Could Grimm Situation Have Been Bright For Green Bay? » Brats & Beer

January 24, 2007
posted under: coaching carousel, Joe Philbin, Packers

Steelers fans, and I know a couple, generally seem to be change averse, so they cannot be very happy with all goings on in Pittsburgh the past few days. First Bill Cowher retires, then Ken Wisenhunt leaves for Arizona, in comes Mike Tomlin from the Vikings (maybe a bigger whodat head coaching hire than Mike McCarthy), and now Russ Grimm has packed his bags for Phoenix. That is a lot of deck chair shuffling for an organization that made only one head coaching change over the course of nearly 40 years.

Not nearly so traumatic was the promotion of Joe Philbin to offensive coordinator in Green Bay a week ago. Philbin, despite sharing a name with an annoying TV presenter, seems like a decent enough choice to lead the offense, having been with the Packers for five years as a line coach and putting in four years coaching at Iowa before that. Regis, er I mean Joe, might not have been the highest profile pick, but the Packers certainly could have done worse.

Now I don’t know if McCarthy ever entertained ideas about interviewing Russ Grimm for the offensive coordinator’s job, or if such a deal could have even been made, but it makes me wonder what might have happened had the Packers taken an extra week to sort things out.

At least Green Bay isn’t in the pickle that the Cowboys find themselves in. With Bill Parcells taking so long to finally decide to retire, Dallas is kinda screwed as far as plucking someone off the coaching carousel. Not that I care, of course. Stupid Cowboys.