When the Green Bay Packers announced last week that the organization would not be renewing defensive coordinator Mike Pettine’s contract, fans breathed a sigh of relief.
Whether the man deserved so much hate from some angry fans is not my place to say. To me, it seemed the Packers had an average defense, with above-average talent. The job as a coordinator is to maximize your talent and get the most out of them. Too many times, it seemed, Pettine just wasn’t doing that.
Whether it was playing soft coverage on fourth-and-short, an incapability of stopping the run for the better part of a year-and-a-half or putting players in poor positions to make the play – Pettine didn’t have the greatest track record.