Former PitOwner wrote on Aug 20, 2008 11:49 PM:
" You know, I'm getting sick and tired of everyone blaming the loss to the Giants solely on Brett. Did anyone else watch that entire game?? Did everyone else see the Packers run the ball a dozen times the whole game when Grant rushed for over 200 yards the week before!?!! Did everyone else see Al Harris get FRIED everytime Burress was thrown the ball. Did anyone else see the horrible coaching job that day? No, it's just so easy to blame Favre for the one poor play he made at the end of the game. You don't win or lose games because of one play. You all need to get a grip on reality and if you don't know what you're watching then don't make retarded comments. "
packerbacker wrote on Aug 17, 2008 11:52 AM:
" If this is the team MOVING ON, I will cheerly BURN MY PACKERS TICKET for the next preseason game too! Recent Packer fans have taken the success Brett helped create for granted! Jets fans took up a collection to thank TT for the BIGGEST sports blunder in history! Without the legend, the Pack does NOT go 13-3! This will be a LONG year and I predict alot more tickets were get BURNED in PROTEST! Check out the burned Packers ticket on EBAY! "
packerbacker wrote on Aug 16, 2008 11:30 PM:
" After watching tonight's game, the Favre era is definently over~ THANKS TO TT AND MM the Pack is in for a rough year! Forget about the million$ in revenue lost by trading the legend, let's talk about the SPARK the NY JETS have and the bewilderment of TT's Packers in tonight's game! The punter, field goal kicker and return kicker Jordy did well, not exactly what you want to hear if you are the coach. "
packerbacker wrote on Aug 16, 2008 11:13 AM:
" Ps don't give me that happy BS that Brett wanted to play for any other team. The facts are Brett was ready to sign a new 2 year deal with Packers when he arrived in GB for the "WELCOMING". Brett NEVER WANTED to play for ANY other team. TT decided which team was most appropriate, not to help the Packers or Brett, but to help himself, hence 4-12 AFC Jets! So far, its exploded in TT face as more than 25,000 Favre Jets jerseys have been sold and Brett has not started his first game yet! "
packerbacker wrote on Aug 16, 2008 11:08 AM:
" Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but unless you are a Packers fan and buy the tickets/shares of stock/support the team, your opinion does NOT count! Favre haters, Viking,Bear,Cowboy fans~ MYOB! Real fans whose opinions count, know the mess was created by current Packers management. Long after these guys are gone, Favre will be still be the greatest NFL player of all time. Favre's ability to generate revenue will continue long after we are gone! Today's Packer management blew their chance to keep the whole pie to themselves at a cost of MILLIONS over the long haul! THAT WAS THE BIGGEST SPORTS MARKETING BLUNDER IN HISTORY! "
scooterj wrote on Aug 15, 2008 3:27 PM:
" I'll give props to Thompson for the talent he's accumulated for this team, but to me-I have a hard time looking away when it comes to his blunders. He will forever be known as the man who drove Favre out of Green Bay. That can not be forgiven as far as I'm concerned. He's an ego maniac. People can say what they want about the Moss situation-bottom line is he totally F'd that up last year and by Moss going out and having the best statistical season ever for a WR was nothing but egg in Thompson's face. Very well may have cost us a Super Bowl and certainly cost us Brett Favre. Drafting Harell was idiotic and cost us two fold because he was willing to let Corey Williams go. Now we are paper thin on the defensive line. In closing-better cheer for Rodgers-completely screwed if he gets hurt. "
PackAttack2020 wrote on Aug 15, 2008 2:22 PM:
" scooter: I get ya...but you have to admit...16 weeks out of the year wasn't a bad way to spend a Sunday or Monday night! It won't be the same, and the Pakcers ORGANIZATION should be ashamed of the way Favre was treated in his last weeks as a Packer. I have no problem with moving on, but to say we are better off without him: that's crazy talk. I also think the morons booing Rodgers should be escorted out: he deserves our support, and the rest of the team doesn't need to hear that bologna either. BOO Thompson...some of the team may join in... GO PACK GO!! "
scooterj wrote on Aug 15, 2008 9:05 AM:
" PackAttack - 3 post season wins in ten years. I was in shock when I first heard that stat. It's like I was blind to the fact that he is terrible in the Post Season. I loved watching Favre play and will miss not having him as a Packer anymore, but the organization has moved on and I am actually excited to see how they do. I'm not trying to dog a legend here, but the truth is...Favre is money in the bank in the regular season and terrible in the post-season. Been that way for quite some time now. "
PackAttack2020 wrote on Aug 14, 2008 7:18 PM:
