Team Profile: Green Bay Packers

by Brandon on Feb 3, 2009 2:05 AM CST

Over at Mocking The Draft is a team profile for the Packers looking at the upcoming draft choices and how the offense and defense did last season. He's also concerned, just as I am, that the switch to a 3-4 might be tough:

I've never been a fan of new coaches coming in, and forcing the personnel into the new coach's scheme. It just doesn't make much sense to me. I understand Capers is a 3-4 guy, but why not wait a year or two, until you get the right guys in there, before making the switch? It's not like the offense is in rebuilding mode. Hell, they were one play away from the Super Bowl just a year ago. Good coaches should be able to coach the players they have, not only be able to coach in their scheme.

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I agree...

With most of what is quoted above. I hate the idea of a coach coming and forcing players into a scheme that doesn’t work to their abilities. A defense works best, in my opinion, when the coaches let the players play. At the same time, though, I don’t feel the Packers made this move without giving it serious consideration, examining the pro’s and con’s. As the quote says, the Packers aren’t desperate or in a rebuilding move, so we can’t view this as some sort of drastic change. It was calculated and we’ll see how it pays off.

"stay (green and) gold"

by Green and Bold on Feb 3, 2009 8:43 AM CST reply actions

Desperate

I wouldn’t say desperate, but GM Ted Thompson moves fast in the face of bad news. When the Packers went 4-12 in 2005, he wasted no time firing Mike Sherman. He wasn’t going to sit still. After a 6-10 season, a major step back from the NFC Championship with a bad run defense, he went big. Out go all the defensive coaches, and welcome 3-4. Maybe that is impatience, but I think that he moves quickly in a different direction after a set back to seem like someone who is always able to adapt.

by Brandon on Feb 3, 2009 10:18 PM CST reply actions