The Green Bay Packers made sweeping changes to the coaching staff following the 2017 season, including the decision to move on from quarterbacks coach Alex Van Pelt.
The veteran assistant's contract expired and the team decided to go in a different direction, apparently without consulting star quarterback Aaron Rodgers.
"I thought that was an interesting change ... really without consulting me," Rodgers said Thursday, as per Rob Demovsky of ESPN. "There's a close connection between the quarterback and his (position) coach. That was an interesting decision."
Van Pelt, who had served as Rodgers' position coach since 2014, was signed by the Cincinnati Bengals shortly after the Packers let him go.
While Rodgers may not sound overly pleased to lose Van Pelt, he probably isn't opposed to the club's hiring of Joe Philbin as offensive coordinator. The former Miami Dolphins head coach spent nine seasons on the Packers' staff, including five as offensive coordinator. The star quarterback spoke glowingly of his former coordinator before the Packers played the Dolphins in 2014.
"I owe a lot of my success to working under him (Philbin)," Rodgers said as per Demovsky. "He helped me a lot over the years with different reminders."
