Just after the Green Bay Packers’ 2018 season likely expired Sunday, the team made a swift but surprising move: They fired head coach Mike McCarthy.
The question on many Packers fans’ minds after the 20-17 home loss to the Arizona Cardinals had to be about whether McCarthy might make it to Monday. Instead, the team announced in a brief statement that it has “parted ways” with McCarthy and named Joe Philbin interim head coach.
Philbin now will oversee the disappointing Packers for the remaining four games on their schedule.
“The 2018 season has not lived up to the expectations and standards of the Green Bay Packers,” team president Mark Murphy said in a statement.