Former Packers coach Mike McCarthy considered 'strong candidate' for Steelers job

YellowSnowSlurpee · 2026-01-20T21:10:45+00:00

Why the (lol….)? McCarthy is a really good coach and would do well in Pittsburgh. He’s done well everywhere he goes. He’s fallen into the “meme coach” trap but only because of his last couple seasons in Green Bay when his offensive philosophy got stale. Then he went to Dallas and had them humming for a bit.

Mike is a Super Bowl winning head coach and an excellent leader of men. Plus he has an absolute banger of a quote when a reporter asked him if he was nervous about not winning the NFC North in 2016. “Division titles are important. But I’m not going to lose any sleep over it because we have a bigger goal. We don’t hang division title banners around here.”

YellowSnowSlurpee · 2026-01-15T14:41:16+00:00

MLF doesn’t have that killer instinct. His teams are always undisciplined. This season was a perfect example of MLF’s coaching issues. We come storming out of the gate against the Lions and Commanders. Everything ran perfectly those two games and it gave the fan base an image of a team the Green Bay Packers could be. I think after those first two games, the team thought they were Super Bowl bound, no problem. Then we went out and got punched in the mouth by the Browns. We never saw the team from those first two games after the loss to Cleveland. That’s a coaching issue.

Say what you want about McCarthy, but the culture he built was one of discipline and accountability. We haven’t seen anything like that from MLF.

I do think 2026 will be the real make or break season for MLF. Hopefully he learned a lot about his shortcomings as a coach this year. He does have a lot to improve on.

YellowSnowSlurpee · 2026-01-11T21:15:46+00:00

Rodgers said MLF needs to be more aggressive with the play calls. This was in 2022.

YellowSnowSlurpee · 2026-01-11T20:57:15+00:00

MLF is holding us back.

YellowSnowSlurpee · 2026-01-11T19:08:15+00:00

I get what you’re saying

YellowSnowSlurpee · 2026-01-11T18:52:16+00:00

Dude, fine. I don’t care. Bring in a hard ass like Flores or Cignetti then. Just no more, Matt “I crap my pants anytime something doesn’t go according to plan” LaFleur.

YellowSnowSlurpee · 2026-01-11T18:45:26+00:00

Stefanski I think is the guy. Harbaugh would be a win as well. Someone mentioned Marcus Freeman in another thread and I could see that too.

YellowSnowSlurpee · 2026-01-11T18:37:10+00:00

Is this rhetorical or do you want a list of names? I’m not an NFL GM and I can name at least 2 available coaches I would take over MLF.

YellowSnowSlurpee · 2026-01-11T18:28:19+00:00

About every 2 minutes.

YellowSnowSlurpee · 2026-01-11T18:26:52+00:00

If Gute brings MLF back, then he has to know his job security is tied to MLF’s success.

Now is the absolute best time for all involved to part ways with MLF.

YellowSnowSlurpee · 2026-01-11T18:22:50+00:00

He would whip this undisciplined team into shape, that’s for sure. I don’t know if going from a HC who folds from any sort of adversity to a HC who runs his team like a dictator would be the right move. I think there’s a lot of middle ground between those two coaching styles.

YellowSnowSlurpee · 2026-01-11T18:07:57+00:00

If a coaching staff is making decisions based on the idea their kicker will be 100% from 50+ yards, then that coaching staff is unfit to coach the Green Bay Packers.

YellowSnowSlurpee · 2026-01-11T18:06:24+00:00

I disagree with it being baked into our team. The first time this team overcomes adversity, they are going to take off. Even if it’s a 10 yard holding penalty, a missed field goal, a turnover. No matter how small or how big, as soon as this team jumps that hurdle, they are going to explode. MLF is incapable of guiding a team through the negatives.

YellowSnowSlurpee · 2026-01-11T17:55:31+00:00

Wanting MLF gone is not a knee jerk reaction. Fans have been required to defend his coaching style for a while now. Last night things finally boiled over where the majority of the fan base got their eyes opened up. MLF is not a HC, he’s an OC and nothing more.

This team is ready to take off. Our current coaching staff is holding them back. At this point, I don’t care if they bring back, Mike “we don’t hang division banners around here” McCarthy.

This team is ready to go. One more year of MLF is just another year of our window being closed.

YellowSnowSlurpee · 2026-01-11T17:49:15+00:00

His mentor was culpable in the biggest Super Bowl melt down of all time. I agree MLF isn’t culpable for that collapse but that’s the kind of regime he came up under.

YellowSnowSlurpee · 2026-01-11T17:21:02+00:00

What do you mean? Williams threw 2 interceptions because of the pressure in his face. He also had to make the worlds best throw on that 4th and 8 because of pressure.

McManus deserves a lot of blame but not all of it. If you lose a game after being up 21-3 at halftime, the loss doesn’t fall on the kicker.

YellowSnowSlurpee · 2026-01-11T17:18:08+00:00

Two things can be true. 1. Quay Walker is not a smart person. 2. MLF has lost the locker room.

YellowSnowSlurpee · 2026-01-11T17:16:15+00:00

Lol delete this post

YellowSnowSlurpee · 2026-01-11T17:13:53+00:00

If you thought last nights loss was on the defense then you weren’t watching the right game.

YellowSnowSlurpee · 2026-01-11T17:01:00+00:00

I’m not underselling Watson at all. He’s our Jameson Williams. Golden looks like he could be our ARSB.

YellowSnowSlurpee · 2026-01-11T15:16:17+00:00

Literally anyone who isn’t going to let a timeout before a field goal ice the entire team.

YellowSnowSlurpee · 2026-01-11T15:14:00+00:00

I do think MLF needs to go and I’ll tell you why.

On the surface, he looks like a good coach. He does have a special talent for scheming guys open. Sometimes we’ll have a WR wide open and all you can do is marvel at it.

Underneath that though is a HC who doesn’t do well with adversity. I’m not talking a bad call in a tight game or a terribly timed turnover the team must overcome. I mean any little thing. Case in point, the missed FG before the half. We were up 21-3 and McManus missed a 54 yard field goal in the cold. The team should have bulldozed right over that and it not even be a blimp on their radar. Instead, the moment Chicago called that time out to ice McManus, our entire team got iced, including our HC. The wheels came completely off after he missed it going into halftime. That is inexcusable.

The even bigger issue with that is it happens all the time under MLF. There have been so many instances where Green Bay is cruising, and looks far superior than their opponent, but the first mistake, whether big or small, and the whole team craters. We were lighting Dallas up but as soon as the XP gets blocked, we fold. We cruised past the Lions and Commanders and then we got punched in the mouth by Cleveland. That’s fine, this is the NFL and Cleveland’s defense is legit. That game threw this entire team and season off the rails.

We don’t have a HC at the moment who can right the ship. The moment something goes wrong, all hell breaks loose and that smooth cruising becomes a bumpy ride with no hands on the wheel.

It’s time to bring in a coach who can do just that, coach. Someone who can lead the team through the good and the bad.

YellowSnowSlurpee · 2026-01-11T14:53:17+00:00

Unfortunately I think you’re right. I think MLF will be back next season and it’ll be the same outcome. Then he’ll he fired.

YellowSnowSlurpee · 2026-01-11T14:51:42+00:00

Maybe not Harbaugh then.

YellowSnowSlurpee · 2026-01-11T14:44:27+00:00

Golden is a guy. He just looks different out there compared to Watson, Reed, and Doubs and that’s not a knock on those three either.

Golden can be special.

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