My only pet peeve has to do with fans who give up after the first bad play in a game. They start ranting about how the team is terrible, coaches need to be fired, and we need to get rid of players. This happens all game after every single bad play. At least try to stay positive and enjoy watching your team play, instead of tearing them down after every mistake.
I don't post very often on the forums, so this is mostly directed at people in the shout box.
That once was me. Flew down to Arizona for a Packer game and time with one of my brothers. We drank quite a few beers out in the hot sun and then went into the game and had more. While trying to stand up during the game, I fell onto the family of four in front of us. I felt terrible but that's also my only memory of the game to this day. Not only did I ruin someone else's day, but I spent all of that money on flights, tickets, and everything else but couldn't remember a darn thing.The numbers of severely innebbriated people that they allow into the stadium for late afternoon and night games.
They wand you for nuclear weapons and AK47's but they let these louts that can't hit the ground with their hat in to ruin somebodies football experience.
The numbers of severely innebbriated people that they allow into the stadium for late afternoon and night games.
They wand you for nuclear weapons and AK47's but they let these louts that can't hit the ground with their hat in to ruin somebodies football experience.
I know the OP was looking for peeves about the team but I don't really have any.
I do have issues with this fan site though. I used to be a regular here and you can see by my post count that I contributed. I come back occasionally to see if things have changed and to add a comment or two.
My biggest peeve is the constant hand-wringing and wailing about the team, the coaches and the front office. I thought this was a fan site? Maybe being a fan has changed but I've always thought fans look for bright spots.
I have no problem with someone questioning this or that but there are posters here who are routinely negative and vocal and it has completely destroyed what I used to enjoy about coming here.
I've had an opposing view with just about everyone here but in the end I try to remain somewhat positive.
Perhaps it's just age and perspective, older posters try to tell younger posters how miserable it was in the 70's and 80's but nobody wants to hear. We didn't have places like this to talk about the Packers but I can tell you with vivid clarity that we didn't complain about every little detail. It was a successful season if they beat the Bears. And we cherished and enjoyed every season.
I guess it just seems like some posters here are spoiled little brats and don't understand that stomping your feet and yelling will not bring the Lombardi Trophy home.
If you can't find joy in these last 20 years of Packer football I don't know what to tell you. Maybe you should root for another team but guess what? There's a very short list of franchises who have enjoyed the success this one has.
Thanks for listening and thank you to those posters who know how much you've added to my enjoyment of the Packers. I looked forward to some posts so much that I was a daily visitor to see what you had to say.
I miss you folks but I can't stomach rifling through all the negativity to get to a solid football post.
I can also guarantee that the amount of information available to fans in the 70s and 80s was far less than what is available now. How is this pertinent? Let's take Chris Clemons (ex-Dolphins safety) as an example. In the 80s, I would have had no clue who this guy was, whether he was a free agent or not (ignoring the lack of free agency back then) and whether he was any good or not. Today though, I have all that information at hand so there's quite a bit more that fans can exress their opinion upon. My opinion differs from other posters. Naturally, when two people express their opinions their is a discussion. Now the unfortunate part is that many posters resort to name calling and insults rather than simply discussing things but that's just human nature everywhere. Long story short (I know, too late for that now), I don't think fans are any different today than they were thirty years ago; there's just a TON more information available and more ways for fans to interact. In the 70s you basically had to hang out with your friends to discuss the Packers so of course the discussions were much more low-key and optimistic, if they weren't fun discussions then they either wouldn't be your friend or you'd stop talkin to them about the Packers.
Wasn't there a Miami Heat game the other year that looked like a blowout, but turned into a great game where the fans that had left were literally banging on the doors to get back in but were not allowed?
I usually just chuckle at those folks, paying all that money for a game and then being more worried about traffic than anything else. Suckers. I generally mill around in the stadium later, soaking up what my hard earned dollars paid for me to enjoy.
Wasn't there a Miami Heat game the other year that looked like a blowout, but turned into a great game where the fans that had left were literally banging on the doors to get back in but were not allowed?
I usually just chuckle at those folks, paying all that money for a game and then being more worried about traffic than anything else. Suckers. I generally mill around in the stadium later, soaking up what my hard earned dollars paid for me to enjoy.
It wasn't a blowout, but it didn't really look like the Heat had a chance to win. The fans left when there was about 5-10 seconds left, and weren't allowed to come back in when they saw the Heat tied it up.
They totally deserved it.
I don't have many, but one of them is childish h o mo-****** labels (nut-licker, being accused of having one's **** up Favre's ***, etc.) being tossed toward anyone who thinks it's time to get the inevitable out of the way where old #4 is concerned and let the mending begin. If those people want to harbor a grudge their entire lives, that's on them, but they have no right to insult those who chose to forgive as if forgiveness is a bad thing. They also falsely contend that anyone who favors reconciliation now must have been on Favre's side of the whole debacle 6 years ago. That's not true at all. Anyone who denies that this happens on here and elsewhere is prevaricating. Disagreements can be had without insults, but for whatever reason insults are treated as fair game against anyone in favor of clearing the air.
This is a thread about pet peeves and there's mine. That's all I have to say about it.
It's just business--business that is destroying the game. Trying to pay for billions of air time by selling billions in ads is just part of it. Mark Cuban is wrong about a lot of things, but his prediction that the NFL will implode over overexposure may well be proven correct.To many commercials during the game.
Yeah, that.Number Tw0 - Mike McCarthy's conservative play-calling any time the Packers have a late lead. Three rushes for four yards and a punt when the Packers are up 10 with 5 minutes left drives me insane.
I don't care just as long as they don't take away the the best celebration in all of football of all time, The Lambeau Leap.My official biggest pet peeve is that i just read that the NFL is going to flag goalpost dunks...
I......I....*GULP* I... agree with yyyyou beccccause I dddon't want to get shot bbbby your avatar mister.Nothing bad to say about TT and MM I think they are proven winners but They way the Packers play sometimes especially on defense very soft... I don't if is the players we pick or what? We have been soft for a while.. Last time I saw a fearsome defense was when they beat the Patriots in the SB ( that year defense was freaking bad A**). Thats my only complaint... Matthews brings that swag with him but no one else seems to follow his example...