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Despite , Mike McCarthy returned to the ' facility twice during the week. Walt Frazier Jersey According to ESPN's Rob Demovsky, on letting their former coach return on Tuesday and Wednesday to talk to the coaching staff and players. Since he was fired on a Sunday night -- after the Packers dropped to 4-7-1 with a shambolic lo s to the -- McCarthy wasn't given the chance to speak with the team immediately after it all went down. According to Packers interim coach Joe Philbin, it was "emotional" for "everybody in the room" when McCarthy made his return."We all saw him as a staff, which was great," Philbin said, per ESPN. "Then we talked, and he wanted an opportunity to speak with the team. I was 100 percent, fully supportive of it , and he did a fantastic job talking to the team. Not just about football and winning football games, but his pa sion. His pa sion for the game, his love for the players was clearly evident. I'm sure it was emotional for him and everybody in the room. It was awesome. I thought he did a great job."He even got a standing ovation."I was  Taj Gibson Jersey happy to see him," linebacker Clay Matthews said. "Obviously, first thing's first, you understand that this is a busine s and not many people get that opportunity. And the player, as well. We're in the same boat. For him to invest the past 13 years in this team, has given his heart R.J. Barrett Jersey  and soul to us, to have that kind of closure, it was great of the organization -- Joe, Gutey, Mark and everybody that allowed him to come in and say his piece. I know we really enjoyed it. I'm sure he did from a closure standpoint. Obviously, we gave him the respect he deserved and sending him off with some final words."  Now, we wait to see what comes next for McCarthy, a coach  NBA New York Knicks Jeresy with both an impre sive resume in terms of wins and lo ses, playoff appearances and Super Bowls, and a disappointing track record of conservatism and stalene s in an era of innovative offensive football. According to Demovsky, a source told ESPN that .If McCarthy doesn't take a season off, he could be in the running for any of the jobs that are expected to open up this offseason. As it stands, the are the only other team that is guaranteed to be looking for a new coach after . But there are plenty of coaches on the hot seat as we enter the final month of the season, from Dirk Koetter in Tampa Bay to  to  to While there's plenty of reasons to criticize McCarthy's coaching style (particularly, his bland and outdated offense), certainly love hiring retreads, and they could be sold on his resume, which includes a career .618 wining percentage, nine playoff appearances in 13 seasons, and one . They could be convinced by the way he developed into  Wayne Ellington Jersey the quarterback he is today and ask him to mold their own young quarterback.  For now, we wait. But we should expect to hear McCarthy's name mentioned as a coaching candidate in the months to come.