Mike McCarthy* Will Have Your Job if You Mention Eggs in His Presence

Somewhere in the Philadelphia area Dan Leone shakes his head knowingly. The former Eagles employee was fired for making some derogatory comments about the team on his Facebook page.

Leone was devastated, just like Mike Wood, a recently canned part-timer for the Lambeau Field maintenance staff. Unlike Leone, Wood didn't call out the organization via his favorite social media platform. Instead, Packers head coach Mike McCarthy had Wood fired after what turned out to be a misunderstanding. At least according to Woods.

Via the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:

Wood said he was sitting in a maintenance cart in a stadium tunnel when McCarthy was talking with members of the grounds crew.

With the season's most-hyped game only three days away (Vikings-Packers), Wood said he yelled to McCarthy, "Hey coach, let's get the boys ready to kick some butt this weekend." ...

But on Sunday, Wood arrived at the stadium about 11:30 a.m. and immediately began his regular routine. ... Wood said Allen Johnson, the team's fields manager, approached him. "What did you say to McCarthy?" he asked.

Wood said he repeated what he had told McCarthy. Wood said he was told that McCarthy thought he heard him make a comment along the lines of "don't lay an egg" in the game.

Any talk of breakfast food will not be tolerated, apparently. Wood was promptly fired and escorted out of the stadium. The 53-year-old admitted that he cried, but as a testament to his loyalty to the Packers, he didn't blow off the game and take a long walk to clear his head. Instead, he went to the Stadium View bar to take in the festivities. (In retrospect, Wood might have been better off taking that long walk.)

The team later issued a statement on the matter: "The organization has standards of conduct that apply to all employees, full-time and part-time, in order to maintain a respectful workplace. Mr. Wood's supervisors determined he made an inappropriate comment, and he was relieved of his duties."

Meanwhile, Wood told the Journal Sentinel that "I will die in my grave knowing that I didn't say anything about laying an egg," which is something McCarthy won't be able to say about his tenure in Green Bay when it finally comes to an end.

* McCarthy, during a Friday radio appearance, said that "he did not fire anybody in the maintenance department." Maybe it was the other Mike McCarthy employed by the team.