Coach Mike McCarthy built the Green Bay Packers

After losing at Lambeau Field against Arizona, the Packers thanked their 13-year-old head coach after a season of oblivion. 

The Packers announced on Sunday that they have fired the 13-year-old head coach.
"The 2018 season has not lived up to the expectations and standards of the Green Bay Packers, and as a result, I made the difficult decision to relieve Mike McCarthy of his role as technical director, with immediate effect," the president said. CEO of the Packers, Mike Murphy in a team statement. "Mike has been an excellent coach and leader.

"We want to thank Mike, his wife, Jessica and the rest of McCarthy. family for all they have done for the Packers and the communities of Green Bay and Wisconsin. We will immediately begin the process of selecting the next head coach of the Green Bay Packers, "says the document that Green Bay published in thanks to the head coach with whom they won Super Bowl XLV.

The humiliating defeat suffered last day by the Packers of Green Bay against the Arizona Cardinals (17-20) was the trigger that cost the coach in charge boss, Mike McCarthy. The team made the announcement through its official website and in it, the president and CEO of the Packers, Mark Murphy, announced the causes of the dismissal.

"The 2018 season has not met the expectations and standards of the Green Bay Packers, and as a result, I made the difficult decision to separate Mike McCarthy from his role as head coach with immediate effect." Mike has been a great coach and Leader for the Packers for 13 seasons, during which time we experienced great success on and off the field. "

Murphy in the statement also thanks to Mike, his wife, Jessica, and the rest of the McCarthy family for all they did in favor of the Packers and the communities of Green Bay and Wisconsin.

"Now, we will also immediately begin the process of selecting the next head coach of the Green Bay Packers," the statement concludes.

Packers dismiss coach Mike McCarthy

McCarthy led the Packers to Super Bowl XLV, defeating the Pittsburgh Steelers 31-25 and leaving the team with a 125-76-2 winning record.

The dismissed head coach came to the Packers as head coach for the 2006 season.

In his 12 full seasons in charge of the Packers, he only had two losers (2008, 2017), and he led the Packers nine times to the playoffs, something he could not achieve in the present.

Before coming to Green Bay, he spent a season as an offensive coordinator for the 49ers of the San Francisco 49ers, and five, in the same position, with the New Orleans Saints, After the loss to the Cardinals on Sunday, the Packers have a 4-7-1 losing record.

McCarthy, 55, is the second head coach who loses his job before the end of the regular season so far in competition within the National Football League (NFL). The first to lose the job was Hue Jackson, who was fired by the Cleveland Browns, who are also eliminated from the playoffs.