When Mike Holmgren was building the Green Bay Packers into a championship team in the 1990s, he lost back-to-back games a handful of times.
That usually brought a big change in the vibe around the team. The locker room, when open to reporters, was like a wake. The few players who bothered to show up talked in hushed tones. Everyone — players, assistant coaches, support staff — tread lightly. I remember Brett Favre saying at times like that he’d pass Holmgren in a hallway and the coach wouldn’t even acknowledge him.
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