Okay, I'll bite:
Why is Marshfield described as "212 miles northwest of Milwaukee" instead of "130 miles west of Green Bay" or "140 miles north of Madison" or "40 miles west of Wausau?"

Nice article. Somehow I missed that Hackett had been hired by the Broncos and Stenavich was promoted to OC. I know LaFleur runs the offense, but presumably the OC has a lot of input. Stenavich has done a good job with the O-line, so he deserves this.

The next Packers HC!!?? Thanks, Since ‘61

I'm just hoping Stenavich is much better at in-game adjustments than Hackett was. The offensive brain trust of MLF, Hackett and Getsy were just not very good at in-game adjustments and it cost the Packers playoff games. If Stenavich can bring some insight and creativity to in-game situations, it will be very welcome.

Article speaks very well for Steno and for Matt L's ability to identify and attract leaders. Thank you Ken...it will be more fun to follow Steno's interviews after your background article.

The OL is ALL that maters in an offence with AR as the QB. I hope he still is a force in that room.

Love feel good stories like this!

Some follow up stories after retirement of Packer players, and coaches particularly during this slow time of year would be awesome!

One very popular business idea, is that all too often employees in a company are one position higher up the ladder than they should be and higher than the step below, where they were effective.

On the lower rungs of the employment ladder someone performs well, and so is promoted. This continues until they struggle with the increasing degree of skill needed to manage at higher and higher levels. In short, some struggle with the extra responsibility and higher-level decision making....................which means they tend not to be promoted further and worse, they lack the effectiveness that they had when they were one step lower, which was what got them promoted to their current position.

So, it's obvious that coaching the O line so well is what got him promoted to coordinator. Was O line coach Stenavich's peak............or will he be as good a coordinator as he was a line coach ? The answer is unknowable at this time, but at least the enthusiasm shown by the Packers in keeping him by promotion is a sign that those higher up the Packers chain want to keep him. Equally, the desire of Hackett to try and poach him from the Packers suggest good things about his opinion of Stenavich himself.

All in all, I'm hopeful this is an appointment that will turn out well, rather than that of a man promoted one step too far, but in reality you have to wait and see what you have. At least the signs on how he is viewed by others are very positive.

Just as an aside, we will also get to see how the current O line coach, Butkus, matches up to his former boss, Stenavich.

Let me be the Devils' Advocate for a moment here.

The perception of lack of adjusting can also be called having unwavering confidence in the game plan and the players ability to implement it.

Scrapping the game plan and going off-list or changing play responsibilities in an "adjustment" is an admission that either your original thought process or the confidence you placed in your players to execute has been defeated.

Competitors do not like to admit defeat. Stubborn loyalty to players, coaches, plans, etc is a hallmark of people placed in leadership positions in competitive sports.

I would like to see a little more humility in both our HC and QB in terms of becoming more flexible in alterations of play execution responsibilities (changing blocking scheme for a particular play, altering route concepts vs a specific defensive alignment, etc) as well as occasional seismic shifts in game plan when things are just plain going sideways (like the second half of the 49ers playoff game). Becoming a little less predictable would also help, such as completely forgetting that the run game exists when behind in the score.

Thanks for the informative article Ken.

This was a nice shift from dead zone articles full of "projections" and listing of depth players that might break out.

I, also, wonder if Steno has the chops to be an effective OC. His rise has been meteoritic. I wonder how he will fare in the NFL environment. He has very little experience in that phase of the game. Also, Butkus is new as well. Perhaps the run game may play a larger role and that’s fine but what does he really know about passing concepts and all the other parts of the offense? In many ways this still is a projection article that others have complained about. The loss of Hackett might be a bigger loss than anticipated. Yet on the positive side the Niners might not know our playbook as well as they have in the past.

When Steno was announced as OL coach my reaction was "who?" Replacing Campen with this guy?

Then I heard his first presser. I was impressed. Clear, concise, persuasive and passionate about coaching but more so about the players under his direction. Believes in accountability.

He really embraces "starting the best 5."

And why I was very surprised he agreed to move Turner to LT and play the slow, lumbering Kelly at RT vs the niners. Both tackles had poor games as Nijman marinated on the bench the entire game...as everyone knew Yosh was the best option for EITHER T spot. These decisions great contributed to the loss.

But to Stenos credit he took the blame (when I believe it was Matt who made the call), saying he wanted more experience. Then he acknowledged he probably made a mistake not playing Yosh. He holds himself accountable too.

Ken,
Why don't you provide a few comments made by the posters here on your article. It would be interesting to hear your take on the feedback.

Huh, didn't realize he went to Michigan... thought he stayed and played for the Badgers. An O-line coach is a good choice for coordinator the way our team is now constructed. Less flash, more smash.