As a Packer fan I truly feel bad for these two. Together they enjoyed tremendous success. Yes, these failures have been somewhat self inflicted on their parts. But moving forward I'm going to just remember these two for what they once were. Kinda hurts my heart watching their downfall.
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To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. Everything ends at some point. Still, the greatness will endure, and the bad parts will fade. Once the Packer fandom is people born in the new millennium, very few will remember the heartbreaking losses in the NFCCG, or how Rodgers/McCarthy ended their careers. But Packer fans not yet born will know about the Super Bowl they won together, and how they dominated their division for a decade.
Agreed, and also fuck these guys a lil bit because we were soo close soo many times over the years.
Rodgers I feel a little bad for, mainly because he had such a drastic personality shift that I want, so bad, to believe that a head injury is partially to blame. I sincerely believe he’s the best QB to play the game, if not the most accomplished.
Unfortunately, that brings me to McCarthy who I feel zero sympathy for. He is the sole reason we only got one Super Bowl with Rodgers. He rode the dude’s coattails for years without giving the team a proper D or run game during most of Rodgers’s tenure.
Yeah, as much as I dislike the Cowboys, watching them collapse every game doesn’t hit the same knowing the amount of vitriol McCarthy gets each time.
With Aaron it really just seems like “The Last Dance” season was exactly that. It’s dumb he gets all this blame for an incompetent organization being awful. He’s not the easiest guy to work with, but this is an issue with the Jets franchise.
I’m fine to see their down fall. Their egos and bullshit are why we didn’t get 3 or 4 Superbowls during the time here.
I think its time for them to retire. Aaron just isn’t playing at the level he played at 5 years ago. Also, to be honest, hes become a huge joke with his outlandish conspiracy theories and alternative medicine retreats. Plus he whines a lot.
Mike on the other hand has had his time to shine. He was a great coach and I’m glad we got a ring with him but after these last few seasons in Dallas, I think its time to hang it up. And yes, i do know the team doesn’t suck just because of MM. The front office has played a large part in their downfall and MM is going down with the ship
About the only “joy” I take from watching them suck is knowing that the FO made the right move to move on. If anything, the FO waited too long.
McCarthy should have been gone a long time ago, but who knows who we would have gotten instead of LaFleur. I know some people do *not* like LaFleur but we could be doing a lot worse.
Rodgers we moved a year late in retrospect, but seeing his rapid decline it’s clear that the successor plan was ultimately a good idea, his beautiful brief 2xMVP surge notwithstanding. Was *Love* the right successor? TBD, but would you trade 1-1 with the Jets today?
If these hadn’t worked out, I think we’d see a lot more timid a FO, possibly one not willing to release our backup QBs and trade for better prospect, or call it quits on a kicker. Not that I want a FO as snap-reactive as the Jets, mind you.
Not McCarthy, his stubbornness to adapt has built his own road. He could never build a winning team, just inherit it & run it dry
Mike McCarthy is at his core a decent person and a reasonably likeable man. Rodgers is not.
You would think Rodgers is the legendary QB who stole millions from people in need the way they speak about him. Let’s see Rodgers likes alternative medicine and that basically made him Hitler in so many people’s eyes Lmaoo
Obviously wanted to beat them head to head but yea definitely hate to see how both their careers are wrapping up. Rodgers especially, pretty much tanking his career stats by continuing to play without any chance of something good coming from it. (Also yes boohoo they are making millions while doing it I get it)
I cannot say the same, unfortunately. Every week I’m happy when the Jets and Cowboys lose.
I don’t feel bad for them at all
I would gladly take millions to fuck up the Cowboys are the Jets.
McCarthy, Rogers, Favre, were Green Bay Packers. The Packers were NOT McCarthy, Favre, Rogers.
That pair made sure we were playing in January almost every year they were here. And I can’t help but appreciate that. I would have liked another ring, absolutely, but staying as consistently relevant as we have been the last 25 years is its own special gift. And they’re integral to that. There’s games we should have won in there (NFCCG 2014) but there’s also games we had no right to even be at if not for their determination, skill, and a bit of luck (NFCCG 2016).
Neither is as perfect or bad as some of us like to pretend. But they did a lot of good for us over the years. It’s always sad to see an old war horse struggle at the end of their career. I hope they both enjoy the retirement they richly deserve, and that we honor them like they deserve as well.
I feel terrible for Aaron more than Mike.
He went to NY to hopefully revitalize their culture and turn the franchise around. Instead, he’s not playing great and the team is imploding.
I will say i dont think he’s playing top tier football, but its not all Aaron’s fault. They lost games to missed kicks, bad fumbles, terrible goal line decisions.
Aaron is still playing like a top 20 qb in the league (which isn’t great but Zach Wilson was literally 32 of 32).
They have all the right pieces but nothing to bring them together to win games. And firing their coach and now GM… absolute shambles. So, yeah, I feel bad. But it is what it is
All the Super Bowl talk the Jets fans were saying. Time to retire.
Rodger’s is a basket case
I don’t. Hubris precedes nemesis
I don’t think Mike is the reason we got a Superbowl in 2010, but i do think he’s the reason we didn’t get another in the years after that.
49ers will beat Green Bay 😃
The packers should of parted ways with that nut bag 12 about 8 yrs ago. what a disgrace to the packers team and to the fans and the organization. Only thing I can say that alot of you ppl will agree on about “12 is KARMA SUCKS PRINCESS”…
Every dog has its day. Sometimes dogs are still alive after their day, when other people are having their day. Both of these guys are competitors and knew what they signed up for.
