It’s three and a half months since coach Mike McCarthy fired defensive coordinator Dom Capers after the disastrous 2017 season. Since the Capers departure happened along with a major purge of coaches, the news stayed a little under the radar in most places.
Not at Total Packers, however, where we’ve harangued about Capers’ shortcomings for years. It didn’t escape our notice that the Packers haven’t had a top 10 defense since 2010. TP readers, well informed, weren’t surprised and overwhelmingly greeted the news with joy.
It looked to me that Capers was respected and liked, but never loved by players, fans, and most of the media.