GREEN BAY — Mike McCarthy was blindsided by his Dec. 2 firing — even though he knew a playoff-less season might very well mark the end of his 13-year run as the Green Bay Packers head coach — and disputes the notion that his team had become complacent in the waning years of his tenure.
Speaking to ESPN’s Rob Demovsky in his first interview since team president Mark Murphy fired him following a 20-17 loss to the lowly Arizona Cardinals at Lambeau Field, McCarthy said his firing “couldn't have been handled any worse” by the team and said claims that there was a lack of accountability “bothered me” and were “not accurate.