It’s happened. The Joe Barry era is over.
Color me a bit surprised, honestly. While Barry’s performance over his three years at the helm of the Packers’ defense has been underwhelming, the Packers generally and Matt LaFleur specifically have always been a little slow to move. And even if he deserved to go, there were plenty of traditional metrics that he could have pointed to that might indicate he was holding up his end of the bargain.
I’m not saying this is a good argument, but Barry could have sat down with Matt LaFleur and said “look, it wasn’t perfect, but we held 11 opponents to 23 or less this year.