I do wish Rodgers had a bit more left in the tank – just wonder how much he took the ball out of his own hands by restricting himself to certain players, plays, throwing it away instead of risky throws, etc. Feel like maybe he fell in love with his own legend a bit too much.
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To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. Everything ends at some point. Still, the greatness will endure, and the bad parts will fade. Once the Packer fandom is people born in the new millennium, very few will remember the heartbreaking losses in the NFCCG, or how Rodgers/McCarthy ended their careers. But Packer fans not yet born will know about the Super Bowl they won together, and how they dominated their division for a decade.
Agreed, and also fuck these guys a lil bit because we were soo close soo many times over the years.
Rodgers I feel a little bad for, mainly because he had such a drastic personality shift that I want, so bad, to believe that a head injury is partially to blame. I sincerely believe he’s the best QB to play the game, if not the most accomplished.
Unfortunately, that brings me to McCarthy who I feel zero sympathy for. He is the sole reason we only got one Super Bowl with Rodgers. He rode the dude’s coattails for years without giving the team a proper D or run game during most of Rodgers’s tenure.
Yeah, as much as I dislike the Cowboys, watching them collapse every game doesn’t hit the same knowing the amount of vitriol McCarthy gets each time.
With Aaron it really just seems like “The Last Dance” season was exactly that. It’s dumb he gets all this blame for an incompetent organization being awful. He’s not the easiest guy to work with, but this is an issue with the Jets franchise.
I’m fine to see their down fall. Their egos and bullshit are why we didn’t get 3 or 4 Superbowls during the time here.
I think its time for them to retire. Aaron just isn’t playing at the level he played at 5 years ago. Also, to be honest, hes become a huge joke with his outlandish conspiracy theories and alternative medicine retreats. Plus he whines a lot.
Mike on the other hand has had his time to shine. He was a great coach and I’m glad we got a ring with him but after these last few seasons in Dallas, I think its time to hang it up. And yes, i do know the team doesn’t suck just because of MM. The front office has played a large part in their downfall and MM is going down with the ship
About the only “joy” I take from watching them suck is knowing that the FO made the right move to move on. If anything, the FO waited too long.
McCarthy should have been gone a long time ago, but who knows who we would have gotten instead of LaFleur. I know some people do *not* like LaFleur but we could be doing a lot worse.
Rodgers we moved a year late in retrospect, but seeing his rapid decline it’s clear that the successor plan was ultimately a good idea, his beautiful brief 2xMVP surge notwithstanding. Was *Love* the right successor? TBD, but would you trade 1-1 with the Jets today?
If these hadn’t worked out, I think we’d see a lot more timid a FO, possibly one not willing to release our backup QBs and trade for better prospect, or call it quits on a kicker. Not that I want a FO as snap-reactive as the Jets, mind you.
Not McCarthy, his stubbornness to adapt has built his own road. He could never build a winning team, just inherit it & run it dry
Mike McCarthy is at his core a decent person and a reasonably likeable man. Rodgers is not.
You would think Rodgers is the legendary QB who stole millions from people in need the way they speak about him. Let’s see Rodgers likes alternative medicine and that basically made him Hitler in so many people’s eyes Lmaoo
Obviously wanted to beat them head to head but yea definitely hate to see how both their careers are wrapping up. Rodgers especially, pretty much tanking his career stats by continuing to play without any chance of something good coming from it. (Also yes boohoo they are making millions while doing it I get it)
I cannot say the same, unfortunately. Every week I’m happy when the Jets and Cowboys lose.
I don’t feel bad for them at all
I would gladly take millions to fuck up the Cowboys are the Jets.
McCarthy, Rogers, Favre, were Green Bay Packers. The Packers were NOT McCarthy, Favre, Rogers.
That pair made sure we were playing in January almost every year they were here. And I can’t help but appreciate that. I would have liked another ring, absolutely, but staying as consistently relevant as we have been the last 25 years is its own special gift. And they’re integral to that. There’s games we should have won in there (NFCCG 2014) but there’s also games we had no right to even be at if not for their determination, skill, and a bit of luck (NFCCG 2016).
Neither is as perfect or bad as some of us like to pretend. But they did a lot of good for us over the years. It’s always sad to see an old war horse struggle at the end of their career. I hope they both enjoy the retirement they richly deserve, and that we honor them like they deserve as well.
I feel terrible for Aaron more than Mike.
He went to NY to hopefully revitalize their culture and turn the franchise around. Instead, he’s not playing great and the team is imploding.
I will say i dont think he’s playing top tier football, but its not all Aaron’s fault. They lost games to missed kicks, bad fumbles, terrible goal line decisions.
Aaron is still playing like a top 20 qb in the league (which isn’t great but Zach Wilson was literally 32 of 32).
They have all the right pieces but nothing to bring them together to win games. And firing their coach and now GM… absolute shambles. So, yeah, I feel bad. But it is what it is
All the Super Bowl talk the Jets fans were saying. Time to retire.
Rodger’s is a basket case
I don’t. Hubris precedes nemesis
I don’t think Mike is the reason we got a Superbowl in 2010, but i do think he’s the reason we didn’t get another in the years after that.
49ers will beat Green Bay 😃
The packers should of parted ways with that nut bag 12 about 8 yrs ago. what a disgrace to the packers team and to the fans and the organization. Only thing I can say that alot of you ppl will agree on about “12 is KARMA SUCKS PRINCESS”…
Every dog has its day. Sometimes dogs are still alive after their day, when other people are having their day. Both of these guys are competitors and knew what they signed up for.
I do wish Rodgers had a bit more left in the tank – just wonder how much he took the ball out of his own hands by restricting himself to certain players, plays, throwing it away instead of risky throws, etc. Feel like maybe he fell in love with his own legend a bit too much.