Welcome to the world of propaganda Cory, Big Mike only has to give a minimum of information and the information given is always going to be carefully worded.
The coaches are required to give a certain amount of access to the media and they are going to give out an eye dropper of real information. You've seen Ted Thompson's pressers. It's all about misdirection and cliche' out there and not just in sports. "fake news" haha. Luckily it's only football.

Maybe going public with this stuff ruins the trust between players and coaching staff. We dont have a right to know, and frankly we dont need to know. Either the issue gets corrected or Randall is not long for the roster. RELAX.

"I disagree. Insubordination isn’t something that you just sweep under the rug. What happens if this occurs again?"

And how do you know it's been swept under the rug? You don't, so why perpetuate a myth...because it looks good in an article?

If one of the writers for Cheesehead got into a bit of a trouble, would you be compelled to divulge everything that occured and detail whatever punishment was dealt?
If they don't want to detail and embarass a current team member, I'm fine with it. Soap operas are written in Hollywood....this is football.

Who cares. Doesn't tell us owners much of anything anyway.

https://www.realtalkgreenbay.com/single-post/2017/09/30/Attention-Packer...

Above is some real talk about Damarious Randall. I've said all off season that he's just not right for our team (mostly due to his performance) and was met with lots of push back. I guess now everyone else is seeing it too.

But I hope that he figures out whatever is going on between his ears because he's not going to see another contract with the Packers but he could with another team if he doesn't shoot himself in the foot.

It is interesting article...

Are you serious? You think that team should wash their dirty loundry in public?

If so, why not open complete play book to the public. Lets share game plan few days before game, just to inform juornalists and reporters, as well as complete public, so they can understand what Packers are playing. Maybe to call play by play on speakerphones, so the public can hear what the next play will be. Why not? THAT IS OUR RIGHT!

I have no doubts that players and all involved are already completely informed about the issue. And when you will ask players, they will claim they do not know nothing more than public (yeah, I believe them completely!). They will lie to you looking directly in your eyes. Not because they are hypocrites, but because they have one article in their contract! That article says that they are not allowed to say everything they want about how team is dealing with adversity...
Maybe some of them will be willing. Maybe, but that means they are out of football, if not immediately, latest after the season...
So, calm down and let organization, highly praised by players and haevy spitted by journalists, deal with their internal problems...

"The other 52 players saw what happened. They would like to know what was said and what the resolution was."

Sorry, just because Mike doesn't tell us doesn't mean the players don't know. I'm sure they do.

I've come to expect the silliness in the comment section, but you out sillied the commenters with this article. I've got don henleys " dirty laundry" going in my head right now.

I appreciate the manner in which Mike McCarthy handles personnel issues. Praise in public; reprimand in private! Just because you are curious doesn't mean the Coach has an obligation to share with you.

I'm not even sure I believe McCarthy when he says that he (McCarthy) kicked Randall off the sidelines. I don't discount the possibility that Randall left on his own and McCarthy is covering for him.

And I'm ok with that. McCarthy is the one responsible for keeping the team moving in the same direction. He can do that however he wishes. It is fine by me if what he says/does in private and his public comments are two entirely different things.

I don't care about going public, I just wish they would get rid of him. TT hangs on to dead wood way too long.

I never expected MM to discuss the Randall situation with the media. The Packers as an organization have usually preferred to handle things internally. We know what the argument on the sidelines was about. Randall blew his coverage on the Bears TD and he was pulled from the game and he didn't like it.

I'm guessing that Randall didn't understand his assignment on the play because it looked like he didn't even try to cover the Bears receiver or he was just badly beaten on the play.
MM probably told him that if he can't handle being pulled to stay in the locker room for the 2nd half. Maybe there was an injury issue, we'll probably never know.

The point is what happens in the locker room stays in the locker room. That is the only approach that can be taken because it is the only approach that works for everybody, players and coaches. If teams start publicly discussing every argument or disagreement that happens in the locker room during the season the coverage will never end and we may as well watch a soap opera as watch a sporting event.

The key is that the team handles it, moves on and it doesn't become a distraction for the team. If Coach Lombardi was here Randall would probably be gone already and all you would get from Lombardi is "Mr. Randall is no longer a member of the Green Bay Packers football team". Case closed. Let's face it MM barely gives the media an injury status, he's not going to get into internal team matters. Thanks, Since '61

You're stirring the pot, Cory. Not really sure what you expect to come of it, either.

Anyway, McCarthy is obviously trying to get Randall out of his own head and playing his best ball. There is zero chance being transparent with media and and fans will aid him in that goal. In fact, I would argue telling everyone what's going on would only hurt any efforts to get Randall back.

