Packers still made the right choice

Like many other Packers I had my reservations about the QB position. But even after the loss to Dallas, I feel the Packers did the right thing. In all likelyhood this probably will be Dallas' year, so we let Aaron Rodgers get his feet wet and build up his confidence and gain game experience, then maybe next year or the year after we will be knocking at the door again.

Remember in the Nfl you can go from hero to zero in the blink of any eye today. I think the Green Bay Packers have the right brain trust in place to make them winners for many years to come. They understand the ebb and flow of today's game and know when to cut ties and when to make the right choices

Nightmare over in title town

Finally some degree of nomallcy will return to the Packers training camp. The fact that one man tried to make himself more important than the game itself should not be forgotten. Many people have tried to blame Ted Thompson and Mike McCarthy. The fact is no one tried harder to make this thing work than those two guys.

Brett Farve ment a lot to the history and tradition of the Packers, and that will not be forgetten. But the idea that he expected the team to drop everything and bow down to his demands was over the top. I hope he gets what he wants with the New York Jets, but only time will tell. That fact remains that for the last four years Farve has held the Packers hostage will pondering whether or not he still wanted to play football. Now the Packers can consider this a fresh start and move on. Whether the outcome is good or bad, at some point Farve wasn't going to be with Green bay. This is part of the right of passage, good luck to Brett Farve and go Packers!!!!!!!!

Monday could be the showdown

July 28, 2008 could be a showdown between the Packer organization and self-retired QB Brett Favre. Favre has said he will show up when training camp opens on Monday. The Packer organization has held firm to their decision to move on after repeated attempts to get Brett to change his mind about retirement.

Now the Packers has vowed to move ahead with plans to field their team after the post-Favre era.

I say a card layed is a car played. Favre can't expect the team to jump through hoops when he changes his mind and decides he wants to play this year. We have been riding this roller coaster for about 4 years now, waiting after each season to see what his decision would be concerning playing next year. I frankly think the whole thing was a big distraction that was unnecessary. Either you want to play or you don't, and even though Favre's record and reputation will remain intact, this latest round of selfish decisions leaves a bad taste in the average fans mouth.

Farve tries to lay blame on the Packers

How this whole thing will go down, no one knows except for Brett, he does have the option to just show up when training camp opens and then he will force the Packers hand. They would either have to cut him, trade him or just let him compete.

I guess I just don't understand how Brett could think ill of the Packers for not simply dropping everything when he decides he wants to come back. Football is a business and when someone tells the boss he's quiting and the boss hires someone to replace him, how can he expect them to do anything else?

He was the one after all the pulled the trigger on the whole retirement thing, if he had any doubts about retiring then that was the time to hold up instead of jumping the gun. The wheels of progress then started turning in order to prepare the team for the upcoming season.

Favre to appear on Fox news tonight @ 9pm

Farve has asked to be interviewed tonight by Greta Van Susteren tonight on Fox news.
Farve doesn't want to be a back-up or be traded, so I guess he should have thought about all of that before he decided to call in quits last spring.

As I stated Farve seems to be no better than Jevon Walker or other pro stars who seem to think the world should stop whenever they make a decision.

Although Farve legacy will remain intact, he has not done himself any favors by trying to bully the Packers into dropping everything since he has had a change of heart.

Maybe this will be a lesson to other professional atheletes who put themselves before the game itself

Farve had his chance

Every year it seems like the same question, is he coming back or isn't he? It seems like Ted Thompson and Mike McCarthy left the door open for him to come back, after-all these guys are supposed to be professionals. When Farve retired nobody held a gun to his head, and McCarthy and Thompson even flew down to Hattisburg, Ms to ask he to if retirement was his final decision.

Think about this, if you tell your employer that your going to quit and then they hire someone to replace you, that was your decision, if you then decide to return chances are there are no spots left for you since your job was already filled by your replacement.

I think it's selfish of Farve to now decide to come back when he knew all along that the team had already told Aaron Rodgers that he will be the starting QB for the Green Bay Packers. Now this whole mess puts the Packers in a very hard position. As a life long fan I say stay with your current plan and if Farve does show up at training camp he could be the back up.

The new era is about to begin

With all the speculation over and Aaron Rodgers now the field general, it's time to get excited again. Although we will miss Bret, the inevitable has happened and now it's time to move on. I think we still have a core of excellent players who will take the new challenge and run with it.

Now instead of counting on Bret to be the go to guy, it becomes a team effort which means that now everybody has to be a contributor.

Reports of Favre changing his mind inaccurate

Source: The Milwaukee Journal http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=735779

Since his annoucement to retire rumors of Favre changing his mind have been floating around. The report goes on to say that those reports aren't true. Favre seems happy doing work around his farm in Mississippi. As the 2008 season moves closer, things may change. But for now Favre seems totally happy with his decision

Packers still a big draw nationally without Farve

Aaron will make his debut as starting QB with the Packers at Lambeau field on Monday night football. Should be a great beginning for a great team.

Solder Field a bad place to see a game

In 1990 I got a couple of tickets to the Bears/Packer game in Chicago. It was cold and a driving rain during the entire game. The problem with going to Chicago is most of the fan there could very well be in any of the caveman commercials. But the worst part is when they all get drunk and start harrassing the fan for the oposing team. This was the first NFL game I had ever been to. I knew the trip was in trouble when we walked up to the ticket window and they were selling shirts and sweathshirts outside that said "F**K Green Bay". I don't know that I would ever waste my time driving back up to Chicago to see any game.

1989 Replay game

We will always wonder if the 89' team had won just one more game and got into the playoffs what might have happened? As that season unfolded it almost seemed that the Packers were a team of destiny. The thrilling last minute wins, the replay game. It had all the makings of an exciting post season. The only problem is it never happened. The one keeper I have from that season is the entire Nov 5th game against the Bears on tape. If you didn't know that the game was played for real, you might have thought this was a made to tv movie. After all Ditka didn't exactly have fond feeling about the Packers, ever since Greg and he coached against each other. I drag that tape out every once in a while and it still sends goose bumps up my spine and the end of the game.

Jim Irwin and Max Magee The best announcers

I live in Notre Dame country where they have had their share of famous announcers. But listening the sound bites from games broadcast by Jim Irwin and Max Magee made the game even that much better. The nfl films version of the 1996 Super bowl win, with the radio broadcasts dubbed in were excellent. I miss those guys. Although Wayne and Larry do a good job, the Irwin and Magee team were such high caliber that I doubt if they will be duplicated anytime soon.

Lovie Smith is a happy man

Lovie Smith made the coment he was happy to see Farve retire. But we still have a much better team than the Bears and should be able to kick their butts around for several more years. I have the replay game on tape Lovie, from 1989, maybe I'll send you a copy. I have to fight my way thru stupid Bear fan down here in Indiana. And then there are all those Notre Dame fans, which I'm not one.

A new era begins for the Packers

When I heard the news that Bret Farve was calling it quits, it was like I just attended a funeral. I was in mourning for a week or more. After all the Packers came within an eyelash of going back to the big dance. I didn't think it would end quite this was. But after listening to the press conference, I understood why Farve decided to move on. I was in a similar situation working in a high stress field and after a while you get burned out. I have no doubt that Bret could have played for another two or three years if he chose to do so. But we all know good things come to an end at some point. The good news is we still have a kick ass team. Mccarthy has proven to be a good field general, and Thompson has surprised me, whey last year at this time I thought he had his head in the sand.