AJ Love

What do you guys think of Jerry Grey? He was interviewed today to be the Packers new D Coordinator. Rumor has it that he will get the job

I think, despite alot of my negative comments about Sherman, that it is possible. Remember, Belichek got run out of Cleveland before he found his coaching feet. My gut feeling is that deep down Sherman's style of play is run first, solid defense, relatively conservative play, but that he got away from that style in either not being willing to or being unable to to rein in Brett Favre. Continually Favre has thrown passes up for grabs in recent seasons. most unfortunately in the playoffs, and Sherman did little about it... perhaps on a new team Sherman's style would come together better... as mentioned, it is no secret that he thinks very highly of Losman and would have drafted him Because Sherman's teams always seemed to start out slow in games as well as seasons and then he adjusted, it is entirely possible that he will make similar adjustments for the better the 2nd time around as a HC... if he fails it certainly wouldn't be for lack of effort As you can see, Packers fans are very divided in our opinions of Sherman. The truth, more than likely, is that he was neither as good or as bad as some of us think.

Under Bates, the Packers ranked first against the pass, 23rd against the run, tied for 26th in takeaways and tied for 19th in points allowed.

Let me ask you guys a question: did the Packers dodge a bullet by not hiring Wade Phillips? (He interviewed for the position) I personally like the hiring of Mike McCarthy as the new Packers HC

Not publically.

I think there is a good chance Bates might go where Sherman goes. Personally I think Bates is a little over-rated. His defenses in both Miami and Green Bay were not great against the run, and you know how that goes, "if you can't stop the run you can't win in the playoffs"..... Part of that is the scheme, part of it *might* have been personnel There are a few coaches who are still under contract but haven't been re-hired as of yet. For the most part the front office cleaned house, and I thank God for that. I don't know Buffalo Bills football like you guys do, but I'd take an 80 year old Marv Levy over Sherman any day... count me in as a bigtime Lee Evans fan, by the way, being from Wisconsin

One other thing: check the stats on Sherman's won-loss record in September. The Packers ALWAYS started slow under him, every year, for whatever reason. When it happens a few times, that is one thing, but every year? Makes ya wonder...

I'm a die hard lifelong Packers fan reporting in as requested: I sincerely believe Mike Sherman is a very average Head Coach in the NFL and was a fairly mediocre HC in the playoffs. He did improve upon his first playoff coaching experience which was the debacle in St Louis where he and his coaches devised a 3 DL/8 DB lineup to combat the Rams passing attack. After getting blown out, thankfully he never tried that defense again. Mike Sherman is an exceptionally good person, a high character guy. He would be great for the community of Buffalo. He would do charity work in Buffalo, he would demand good character from his players and coaches (and would generally get it). Team chemistry is big with him. I'd invite him to my parent's house for dinner, I'd trust him around my wife, and I'm thrilled that he is no longer coaching the Packers. The guy is loyal to a fault. And I mean that literally. Despite his good friend Tom Rossley being an extremely predictable and occasionally inept (imho) Offensive Coordinator, Sherman stuck with him. Despite some of his favorite players (such as Robert Ferguson or Cletidus Hunt) not playing up to their potential, he stuck with them. He never held Brett Favre accountable when Favre continually threw passes up for grabs en route to a 29 INT season. Just pray he never becomes your GM. In my opinion he was one of the worst GM's in football in the last 10 years. He traded up in the 3rd round to draft the worst punter in the NFL (!), he gave multi-million dollar contracts to loafers like Hunt. He passed on Chris Chambers to draft Robert Ferguson (actually that was technically Ron Wolf's pick in Wolf's last year as GM, but it has been acknowledged that it was Sherman's pick). He traded away literally a dozen draft picks to move up in the draft 7 or 8 times in 4 years, thus gutting the teams' depth. He traded up for Hunter Hillenmayer, then cut him after 3 weeks of training camp because someone else was supposedly a better special teams player, and Hillenmayer ended up starting at LB for the Bears. To his credit he did hit on a few good draft picks such as Javon Walker and Nick Barnett Sherman is very good at game preparation, and is somewhat innovative in devising offensive schemes. I think he is actually above average in calling plays. (Why he stuck with Rossley calling plays, I'll never know, but the Packers O was better when Sherman was calling plays). He is EXTREMELY organized. Most players love him, but some of his former players like Mike McKenzie hate him... The worst aspects of Sherman's coaching is in-game. He is very poor at clock management. He coaches not to lose, instead of coaching to win (Witness his not going for it on 4th and 1 in the 4th Quarter of a playoff game vs the Eagles when the Packers had 'em on the ropes and the Eagles couldn't stop the run...I think he lost some of the team after that game) I think, like Bill Bellichek, he has the potential to be much more successful his 2nd time around as a HC, but I kinda doubt it. Hope and pray he doesn't bring Tom Rossley with him, and keep him far away from the NFL draft. It is a legit concern to call into question his player evaluation skills... I think, at best, he is more like a Marty Shottenheimer, a good solid coach who can't win the big one One thing is for sure, he is the guy least likely to be on the TV news for being caught with 2 hookers and a snootful of blow, that ain't gonna happen