If I were being completely and brutally honest I'd blame the vast majority of said negativity/pissy attitudes on fans who still have chafed nuts over the Favre thing.
Maybe there's more to it. Maybe it is, as some say, other issues (like special teams, apparently) but when it comes down to it I think it's about Favre.
Kinda sad to see what a grip one player had over so many fans. I think the biggest gift Favre ever gave me personally as a fan was to cultivate my adoration of the Packers. Favre made me a Packer fan -- but I won't let him undo that because things went sour. Meh.
"evad04" wrote:
GREAT post Dave!
Thats just how i feel.
Favre made it fun to be a Packer fan again, and for that, i'll be forever greatful. But he's gone now, and the Packers are still here........and I'm still here to cheer them on, just as I did pre'Favre.
I think there are alot of "fans" that were not that big of Packer fans, or grew up with Favre as their only QB. So for them, him leaving destroys the team.
I always knew the time would come when he wasn't the Packers QB anymore, so i knew it was like an amusement park ride. Lots of fun, but you know it doesn't last forever. Some expected the ride to just keep on going forever.
But i see it as a new excitement. AR seems to be a pretty darn good QB. And I think he will only get better. Yes, he's NOT BF. He doesn't have the charisma on the field that BF had.
But I bet there are plenty of teams that wish they had AR as their QB.