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Friction between Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers and ousted head coach Mike McCarthy escalated throughout the 2018 season in part due to Rodgers's tendency to regularly change McCarthy's play calls at the line of scrimmage, according to reports from Sports Illustrated's Kalyn Kahler and Albert Breer.

According to Kahler, Rodgers has long had the autonomy to change plays on the field as he saw fit. During the Packers' start to this season's 4–7–1 campaign, Rodgers reportedly resorted to that right more than then-coach McCarthy would have liked. The rift between the two added to Green Bay's season full of drama and contributed to McCarthy's firing on Sunday.

"[Rodgers changes plays] so often that it can be hard for McCarthy to get into a rhythm as the play caller," Kahler wrote. "McCarthy might call the same play three times in a game, without the play actually being run as he called it. And if McCarthy calls a play that Rodgers doesn’t like early in the game, that can sour the mood for the rest of the game."

Kahler and Breer both reported that the playcalling changes turned into a competition over who can call the better play.

"It’s almost ‘who’s got the better call?'" one anonymous coach told Breer. "Two really smart guys, ultra-competitive guys.”

A lack of talent on the roster, offseason coaching changes and a recent three-game skid further contributed to the Packers' decline. On Sunday, Packers executive Mark Murphy ultimately decided it was time to move on and get a head start on a coaching search.

“The 2018 season has not lived up to the expectations and standards of the Green Bay Packers. As a result, I made the difficult decision to relieve Mike McCarthy of his role as head coach, effective immediately,” Murphy said in a statement announcing McCarthy's firing. “Mike has been a terrific head coach and leader of the Packers for 13 seasons, during which time we experienced a great deal of success on and off the field. We want to thank Mike, his wife, Jessica, and the rest of the McCarthy family for all that they have done for the Packers and the Green Bay and Wisconsin communities. We will immediately begin the process of selecting the next head coach of the Green Bay Packers.”

The Packers are on track to miss the playoffs for the second straight season and for the first time with a healthy Rodgers since 2008. Joe Philbin will serve as the team's interim head coach for the remainder of the season.

Aaron Rodgers seems like such an unsufferable [censored].

We really need to get this hire right. Baker looks like a franchise guy. We need to give him the right coach to develop and guide him ... and to give him the offense in which he can thrive.

Kitchen?

I think it's very important to have your QB and HC or OC on the same page. You know both guys are going to have huge egos, so it's important that they respect one another and have personalities that mesh.

I think that Sean Payton and Drew Brees epitomize this ideal relationship. I would put them at the top of two guys working well together in regards to coach and QB.

I think Brady and McDaniels is another good example of what I am trying to describe.

Russell Wilson and Pete Carrol have an excellent working relationship.

I believe that Frank Reich has done wonders for Andrew Luck.

It's obvious that Matt Ryan worked much better w/Shanny than he does w/Sark.

Rodgers and McCarthy certainly feuded and you could see this firing coming for quite some time.

Gruden and Carr do not appear to be a good match in Oakland.

I think that teams are going to have to be more cognizant than ever when matching their QB and the coach who will work w/him than they ever have been before.

Aaron Rodgers seems like such an unsufferable [censored].

That is unfair.

Aaron Rodgers seems like such an unsufferable [censored].

probably.

his longest relationship is with his coach and he couldn't seem to work through it. He always seemed to have issues with his coach every couple years. Rodgers is just that kind of guy I suppose.

his family can attest to it.

Exactly what I was thinking. He's been isolated from his family for years, it just recently came back into the public eye. This has been a thing since he was dating Olivia Munn.

I trust the brother who hasn’t been on The Bachelor.

I think he's had a huge chip on his shoulder for years. From being unheralded, to junior college, to passed up in the draft, to sitting behind Favre, etc. It's probably what's made him great ... and made him a jerk.

I've thought Rodgers to be unsufferable.

I don't want to be grammar police, but since you've used it twice I'd like to point out the word is "insufferable". Correct words are kind of pet peeve of mine, like when people say, "It's a mute point" but mean "moot point". But I certainly don't mean to be insufferable about it.

I see what you did they're.

Aarrgh! lol Not you to.

We need to get are words right.

Surprised u can read me at all ... i can picture u now reading one of my posts .... every 20 or 30 seconds you’d get jolted in your chair like a dog getting zapped by his invisible fence ... *L* ...

OK, now I have half to too stop.....