Sad day in GB History

[wpony]

Hi everyone I am a packer fan and have been since I can remember approximately since the early 1960s I remember seeing star play and retire, I remember Zeke Bratkowsi , I remember all the lean Yrs at qb, I have seen many good players and packer hall of fame player retire or even get traded but never have I seen the Green Bay Packers have to hire some one to teach them how to lie to there fans !
I have never seen GB treat a player let alone a player who is probably the greatest player the packers has ever had or will ever have go through all of this because of management meaning TTs handling of TTs EGO. I a not saying Brett was faultless but if TT had handled this right from the start Brett would have stayed retired or at least stayed with the pack but when TT hurt his feelings the fight was on ,
The Packers were always famous for their family attitude toward their players and their fans not anymore
I am a Packer fan and will be for the rest of my life I bleed green and gold but I am ashamed of how this was handled but it dos not change my feelings for the Packers I will support Arod with all I got but I will alway still be a Brett fan also.

[GrnBay007]

It is a sad day in Green Bay. To deny that, is to deny/forget the last 16 years of Packer history. Those bashing Favre the last few weeks/months aren't looking at it from that perspective. Good luck to Brett Favre and thank you for being a Green Bay Packer all these years! He will be missed.

[Tarlam!]

This is a great day. The situation is resolved.

The sad day for Green Bay fans was when Brett retired.

Don't get me wrong, I think we will sorely miss "Greybeard" and he'll do wonders in NY. But his emotions really screwed with the team's preparations.

I will hate seeing him in a different uni. I am glad the team can now focus on the season with everything settled.

[SnakeLH2006]

Re: Sad day in GB History

Hi everyone I am a packer fan and have been since I can remember approximately since the early 1960s I remember seeing star play and retire, I remember Zeke Bratkowsi , I remember all the lean Yrs at qb, I have seen many good players and packer hall of fame player retire or even get traded but never have I seen the Green Bay Packers have to hire some one to teach them how to lie to there fans !
I have never seen GB treat a player let alone a player who is probably the greatest player the packers has ever had or will ever have go through all of this because of management meaning TTs handling of TTs EGO. I a not saying Brett was faultless but if TT had handled this right from the start Brett would have stayed retired or at least stayed with the pack but when TT hurt his feelings the fight was on ,
The Packers were always famous for their family attitude toward their players and their fans not anymore
I am a Packer fan and will be for the rest of my life I bleed green and gold but I am ashamed of how this was handled but it dos not change my feelings for the Packers I will support Arod with all I got but I will alway still be a Brett fan also.

Well put...hope all the Favre haters are happy, I support the GB Pack and A-rod, but can't help but think it coulda been a Super Bowl Season THIS YEAR, but really really doubt that now. GO Brett...I'm a Jet fan now as much as I support the Pack...Hope to see both in the Super Bowl.

[mmmdk]

This is a great day. The situation is resolved.

The sad day for Green Bay fans was when Brett retired.

Don't get me wrong, I think we will sorely miss "Greybeard" and he'll do wonders in NY. But his emotions really screwed with the team's preparations.

I will hate seeing him in a different uni. I am glad the team can now focus on the season with everything settled.

I'm with the Aussie; I feel the same way.

[SnakeLH2006]

This is a great day. The situation is resolved.

The sad day for Green Bay fans was when Brett retired.

Don't get me wrong, I think we will sorely miss "Greybeard" and he'll do wonders in NY. But his emotions really screwed with the team's preparations.

I will hate seeing him in a different uni. I am glad the team can now focus on the season with everything settled.

I'm with the Aussie; I feel the same way.

"His emotions eh??"...Damn you EVER play 16 years doing crazy shit and hear/know you are UNWANTED? Regardless of what all the shit's been done...The man remade GB with various staffs and showed no drop off last year....Let the mofo play....This shit is insane in the brain.

[Tarlam!]

"His emotions eh??"...Damn you EVER play 16 years doing crazy shit and hear/know you are UNWANTED? Regardless of what all the shit's been done...The man remade GB with various staffs and showed no drop off last year....Let the mofo play....This shit is insane in the brain.

Yup. He single handidly revived the Franchise. Wolf, Holmgren and White had nothing to do with it. And, Harlan was a chump.

And the entire organization should have bowed down on their KNEES to beg for him to come back. TT should have said THANK YOU BRETT after every piece of slime the Favre camp threw at the organization.

[TravisWilliams23]

I agree with Tarlam.
Been a Packers fan since Lombardi. I remember the feeling of loss when Vince retired as coach. Lombardi got the "itch" to coach again but WOULD NOT EVEN CONSIDER demanding his old coaching job back from Phil Bengston. He knew he had made a tremendous mistake but had the character to not screw up the Packers by demanding to get his old job back.
That's the negative I will remember with Brett. Loved him to death for 16 years and hope time will heal the hurt he feels towards the Packers so he can have his legacy here honored properly. # 4 will be retired as should be.
Best of luck Brett and best of luck Packers!

