Green Bay looks to have their latest special teams coordinator in place. NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reports (via Twitter) that Rich Bisaccia is set to be hired by the Packers. 
[Related: Packers Eyeing Rich Bisaccia For ST Coordinator]
The move shouldn’t come as much of a surprise, given the interest the Packers had in Bisaccia and their stated goal of dramatically improving their ST unit moving forward. Not long after the season ended, it was announced that former coordinator Maurice Drayton would not be returning. That marked the eighth consecutive time the top ST coach either retired or was forced out of Green Bay.
Bisaccia was a candidate for the Raiders’ head coaching job, but was always thought to be a longshot for the role. He also interviewed with the Jaguars for their HC vacancy, but he will now be making a lateral move to Green Bay. The 61-year-old will be joining his fifth NFL team, holding the title of ST coordinator with each of the Buccaneers, Chargers, Cowboys and Raiders previously.
While the move isn’t a promotion for Bisaccia, it looks like it will nevertheless be a lucrative one. Brad Biggs of The Chicago Tribune tweets that his contract is expected to “set a new compensation bar for special teams coordinators”. Perhaps this will bring an end to the cycle of underwhelming performances in the third phase of the game for the Packers, while also giving one of the league’s most well-respected coaches a position on a Super Bowl contender.
YES!
Great hire! Now Gute needs to emphasize making the ST better on the roster. This isn’t only on the ST coordinators that have been let go over the last decade +, need players that are good at it. Which is obvious, but it’s been too long since the Pack have had a good ST.
Yeah. Amari Rodgers has been dreadful as a punt returner, to the extent Randall Cobb was doing it late in the season
Was this really necessary? It’s not as if Packers special teams cost them games or anything…
(sarcasm alert)
In the middle of last season, the GB HC was defiant to defend his STC. Now, not so much. Easy adjustment was whiffed away as was another lost #1 seed.
Assuming you meant that LaFleur declined to criticize his own people publicly to reporters; that is simply being a strong team leader. When critical feedback is shared publicly about coaches or members of a team, it serves more as a detriment to the goal of winning. That’s like coaching 101 and you’ve likely heard of it. Keep the critical feedback private for better team chemistry.
As a corollary, that’s why you don’t hear players and coaches whine about injuries during the season. It doesn’t serve any purpose.
I upvoted you partly for your comment as a whole, but mostly because of your excellent use of “corollary”. As a corollary, I’m going to try and incorporate “corollary” into all of my comments from now on.
Welp, he should have been more critical of his staff. They failed for the 2nd consecutive year with home field advantage. In fact, #12, prayed for GB weather and got it. What happen; the ST’s failed. So support him if you like, Aaron doesn’t nor does the HC since he just fired him.
As a raider fan I love this for Rich if Rodgers and Adams stay (which I hope they do.) he was a greater leader for the team but is truthfully better suited in this capacity. Special teams will obviously cost GB a shot at a run and adding the best in the biz and e a big get. And I’m glad Rich got to go to a place he can potentially win.
That would be quite the FO office gray if GB can have both Rodgers and Adams on the roster next season. But that almost seems like a fantasy-unless they move other key pieces throughout the roster.
Adams is coming to Vegas. Wish that we could’ve figured out a way to keep Rich but I understand this from both sides. Big thanks to Rich for keeping us in the hunt last season during troubled times, and nothing but the best to him in GB!
Bold prediction. Based on what? That he and Carr went to college together?
Also, he’s not a no strings attached FA. GB can (and by all accounts will) use the franchise tag on him. Which at least gives them the chance to shop him around and get the best return in trade. Otherwise they get a comp pick at the end of the 3rd round in next year’s draft. Hardly a fair return when teams should give more than that even if they’re only guaranteed 1 year at the tag salary.
Bisaccia is a good hire. He did a nice job with the Raiders and obviously has Special Teams coaching experience. I would also expect some of the starting players will be seeing some special teams responsibility. Yes, their is some injury risk but other teams do it and it gets some of your better players on the field. Pretty obvious the other way wasn’t working.
Never thought I’d get excited about a special teams coach hire… then I witnessed last season. Probably a year or two too late though.
Great hire. Having a HC-quality coach on STs, if that can’t turn it around for the Packers what could?
Players that execute, personnel decisions that put players on the field who can/will execute.
It’s a sad state when you have a player literally pushed back to the punter because he’s not big or strong enough to offer any resistance whatsoever.