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McCarthy's tenure with Packers embodied success, but desire for change has loomed

13 years ago, Pluto was downgraded from a planet to a dwarf planet. 13 years ago, the Wii was released for $249.99. 13 years ago, iTunes sold its one billionth song. Over this time, you could argue all three of these things lost their original value.

13 years ago, a Pittsburgh native became the head coach of one of the NFL's most prominent franchises and inherited a young, 23-year-old quarterback with perceived ego issues and a grudge held against the rest of the league for allowing him to drop so far in the 2005 NFL Draft.

While some things may have been ruled obsolete since 2006, the relationship between those two counterparts -- co-workers, friends -- flourished.