Acrobat wrote: ↑28 Jun 2021 15:25
Yoop wrote: ↑28 Jun 2021 14:48
Heres a google link to the bleacher report article by Tyler Dunn, where he points out that Rodgers was fed up with McCarthy's offense since 016 and audibling out of half the called plays because if he hadn't defenses would know exactly what was coming, could say if not for Rodgers McCarthy would have been looking for a job even sooner., and should have been, that was some of the worst play calling in that Seattle game I ever saw.
I didn't realize that Bleacher report blocks there articles from being linked, and didn't recheck that it didn't when I made that post 2 pages back, sorry.
Tyler Dunne is a hack. I know someone he dated, don't trust the guy. Just trying to make a name for himself.
Huh. That's pretty weird. I thought he was one of the VERY few beat reporters over the years we've had that actually does homework and research and brings something extra to the game. Given that the fans now have direct access to the press conferences and such, most articles are just filling in words around quotes we've already heard. Dunne actually seemed to develop sources and reach out to involved parties directly and add more to the story than what we already knew. He also had an "in" on the Rodgers text messages making fun of Gutey (had we forgotten that part yet?)
Anyway, totally fine if there's a personal connection and a lack of trust. But he's generally well regarded around here and I haven't yet seen him go the McGinn route of using selective source quotes to hammer a personal narrative without ever amending his perspective to a more balanced, nuanced, or wholistic view of a topic.
But to the point, I think we all know that Rodgers got frustrated with MM's offense and was audibling a lot. That's not just Dunne; that's pretty well-reported and was the perception at the time. That's a big reason why "audibleghazi" dominated the news cycle in MLF's first year. Because Rodgers was so used to it.
But it's also true that Aaron Rodgers has a very difficult time admitting fault, always. And when things don't go well, especially when he
knows deep down, that he could have played better, he generally lashes out at other entities. So when the offense stalled under MM, in part because the receivers couldn't win 1-on-1, in part because MM (
and Rodgers) bought into a "we need to force more big plays and that will open up the offense and create winning football" logic (lots of quotes of both of them saying that, plus the on-field evidence of Rodgers heaving it downfield on 3rd and short like a bazillion times in those years), in part because TT didn't stock the receiver room, in part because Rodgers was too risk-averse to throw into traffic with receivers he didn't trust, and in part because, frankly, he had lost patience... he lashed out against MM.
And when we lost the NFC Championship game in a battle in which any one of a million things could have swung the balance in our direction, instead of focusing on the red zone throws HE missed, he lashed out at the whole team and threatened to quit.
Rodgers lashes out when something is partially his fault and he can't accept it. And I'm saying that descriptively, not judgementally. I think accepting fault when your fault was small and lots of other things could have come through for you is a difficult thing for most people. But it's definitely a skill he lacks. You very rarely get the "the buck stops with me" kind of talk from Rodgers, especially as his career has gone on. And that's fine. It's just not the way he's wired. But we can also admit that
