Nick Barnett is going absolutely bonkers on Bill Michaels..

[The Shadow]

I'd rather have Chillar and Hawk on the inside (with Bishop mixing in) than Barnett, anyway.

[Brandon494]

The guy just came back from a huge injury, who are you to say he can't celebrate after making a tackle?

[mmmdk]

I'd rather have Chillar and Hawk on the inside (with Bishop mixing in) than Barnett, anyway.

I'm not knocking Barnett but he's tradeable. We need help on O-line and secondary - even a DL but those trucks are expensive. We have good talent/depth at LB.

[Fosco33]

I remember commenting about this in the game day thread - he had just whiffed on a tackle then celebrated after a decent play. Seemed a little excessive.

[Deputy Nutz]

Waldo, maybe if his celebration was cool we could get behind it. It is the opposite of Chuck Woodson, who last year said he was bringing "cool" back to the game, so when a defensive back picked up a ball, the rest of the defensive backs shook his hand.

Barnett's celebration is a dud.

[Waldo]

Waldo, maybe if his celebration was cool we could get behind it. It is the opposite of Chuck Woodson, who last year said he was bringing "cool" back to the game, so when a defensive back picked up a ball, the rest of the defensive backs shook his hand.

Barnett's celebration is a dud.

What do you think of Matthews punch celebration?

[Deputy Nutz]

Waldo, maybe if his celebration was cool we could get behind it. It is the opposite of Chuck Woodson, who last year said he was bringing "cool" back to the game, so when a defensive back picked up a ball, the rest of the defensive backs shook his hand.

Barnett's celebration is a dud.

What do you think of Matthews punch celebration?

Ghey.

[red]

i've got no problem with his little dance after a big play

but it didn't erase the bad play he had the play before

the timing was just wrong for me

as for him bitching about the rotation, maybe he's right, maybe it is screwing things up. but right now he's the odd man out. the two guys ahead of him (hawk and chillar) have both been healthy this whole time, and they're both playing well. neither one has done anything to lose his starting job

[Gunakor]

i've got no problem with his little dance after a big play

but it didn't erase the bad play he had the play before

the timing was just wrong for me

as for him bitching about the rotation, maybe he's right, maybe it is screwing things up. but right now he's the odd man out. the two guys ahead of him (hawk and chillar) have both been healthy this whole time, and they're both playing well. neither one has done anything to lose his starting job

Only one of those two had a starting job to begin with. You don't lose your starting job due to injury, so one of those to starting ILB spots was and still is Barnett's to lose. Maybe in the eyes of some he's already done enough to lose it, but IMO he's just a bit rusty coming off of a rather serious knee injury. He'll be fine.

[Patler]

I honestly don't see what Packer fans problem with his chop is.

It is one of my biggest pet peeves with our fanbase, that two faced crap where they want a "fired up" team, yet hate our "fired up" players.

We were down by a score.

And is was a TFL. No diiferent than a sack.

Jesus. Only celebrate when we are winning in a blowout.

WTF is wrong with you people.

There is a reason our Kamp and Hawk will never be Ray Lewis or Jared Allen. Ability has nothing to do with it. They simply lack the personality to get to that level.

Our one player that has that personality is hated for it.

Our team full of good guys, "Packer people", plays like a team full of good guys, "Packer people" far too much. Sometimes smack tackling assholes are simply more effective football players, because it is the personality of an effective football player.

Gee, its amazing athletes could perform and teams could play well before these asinine "celebrations" by athletes for completing ONE PLAY became the norm. How did they ever do it? Who "fired them up"?

I do not believe that a single player's antics because HE did his job on ONE PLAY serves to fire up the team, especially when the same guy just got done blowing the previous play. Maybe he should be dancing or whatever when a team mate makes a play? Maybe he should direct his emotions at his team mates with shouts, encouragement or back slapping? I don't see how a player's gyrations by himself in the middle of the field fires up his team. These so-called "celebrations" serve one purpose and one purpose only, and that is to draw attention to the person performing the act. Fire up the team? Sounds good to say it, but I have yet to hear any player credit the celebration of another for firing up himself or others.

[Patler]

You don't lose your starting job due to injury, so one of those to starting ILB spots was and still is Barnett's to lose.

I suspect Don Majkowski disagrees with that statement.
If it were true that you don't lose your starting job due to injury, Favre's starting streak would not be as long as it is.

[Fritz]

I find it humorous that some of the dislike stems from the actual celebration - hey, if only he had a better celebration!

I'd like to see him do what we did in seventh grade. Grab your croctch and thrust your hips at a guy's face. How can you beat that for celebrating and humiliating your opponent?

[pbmax]

Bring back the Fun Bunch. Or Golden Richards (RIP). Or Billy White Shoes Johnson.

Just don't bring back Mark Gastineau. I have a very long Brown's related story about Mr. Sack Dance, if you want me to tell it and stop the thread in its tracks, just let me know.

I don't think the dance moves fire up the team unless they are already emotional, but I think it works better with the fans. Barnett simply choose a time when the defense was faltering, he had just missed a tackle and the Packers were losing. A Perfect Storm of suck. Barnett is no more self-aggrandizing than most players and he is one of the few demonstrative ones on the Packers. Without him we'd be even more emotionless. Someone needed to make a play. The real trouble was that no one else could muster a tackle for loss.

[Rastak]

I honestly don't see what Packer fans problem with his chop is.

It is one of my biggest pet peeves with our fanbase, that two faced crap where they want a "fired up" team, yet hate our "fired up" players.

We were down by a score.

And is was a TFL. No diiferent than a sack.

Jesus. Only celebrate when we are winning in a blowout.

WTF is wrong with you people.

There is a reason our Kamp and Hawk will never be Ray Lewis or Jared Allen. Ability has nothing to do with it. They simply lack the personality to get to that level.

Our one player that has that personality is hated for it.

Our team full of good guys, "Packer people", plays like a team full of good guys, "Packer people" far too much. Sometimes smack tackling assholes are simply more effective football players, because it is the personality of an effective football player.

Gee, its amazing athletes could perform and teams could play well before these asinine "celebrations" by athletes for completing ONE PLAY became the norm. How did they ever do it? Who "fired them up"?

I do not believe that a single player's antics because HE did his job on ONE PLAY serves to fire up the team, especially when the same guy just got done blowing the previous play. Maybe he should be dancing or whatever when a team mate makes a play? Maybe he should direct his emotions at his team mates with shouts, encouragement or back slapping? I don't see how a player's gyrations by himself in the middle of the field fires up his team. These so-called "celebrations" serve one purpose and one purpose only, and that is to draw attention to the person performing the act. Fire up the team? Sounds good to say it, but I have yet to hear any player credit the celebration of another for firing up himself or others.

Exactly. Jim Brown was on total access a while back and he was funny as hell. He said he can't understand why grown men can't act dignified and questioned why all this "bufoonery" was necessary.

[Willard]

A Perfect Storm of suck.