Article:Mass Purging in Packerland

Green Bay Head Coach Mike McCarthy announced Monday morning that six coaches will given there outright release. The main coaches release are Defensive Coordinator Bob Sanders and Strength & Conditioning Coordinator Rock Gullickson.

Other released coaches are  Defensive Ends Coach Carl Hairston, Defensive Tackles Coach Robert Nunn, Secondary Coach Kurt Schottenheimer, and Defensive Nickel Package/Cornerbacks Coach Lionel Washington.



These firings fall after Special Teams Corrdinator Mike Stock announced his retirement on Friday.

After losing seven games by four points or less (5 by a FG or less), something had to be done. Green Bay scored 419 points, 4 th most in the NFC (Saints, Cards and Giants) and 5 th most overall (Chargers).

According to Bob McGinn of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinal, one statistic looms very large. Out of the approximately 600 times that opposing quarterbacks dropped back, they fumbled one time. This points directly to the lack of pass rush.

McCarthy has said all the right things about the high regard in which he holds all the coaches and how he thanks them for their service to the team.