" and PACKER BACKER...if you ARE so sick of articles on Favre, why haven't you and all the others that "claim" to be sick of him, posted about anything else "Packer" that the trib has today? You're a big fan of Favre, he gives you something GOOD to try to point out the "negative" that you can find to try to show how "bad" he is and how "wrong" everyone that likse success is...you're gonna miss him the most aren't you PB? "
PackAttack2020 wrote on Aug 14, 2008 6:52 PM:
" scooter: (i can only assume the name comes from what your dog watches you do on the living room carpet) How many QB's have the record REACHING the playoffs that Favre has? I will take watching him "choke" in the playoffs over NEVER getting there and rarely getting there. Your call...but he is STILL the BEST WE HAVE EVER HAD and ONE OF THE BEST EVER...for someone with your habits, you're pretty picky scooter. "
PackAttack2020 wrote on Aug 14, 2008 6:48 PM:
" doc: Do you REALLY buy the idea that Favre "put the Packers in a bad position"? You seem like a rational thinker: so tell me why Thompson, who claims to have "wanted to avoid a circus" and "wanted to move on" and knowing that Favre would change his mind, DIDN'T demand that Favre sign his retirement papers PRIOR to the VERY HYPED PACKER SPONSORED press conference for Favre to "announce" his retirement. VERY convenient for Thompson AND the Packers that Favre NEVER signed those retirement papers. The retirement that wasn't has given Thompson TOTAL control over Brett Favre's destination and ability to HURT Thompson's deceitful plan. This RIFT between Favre and Thompson began WELL BEFORE this episode Doc. Do you REALLY buy the show that Thompson has put on? "
doctor9 wrote on Aug 14, 2008 4:45 PM:
" I don't personally believe this is a "win now" league. The Patriots lost too many of their multi-year veterans since their last superbowl win, and will need to rebuild again. Rather, I believe that the Packers management is in a "build now, win a bunch later" mode. To be sure, if Brett had not retired, the draft choices and the coaching plans would've been very different, I think. However, he forced the Packers organization's hand by balking the way he did, and I think they made the right choice based on the situation he put them in (not vice versa). "
let it be said wrote on Aug 14, 2008 3:55 PM:
" Yeah, they messed up by getting rid of him. They would have won the SB this year..and he would have retired. Setting up the growing process for the young team to come.
Brett was thinking about his teammates when he walked away, and unlike players in pro sports that get their way by crying, MANNY, Brett took the high road and left for the better of the majority.
Either way, Jets got a new fan this year. I'll still watch the Pack, but it'll be toned down, fo sho! "
scooterj wrote on Aug 14, 2008 3:14 PM:
" Free_speech - all I've got to say is Rex Grossman or Kyle Orton. For that I am laughing at you and not with you. When all else fails and you are looking for a good laugh - look no further than the Chicago Bears QBs. "
Mr. Bigglesworth wrote on Aug 14, 2008 1:48 PM:
" Amen "
GOD_HIMSELF wrote on Aug 14, 2008 1:36 PM:
" wait, i apologize, i think i just figured it out. you're retarded, kinda like dustin hoffmans charachter in rainman. i guess i shouldn't make fun of you. my bad. "
GOD_HIMSELF wrote on Aug 14, 2008 1:33 PM:
" ahhh, yeah, we got it free_speech. you think the packers are going to go 0-16, ohh wait, now it's 3-13. for the love of god, stop repeating yourself and come up with some new material. tell us how your bears are gonna do this year or something else funny. "
free_speech wrote on Aug 14, 2008 1:07 PM:
" Regular season success? Not this year. 3-13 "
scooterj wrote on Aug 14, 2008 12:59 PM:
" Favre is a great regular season QB and a choke artist in the post season. 3 post-season wins in the last 10 years is pathetic. All I know is he's gotten a free pass way too many times when it comes to his awful post-season performances. How would the fans reacted if Rodgers was the QB last year in the NFC Championship game and he played as terrible as Favre did? How would you feel about Rodgers if he threw the terrible pick in OT of that game? If he threw a hail mary on 1st down of the Philly 4th & 26 play-off game? If he threw 6 picks against the Rams in the play-offs? Or get smoked at home by the Falcons and the Vikings during the play-offs. I'm looking forward to moving on-maybe now we can translate our regular season success into the post-season for a change. "
Betterthoughts wrote on Aug 14, 2008 12:18 PM:
" This article was poorly done and ill conceived. As a longtime Packer Fan I feel the last 4 years have been unfair to the Packers when "retirement uncertainty" has been the off-season Brett story.
This year he made a FINAL decision and the team invested heavily in money, effort, and commitments to live beyond Brett. His desire to "undo" his FINAL decision came too little too late.
