During the Tuesday afternoon debriefing, after the Monday night Vikings debacle, Packers head coach Mike McCarthy stated, "We've got to identify the things we need to work on, but we've also got to identify the things we need to work on and apply it to our next opponent,” McCarthy went on to proclaim, “it's important to keep cleaning your own house."

Exactly what does that mean? 

Look, I’m not here to be facetious but that’s political jargon if you ask me. I understand McCarthy has a job in which he has to carefully choose his word but in as savvy a football state as you’ll ever step foot in, the fans are simply smarter than that. 
“We’ve got to identify the things we need to work on”…. such as the excessive penalties that have plagued this team for the last 3 years? An offensive line that was built upon the dollar rather than proven quality? A teams whose only title is youngest rather than champions? 

I know that’s an oversimplification to a certain extent but the fact remains, there are still glaring weaknesses that can be and need to be corrected. Now you can’t run out and buy a top notch free agent this minute but you can correct the penalties that you’ve been trying to “clean up” for quite some time. Let’s start there. 

Putting yourself in the hole 100 yards per game is a pretty large mountain to consistently overcome. If I’m Mike McCarthy I ask myself why is this a problem? 1. Refs know that we commit a lot of penalties so they’re scrutinizing us that much more. 2. The physical penalties (ie: pass interference, late hits on a QB, penalties such as this) are a little more forgivable because they’re heat of the moment penalties. It’s the false starts, especially at home, the continual hands to the face, the taunting penalties, those are drive killers that are mental and are unforgivable.   How can I (McCarthy) correct them? Fines for repeat offenders. Fines for extracurricular personal fouls. Start there and see where that takes you. The one thing that I’ve found out working with athletes, to no one's surprise, is that no matter the amount, no matter what they make salarywise, no one likes to take money out of their own pockets. Then there’s the old standby, sit em’!

“If they can’t play the way the games supposed to be played, error free, then get rid of them or sit them until their contracts up then dump them”, from Joe in Oostburg.

Not realistic but you certainly sense a fans frustration. 

Yes, this article is somewhat tongue in cheek so here’s the bottom line; players want to win as much as the fans want them to win and coaches want to be coaches of championship teams but the point of all of this is you can’t stand at a podium each week and say the same thing with the same lackluster, inconsistent results and generate the fan perception that you’re heading in the right direction. I see what it takes to corral a full roster of players to all gather on the same page, it’s not easy but you have to continually show progress or the faith and hope that you originally had will evaporate faster than your job. From the outside looking in, faith has pretty much left the building and hope isn’t far behind.

The Packers stand at 2-2 after an emotional loss but things are no where near as bad as some want to make it out to be.  That said, the corrections that are continually discussed can't be evident against Detroit alone.  They have to become consistent for this franchise to regain hope and faith via its followers.

Packers fans, you have a better team than the one that participated on the field Monday night in that giant garbage bag located in Minnesota.

McCarthy and crew, it's time to prove it!