Oh man I cant even watch that video - that F%^&* guy making faces like a chimp (showing his teeth) and wierd grins looking at the camera (behind kampman).

-besides this-


I can sum up the interview with 3 words
"I'm leanring it"

So do you like the defense ... I'm learning it
Do you think you will do well? ... I'm learning it

argg
-I know he plays on defense but he sure was defensive in the interview-

He raises a good point. How can he know that he likes the new system until he learns it? Also, all these interpretations put forth are the reporters' own opinions.

By the way, in case no one caught it, when someone asked him if there was any "hesitancy," he said unequivocally, "NO."

These reporters badgering him with the same questions over and over piss me off. That one female reporter sounded so needy . . . "give us something." Ugh. Jesus, he doesn't owe you anything.

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or maybe he's been having a family issue. You know, a Nick Collins "contract" issue. seriously, you guys are reading way too much into this. and so what if he's not happy. Are you guys always happy with your job? Especially when you've worked hard for years to master the job, then management makes "a change"? I mean, a person can see the positives in a change and at the same time be unhappy about the process. Like, when I was a kid, I wanted to grow up and get tall, but my joints ached like crazy for a year. I was psyched to be getting bigger/taller, but the process sucked.

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Oh, and some of the questions were fucking moronic. He states, clearly and decisively, that he hasn't lost weight and yet TWO MORE REPORTERS persist in asking him questions about his weight.

I don't understand how these guys hold down their jobs.

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Howard Cosell is alive..... living with Elvis, and a member of Packers Home.

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He obviously would rather play 4-3 DE because that's what he is and he is one of the best. Why on earth would he want to change that and why would anybody expect him to want to?

That being said he knows what his job is on the team and if there is one person I am not worried about when it comes to doing their best for the team its Kampman. If he wants to go back to a 4-3 DE after this year then I am sure he will be traded and if it works out he will probably get a nice contract from us.

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+1. the truth.

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I like what Kevin Seifert has to say about the interview. Very even-handed, in my opinion:

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My impressions:

- No, he's not happy about it. Why would he be? I've done my current job very well for 9 years - if they came and told me I needed to learn a brand new job and had no choice in the matter, I wouldn't be happy about it. And if they told me this right before the year where my performance dictated my future pay or even my future chance of employment, I REALLY wouldn't be happy about it.

- He's clearly determined to do it, and give his all. He is not going to complain publicly about it, or confirm anything about his displeasure - he's going to put his nose to the grindstone and do what it takes to get the job done. He's the very same guy we've all had the pleasure of rooting for, and his back's against the wall. So he's going to do what he's always done, and make it happen through sheer force of will and determination. Okay, I'm getting overly poetic here, but you get the point. Dude isn't going to complain, and he isn't going to quit. Good sign, I think.

- He strikes me as someone who - whether he's been more friendly to the press before or not - isn't really into being grilled in front of his locker. Perhaps last off-season's fiasco influenced his opinion of the press, and perhaps the fact that the people grilling him have been saying he can't make the adjustment since the Pack hired Capers has also soured him a bit. Notice in the piece quoted above, she goes to great lengths to describe his "failures" in a few plays, and then only briefly and superficially acknowledges the fact that a few plays, viewed out of the context of the overall play, mean nothing. She paints him out as a schmuck, when for all we know his job was to hold Barbre up and he was doing so. There's no way he appreciates the way the local press has handled this - no way. So why the fuck would he want to talk to them? Aaron's an old-fashioned guy who shows respect to everyone - did y'all catch the attitude those reporters were giving him? Where's his respect? As far as I'm concerned, he was amazingly gracious to them - I woulda punched one of 'em, probably more.

In summary: IMO, everyone's right, to some extent. He's not happy - and I don't think we need a direct statement to that effect to know it. However, he's pretty obviously as, if not more, unhappy with how the press is portraying his adjustment.

BUT. He's also pretty clearly determined to make it work, so I'm not going to count him out. Dude is nails - he'll get it done.

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