New coach McCarthy needs new defensive coordinator
After being bypassed for the Packers' head coaching job, Green Bay defensive coordinator Jim Bates will not return to the team in 2006.
Bates, who interviewed for the job last week, and the team announced Monday that he was leaving by "mutual agreement" rather than remain as the coordinator for first-year coach Mike McCarthy. Bates and McCarthy spoke over the weekend about the possibility of Bates staying on the staff, but subsequently agreed to part ways.
Said Bates, one of seven candidates interviewed... ...more
After being bypassed for the Packers' head coaching job, Green Bay defensive coordinator Jim Bates will not return to the team in 2006.
Bates, who interviewed for the job last week, and the team announced Monday that he was leaving by "mutual agreement" rather than remain as the coordinator for first-year coach Mike McCarthy. Bates and McCarthy spoke over the weekend about the possibility of Bates staying on the staff, but subsequently agreed to part ways.
Said Bates, one of seven candidates interviewed... ...more