy made the call telling a friend you are firing has to be tough. Do you rip the band aid off in one swift pull or do you do it slowly. Murphy chose the quick pull.

I agree that Philbin wasn't going to get the job so it wasn't a case of giving the interim guy a chance to audition. Like I said in another post I don't see the advantage the Packers gained by firing him mid season. I know what they said they were trying to gain but I'm not convinced it helped. I also don't know what would have been gained by either side by prolonging it. IMO the best way would have been to tell Mike the night after the the game but hold off making the announcement until the next day. If I had been Murphy I also wouldn't have sent a lackey to tell McCarthy the boss wants to see you.

 

[scotscheese]

I don't read anything in there that says he's a low character person either, I think it shows quite the opposite. But then i've learned the some people actually like Pepsi and drive Chevys too, so...

I get the impression that Murphy isn't Mr. Personality. Not that he doesn't have any, because i've seen him joke around and show some, but when it comes to things like this he does seem like the type that either just has to get it over with rather than have it hanging around. Figured he made the decision, just do it.

and while fired is fired and i think the ending was written after that game, it wouldn't have killed anybody to wait until the next day. It wouldn't have made any difference to tell Mike he was being replaced, you can go home to your family or finish out the season. Joe wasn't going to replace him, so I don't buy the notion of giving him a chance to get the job. Maybe? But I don't really believe so. and there really is no benefit in keeping someone around once you've made the decision to fire him, and he was still getting paid, so it's not like they tossed him on the streets with a kick in the ***. But it is kind of a bad look when you fire someone in that way. It's like they couldn't wait to get rid of him and I think that's a bad way to go about replacing one of your winningest coaches who has brought a lot of success for quite a while. It's not like they knocked on his door and he was nose deep in hookers and cocaine one day.

i prefer pepsi

 

[sschind]

i prefer pepsi

same here unless its a coke from McDonalds