The Right Decision

[HarveyWallbangers]

Not stirring up the pot, but this is the elephant in the room. Disregarding everything else, did the Packers make the right decision to move on at QB before this season?

[Rastak]

Re: The Right Decision

Not stirring up the pot, but this is the elephant in the room. Disregarding everything else, did the Packers make the right decision to move on at QB before this season?

Yes. No question about it. I thought it was dumb to get rid of Favre because Rodgers was unproven so he (Favre) would have been a perfect insurance policy but with 20/20 hindsight they played it just about right. Maybe they could have ditched him earlier in the process, even given him a release just to make it go away (in hindsight) but the pick is a good consilation and again, they played it pretty well now that it's played out.

[pbmax]

I thought Rodgers would be a step back from Favre and we would have trouble rushing the passer. Because of this, I predicted 9-7.

Rodgers far exceeded my expectations, as there were very few times he seemed unable to cope with the situation. The front seven on D and our first half season run game performed below expectations.

I do not see Rodgers as culpable for the steep decline in our record. He has room to improve and he is not yet a Pro Bowler or All Pro, but he will be very good. It was the right decision at the right time.

[gbgary]

at first i wasn't so sure but now after all is said and done.......yes.

just wish it hadn't come to that though. Brett has, temporarily at least, lost some respect from the whole ordeal.

[Cheesehead Craig]

Absolutely. Yes.

[wist43]

I'm not a big Favre apologist, but I wanted it handled differently. Favre's annual swan song grew tiresome yes, but putting a taint on his HOF career shouldn't have been the end result.

I hate that it looks like an ugly divorce. Rodgers being better than most of us could have hoped, to me, isn't the point.

[cheesner]

I'm not a big Favre apologist, but I wanted it handled differently. Favre's annual swan song grew tiresome yes, but putting a taint on his HOF career shouldn't have been the end result.

I hate that it looks like an ugly divorce. Rodgers being better than most of us could have hoped, to me, isn't the point.

I voted yes. I feel the good of the team out-weighs the good of an individual.

I wish the divorce wasn't as ugly as it was, but, from what I have seen and heard, that was mostly on Brett. I won't hold it against him, though, and rooted for him even as a jet. Based on his play this season, it was a big mistake for him to try and come back. I hope he retires again and stays retired (after signing with the Pack so he can retire as a Packer)

[pbmax]

I'm not a big Favre apologist, but I wanted it handled differently. Favre's annual swan song grew tiresome yes, but putting a taint on his HOF career shouldn't have been the end result.

I hate that it looks like an ugly divorce. Rodgers being better than most of us could have hoped, to me, isn't the point.

That's about the fairest summation of the situation I have read, in terms of how the baton should have been passed. But to me the important point is who to choose and when. And I endorse the choice.

[cpk1994]

Absolutely the right call. If you look at this situation long term, something the Favre cult couldn't or refused to, It is real clear. Rodgers had been progressing from year to year in preseason. McCarthy believed he was ready. Then Brett retired. Perfect Rodgers has had 3 years to learn. Let's go. Then Favre pulls his crap. Still thinking long term you have 2 choices:

1.Stick with your original plan of Rodgers,

2.Go back to Favre.

With one you know what you have with Rodgers. With option 2 Favre is probably gone after 1 or 2 more years tops. After Favre retires for good, you have nothing at QB because after pulling out the rug on Rodgers, Rodgers will tell TT & M3 to get bent and leave. You have invested millions on a player that will most probably pay off for another team. TT would be a laughing stock if that happened.

It was better to take the abuse from the Favre cult in the short term in not going back to Favre becuase Rodgers is probably a better option in the long term with 3 seasons under his belt in the system vs. a player starting from scratch. The GM should always be looking long term. We saw what happened when you only deal in the short term with Sherman. It was a miserable failure.

[MadtownPacker]

So is it necessary that you start with that "Favre cult" bullshit??? You are no better than pacopete, just of the opposite opinion. Pathetic and troll like. Guess that is just who you are. For the better of the forum try to keep it to yourself more often.

As for the topic, yeah the right choice was made. Just went down real shitty.

[DonHutson]

Bill Cowher has a vote:

While the Jets hoped to woo Cowher with a boatload of money, the marriage appeared to be unlikely from the outset. Sources close to Cowher said he did not want to have Favre as his quarterback, and that he also wanted to bring in people he was familiar with to handle personnel.

A source familiar with Cowher's thinking said before last night's decision came down that the former Steeler boss would have to receive assurances from the Jets that the 39-year-old Favre no longer was in the picture before agreeing to take control.

"There's no way he's taking Brett Favre as his quarterback," said one person close to Cowher.

from the NY post - http://www.nypost.com/seven/12312008..._to_146662.htm

[sheepshead]

Could have done it a year earlier.

[Badgerinmaine]

I'm only voting "yes" because "hell, yeah" isn't one of the proffered alternatives. Now, was it handled smoothly? Not entirely, but that's not the question asked here.

[The Shadow]

Absolutely the right decision.
I feel more optomistic now about the future than I have for a long, long time.
Championships are won with a team mentality,

[Partial]

Re: The Right Decision

Not stirring up the pot, but this is the elephant in the room. Disregarding everything else, did the Packers make the right decision to move on at QB before this season?

For 2008, no, for the future in general, obviously.