Taking The High Road

[cpk1994]

[quote="packinpatland"]

While I can agree with most of the original post....I'm not sure TT took the 'high road'. The allegations about tampering..... that was taking the low road, in my opinion.

That was a brilliant move that stopped all of the "personal" phone calls to Brad Childress and forestalled any further attempts by Minnesota to interfere in the situation. TT knew that Goodell would find for the Vikings in public but tear the Vikings a new one in private.


You're as bad as the media......reporting something that you have no idea if it actually happened.

Brett feely admists to calling Brad Childress.

[packinpatland]

[quote="mission"]

While I can agree with most of the original post....I'm not sure TT took the 'high road'. The allegations about tampering..... that was taking the low road, in my opinion.

That was a brilliant move that stopped all of the "personal" phone calls to Brad Childress and forestalled any further attempts by Minnesota to interfere in the situation. TT knew that Goodell would find for the Vikings in public but tear the Vikings a new one in private.


You're as bad as the media......reporting something that you have no idea if it actually happened.

A day later and you still don't realize YOU ARE WRONG?

Phone calls happened. That's all that was reported. It's league policy to report such activities given the situation.

The commish ruled that the calls would warrant no discipline.

We know the calls happened. Everyone knows the calls happened.

Why are you so daft that even in this apples vs oranges week we've had, you choose to argue grapes?

It's not applicable.

One more time --

Calls happened, they need to be reported. The league looked into it, decided against action.

Pretty simple.

This is all fine......what I'm saying is, don't 'report' this: but tear the Vikings a new one in private. , as actually happening when there's no evidence that it did.

[prsnfoto]

Re: Taking The High Road

I believe that Mike McCarthy, Mark Murphy, Bob Harlan, the Packer board of directors - and most especially, Ted Thompson - deserve a tremendous amount of credit for taking the high road during FavreGate.
In watching the various interviews, especially McCarthy's Tuesday press conference, I sense that below the surface there are many, many things that could be said in response to the nasty claims from the Favre camp, but are repressed. It's tough, for example, to hold back from a response when having your administration being called liars, but McCarthy chose to act like an adult.
However, clues to why the Packers were no longer interested in Favre were there.
Example : when McCarthy mentioned asking Favre if he would be in the 'quarterbacks' room' (film study) on Thursday nights studying film on the next opponent. How many times in recent years was Favre NOT preparing properly?
I think the ringing silence of the Packer players when it came to Favre's return is very telling.
Murphy, in my opinion, WAS offering a bribe of sorts to Favre to stay retired, but I see that as just a very expensive olive branch. It seems to indicate that the Packers were willing to spend millions to allow Favre to save face; to not have to go thru facing the fact that he had simply outworn his welcome.

Thompson, the architect of the team that gave Favre a golden opportunity to win the Super Bowl he wants, has, in my opinion, showed the greatest grace under pressure. Despite being pummelled, insulted, and demonized by many 'fans' for simply doing his job, he has refused to seek a spotlight to tell HIS side of the story. I'd love to know more about the many, many times Packer planning has been held hostage by Favre, as well as the many times since his retirement management has bent over backwards to appease his whims.
To my knowledge, he's never rightfully blasted Favre for his very public meddling with team decisions. Favre was upset because Thompson hired McCarthy over his crony, Mariucci?? Favre upset because the team wouldn't pursue Moss (who only wanted to use the Pack as a pawn, anyway)???
Even after all of this, Thompson still held the door open as long as possible.

I think Thompson and the Packers have earned a tremendous amount of respect around the league, and I think it is well deserved.
I am extremely proud of them.

MM stated many times last year that Favre spent more time preparing for games and watching film that he and his coaching staff did going back to the complex after a game on Sunday and watching film for several hours get your shit straight you are a hater and always have been thats fine but don't spread lies moron.

[prsnfoto]

I do think all of the things are true that people think of Brett negatively right now, but I am more impressed with how the Packers presented it without coming off as the bad guys. Favre had a lot of good will built up and cutting through the BS and showing people reality was a very hard thing to do. They did it. I'm impressed.

Now if only you(JH) could somehow see the playing field this year then TT would be my HERO!

[The Shadow]

“No way,” one source familiar with the GM’s and coach’s thinking said on Tuesday. “Not with the way he keeps opening his mouth and trashing everybody. We keep biting our tongues and trying to take the high road, and every time he goes into a meeting and they agree to keep it confidential, he goes running to the media and rips them in the press."

Do they all keep tabs on what's written on this site?