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The Packers fired the embattled head coach hours after being upset by the Arizona Cardinals in Green Bay.

After an embarrassing 20-17 loss to the 3-9 Arizona Cardinals, the Green Bay Packers have fired head coach Mike McCarthy. McCarthy’s final season with the Packers wound up with a 4-7-1 record. The team announced the move Sunday evening, not long after the game.

Offensive coordinator Joe Philbin will take over as the interim coach. Philbin was previously the head coach of the Miami Dolphins from 2012-2015.

Here’s the statement that the Packers released following McCarthy’s firing, from team president Mark Murphy:

“The 2018 season has not lived up to the expectations and standards of the Green Bay Packers. As a result, I made the difficult decision to relieve Mike McCarthy of his role as head coach, effective immediately. Mike has been a terrific head coach and leader of the Packers for 13 seasons, during which time we experienced a great deal of success on and off the field. We want to thank Mike, his wife, Jessica, and the rest of the McCarthy family for all that they have done for the Packers and the Green Bay and Wisconsin communities. We will immediately begin the process of selecting the next head coach of the Green Bay Packers.”

McCarthy finishes his tenure with the Packers with a 125-77-2 record in the regular season. They won the Super Bowl with him at the helm in the 2010 season and made the playoffs nine times (10-8 record) in his 13 years with the team.

McCarthy hasn’t issued a formal statement, but Jay Glazer of Fox Sports did catch up with him not long after the news broke.

The Packers were double-digit favorites against the Cardinals this week. Instead, they lost 20-17, with more of the questionable decision making that’s dogged McCarthy all season. A decision to run a draw play on third-and-10 in the first quarter typified what’s been a needlessly conservative approach.