The Packers have issues at every level of the organization. Not sure if they can be fixed in one year. Finishing the season they way they did with another epic collapse in the playoffs could haunt them for a while, not unlike the way the 2014 collapse against Seattle kind of hung over TT/MM's next couple of years.
At Policy's level they need to clear the decks for ML to get whatever coaches he needs. No more cheap internal promotions like Luke Butkus at o-line. Tell Gute and ML to hire the best available - cost be damned.
At Gutes level it's time to self-examine your draft strategy to eliminate those early picks that are all about potential and no emphasis on production. Guys who didn't produce in college likely won't produce in the NFL with some exception. Save the physical freaks for rounds 5-7.
Gute needs to draft 2xOL, 2xCB, and 2xDT and if he drafts nothing else, I'm OK with it (though it's not optimal). Spend whatever CAP you have and can create on those 3 as well - though you do need to find a capable kicker. Stop ignoring the obvious damn holes on the roster.
Also Gute needs to send a message by cutting players who think they're all that and talk like they are, but are really not worth what they're getting paid. Rashan "no production" Gary, Keisean "all talk" Nixon, and Carrington "won't tackle" Valentine are at the top of my list. Now, maybe you can't get rid of both Nixon and Valentine, but you can demote them to lesser roles by finding better guys to play ahead of them. Send the message.
At ML's level he needs to challenge himself. Fire Bisacia, Stenovich, and Butkus at least. No internal promotions. Find the best coaches at each of those spots. You especially need to hire an OC that is willing to challenge you and say "NO" sometimes. Also, if Hafley leaves, please no internal promotion. There is nobody worthy of being a DC already in GB.
Also ML. please fix my pet peave - the regular use of timeouts because you can't get the play called and the offense lined up in time. It's been a routine problem since Day 1 with two different starting QBs and it still happens every damn game, sometimes multiple times. I watched all 3 games against the Bears and a first year head coach and 2nd year QB didn't need to do that even once IIRC. It's like ML doesn't care.
(It's not a huge deal, but not unimportant, IMO. A wasted TO in the first half of the playoff game might have allowed Love to use the middle of the field for a FG shorter than 55yds to end the half. In the 4th qtr you call a TO and still can't get the damn play off in time getting a delay of game penalty thus making the subsequent FG 5yds longer - WTF. IMO that routine wasting of TOs sends a message about being okay with not fixing chronic problems. I suspect the Packers are more guilty of this than any other team. Stop tolerating it and fix it.)
At the player level you need to find a handful of leaders. Kraft, Jacobs, McKinney and Parsons come to mind but I'm probably missing someone. Time to tell Nixon to just shut up and play. There are probably others.
from people, but i think they provide a reasonably good measure of individual and team performance. obviously it isn't perfect, but i think the falloff from 3rd to 21st passes the eyeball test.
