Rodgers' Reputation As A Leader Took Some Hits This Season

Wait.

The first two trash jobs were by Finley's agent and Jenning's sister.

Honkey please.

Obviously a subsetter. What a free range dick hole.

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Originally posted by Blair Kiel:
Wait.

The first two trash jobs were by Finley's agent and Jenning's sister.

Honkey please.

That's racist.

Don't know that I agree with the article as a whole, but there are things Arod says and does I don't care for. He needs to be a little more humble. It will make him better as a player and as a person.

This might be one of the dumbest articles I've ever read

Rodgers doesn't like losing and he doesn't appreciate lack of effort or others not pulling their weight. Then he talks about accountability. Oh no not that.

What poor leadership.

As for him being humble, he's done that too. Yet he still gets ripped about it.

The guy is putting up Hall of Fame numbers and that writer stooge wants to start some ****. Nice "reporting"

This subset group makes me miss the sewing circle.

I agree. I liked it better when the sewing circle ran x4.

Horrendous non-story by a guy who is trying to get page hits and be "controversial"

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Originally posted by chickenboy:
This subset group makes me miss the sewing circle.

This made me lol.

Racist.

Well there's 5 minutes I'll never get back.

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In addition, Rodgers probably didn't win any points from coach Mike McCarthy when he openly campaigned for Evan Dietrich-Smith to be his center and for Randall Cobb to stop playing special teams.

Um, well nevermind the fact that he was right on both points. Yes Ross had the fumble but that's his number #1 WR, Jennings missed a ton of games, and Jordy was constantly knicked up. It made sense for him to ensure one of his key targets would stay upright and on the field. EDS starting was another no brainer that shouldn't have taken Rodgers to point out. MM should have seen that a long time ago.

And because he feels that way he's a bad leader? Uhh ya ok.

Hell, I think EDS is a scrub and even I can't fault Rodgers for that.

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Originally posted by Goalline:

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Originally posted by chickenboy:
This subset group makes me miss the sewing circle.

This made me lol.

Link?

Sports reporters don't like having their hypocrisy pointed out.

Well, hell, nobody's perfect. I've always thought the guy has a pretty abrasive personality too, but I don't particularly care. If that's the worst you can ever say about him, I'd say we're pretty damned lucky. Being abrasive doesn't make him any less a model citizen or any less a quarterback.

We're watching one of the best quarterbacks ever to play the game, and unlike a lot of pro athletes, he spends his weekends taking kids bowling instead of driving around drunk and knocking up teenagers - and he never once takes a bit of credit for the things he does for the kids. That's a good man by any measure. As long as he keeps throwing touchdowns and doing stellar work in the community, and stays out of jail, we're good as far as I'm concerned. Dude can be as big a snot as he wants. Ain't none of my business.

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Originally posted by Fedya:
Sports reporters don't like having their hypocrisy pointed out.

Subsetters pick on them and make them feel all sad and stuff.

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Originally posted by Henry:

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Originally posted by Goalline:

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Originally posted by chickenboy:
This subset group makes me miss the sewing circle.

This made me lol.

Link?

No link. Heard it on the radio.

After reading the article it does seem like a tar and feather job. I'm sure Rodgers has plenty of ego but the article sure doesn't put writer in a such a good light either.

have any of you seen Rodgers high five a teammate?

case/point

Garbage

OMG! have you guys seen the bachelor?

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Originally posted by Henry:
After reading the article it does seem like a tar and feather job. I'm sure Rodgers has plenty of ego but the article sure doesn't put writer in a such a good light either.

I don't know anything about Reischel's athletic background, but I think what a lot of sports writers who've never played at a high level may not fully realize or appreciate is that the truly elite, superstar-level athletes often are very full of themselves. They damned near have to be. These are guys who have to believe, right down to their heart of hearts, that they walk on water. They almost have to think that. Every time they step out onto the field, they have to believe that they can not possibly fail. That they're not even capable of failure. They can't be who they are without having some arrogance in their nature.

It's the flip side of the coin, and you have to take the good with the bad. It's very difficult for any human being to be that supremely self-confident and still be humble and low-key. Some guys are better at it than others (Bart Starr, for example), and maybe Aaron just doesn't have that particular skill. But you show me a quarterback without an ego the size of the USS Enterprise, and I'll show you a guy who's going to spend his whole career wearing a baseball cap and holding a clipboard.

The reporter was reaching a bit, but then again, I have to wonder if there is some truth to what he pointed out. Sometimes I think Rodgers uses the media to point things out when he should do it behind closed doors, the practice player flap earlier this year being one case. Rodgers would be right to rip them but not in the media. And if you are going to campaign for players and their roles, do it in the coach's office and not through the media. We shouldn't be reading about this stuff from Rodgers' mouth in the paper; we should only hear about it if another player lets it out, not Rodgers.

