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FA starts Wednesday. As for as mental marriage to Favre because he is relatable, meh. I think way more of all of this has to do with media. We are, oddly, more detached to athletes than we used to be because we have insights to their lives now 24/7. Favre, if playing today, is popping up all over Instagram and Snapchat womanizing at bars. People deified them, all of them, a lot more back then. Now almost all of them get mocked and brought down to size for something in their personal lives at one point or another.
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I don't think Favre's fan reaction had anything to do with him how he 'identified' with people. The team had just recently been bad, 4-12 and 8-8, and then had just come off a painful playoff loss in which they very nearly made it back to the Super Bowl. So everyone's hope was to run it back at least one more time. It didn't make sense to most people watching why they wouldn't let Favre re-neg when they were THIS close to the big one. What nobody outside the org. knew was that they already thought Rodgers was really, really good. Like possibly better than Favre good. Few people believed in Rodgers, so the team's resistance to just giving Favre what he wanted and allowing him to come back wasn't very popular. It's also just different this time around, because most of the fans lived through a transition already, so the concept of the next guy being good isn't as much of a fairytale. People could be setting themselves up for disappoint there, but I think it's a real thing. People's memories are of the transition from Favre to Rodgers, not so much of the 1970s Packers.
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They were not a good team but they weren't terrible even if you completely remove their "run" against a bunch of crappy teams. They barely lost to some decent/good teams. They played Philadelphia and Buffalo somewhat competitively. I had the feeling in most games last year they just were not quite there yet with a lot of the developmental players. I think many of those guys will take big steps up. I think that they were a quintessential talented but very raw group overall. With better injury fortune they probably make the playoffs by a couple of games, but they did not have a lot of those anchor points available over the course of the year. I don't know that sitting Rodgers would have made a huge difference. Just Watson and Doubs alone with another offseason and more comfort is something I'm looking forward to. I think Quay Walker is good. I'd like to see Gary back too. Like I said, I think they have a good team. I don't think they are too far from being there again with or without Rodgers but we will see.
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I think that the team is pretty good and had a lot go wrong last year. So much so that if Rodgers did play next year I think they would be right back there again probably one tier beneath the true contenders. Rodgers also did not play really great football last season by any stretch and may have been hurt to a level no one is truly certain. I think Rodgers's first year as a starter is a good benchmark. They were 6-10 but lost a bunch of games on last-minute drives and were definitely competitive. No one really cared and wrote them off as a bad team, and they came out of nowhere the next year to go 11-5. So I wouldn't be surprised by that same kind of season but they could easily be 10-7 instead with a few good breaks. I definitely wouldn't write them off as non-competitive if Rodgers is traded. There are a lot of good players on that team.
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Just my opinion but I don't really find Rodgers to be all that weird. He does some mildly oddball stuff like a million other athletes all looking for an "edge" and happens to talk to his friends about it on a podcast. That show has snowballed so many things he's spent 90 seconds talking about into much bigger deals than they are. I barely consume any of it and hear about it when my Dad calls me to tell me why he hates Aaron Rodgers. That said I think moving on is fine. I wish him the best though - hope he wins a lot of games and another SB.
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I think it's pretty much a 0% chance Rodgers is our QB next season. He is too intentional of a personality to go through all this for nothing. Maybe it's the Jets, maybe not, but I just can't see that guy entertaining team visits for something he isn't going to do. Obviously it's not completely in his court, but I think both sides want a separation and one is imminent. Definitely feels weird. I don't sense a lot of sadness from fans. We are a lot more desensitized to sports heroes being traded in 2023 than 2007. Other factors at play, too, but it's still just...weird. I get the sense most don't hate AR but they aren't crying over his exit like I would have guessed many years ago.
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^If you do bring kids to that area and show up pretty early, that is where they scout for little sausage racers. My son got picked and was hot dog in 2018. -
Are the Brewers trying to be more fan friendly?
OldSchoolSnapper replied to Jake McKibbin's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
I've noticed in recent years that some food is decent, but they seemed to put a lot more effort into artisan-type stuff (that's a stretch) than classic ballpark food. I had a turkey wrap that was decent, but the brat/hot dog options kinda stink. I'm healthier at the park than I think most fans care to be, I don't really drink either so a $12 beer is not a big deal to me personally but it's obviously insane. I'll never argue the concessions aren't nutty, but you can grill a 6 pack of brats in the lot on a portable grill and bring a bag of chips. You can even foil wrap a brat and bring it in. It's not like you don't have ways to get around it. Most of the time, tickets can be had for well under face. -
Club wins Burnes' arbitration case (source)
OldSchoolSnapper replied to Brewermania101's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
He got an award for literally being the best pitcher in the league. He should be self assured enough to realize how much of it is hot air. -
Club wins Burnes' arbitration case (source)
OldSchoolSnapper replied to Brewermania101's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
You just say stuff at these hearings and hope something sticks. I've been reading for a decade that none of it should be taken personally. This is all such a nothing burger to me. Who cares if he's upset? He isn't staying here anyway. What's he going to do? Pitch worse and make less? -
If they say no, the end result will be a new stadium, later, with a new tax. Or worse. I don't know that anyone loves handouts for sports teams but sometimes in life we have to be pragmatic and not idealistic.
