For the love of god!!
The Packers did not PICK Rodgers over Favre. Favre was pressured INTO a decision TOO SOON a decision the Packers say they felt was RETURN TO THE PACKERS. He instead retired. It caught them OFF GUARD, so they say.
You can not say for four months that Rodgers is our guy then Brett comes back throwing people under the bus and give him the job. Don't people THINK before they talk about this?
FOOTBALL IS A BUSINESS! It's a bitch. I hate seeing MY QB in a ugly ass JETS uniform, but I will be damned if I am going to be naive an ignorant enough to bash the Packers for doing what they feel is BEST for the Packers since their QB RETIRED when they felt he would RETURN.
/me okay ... my rant/ temper tantrum/ soap box/ bitch fest is over :)
"Zero2Cool" wrote:
That's your perspective, not everyone agrees.
1. I agree that MGMT pressured Favre into a decision in March. Whether their motivation was to get him to retire or come back is a matter of opinion. There's no proof that they pressured him in the hopes that pressuring would get him to come back. My opinion is that it would do the opposite and they knew it. IMO no player, especially coming off a devastating loss, feels like playing in March.
2. I would agree that Favre shouldn't have gotten on Gretta. That was is most classless act I've seen in 16 years. I wouldn't say that he "threw people under the bus". Was it a TO moment? Yes! Did it achieve anything? No. IMO, Favre was pissed off (it was obvious) and felt disrespected because of how Ted Thompson and MM were treating him and how they were spinning it to the media. Ted Thompson insisted that "Favre would not come back as a starter", he's welcome back "but he'll be a backup". And oh by the way "we will not grant his request to be released". Then, when Favre calls the bluff, they tell the world that their will be an open QB competition (total spin), because the truth was they never intended to give Favre a chance to compete. Heck, they had the security guard tell him he couldn't go into the locker room before family night. The problem with the whole thing is how MGMT handled it. They treated him like an outsider, showed him no respect, and even tried to buy him off (pay to not play).
3. The Packers are/were a team owned by the Fans, or so we thought. Teddy Tossers blindly follow their leader - If Ted Thompson thinks it's the best thing for the team, THEN IT MUST BE SO. Sorry, I'm not buying in on that crap. Correlate bashing Ted Thompson and not supporting the GM no questions asked with bashing the Packers is ridiculous.