Rodgers Wants Out

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Seems to me there are four ways to look at all this:

One, you think the team is operating like it's still 1965 and doesn't understand modern athletes, so you think Rodgers is right to feel undervalued. You think Gutekunst's cutting of Kumerow 48 hours after Rodgers praised him so publicly, and Gutekunst not bothering to call Rodgers to give him a heads up and some assurances about the Love pick are both evidence of a GM and team that is out-of-touch with today's sports reality. You also probably think that without Rodgers the Packers are rudderless and hopeless, and so the team ought to do anything - anything - to make Rodgers happy. Fire Gutekunst, give Rodgers a five year extension at a number that will make him happy, ask him who he thinks the team should keep at wide receiver and, well, anywhere on the offensive line.

Another very different way of seeing it is to simply look at this view: Rodgers is a supreme jack@$$ who has cut ties with his own family and will burn down a village if one mouse within it has offended him. In this view, Rodgers has become so poisonous now that there's no way back. And besides, if you kowtow to Rodgers you're undermining the entire organization. Even if they tried for a SB this year, who knows if there'd be too much drama anyway? If you kept Kumerow because of Rodgers, and you called him to let him know you were drafting Love, and you gave him the contract extension he wants, then you've not mollified him but unleashed him. From there, he'd only start telling you who his offensive coordinator should be, and exactly which receivers he wants on the field, and so on and so on. Poison that will destroy the organization both short-term and longer-term.

A third position might be that you think Rodgers is a narcissistic jackass but he's so good that you think you can placate him with an extension, promise him more say, and ignore the ugliness. You think the organization can survive whatever toxicity ensues, and will be worth it because you think in the next two years this team can win a Super Bowl. And you're willing to risk poisoning the well to get that.

Four, you could careless about all of it and just want the team to continue to do well and would prefer the drama to stop anyway it can.
 
Seems to me there are four ways to look at all this:

One, you think the team is operating like it's still 1965 and doesn't understand modern athletes, so you think Rodgers is right to feel undervalued. You think Gutekunst's cutting of Kumerow 48 hours after Rodgers praised him so publicly, and Gutekunst not bothering to call Rodgers to give him a heads up and some assurances about the Love pick are both evidence of a GM and team that is out-of-touch with today's sports reality. You also probably think that without Rodgers the Packers are rudderless and hopeless, and so the team ought to do anything - anything - to make Rodgers happy. Fire Gutekunst, give Rodgers a five year extension at a number that will make him happy, ask him who he thinks the team should keep at wide receiver and, well, anywhere on the offensive line.

Another very different way of seeing it is to simply look at this view: Rodgers is a supreme jack@$$ who has cut ties with his own family and will burn down a village if one mouse within it has offended him. In this view, Rodgers has become so poisonous now that there's no way back. And besides, if you kowtow to Rodgers you're undermining the entire organization. Even if they tried for a SB this year, who knows if there'd be too much drama anyway? If you kept Kumerow because of Rodgers, and you called him to let him know you were drafting Love, and you gave him the contract extension he wants, then you've not mollified him but unleashed him. From there, he'd only start telling you who his offensive coordinator should be, and exactly which receivers he wants on the field, and so on and so on. Poison that will destroy the organization both short-term and longer-term.

A third position might be that you think Rodgers is a narcissistic jackass but he's so good that you think you can placate him with an extension, promise him more say, and ignore the ugliness. You think the organization can survive whatever toxicity ensues, and will be worth it because you think in the next two years this team can win a Super Bowl. And you're willing to risk poisoning the well to get that.

Four, you could careless about all of it and just want the team to continue to do well and would prefer the drama to stop anyway it can.
I think to get to four will be to look at the number 2 as that Rodgers is poison to the locker room that if you keep him it shows that he is above the team and can pull stunts like this to get his own way. Best way is to cut out the cancer move on end the drama and just let both sides start anew.
 
Man talk about a pile of YUCK for backup vet QB's out there

 
A third position might be that you think Rodgers is a narcissistic jackass but he's so good that you think you can placate him with an extension, promise him more say, and ignore the ugliness. You think the organization can survive whatever toxicity ensues, and will be worth it because you think in the next two years this team can win a Super Bowl. And you're willing to risk poisoning the well to get that.
This pretty much nails it expect the organization, rightfully so did not extend him, they thought some sort of rework with more $$$ would work and well we know how that went.
 
I think to get to four will be to look at the number 2 as that Rodgers is poison to the locker room that if you keep him it shows that he is above the team and can pull stunts like this to get his own way. Best way is to cut out the cancer move on end the drama and just let both sides start anew.
one thing about a locker room, it's never 53 men who all like each other. Some of it is ego, sure but when you get to that level its a business and you protect your ass first. The trick is to have leadership, both players and coaches who can navigate that and leave those difference aside on the practice field, film room and game day. Ive always said that coaches in football, hoops and really any other pro sport are part coach part CEO. You have to learn your room and manage it. I am not going as far as saying hes poison unless we know who backs who. To many its about wins and CTC (cutting the check), the rest is drama that they avoid
 
This pretty much nails it expect the organization, rightfully so did not extend him, they thought some sort of rework with more $$$ would work and well we know how that went.
Can't blame GB for wanting to go this way. You have a 38 year old QB sure he won the MVP but how many have played well past 40? Brady and that's about it. Favre had a good year at 40 but hit the wall and retired the next year at 41. Bree's at 40 retires. Odds say Rodgers playing well past 40 years old are slim. Remember the old saying it's best to let a player go one year to early then one year to late.
 
Can't blame GB for wanting to go this way. You have a 38 year old QB sure he won the MVP but how many have played well past 40? Brady and that's about it. Favre had a good year at 40 but hit the wall and retired the next year at 41. Bree's at 40 retires. Odds say Rodgers playing well past 40 years old are slim. Remember the old saying it's best to let a player go one year to early then one year to late.
Ive applauded the organization for not extending him, its smart business
 
Man talk about a pile of YUCK for backup vet QB's out there

There will be others on the street in a few weeks or so.
 
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