Past looms on Packers' road to future glory
Holmgren can block the way
By GREG A. BEDARD
Posted: Jan. 6, 2008
Green Bay - Mike McCarthy doesn't need to be told about one of the main subplots for the National Football Conference divisional playoff game Saturday between the Green Bay Packers and Seattle Seahawks.
The Packers' coach drives it. At least he did before this week.
One block east of Lambeau Field sits Holmgren Way, the street named after former Packers coach Mike Holmgren, who led the franchise to its last Super Bowl title in 1996. He'll be on the other sideline Saturday.
"I think it's probably the most unique situation in pro football," McCarthy said Sunday. "I don't know if anybody else has had to do that.
"Maybe I'll stay off Holmgren Way for a while, for at least the week."
Rerouting his daily commute won't help McCarthy escape the shadow cast by Holmgren during his time with the Packers.
After taking over a franchise that had just two winning campaigns in the previous 18 non-strike seasons, Holmgren, in concert with former general manager Ron Wolf, brought the Packers back to national prominence and recorded winning records in all seven years of his tenure, from 1992-'98. His 75-37 regular-season record trails Curly Lambeau and Vince Lombardi in franchise history.
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Past looms on Packers' road to future glory
Past looms on Packers' road to future glory
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