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January 11, 2007

There’s a lot of familiar names circulating in the news today as the coaching carousel goes round and round. Unfortunately, Kurt Schottenheimer is not among those being bandied about for open positions; I’m secretly hoping he’ll get offered a chance to coach in the NFL Europe, far, far from Green Bay’s secondary.
First was the news […]

January 17, 2006

Some interesting names are being bandied about as a possible replacement for Jim Bates as defensive coordinator for the Green Bay Packers. The Journal Sentinel devotes quite a bit of ink today to former Texans head coach Dom Capers, who was DC at Pittsburgh from 1992-94 and then went to Jacksonville for two seasons in […]

January 16, 2006

Looks like Mike McCarthy will get to choose his own defensive coordinator. At a press conference today, the Packers announced Jim Bates’ decision to leave Green Bay rather than stay on McCarthy’s staff. Oddly, Bates himself appeared at the press conference to explain it was his decision, which shows how popular Bates was after just […]

January 11, 2006

Breaking news from the Press-Gazette says Jim Bates is no longer a candidate for the head coaching position in Green Bay. The paper reports that the Packers general manager informed Bates of his decision this evening, which might mean that we’ll see white smoke issuing forth from the chimney at 1265 Lombardi Ave. in the […]