Packers going to superbowl!

Well I have a long history with the Pack. I've been a Packers fan since before I even knew what football was. I even have a picture of me as a toddler wearing green and gold. My favorite player growing up was Reggie White. My parents were big Packer fans as were my brothers. Mike Holmgren was the coach during the era I became a true Packer Backer. (the 90's). Following in the footsteps of "Saint" Vincent Lombardi. It was what football should have been.

We butted heads with Minnesota Vikings fans and Da Bears fans. It was a lot of fun "back then". And of course there was the main man Favre.

Well Holmgren left the Packers because he was treated kind of crappy. After two big superbowl wins he wanted to be head coach and general manager... but Green Bay didn't want him for whatever reason, to hold both titles, so he left for the Seattle where he was offered both titles and from what I hear, a bigger pay increase as well.

Then the Favre incident happened. It is no secret that Ted Thompson (the current GM) and the new Head Coach McCarthy basically treated him like crap and pushed for his retirement almost every year making it hard for him to want to come back. Even those who never liked Farve admitted there was no love lost between him and Thompson/McCarthy.

So Favre finally retired... but then realized it was a mistake and wanted to come back to the Packers. He didn't want to be immediately released to another team, he wanted back with his team, he was staying faithful to the pack. He wasn't even requesting his old job back, he also offered the suggestion of having him coach.

Well Thompson had finally gotten rid of him and wasn't about to let him back. But instead of saying "we don't want you... tell you what, we'll release you to another team of our choosing perhaps as a trade, or we'll let you be a free agent with conditions... and best of luck to you." Instead of saying that and cutting him loose... He says "We don't want you, but no one else will have you either. We do have a position for you with the Packers though if you want it. Its called waterboy."

Thompson acted like an ass and dragged the drama on a lot longer than it needed to have gone on... it could have ended months earlier with just a signature on a trade or release form... and in the end turned a lot of Packer fans (like me) off. First GreenBay gave Holmgren a raw deal causing him to leave, now they were treating Favre like crap too.

So many of us followed Favre to the Jets, then to the Minnesota Vikings (as painful as that was for former Green Bay fans, though not as painful as if he had gone to da bears. LOL.)

however, Farve spit in the eye of our loyalty as fans by letting his ego go out of bounds through this ordeal, and started screwing around on his wife and sexting his weenie for all to see. He decided he was so cool that he could have all these teams begging for him, and have all these fans leave their beloved team to follow him... so he could become a total sleaze.

So now a lot of us who went with Favre because we think the franchise treated him and other Packers unfairly... went BACK to the Packers. And none to soon cause they're in the SUPERBOWL BABY!

in an odd way

It's good to be home.

now what to do with my Favre tri-jersey. (It has the packers, vikings and Jets colors sewn into one jersey.)