Monday, February 7, 2011

Mike McCarthy Perfect Fit as Super Bowl Champion Coach

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DALLAS -- Some NFL coaches easily stand apart. Entering the 2010 NFL season, a handful were ordained as the ones to watch, coaches who possessed traits that mattered.

Among them were the fire of Mike Singletary, the experience of Jeff Fisher, the creativity of Sean Payton, the craftiness of Bill Belichick and the bluster of Rex Ryan.

In Super Bowl XLV, it was Mike Tomlin who arrived as the hammer coach.

But when the last confetti fell and the final fireworks burst in Cowboys Stadium on Sunday night, Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy had wrapped fire, experience, creativity, craftiness, bluster and a hammer approach into a distinguishing leadership cabaret.

His coaching job this season and in this colossal game were among the best pro football has offered. When his team was ravaged all year with injuries, McCarthy inserted the next guy, coached him up along with his staff and kept things moving.

When his team had to win its final two regular-season games against the Giants and Bears to reach the playoffs, it answered.

When McCarthy took his bunch into wildcard playoff weekend and rolled the favored Eagles in Philadelphia, he warned all, "We're just getting started." The NFC top-seed Atlanta Falcons were pummeled next. The Bears, in their own backyard, were the team McCarthy guided his Packers past in the NFC Championship Game.

And once here in Super Bowl XLV, McCarthy nailed every chord. He had his players sized for Super Bowl rings on Saturday night before the game and then in it implemented a plan that sliced the Steelers' defense in stunning style.

Quarterback Aaron Rogers, the game's MVP, was the essential instrument, along with a Packers defense that outplayed the lauded Steelers defense.

Source: http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2011/02/07/mike-mccarthy-perfect-fit-as-super-bowl-champion-coach/

Brittny Gastineau Brody Dalle Brooke Burke

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