So we wait and see. The truth will become evident in time, whether we get the full story or not.

Pipkins!!!!!!!!

Sorry, but this may be the dumbest article ever posted here. You want drama? Go cover the Cowboys!

Please tell me what good it would do for McCarthy to share this with the world. This comes down to professionalism. Would you like it, if you and your boss had a disagreement and he shared it with all his customers? That just might end up in a lawsuit.

Some of these players are still pretty young and haven't matured yet. I laud MM for not airing this dirty laundry. Mike's comment that he sat Randall as a coach's decision is enough for me- I can read between the lines. I also commend him for saying a new week with Damarius included in practice. I would think that DR would appreciate MM keeping this in a private discussion.

If MM has some differences with Randall, then it’s their business and should be kept in house, IMO. If Randall would start playing like a first round pick I don’t think there would be an issue. Now let’s start getting healthy again and get ready for four tough games. Go Pack.

No he don't.

No he don't.

"So just be straight with everyone McCarthy. You’ll save yourself time later on from having to answer a lot of the same questions. "

oh and guess what - mccarthy isn't going to have to explain himself to you "later on" either.

I can't express how idiotic it would be for MM to be as "transparent as possible". For some reason, fans or even writers feel like they are part of the team and deserve some answers. You're not part of the team, and you don't deserve any answers. As long as the team considers it handled, that's all that really matters.

Think of it this way, would any company make public a bad employee review? I don't even need to answer that. There is player-coach trust level, and that includes not saying negative stuff to the media and such. MM can stand at the podium all day and say, "it's internal. Next question."

Dammit! Throw someone under the bus so we can all say, HE THREW HIM UNDER THE BUS! WTF!

Naive article.

Hey Mike tells little white lies about injuries " of so and so has a bruise, and ya misses like five games with it'
I mean Bahtiari has a hamstring, please. Four games missed? Please. My take he is more serious then they want us to know and why? If he cant play he cant play. It aint like our opponent wont notice he is not there.
Mike thinks he is more cleaver than the fans and others so he can get away with it in his mind.

I think finwiz, albundy and Ben Pearson must all be the same guy. One makes a comment then he re signs in to make collaborate his argument. Or maybe it's a Russian bot. I'm on to you finbenbundy! The truth is out there.

LOL. This is quite possibly the dumbest article I've ever seen on any Packers website.

I love pieces that start ‘with so and so NEEDS ‘ to do something! I suggest persons outside of the club knows what they NEED, and outsiders don’t.

Sorry - Persons inside the club. No edit option on my IPhone.

Yes, McCarthy should say as little as possible about injuries and player misconduct but how he goes about it is stupid and insulting. TT handles it right by saying our policy is to never speak about those things. Nothing misleading yet ho harm done to anyone or anything. I'd suggest McCarthy spend his time revising how WRs line up and what kinds of routes they run. His 80's type WCO is so passe. We need a new HC badly. GM too for that matter. Dom needs to be put to pasture. Winnie Moss too.

btw - too bad for Dalvin Cook that he tore his ACL. That should really hurt Minnesota's chances to win the division this year. Likely cost them the game vs Lions.

Was interesting to read recently that TT debated between picking Cook or King right up till he turned his pick in on draft day. Obviously the team need was much greater at CB and draft was much deeper in RBs. Suggests however that TT is open to picking a RB high in the draft. Joe Mixon and D Cook were great value picks in the 40s. A stud RB would help 12 big time and minimize the exposure of our defense.

If McCarthy ratted on Randle he would be chucking team chemistry out the window. Honesty is not always the best policy. Loose lips sinks ships. It's football not Peyton Place.

Cory Cory Cory. Mike shaved. what else could he do....

I'm more concerned with the Deep State than with transparency in Lambeau Field.

I concur with the consensus of the comments. That said...

I'd really like to know which coach Randall argued with. I think I could infer some things if the argument was with Perry, Whitt, Capers or some other coach.

I am unclear whether this argument took place on the sidelines or in the locker room. I gather that it occurred on the sidelines before the half ended. I suspect that any number of beat writers know the answers to my questions but have decided not to inform their customers, the fans.

Good point about the hand picked writers by the Packers. I miss the days when there were beat reporters that gave it the way it was.... as far as: "The other 52 players saw what happened. They would like to know what was said and what the resolution was." Do you really think that they DON'T know exactly what happened and the result? I'm betting the whole room knew before they got out of their uniforms!