Getty ImagesThe Packers are going to have a change on their coaching staff, but not the one some might have expected.
Via Rob Demovsky of ESPN.com, Packers coach Mike McCarthy just told reporters that associate head coach/offense Tom Clements would not be back with the team next year.
Clements’ contract expired, and McCarthy said he “is going to move on to some other interests.”
“That will be the one change to our staff,” McCarthy said.
Clements has 20 years of NFL experience and has been with the Packers the last 11 years, moving from quarterbacks coach to coordinator for a team whose head coach calls the plays.
While there was some criticism of defensive coordinator Dom Capers in some circles, McCarthy praised his work, which seems reasonable considering how strapped they were because of injuries this year.
Tom, Thanks for your many years of service to the Green and Gold. We wish you success in your future endeavors.
Tom Clements is good coach and a good person. Now bring in a younger, innovative coach.
He must be #HeadedToHouston
As long as Capers remains this team will not win a Super Bowl. That is clear as day. Sad day for Packers’ fans.
He had to get out. He had years when teams were interested in him and the Packers wouldn’t let him interview. Now he kind of is getting squeezed out. With McCarthy calling the plays and Bennett being the OC. I’m sure he realized in his best interest to move on.
Hopefully the Ravens will sign Clements for their open QB Coach position.
He must be changing professions because if you couldn’t call plays successfully with Rodgers at QB, I don’t think there is a future for you in the league.
Dom Capers is not the problem. Green Bay plays the same defense as New England, a 34, where the D lineman 2 gap, the linebackers flow to the ball and rush, and the dB’s play a variety of standard coverages. This defense has been effective for a long time, and continues to be.
It comes down to execution. Coaches coach, players play the game. When the Packers lose, it’s because they get outplayed, not outcoached.
It’s very rare that a team has back-to-back franchise QBs. One day, we’ll look back and cry or laugh (depending on who you’re a fan of) at all of the years the Packers have wasted. Even a mediocre GM would have won 3 Super Bowls with Rodgers by now.
It comes down to execution. Coaches coach, players play the game. When the Packers lose, it’s because they get outplayed, not outcoached.
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Who do you think the packers pay to call the right plays, teach the players the proper techniques and how to execute their responsibility correctly?
The ship is sinking, everyone’s trying to leave.
Wow, i thought he was headed to Houston? Please explain what went wrong?
Glad he’s a free man. Quite the 10 year prison sentence…
Problem with the Packers offense is they never run the ball enough. Not sure whether that is the playcalling or Rodgers changing the call at the line. They were 7th in rushing ypc (with two backs over 5.0) this season but 29th in attempts.
Like rats fleeing a sinking ship.
Shanahan’s replacement in Atlanta? Similar schemes.
While there IS some criticism of defensive coordinator Dom Capers in many circles…
There ya go. Fixed that one for you.
His other interests are rumored to include P90x. There is just something about fad, informercial exercise programs that appeal to Green Bay. Just look how excited they were last year when Lacy started P90x.
Capers must go. It’s hard to win in the playoffs when the D gives up 35+ every other GD game! I feel like I’m in the twilight zone!
Gotta love it when fans of a team that was third in the division call the Packers a sinking ship…Again. Every offseason is the same as the mn fans forget how mediocre their team is and start hurling insults at a team that just went to the NFC championship. They think we are sinking, Vegas thinks we will be playing NE in the super bowl next year.
Capers does need to go though. This is sad news that McCarthy thinks he did a good job. A good DC doesn’t leave a rookie cb manned up against Julio Jones in the red zone.
Going to the Niners with Shanahan. He does not need to call plays with Shanahan on the team, he can focus on what he does best – train up a young QB.
Great coach.
Thank you for all your hard work and dedication to the Green Bay Packers.
Clements yearly offseason Quarterbacks school was a huge success for the Packers and was instrumental in developing Aaron Rodgers into the signal caller he is today.
His innovative offensive input is a big reason Green Bay became the juggernaut it is today.
Enjoy your pursuits, whatever those may be.
You’ve earned it.
And always enjoy the fact that you were an integral part in the lives of World Championship players and a Suoer Bowl winning team.
I realize Barney fans will ask you why you couldn’t have won 4 or 5 more by now. (As if that isn’t the definition of irony, or what?)
Whatever, you were appreciated by Packer Nation.
Can’t blame him. There’s better things to do than be in Green Bay.
Should I Be Offended by Redskins? says:
Jan 26, 2017 1:11 PM
Like rats fleeing a sinking ship.
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Excuse me. Don’t you mean “like RAT fleeing a sinking ship.” I only count one.
And getting to the NFC title game hardly qualifies as “sinking ship” to me.
Banish Brian Kelly, and bring Tom Clements back to Notre Dame.
Thanks for your contributions, Tom.
Dom Capers is not the problem. Green Bay plays the same defense as New England… This defense has been effective for a long time, and continues to be.
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Funny.. Belichick fields a top 10 defense every year. His 3-4 has gone to 7 Super Bowls since 2001, that’s almost every other year.
Capers hasn’t had a top 10 D since the Packers won the Super Bowl in 2010. In fact, defense has prevented them from going to 2 more Super Bowls (2014, Sunday)
The game has passed Capers by.
He realizes that the days of Aaron Rodgers accounting for all the reasons the Pack had any offense are numbered.
tjacks7 says:
Jan 26, 2017 12:39 PM
It’s very rare that a team has back-to-back franchise QBs. One day, we’ll look back and cry or laugh (depending on who you’re a fan of) at all of the years the Packers have wasted. Even a mediocre GM would have won 3 Super Bowls with Rodgers by now.
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When you speak of “wasted” do you mean like the Vikings, who had the services of HOF QB Fran Tarkenton for 13 years, along with Hall-of-Famers Paul Krause, Mick Tinglehoff, Ron Yary, Carl Eller, and HOF Coach Bud Grant?
Did Marino, Manning, Fouts, Aikman, and so many others not win at least 3 Super Bowls because of poor GM’s?