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PACKER MINI-PURGE COMING?
Before we received word via e-mail from the Packers that special teams coordinator Mike Stock has retired, a reader asked us via e-mail if we’d caught wind of rumors that Stock and three other members of the team’s coaching staff were in danger of being relieved of their duties. So ...
Sanders fired as defensive coordinator, but who's next? | greenbaypressgazette.com | Green Bay Press
greenbaypressgazette.com — Mike McCarthy faces a major decision on the direction the Green Bay Packers' defense will take over... the next few years. The Packers' coach fired Bob Sanders, his defensive coordinator of the past three seasons, NationalFootballPost.com reported Sunday ... (more) Sanders fired as defensive coordinator, but who's next? ...
SANDERS OUT IN GREEN BAY
profootballtalk.com — After Packers special teams coordinator Mike Stock announced his retirement, we noted that there were rumors that... several other assistant coaches in Green Bay could follow him, in a not-so-voluntary fashion. Defensive coordinator Bob Sanders, ... (more) SANDERS OUT IN GREEN BAY
PACKERS DUMP REST OF DEFENSIVE COACHING STAFF, EXCEPT MOSS
profootballtalk.com — A day after firing defensive coordinator Bob Sanders and three days after special teams coordinator Mike Stock... “retired,” the Packers reportedly have scuttled the rest of their defensive coaching staff. Per NFP, all defensive assistants ... (more) PACKERS DUMP REST OF DEFENSIVE COACHING STAFF, EXCEPT MOSS
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Three More Coaches to Get the Boot?
Packerholic — ... After yesterday’s news of Mike Stock’s “retirement”, some Packers fans thought all the coaching changes were finished. Not so fast according to ProFootballTalk.com. There latest rumor is that three more coaches will be given their pink slips soon (this is a rumor so don’t take this as fact). They believe that Bob Sanders (defensive coordinator), James Campen (offensive line coach), and Carl Hairston (defensive ends coach) will soon have to clean out their offices as well. ...

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