Football = team sport, and made Brett more than a great quarterback. 93 thru 07 he was the league's TEAM PLAYER example on the field. 2008 that was not the case. Brett made a huge strategic mistake in retiring. The Packers aren't responsible for his error. Even as a fan, I'm glad he wasn't allowed to dictate the Packers 2008 season. Win, lose, or draw, the Packers must be a team. "
PackAttack2020 wrote on Aug 14, 2008 10:36 AM:
" Doc - Don't seperate TRUE Packer Fans by whether or not they believe that Favre SHOULD have been here this year: THAT would be truly short sited to do so. The NFL is a win now league, and the Patriots have built a WIN NOW team with plenty of veterans in key spots and GREAT contract negotiations and great team buy in about THE TEAM. Players love it there because they know that VETERANS and LOYALTY are appreciated and honored. Brett, if you have forgotten, WAS developed from his 2nd year on with the Packers. By trading him now, we are just losing a year or two of the payoff from his development: as he proved last year, he hasn't finished improving. Now, with Rodgers, we are starting the cycle over...WIN NOW Doc....from a TRUE PACKER FAN. "
packer backer wrote on Aug 14, 2008 10:34 AM:
" I hope this is the last article on this topic in the Tribune, the horse is dead! What I have a question on is, if Rodgers gets a boo boo; who, please someone tell me who, will be QB? The two wet behind the ear back-ups they have now? Where's my bottle of Advil, oh screw that where's the J.D. and Coke! "
kbg23 wrote on Aug 14, 2008 10:32 AM:
" RE: doctor9
And they could have done that next year. They could have allowed Favre back with the team that played well together last year and then moved forward with Rodgers. When you are one play away from the SuperBowl it doesnt make sense to take that QB out and replace him with one who has never played. I am not saying long term, but the time for a run was now. Now, what you have done is set the entire team back. "
GOD_HIMSELF wrote on Aug 14, 2008 10:28 AM:
" free_speech is actually a bears fan, and for once he's right, the packers won't see the post season anytime soon. it'll be about five months. "
doctor9 wrote on Aug 14, 2008 10:17 AM:
" This article is short-sighted. By releasing Brett, we have a young team that will develop a chemistry and a rhythm over the next few years that will, hopefully, become a force to reckon with. THAT is how championship teams are built. That's how the Patriots got to the Superbowl for a few years in a row. By shoe-horning Brett into this team of youngsters for one more year, we are stifling that potential growth. It's fine to be a Favre fan, and not a Packers fan, but the honest truth is that he couldn't stay with the team forever. I am a true Packers fan who agrees with Thompson and McCarthy's decisions regarding Brett this year. "
Mr. Bigglesworth wrote on Aug 14, 2008 10:17 AM:
" Free...listening to your opinion is like Christie Brinkley listening to beauty advice from ugly Betty, try it with Bear fans, might work with them, but feel free to keep posting ignorant comments and living up to the stereotype MN fans are branded with. "
free_speech wrote on Aug 14, 2008 9:37 AM:
" The Packers won't see the post season anytime soon. "
Garvi wrote on Aug 14, 2008 8:45 AM:
" Ya, Dave Myers is a expert on the NFL and how the packers should run the team, thats why he is a writer for the LaCrosse Tribune. Real high on the expert on football ladder. This is just your opinion and not a good one at that. "
Mr. Bigglesworth wrote on Aug 14, 2008 7:29 AM:
" Brett was very good at getting us to the play-offs, but let's forget his forgettable performances in the post season, 6 picks vs. the Rams, 4 picks vs. the Queens in 04, 2 picks vs. the Falcons in 02, the Philly int., and of course, a pick on an out route vs. the G-men. "
GOD_HIMSELF wrote on Aug 14, 2008 7:09 AM:
" dave meyers must be a viqueen fan or his wife wrote this article. by mid season people will be bowing down and thanking ted for being the genius he is and sending brett down the road. and by the way, they were trying to do him a favor by suggesting he stay retired. farve is going to embarrass himself this season, heck, he'll probably retire before it's even over. "
GOD_HIMSELF wrote on Aug 14, 2008 7:05 AM:
" i guess they should have brought brett back in and handed him the job, right? hopefully his tired arm would get us to the playoffs. he's already asking the coack in new york to limit his reps in practice. what a joke. practice for a few weeks with high schoolers and claim your ready to go, then come in and whine about your arm and how you need time off. this is the guy you want leading your team? give me a break. we're a much better team with rodgers at the helm. "
kbg23 wrote on Aug 14, 2008 6:49 AM:
" Great article! It's not to finally read a columnist who hasn't already crowned Rodgers with the MVP, even though he has played 5 quarters in four years. May this be Thompson's legacy, oh yes and McCarthy - remember what happened when Rhoades went 8-8 with big expectations that season? See ya! "
GOD_HIMSELF wrote on Aug 14, 2008 6:39 AM:
" some would argue they're a better team with rodgers. i haven't heard aaron complaining his arm is fatigued. more than a few people think they got rid of favre just in time. saying they would be better with favre is pure speculation. "
free_speech wrote on Aug 14, 2008 5:48 AM:
" "Rather than do the right thing by Favre (and all the other Packers players focused on winning a championship) and let the best player win the starting quarterback job, Green Bay general manager Thompson and coach McCarthy focused on winning the battle for control.
Well ... they won. They have complete control of a team that thanks to a patently lousy personnel decision is easier to defeat this season than they were last season."
I couldn't have put it better. 3-13 "
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