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Just one day after completing the franchise's worst season since 1991, the Green Bay Packers on Monday dismissed head coach Mike Sherman, ESPN.com has confirmed.
The move, which will be announced at a morning news conference, came despite the fact the Packers awarded Sherman a two-year contract extension worth about $6.4 million last summer. It also fuels speculation about the future of quarterback Brett Favre, who said several times during the season that he would not return in 2006 if Sherman was not retained by Packers officials.
Green Bay concluded the '05 season with a victory over the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday in a game that might have been Favre's swan song. There was also speculation it might have been the finale for Sherman as well, and general manager Ted Thompson apprised the head coach Monday morning that he would not return.
The Packers were decimated by injuries in 2005 and left the club, especially on offense, performing with players that former Green Bay general manager Ron Wolf compared to NFL Europe League players. Green
Bay's 4-12 record matches the mark that the club had in 1991, and the tumble is made all the more dramatic by the fact the Packers had won the division crown in each of the past three seasons.
Sherman, 51, succeeded Ray Rhodes as head coach in 2000. In his six seasons with the club, he compiled a 59-43 mark.
Green Bay went to the playoffs four times under Sherman, once as a wild-card entry and three times as division champions, but never advanced beyond the divisional round.
Source: AP
The move, which will be announced at a morning news conference, came despite the fact the Packers awarded Sherman a two-year contract extension worth about $6.4 million last summer. It also fuels speculation about the future of quarterback Brett Favre, who said several times during the season that he would not return in 2006 if Sherman was not retained by Packers officials.
Green Bay concluded the '05 season with a victory over the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday in a game that might have been Favre's swan song. There was also speculation it might have been the finale for Sherman as well, and general manager Ted Thompson apprised the head coach Monday morning that he would not return.
The Packers were decimated by injuries in 2005 and left the club, especially on offense, performing with players that former Green Bay general manager Ron Wolf compared to NFL Europe League players. Green
Bay's 4-12 record matches the mark that the club had in 1991, and the tumble is made all the more dramatic by the fact the Packers had won the division crown in each of the past three seasons.
Sherman, 51, succeeded Ray Rhodes as head coach in 2000. In his six seasons with the club, he compiled a 59-43 mark.
Green Bay went to the playoffs four times under Sherman, once as a wild-card entry and three times as division champions, but never advanced beyond the divisional round.
Source: AP