The Green Bay Packers have officially fired Mike McCarthy as the team's head coach, but it sounds like it the veteran coach was a bit caught off guard when it happened.
McCarthy was let go following the team's 20-17 home loss to the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday, which marked the latter's first road win over the Packers since 1949.
And according to ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter, it didn't take long after the loss for the Packers to announce their intentions to go in another direction.
From Schefter:
Packers brought in Mike McCarthy after the game and fired him; he was not expecting it, per source.
McCarthy led Green Bay to nine playoff appearances during his 13 seasons on the job, which doesn't exactly sound all that bad on the surface.
However, the Packers will likely miss the playoffs for the second straight season after moving to 4-7-1 on the season, and that had McCarthy already on the hot seat after a slow start.
But with team now losing three straight and five of six, it seemed obvious that the Green Bay front office had no choice but to part ways with McCarthy.
Joe Philbin is set to take over as the interim head coach, and it probably won't take long before plenty of high-profile coaches are linked to the opening in Green Bay.
Green Bay will be searching to bring in a head coach that can help take Aaron Rodgers back to Super Bowl contention. Someone that can develop and offense around Rodgers that will not be so predictable.
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