MrsObvious's Blog

Greetings to all the Packer Fans in NE Wisconsin this fine morning. Ah...what a beautiful day. And what a great game Aaron Rodgers played yesterday.  I didn't see ONE interception from our boy...that's not to say they won't happen but so far, he's been fairly accurate with his passes.

I feel that the Packers are going to do very well under his leadership, and I'm glad to see it. I know alot of us were worried when Brett decided to retire, UNretire, RE-retire and then demand a trade and finally, he trotted off to the Jets. I'm glad that Ted Thompson and Coach McCarthy had the future of the Packers firmly in mind when they made such a dramatic move in releasing Brett.

Rodgers IS the future of the Packers. So far, he's doing a great job.

GO PACK GO!!!

How quickly the fired up newly acquired Jets fans forget who and what the Green Bay Packers are about. Favre was a very important piece in the entire GB mystique, but the team and experience is much more than merely Brett.

The majority of Packers fans are remaining quiet as they are so relieved that, finally, all of this contrived and highly over dramatized circus is over. Brett is gone. Off to another team. And, it's all of his own doing. On one hand, I feel sorry that Brett didn't get the open armed welcome that he expected. On the other, I'm happy the Packers management stuck to their guns and treated him like any other adult who insulted his employer and was forced to deal with the consequences.

Aaron Rodgers behaved admirably and didn't say or do anything that could come back and bite him in the butt. He didn't  do anything but indicate he was focused on his job and that was all he was going to talk about. The rest of the team was equally professional and said nothing about either side that would cause damage or harm. THESE men are the Green Bay Packers. Not Brett Favre.

Brett was a great player, but not the only one. He's the one who launched the first shot and is now gone to another team, in another division, because he played his hand poorly. He speaks in circles and riddles, and in a roundabout way indicated he handled the entire thing poorly. Packer management is not blameless,either. His feelings are hurt and he can't get over it. Packers management is upset that he expected them to toss out thousands of hours of planning and strategy and take him back for what....three or four more years at best? Then what....would the Favre backers be screaming that management screwed them over ~again~ by NOT planning for Favre's eventual loss?

These are the same people who gripe about everything that pops into their heads. Nothing is ever right and they're never wrong. What they don't know for sure they make up as they go along. Contrary to popular opinion, Brett's departure is not the result of a conspiracy cooked up in management offices, nor was it the secret agenda of Ted Thompson. It's just what happened when Brett couldn't make up his mind about what he wanted to do with his future and it's nobody's fault but his own. Simple as that.

GO! PACK! GO!

Okay, folks...nothing to see here. Go on home and go about your business now...he's gone. Off to New York. The Big Apple.

Brett Favre is a tremendous athlete who can play with pain, personal loss and tremendous personal stress. He's a wonderful man on and off the field. However, he likes to lord his importance over the Packer management and this year, he lost the staring contest. Realistically, how can you expect the Packers to take him back, right before the start of training camp when only a few months before that he had gone on TV to sobbingly announce his retirement. What don't you die hard Favre fans see in this picture? You must think it's acceptable to keep an entire organization holding off to meet the mercurial mood of one player. Yes, he was an important player, but not the only player.

Boycott the Packers? Stop going to the games? Sure, why not. I can assure you, you won't be missed. There are people who have been on the waiting list for season tickets for years and if you return yours, it's just more for us who'd love to get them. If you're not around, perhaps it'll be a little quieter in the surrounding taverns and we can have a seat at the bar and relax before the game. Without you, there's more parking spaces, less wait time for the bathrooms, and less jostling in the bleacher seats.

I think you'd fit in quite well with the constantly angry and frenetic pace of the New York fan who'd rather throw a punch at you than pass you a beer. Go on....bye bye now.  If you run you may be able to catch that bus to Jetland. The rest of us Packer fans will be quite fine without you.

My oh my...this Brett Favre division is giving quite a few fans a bad case of the bulging forehead veins, the bugged angry eyes and calls for mob action to run the management out of town.

Before they rally the villagers to run around with a pitchfork in one hand and a torch in the other crying for revenge and death, let us take a deep breath and remember one simple fact about football.

~It's a GAME!!!!~

and the people who manage it, play it and work in it get paid handsomely for it, but that doesn't change the fact that ~it's a GAME!!!!~

If people would get this worked up over who's running for office and what they do once in office, this country would be a much better place.  The economy would be stronger and we wouldn't be suffering through one massive job loss after another.

Hey...did I say that we all need to remember....~It's a GAME!!!!~

I feel sorry for Brett. He made a power play to get traded on his terms and he got skunked.  What else can you say about a weeping professional athlete who sobbed last March that 'I have nothing left to give' and then decides a few months later that to never mind that, he's ready now. How can you go from being wrung out, exhausted, tired, burned out to being full of fire and enthusiasm in short a short time? It's OBVIOUS it can only be if you're trying to play mind games with the Packer management and trying to manipulate them into trading you.

Brett is an emotional mess, and I truly feel badly for the man. He doesn't know what he wants, he knows he wants to play but not for the Packers, who have idolized him, made him wealthier beyond any of the fans dreams, and given him absolute star power.

He now has the trade he sought through subterfuge, dishonesty and confusion. He also has lost the respect of alot of the Packer TEAM fans. Yes...he was fun to watch and you never knew what he was going to do, especially this slap in the face to the fans who devotedly defended him.

Brett...you didn't handle any of this as an adult, a professional or a gentleman. I know a crybaby when I see one, and a prima donna. You've kept your fans swinging with your indecision about playing for years with your self indulgent, drama queen ways, and I'm tired of it.

GO PACK GO!