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I anticipate this topic going really well on most public forums. There's no way the vast sentiment will be "how about we use the cash to put a team on the field worth watching!!!1111" What's the o/u on % of Facebookers who will actually read what they need money for? I can't claim I haven't gotten a little greedy myself, but I do wonder how many people are even aware of what following - REALLY following this team in the 90s was like.
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I think you are romanticizing Tucker's offense quite a bit. He shot less than two threes a game for the Bucks. He was an enforcer that you couldn't quite leave unguarded because he could definitely shoot, which is worth something and yes, he was a perfect fit for the Bucks. Compared to Crowder their career 3P% is separated by a percentage point or two, with Crowder taking a much higher volume of shots, basically six a game for the last 7 years. He is without a doubt a superior overall offensive player to Tucker. He has the same hustle, enforcer reputation defensively, thought admittedly probably isn't quite as good as Tucker was there. But he's probably going to play the exact same role. Stand around and take open 3s and not back down against the opposing team's best weapon. I think he is a very, very good fit for the team.
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Crowder isn't anywhere near the washed level of Ibaka. He's probably out of shape, he hasn't played this year due to issues with the team. They got him to be PJ Tucker enforcer guy. Probably not as strong as a defender but younger, a bit longer, better offensive player that can hit an open 3.
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I think the reactions to the KD trade are way over the top. CP3 is washed up, he is even clearly worse than he was when we played them in the Finals. Booker, ok, great scorer. Ayton is a good player, I'd maybe care more if we didn't have Giannis and Brook. So there's Durant, obviously a great player, but you lose Bridges, which is not some throw-in subtraction. Where is the defense on that team, and they have absolutely no depth. I'm not seeing the net positive of that trade overwhelming the fact that they've been a .500 team all year. I don't think they even win the West. And the assumption of health is a huge one with that group.
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Pats, Cowboys (0 in last 27 years) and Broncos.
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9 teams have won more than 2? I haven't even looked and I'm not sure there is one other than New England.
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I think it's the Bucks title to lose without injury to the Big 3. I felt the same last year. That's a pretty substantial caveat though. I would like us to get the #1, but I think we would beat Boston with those 3 healthy regardless.
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I doubt he cares about this. Or at least he shouldn't. The cakewalk division hasn't done anything for him. Say he's in Miami or something throwing to Tyreek, I don't think he's going to care about Justin Herbert. You have to beat these guys at some point anyway, you may as well get a few looks at them. I don't think elite NFL QBs are pre-occupied with dodging each other. They all think they're the best.
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This post kind of depressed me (park experience) but I really can't say any of it is inaccurate. I didn't renew this year. I probably went too much, but yeah, it started to feel pretty lackluster. When I did my survey I listed many of these things and my rep reached out later to follow up. He said actions are being taken on food quality and price this offseason as they share the same concerns, particularly with beer and concession price. He actually used the word 'ridiculous' to describe the price.
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This might happen. If Rodgers is annoyed he can thank his own contract. I don't find either side unreasonable, though, tbh. It's not selfish of Rodgers to want to be paid like one of the best ever. And it's normal for the Packers to use his exit to spread the wealth around a bit. It's just one of those "sometimes reality sucks" situations. But some teams handle it better than others. Tyreek Hill left and the Chiefs are back in the Super Bowl. I mean, freaking MVS stole the show yesterday.
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I'm not saying it was a horrible idea. I'm saying it was perfectly reasonable for them to think they could make another run at the Super Bowl this year. Stuff happens and sometimes the result is bad. I'm sorry but regardless of the circumstances, it takes major cojones to trade the MVP of the league. People liked this defense on paper a lot before the year. I don't think a lot of people saw this dud coming. The consensus was basically that there would be growing pains at WR but the rest of the team was really good.
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Yeah I'm sorry but these takes that they goofed by not trading Rodgers last year are as Monday morning as it gets. I'm not at all saying you're the only one who's said it, but there is plenty of justification for keeping Rodgers for this past season. They were knocking right on the door repeatedly. It's perfectly acceptable to keep Rodgers as they did and run it back again - even without Adams. Like there wouldn't have been tons of blowback had they traded him last offseason. And yes, I know there won't be a shortage of replies that "I wanted him traded!" I get it. My point is just that not trading was not this big blunder that some are implying it was. I think I want him traded this year though. I don't have the animosity that some people do toward Rodgers, but I think both parties are at this point where their goals aren't in lockstep with each other anymore. With that said I don't take this stuff all that seriously at this point in my life, so I'd be OK with Rodgers deciding he only wants to wear one uniform and putting in another year. I think things would be more compelling if he went somewhere else, though, and watching them put together a roster without this giant weight on their back would be interesting. What I don't buy is that Rodgers has lost much, if anything. He's the same guy and he was hurt, and they were worse. I agree with his own assessment that he could win MVP in the right situation. Feel pretty sure GB isn't it.
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Brian Anderson to Brewers!!!! Yes!!!
OldSchoolSnapper replied to DR28's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
my thoughts exactly, Seems like one of those signings that could end up as a little-heralded-at-the-time-but-valuable, but lately I feel conditioned to expect anyone we sign to completely tank. -
I think it would be a stretch to say the trainer did something wrong. All I know is that I wouldn't put my hands on an NFL player in almost any circumstance.
