The first couple names have surfaced in the Packers coaching search, and the names are underwhelming. This caused some panic through the Packers nation because the names aren’t these hot shot coordinators or coaches. Instead, they’re Jim Caldwell, former coach of the Detroit Lions and Indianapolis Colts, and Chuck Pagano, former coach of the Colts. These are two coaches who were fired for suboptimal performances at their last jobs. Seeing either of those coaches in Green and Gold makes Packers fans puke like they caught the flu from the sick baby cousin. But, fans need to take a chill pill and realize this process is a long one meaning it’s not ending with these two coaches.

Mark Murphy and Brian Gutekunst would be doing a bad job as talent evaluators if they were not exhausting the research. I’m sure Murphy, Gutekunst and others have a list of the coaches that they want for the job. There will be a few names of guys who might not make the list. Pagano and Caldwell are easy to interview at this time of the year with both being out of football. Neither would make a good coach, but there are probably nuggets that could be pulled from each guy plus who knows, maybe they could be a potential addition as an assistant.

Caldwell or Pagano would not be good coordinators. The game passed them by. But Caldwell as a quarterbacks coach does give me some interest. The cool, calm demeanor of the former Lions and Colts coach does draw some intrigue as a guy that Aaron Rodgers could get along with on a regular basis. If you remember, Caldwell did coach the quarterbacks at Baltimore during their run to the Super Bowl. Pagano is a long-time secondary coach. Would he be interested in coaching positional talent? Unsure, he hasn’t done since 2010. That said, both of these coaches provide some insight on sore spots for the Packers – Managing an aging superstar quarterback and a secondary in a blitz-heavy defensive scheme

If you spent the day after Christmas yelling at Packers beat writers, chill out, man.

Charlie.