I've been around the Packers and the fans for a long time. It always seemed the fans revolved around the team in a cohesive and unified fashion. I've never seen such division and hostility as is being displayed now. Everyone has their own opinion on the Favre soap opera. The rabid Favre fans want their superstar QB back, and that is very understandable. Other Packer fans want their team to be a unified and goal driven unit that will operate well under the management of Ted Thompson and Co.

No one can argue the fact that Brett always played off the cuff and dealt with the issues that faced him at the very moment he would decide to toss an underhanded shovel pass or roll away and then run for the goal line himself. It's a great way to play football. It's not so great when it comes to organizational planning, stability and revenue. It's not so wonderful when it comes to retracting promises and assurances because he now perceives the playing field has changed.

The Packers organization has done alot for the community, the businesses surrounding Lambeau and the spirit of the city of Green Bay. It's harmful and divisive when Favre and Only Favre Fans are screaming how they're done supporting the team. How they're done supporting the Packer franchise. How they have no use for Thompson and McCarthy. I support the entire team. I support the team goals. Not just one individual player. For those who are threatening to pull their support of the Packers because of Brett's inability to make a decision and stick with it, perhaps the rest of us are better off without you in our midst screaming that you get your own way and to hell with the broader visions and goals of the team. I won't miss your confrontational and argumentative ways. I think alot of us won't.

Hello Sports Fans!

What will today hold in the ongoing Brett Favre melodrama of, "As The Retirement Unretires And Retires Again"?

As a long suffering Packer's fan I've thrilled to the antics of Brett on the field, cried with him through personal crises and wondered why he threw most of the interceptions he'd rocket to the arms of the opposing team. 

However, he's kept the fans swinging back and forth with his inability to decide what he wants to be when he grows up. I'm not speaking for all Packer fans, merely myself, but I've had enough of the Brett Favre Circle of Indecision. He wants to retire, no wait...he's coming back for one more season.....then he'll retire..no wait....ONE more season and THEN he'll retire. Okay....THIS year he's resigning for sure.....oh gosh...he's crying so hard he can barely speak...oh dear...this must be IT. He's REALLY retiring...no wait....now he wants to come back after the team has made other plans.

Puh-leeze! We all know he expects the Packers to jump if he so much as snaps his fingers because his name is Brett Favre. He expects them to shelf everything they've planned out and prepared for, and make room for him because his name is Brett Favre. He plays a hell of a good football game, but lets be serious here...he can't cure cancer, he can't walk on water, and he sure can't play in the Wisconsin cold anymore.

Time to wave bye bye and let the pseudo humble Mr. Favre take his old gray haired QB skills to others who will fawn over him and toss rose petals at his feet. Rumor has it he's going to go to Tampa Bay. Good for them if they feel he can be an asset. Now we just have to see if he'll go. Maybe he'll change his mind and stay retired....ooooooo the drama of it all.

I've had enough of him. 

Am I the only one laughing at Brett's dramatic dash off the stage at the Hall of Fame induction? It reminds me of the old movies where the dramatic lead would hold their fist to their mouth in an effort to stifle a reaction, and then dash away before they could say anything. Puh-leeze.

He said a few sentences about Frank Winters, which WAS good of him. I believe he said kind and supportive things about Frank Winters, which WAS good of him. But, then, to quickly dash off and leave.....?

Hey....when will those who proclaim themselves to be true Packer Fans realize Brett is all for Brett? Brett is all about Brett. I do believe he didn't mention any of his teamates when he accepted his award at the ESPY's. Hmmm....I don't remember watching a game where he threw, ran down the field and caught his own pass while blocking on his way to the touchdown zone.

The boy is obviously angry that the Packers aren't falling all over him and tossing rose petals at his feet after he, once again, changed his mind about 'retiring'. How much drama do, can, the Packers fans need and handle? He's been bouncing them up and down regarding his potential retirement for the past 3 years? Gawd but it seems like forever......

If I told my manager I was going to retire, and then held a retirement party, and after a replacement had been trained and put in place and the office had made arrangements to handle my loss, I just don't think I could waltz in and get my old desk and secretary back. That is because I live and breath in the real world,  and obviously not some fantasy land created by my own ego and incredible amounts of money and attention.

It's time to grow up. Move on. Be professional. Realize that the Packers front office guys are running a business with a general ledger, and they have an obligation to ALL of their players and members, not just one guy with an overinflated ego and hypersensitivity to his loss of frenzied attention. Gosh...it's all so obvious!

Oh dear dear...am I the only one who's noticed that Brett thinks he can throw his weight around and get whatever he wants, whenever he wants it, by snapping his fingers? Is he the only one who exists is his egocentric world of fame, wealth and power? Obviously, HE does.....

He went from a heart breaking, emotional press conference on March 6 to expressing private desires of returning to play in...hmmm...what was it....two weeks as it's been reported. And, after it all, he told the Packers he wanted to come back and just as they're arranging for a meeting and talks, he suddenly changes his mind again. Now, after months of wavering back and forth, he's upset that he's not wanted as the star performer and center of attraction.

One can understand and tolerate that behavior from a toddler, but not from a world renowned athlete who's worth MILLIONS, and is a role model. He needs to  understand he stood in front of the world and sobbed that he was retiring. Perhaps it's best to stick with it and go about his business. All he's doing at this point in time is appearing foolish, indecisive, childish, petulant and very self absorbed. I'm sure he has enough money and sycophant friends that he doesn't need to worry himself with the problems the rest of us have, but I'm tired of enduring his inability to make a decision, and I'm tired of his now loud and steady whining that he's not getting his way.

It's okay Brett...it's okay to retire and do something that won't have you in the limelight. If I want drama, I'll watch a movie or read a book...not watch an interview with you complaining of the injustice of your treatment, which, obviously, has been brought about by your own inconsistency.