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https://www.thepackersfanshop.com/Demetri-Goodson-Jersey , the impact of earnings can be viewed in multiple ways.For the Packers, for example, the notion that the team had record revenues in its most recent fiscal year is balanced by the reality that, as explained by the , profits dropped by 97.9 percent.But profits dropped because expenses increased, dramatically. Expenses increased dramatically because the Packers, during their most recent fiscal year, paid out gigantic money to re-sign quarterback Aaron Rodgers and to sign linebacker Za'Darius Smith, linebacker Preston Smith, safety Adrian Amos, and guard Billy Smith.The Packers dished out many millions in signing bonuses to Rodgers and the newcomers during the 12-month window ending on March 31, 2019. The new guys got $56 million collectively; Rodgers got $57.5 million on his own.It’s easier for the Packers to shrug at a slim profit given that they don’t have an owner who hopes to siphon off cash for the purposes of buying superyachts or rare guitars. CEO Mark Murphy characterized that dynamic somewhat differently.“We don’t have a rich, deep-pocketed owner, so we have a $400 million corporate reserve,” Murphy said via the . “Three or four years ago, we put $50 million into the corporate reserve. It’s grown since then with investment returns, and we’ve made significant investments in real estate around this area.”Putting $50 million into corporate reserve is another way of saying, “We consciously chose not to spend that money on making the team better.” And this continues to be perhaps the most glaring aspect of the labor deal that the NFL Players Association needs to address in talks that are scheduled to resume this week.Currently, individual teams are required to spend only 89 percent of the salary cap, on a four-year rolling average. This means that 11 cents of every cap dollar can be retained by a team as pure, raw profit.Think about the teams that are carrying huge amounts of cap space. Some fans cheer about the existence of a major surplus JK Scott Jersey , but that’s money that could have been spent on players. Instead, it counts as profit.Indeed, it Ted Thompson were still the G.M. in Green Bay, the Packers likely would have had profits of more than $50 million in their most recent fiscal year, because big money wouldn’t have been spent on four expensive free agents.The real message is that the Packers can keep spending major amounts of money. After all, the Packers spent like never before and also struggled through another disappointing season, . Which means they didn’t have to even touch that $400 million reserve to make ends meet.While the article that has landed in newspapers and websites throughout the country focuses on the dramatic drop in Packers profits, the news actually is very good for the Packers and the rest of the NFL. For all teams, revenue has grown to the point where even non-playoff teams can go on a massive, unprecedented spending spree and still end up with more cash in than cash out. Vic Fangio makes no secret he would like to be a head coach. Last offseason, when the Packers fired the maligned Dom Capers, Fangio was one of the candidates whom Green Bay most coveted. Once Mike McCarthy got his walking papers and the Bears defense dominated the Rams on national television, connecting the dots was easy. It’s just not the right move for the Packers. Of course, it hasn’t just been one game that makes Fangio an appealing option. He built a dominating 49ers defense during their mini-run with Jim Harbaugh, one that stymied Aaron Rodgers more than once. His work with sub-par talent early in his Chicago tenure deserves its own plaudits, but even with Khalil Mack, Fangio should be lauded for his work turning the Bears into a suffocating defense in an era where such things were thought to be impossible. Fangio is one of the NFL’s true mad scientists, happiest tinkering in the lab with ways to stop opposing offenses. He’s a little gruff, but not particularly outspoken and while he provides outstanding defensive coaching and scheme, there’s little evidence to suggest he’s the kind of alpha personality to come in and immediately demand the respect of a veteran football team set on winning a Super Bowl ASAMFP. Some have suggested the Packers need the new coach to inject accountability and discipline into the team, hold Aaron Rodgers to a higher standard and put his damn foot down. That’s not true. Mike McCarthy was an outstanding culture-setting coach and CEO of the Packers program. His voice simply ran its course. Fangio would likely represent a step back in terms of setting a Lombardi standard (as one former coach might put it). What the Packers need is a forward thinking coach with progressive ideologies about coaching Brett Favre Color Rush Jersey , scheme, and personnel deployment. The calculation should be simple: the defense doesn’t have a coaching problem, it has a talent problem. The offense doesn’t have a talent problem, it has a coaching problem. So how does Fangio solve this exactly? If the answer to offensive stagnation is a hot young OC candidate, then just hire the offensive coach to begin with. More than likely the Zac Taylors of the world, even if successful, would be on their way to head coaching jobs in two years and then the team has to start over as Rodgers’ powers wain. What problem does Fangio solve that can’t be solved by Mike Pettine, another year of continuity, and some improved talent? The 49ers had Patrick Willis, Justin Smith, Aldon Smith and a deep group of role players. The Bears have Khalil Mack, Akiem Hicks, Kyle Fuller and Eddie Jackson. That’s not underselling what Fangio has done, simply pointing out he’s been successful with more raw talent than the Packers currently have. A 60-year-old coordinator who hasn’t been an NFL head coach and doesn’t seem ideally suited from a personality standpoint to be one isn’t the answer to the Packers falling behind other top offenses with Aaron Rodgers. Fangio is closer to Social Security than a Super Bowl, making him a wonky fit on a team in need of an offensive overhaul. Pete Carroll is the oldest head coach in football and doesn’t suffer from a lack of foresight, but he was also a successful veteran coach with impossible reservoirs of energy when he got to Seattle. Replacing an old school coach with an old school coach to fix complacency in an old school way of doing business simply doesn’t follow. The culture isn’t broken in Green Bay, and even if it were, there’s little evidence to suggest Fangio could piece it back together. The whole defense, to a man, lauded Pettine for bringing accountability back in a post-Capers world. Is Fangio’s schematic advantage over Pettine so large that Mark Murphy and Gutekunst ought to eschew better offensive coaching options in the head spot? No way.Fangio’s defense should worry the Packers on Sunday when the team attempts to save its season and keep playoff hopes alive. But that’s not reason enough to hire him as the man to succeed Mike McCarthy.