Packer Management: My Rant

There's a hostage situation going on inside the walls of Lambeau Field that needs to be addressed. Facts from the last few days are emerging that must be presented to the Packer faithful. The thin (very thin) veil of cheerleading that the Packer brass has been showing the public has been revealed as complete fraud. I am outraged, to put it mildly, by the actions of those in charge of my team.

Let's recap how this situation has evolved. Brett Favre retired. He changed his mind. They welcomed him back, but he rescinded his un-retirement. Packers moved on with Aaron Rodgers. Fast forward several months, Brett changes his mind again. Okay--I get it. Brett waffled a bit. It happens. I wish it didn't, but it did. On the table now, we have Brett Favre wanting to return to his team. Packers tell its fans that Brett would be welcomed back into training camp. Here's the catch! Favre can come back to Green Bay, join the training camp, but he's told he will NOT be a starter and he will not be allowed to have an impact by actually playing. Management figures this will shut up the quarterback, make him stay home. When this doesn't deter the QB, Thompson makes a call and asks Favre to stay home a few days until they can get this figured out. [This means "give us a few days to get a trade in place so you don't actually show up, even though we are saying you are welcome here]. When a trade isn't working out to Thompson's liking, the Packers send the new CEO, Mark Murphy down to talk to Favre and his agent. This puts a very bright spotlight on the true intention of the Packers. Oh yes it does.

Let's look closely at this latest development. No matter what newspapers or sports shows are reporting about this trip to Hattiesburg by Murphy, any fool knows why the Packer president would go there. The Packers clearly do not want to see Brett Favre in Green Bay. It doesn't matter if they offered Favre 20 million to stay home, or if they are sucking it up to try a trade within the NFC North division, or if they are still saying they will not release him. No, none of those details really matter. What does count is the continued bullshit hard line the management keeps spouting about Brett Favre being welcome to come back, then doing every single thing it can to ensure that does not happen.

Fans should be outraged by their Green Bay Packers! What planets aligned to make the fans in Wisconsin so complacent about this? For myself, I am still bewildered and a little dizzy by the facts that are being brought to light on this fiasco. I feel small. What can one person do, right? Maybe there are some things we can do as fans. Let's think about this. Where can we make management hurt? We can boycott merchandise. We can choose not to go to games. If we do go to games, we can abstain from buying anything while we are at Lambeau. We can call the Packers!

920-569-7500

We can fax the Packers!

Administration: 920.569.7301

Public Relations: 920.569.7201

We can even write to them!

P.O. Box 10628
Green Bay, WI 54307-0628

Go to http://savebrett.net and sign the petition. Read the articles. Do the things they suggest to make our voices heard.

DO IT! Let's inundate them and let our voices be heard. What they are doing is absurd. This is positively wrong in every way. Brett Favre is the face of the Packers. He has been their bread and butter for a long, long time, and this is how they are repaying him? Why are they taking this stand against him??? I do not understand this. While Brett made some poor decisions about his retirement, we know that at least Brett makes his decisions from the heart. Why is there "Favre Watch" every year? Why does the media create a circus every year about his retirement? If he doesn't announce his retirement, why can't we assume he is going to play? Who in the hell decided that every year we have to wait and watch to see if Favre is going to retire? And why do we need to pressure him? If the Packers and the media would let him take his time off, I bet Brett Favre would recoup and come back without fanfare. GEEZ! Conversely, the Packer management team has consistently said one thing, but behind the scenes has fervently tried to ensure that the crap they are spouting publicly does NOT happen. What kind of bizzarro world are they living in? What kind of twilight zone have they dragged us into? WHY IS THIS HAPPENING??

This is not right. I am queasy over my beloved team. I told a friend of mine a couple of days ago that these outsiders who do not understand Wisconsin football are making decisions that are embarrassing and infuriating. I may boycott the Packers. I may be forced to become a NY Jets, or Minnesota Vikings, or Kiln, Mississippi fan if the Packers can't take their foot out of their mouth and get this thing right. Believe me, I have no expectation that the maestro of this mess, Ted Thompson, is going to back down any time soon. However, I can wish him all the bad luck in the world so that down the road, we can run him out of town on the high horse he came in on. He deserves nothing less than impeachment. Shame on Ted for his inability to understand. Shame on Mark Murphy for climbing on for the ride. And shame on Mike McCarthy for forgetting that the NFL is about competition, and getting the best athlete for the job in the starting position. And while I'm at it, shame on Goodell for accommodating the Packer's shoddy behavior by holding off on reinstatement.

This behavior is unforgivable. My faith is shattered. It's a sad, sad day that could forever change the Packer organization's place in its fans lives. The corporate bullshit and playground bullies that have emerged are going to ruin this team. Good for them. They've earned every slander and bad thing that comes their way. We will not forget how they have handled this. I call bullshit. Loudly.