[mission]

This is a great day. The situation is resolved.

The sad day for Green Bay fans was when Brett retired.

Don't get me wrong, I think we will sorely miss "Greybeard" and he'll do wonders in NY. But his emotions really screwed with the team's preparations.

I will hate seeing him in a different uni. I am glad the team can now focus on the season with everything settled.

I'm with the Aussie; I feel the same way.

"His emotions eh??"...Damn you EVER play 16 years doing crazy shit and hear/know you are UNWANTED? Regardless of what all the shit's been done...The man remade GB with various staffs and showed no drop off last year....Let the mofo play....This shit is insane in the brain.

I think over the last few days you've easily qualified yourself as the stupidest PR poster ...

[Lurker64]

I think over the last few days you've easily qualified yourself as the stupidest PR poster ...

I can't tell if he's Tank, or if he just wants to be Tank...

[Fritz]

This is a great day. The situation is resolved.

The sad day for Green Bay fans was when Brett retired.

Don't get me wrong, I think we will sorely miss "Greybeard" and he'll do wonders in NY. But his emotions really screwed with the team's preparations.

I will hate seeing him in a different uni. I am glad the team can now focus on the season with everything settled.

I'm with the Aussie; I feel the same way.

Same here. The sad day in terms of mourning was the day he retired. The sadness now is the sadness of having watched both sides bungle this and the media then turning into even more of a mess.

I'm glad it's over.

[Bossman641]

Re: Sad day in GB History

I have never seen GB treat a player let alone a player who is probably the greatest player the packers has ever had or will ever have go through all of this because of management meaning TTs handling of TTs EGO. I a not saying Brett was faultless but if TT had handled this right from the start Brett would have stayed retired or at least stayed with the pack but when TT hurt his feelings the fight was on ,

This is probably going nowhere cause I've never actually gotten an answer to this question, but here goes. Can one of you TT haters please explain why you think he has a big ego? He has anything but an ego.

Is it because he got rid of all the SB players? Newsflash, we won the SB 11 years ago. There's a reason those players are gone.

Because he doesn't draft the big name players? That's turned out pretty well.

Because Rodgers is our starting QB and TT picked him? Well, Rodgers has been riding the pine for 3 years, so it's not like TT has been going out of his way to get him playing time.

Because the organization said no to Favre? TT must hate Favre right? Then why did he welcome him back in March? Why, for the past several offseasons, has he been in contact with Brett and always told him to make more time in making a decision?

Because he didn't take into account Favre's personnel decisions? I don't give a fuck. Favre isn't the GM.

It absolutely baffles me when people say this about TT. They use it as some excuse in their backing of Favre in order to bring TT down a notch. The Packers' decision wasn't ego, or jealousy of Favre, or TT hating Favre. It was a business decision.

[imscott72]

Re: Sad day in GB History

I have never seen GB treat a player let alone a player who is probably the greatest player the packers has ever had or will ever have go through all of this because of management meaning TTs handling of TTs EGO. I a not saying Brett was faultless but if TT had handled this right from the start Brett would have stayed retired or at least stayed with the pack but when TT hurt his feelings the fight was on ,

This is probably going nowhere cause I've never actually gotten an answer to this question, but here goes. Can one of you TT haters please explain why you think he has a big ego? He has anything but an ego.

Is it because he got rid of all the SB players? Newsflash, we won the SB 11 years ago. There's a reason those players are gone.

Because he doesn't draft the big name players? That's turned out pretty well.

Because Rodgers is our starting QB and TT picked him? Well, Rodgers has been riding the pine for 3 years, so it's not like TT has been going out of his way to get him playing time.

Because the organization said no to Favre? TT must hate Favre right? Then why did he welcome him back in March? Why, for the past several offseasons, has he been in contact with Brett and always told him to make more time in making a decision?

Because he didn't take into account Favre's personnel decisions? I don't give a fuck. Favre isn't the GM.

It absolutely baffles me when people say this about TT. They use it as some excuse in their backing of Favre in order to bring TT down a notch. The Packers' decision wasn't ego, or jealousy of Favre, or TT hating Favre. It was a business decision.

Not too mention the 20 million dollar marketing deal they offered him even if he did play for someone else. How many teams would do that?

[The Leaper]

Lombardi got the "itch" to coach again but WOULD NOT EVEN CONSIDER demanding his old coaching job back from Phil Bengston. He knew he had made a tremendous mistake but had the character to not screw up the Packers by demanding to get his old job back.

True, although things were a little different 40 years ago in the NFL. Favre probably would've just gone elsewhere, but there is a little thing called collective bargaining that made the situation more difficult for Favre in terms of leaving.

Lombardi was in essence a "free agent" the minute he retired.

Favre was not.

[Fritz]

I keep asking the same question myself, Bossman.