Postby Yarnith » Thu May 25, 2023 5:46 pm
Lumps wrote: ↑Thu May 25, 2023 5:25 pm
mild wrote: ↑Thu May 25, 2023 4:55 pm
Yarnith wrote: ↑Thu May 25, 2023 12:43 pm
I mean I feel what you are saying but
you don't get to just "peace out" on training camp etc and then throw a tantrum that the rookie didn't run the route in the precise way you think he should have. That is just an asinine way to behave, if you aren't part of the solution you are part of the problem and all he did was blame his WR's for doing it wrong all year.
I mean, sure, you can read it that way, that's fine.
But counterpoint: if I've just won 2x back-to-back League MVP awards, what more do I need to show you that I'm worth going "all in" around to try and win a title? Why are you not taking my Superbowl aspirations seriously when I'm closer to retirement than ever, and literally playing some of my best football?
Trading away A-Rod's best receiving threat (and a big part of his MVP success) sends almost as strong a message in the opposite direction - at least to me.
When you add that to the historical list of grievances between the two sides, I feel like there's enough blame to go around. It was a toxic situation. Hindsight is beautiful thing - but I think we can all agree the Packers were late to move on from Rodgers by pretty much a full offseason (and they got far less in return as a result - they could have had the Denver package, possibly even a heavier version of it) when really, they had already begun moving on from him "in principle" for far longer (the first round of the 2020 draft, to be precise).
I'm not sure many Superstars would handle an extended 3 year breakup any better. That's before we even consider the particularly thin skin of our Ayhuasca-chugging king - and that should be part of your calculus as a FO when you choose to go the route they did. Feelings are going to be hurt - news at 11.
It is always amazing to me how people look at the NFL and simply cannot relate it to their own jobs/lives. I recall coworkers complaining about the players when there almost was a strike. They just see how much they make and say, “pay me that much to play a game!” (As if they could…) But they can’t seem to see how the players are the “regular” employees fighting for scraps from the oligarchs making loads.
So let’s try to relate to Rodgers
You’ve won employee of the year a couple times. Your company has won company of the year. After this, you watch them get rid of some of your coworkers, who you considered family, and they tell you, “We need you to step it up more.” They then bring in unqualified coworkers. You’re still trying to be the super star.
Then, one year, they hire your replacement. You’re confused as they didn’t say a word to you about it. Not only did they hire your replacement, they don’t have money/just didn’t hire people to help you out with the extra load you have. You win employee of the year again the next year. Then, you did it again the year after that. The next year, they get rid of the only coworker you have left whom you have a strong bond with. Not just that, you’ve worked together for nearly a decade and know how to do it in unison. What does management do for you? Hire a college drop out to replace your beloved coworker, that they *think* could be a good employee a few years down the line. You’re say…3 years away from retirement. How do you feel?
In your scenario what I do is not try to train anyone but then have a screaming fit at these new employees because I am pissed at my management. Then I go out and tell the business reporters our sales struggles are on poorly trained employees who cant do their jobs taking no credit at all for not doing a thing to help them succeed. At the end of this fiscal year I shrug because even though we all missed our bonus for poor collective performance I did my job so its on those guys.
This is how you would behave in your workplace? If I am that upset I quit, if I show up to work I do the best job I can and I don't dump on the innocent employee who had nothing to do with how management treated me because that is immature and asinine. How I feel is immaterial.
If it bugged him that much he should have demanded his trade when Love was drafted and not signed a big money extension later. I cannot even comprehend how its excusable because "his feelings were hurt". Sure they handle it like crap but its not a free pass to be a jerk.
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