Ex-Pack GM Regrets Calling Holmgren Pig-Headed

Former Packers GM Ron Wolf is regretting comments he made about Mike Holmgren, calling the ex-Green Bay coach “pig-headed“.

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The MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL ran an article last week reminding readers that Wolf blamed Holmgren for the Packers’ defeat against Denver in Super Bowl XXXII.

While in Green Bay last August, Wolf said Holmgren didn’t change his offensive scheme to handle the Broncos’ blitzing, resulting in a 31-24 loss: “When you fail to adjust in critical situations you’re going to lose, and that’s what happened here. To be pig-headed about it, I mean, to have the answer and then not apply it, that’s a little different.”

Wolf doesn’t deny making the statements, but doesn’t see why they’re being dredged back up.

I don’t think anybody wants to look like a jerk, and I come out looking like a jerk here. We’re talking about something that happened 11 years ago. I mean, who cares?”

Wolf says he still has lots of respect for Holmgren, calling him “the smartest coach I’ve ever been around.”

Well, apparently except for that Big Game in San Diego ten years ago.

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