JSO training some new guy in pot-stirring 101.

Kind of a laughable effort really.

Rodgers leadership didn't allow Colin Kaepernick to set an all time record for rushing in a game by a QB. On the list of problems on the Packers, Rodgers leadership is quite far down on that list. Truth be told, it's really not on the list at all.

Reischel's been there since 97. I'd guess articles like this tend to get written when teams stonewall the media. Pretty much all these guys have over your average blogger are the quotes they get out of the locker room and they may freak out when they can't get them. Without those quotes there's really not much need for them.

Pure speculation but maybe the paper was uppity about the exit day silence and used a guy who's not a regular to put out some bad publicity so the regular beat reporters don't have to deal with the blowback.

I wonder if it's questionable by journalistic standards to report what Rodgers was saying in the locker room when he already said he didn't want to talk to the media.

Journalists have standards?

So, he can be abrasive at times. As long as he keeps shattering records with his efficiency, I as a fan don't care one bit.

This team has issues that need to be addressed. Leadership at the QB position is NOT one of them.

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Rodgers leadership is quite far down on that list.

If I'm critiquing Rodgers on a tough scale the one thing that bugged me about the 49er game was him coming off on that 4th and 5 in the 4th quarter. I think all the other very best QB's in the game (Brady, Manning, or Brees) wave off the punt team and take control of the situation there.

I also think two of those three wouldn't have had to let their coach know that going for it was the right move there.

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Originally posted by titmfatied:
Reischel's been there since 97. I'd guess articles like this tend to get written when teams stonewall the media. Pretty much all these guys have over your average blogger are the quotes they get out of the locker room and they may freak out when they can't get them. Without those quotes there's really not much need for them.

Pure speculation but maybe the paper was uppity about the exit day silence and used a guy who's not a regular to put out some bad publicity so the regular beat reporters don't have to deal with the blowback.

I wonder if it's questionable by journalistic standards to report what Rodgers was saying in the locker room when he already said he didn't want to talk to the media.

No, it's not questionable. He knows the media is in there and they are there to report. They were given access by the team. If he doesn't want something in print, he doesn't have to talk. There are other ways, but keeping your mouth shut is the easiest way to not have your words appear in print.

Same writer, different article

Bryan Bulaga might get a look at left tackle next season

Makes zero sense and the headline is incredibly misleading after reading the article. No where in the article is there a quote from anyone on the Packers side of things or Bulaga himself suggesting he's going to go to LT or that he may even get a look there. Really shoddy job by jsonline there.

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Originally posted by packerboi:
Well there's 5 minutes I'll never get back.

I never clicked the link. I spent 2-3 minutes reading this thread.

Moving right along......

Perhaps one of the all-time lame JSO articles I have ever read. Shannon Sharpe, the guys mouth is so big because he sticks his feet in there so much.

Then we get to hear about Jennings' sister. She is a twit times two.

And lastly the comment the Rodgers may have fell to the 24th pick because some NFL scouts thought he had a know-it-all attitude...what? You're kidding, right? Probably every player in the first two rounds can be considered a "know-it-all".

I like that Rodgers keeps MM and the staff on their toes too.

Personally, I thought it was good to see and hear some of Rodgers remarks throughout the season. I seem to remember another recent Packer QB who made plenty of mistakes (INTs) and never apologized for a one.

This article is a waste of time.

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Originally posted by titmfatied:


Pure speculation but maybe the paper was uppity about the exit day silence and used a guy who's not a regular to put out some bad publicity so the regular beat reporters don't have to deal with the blowback.

Exactly what came to mind. Never piss off a guy that buys ink by the barrel. With that said, a big chunk sloppy connect the dots kind of writing.

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And lastly the comment the Rodgers may have fell to the 24th pick because some NFL scouts thought he had a know-it-all attitude...what?

That's probably also why Peyton Manning fell so far in the draft.

and clearly not having that attitude in a top pick QB is better, just ask Alex Smith.

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Originally posted by Henry:
I agree. I liked it better when the sewing circle ran x4.

Out with the old, in with the new.

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I'd guess articles like this tend to get written when teams stonewall the media

This.

How many times have we seen MM want to seemingly rip Jason Wilde's head off?

Or Bob McGinn look miffed for the 100th time when TT gives him absolutely nothing of substance to write about?

When writers have to rely on poking sticks at guys like JerMichael Finley to get any kind of rise out of the organization that should tell you how transparant it is at 1265. And no doubt it drives the local media here nuts.

Reinging MVP, SB champ, starting QB for the best franchise in sports, millionaire, decent looking fellow... Yea, I'm sure he's a bit on the arrogant side at times. Big deal. If everybody on the team played to his level we'd be playing in NO in a few weeks.

From reading this thread it seems he isn't Packers people and should be on the next train out.