Packers Coach McCarthy Called Replacement Ref

Green Bay Packers Head Coach Mike McCarthy. Photo by Thomas J. Grant, Skaneateles, NY, USA. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Interesting story from JSOnline.

Replacement referee gets a call from McCarthy
By Tom Silverstein of the Journal Sentinel Oct. 4, 2012

Green Bay – In an interview on Showtime’s Inside the NFL, replacement referee Wayne Elliiott said that by the time he got into the officials’ locker room after the Packers-Seattle game Sept. 24, he was getting angry calls from Wisconsin phone numbers.

So, when he got another call from a Wisconsin number last week, he didn’t answer it.

It was Packers coach Mike McCarthy and he left a message.

Read more at JSOnline.

Seems the coach didn’t think this story would get out.

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