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GREEN BAY — As new Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur’s search for a special-teams coordinator continues, whoever he finds will have his work cut out for him.

Not only did the Packers struggle on special teams this season, but during ex-coach Mike McCarthy’s nearly 13-year tenure, the Packers’ special teams were never very good.

Now, it’ll be up to whoever LaFleur hires to do what Mike Stock, Shawn Slocum and Ron Zook could never do: Make special teams a strength.

Much of the talk about LaFleur, a former quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator, has focused on how he will get the offense back up and running after a down year on that side of the ball. He also said during his introductory news conference on Jan. 9 that he will call the offensive plays, which led to a question about his philosophy on defense and special teams.