GreenBayGal
Cheese Goddess
LOL...I love Ya, Man.I let you have it alright! I let you have it with a "like." So take that!
Why?
Because I welcome you to the 'Great season no matter what' club.
LOL...I love Ya, Man.I let you have it alright! I let you have it with a "like." So take that!
Why?
Because I welcome you to the 'Great season no matter what' club.
I seem to be the minority in this group in thinking that, while a 5th Lombardi would be SWEEEET, without it, our season could still be a success. Of course I like to set the bar high, high, high, but if we make it to Indy & come home w/o the trophy, I will still be very proud of our team for it's accomplishments. We already have a 7-0 starting record which will be 8-0 in eight days. That's an accomplishment in itself. Also, beating the snot out of Chicago & MN will make the year memorable. Always trying to look on the bright side, that's me. Ok, forum, now let me have it.
Update: I went outside, spun three times & spit. For extra measure I stuck a sharp stick in my eye & lit my hair on fire. Well worth not having to endure SB 32 again.I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you to step outside, spin three times and spit. You may unknowingly be bringing down upon us, the wrath of the "thing". Optional penance might be watching Super Bowl 32 ... I warned my son against watching it...but, does he listen to the old man? Noooo....ooooo...ooooooooooooooooooooooooo...
Update: I went outside, spun three times & spit. For extra measure I stuck a sharp stick in my eye & lit my hair on fire. Well worth not having to endure SB 32 again.
My dad thinks that we need a loss before hitting the playoffs to give a sense of urgency, show that a loss can happen. While I would LOVE to see a 19-0 Packers team, my dad makes a good point that a loss may help us avoid complacency. Just so long as the loss doesn't come in the playoffs or to a division team
Yes, that's the perception of the rest of the NFL fanbase. If you have been a fan of the Packers franchise for a long time you remember Lynn ****ey and Don Majkowski's heroics in single games. Wins were scarce for years and that's why those years are special to longtimefans.I remember thinking that 07' was a success cause we had that ole' gunslinger magic and were 13-3 (just like the 90s') and almost made the superbowl....then I noticed the patriots were angry over going 18-1 and not winning the superbowl, then I noticed there were a couple of other 13-3 and 14-2 teams that didn't win championships and people forget about them easily...
meanwhile, people still talk about Bill Walsh's 10-6 49ers team that won a superbowl, or the 6th seed steelers...
then I remembered, I really hated having to look back on the 96' Packer season on wikipedia for a source of pride and wondering if we'd ever win another one....
I sort of puke in my mouth a little having to hear that the steelers have "the most superbowl wins of any nfl team" ...
so umm... yeah, I had to correctly set my standard of what I consider is a successful season and that standard is the Packer standard, and that standard is SUPERBOWL OR DIE!
The only success is winning the lombardi, it is everything!
The Packers did it. I assume the Steelers did it among their 4 but not sure. Did the 49ers ever do it? Dallas did with Aikman-Emmitt-Irvin. New England did.
None have 3-peated.
I agree we need the trophy to consider this season a success. But it's been a great season along the way already.....
If the Packers don't win the Superbowl, I think there'll be more coverage on "why the Packers didn't win" than there would be for the team that actually does.Yes. Considering we accomplished the ultimate goal last year with even less of our starters, to not do it this year with the way we're playing would be failure.
That's how I felt in 1998 when we went back, as expected, easily, and then were heavily favored.I don't think a superbowl loss necessarily means the season is a failure. However I would probably call the season a failure if they at least didn't make it back to the SB.
Right back atchya babe!LOL...I love Ya, Man.
Do we have to win a Lombardi for this season to be a success?
Most teams would love to start out 7-0 and would take that alone, but I was wondering how you guys would gauge this season as far as being successful? Is it winning the division and making the playoffs? Winning one playoff game? Going to the SB? Winning the SB?
Do we have to win a Lombardi for this season to be a success?
Most teams would love to start out 7-0 and would take that alone, but I was wondering how you guys would gauge this season as far as being successful? Is it winning the division and making the playoffs? Winning one playoff game? Going to the SB? Winning the SB?
How many remember 1997 and that defending Super Bowl Champion Packers team losing Super Bowl XXII to Denver? A great season by any measures: 13-3, third straight divison title, repeat NFC Champions, big pregame favorites to repeat in the SB. After that trip Ron Wolf said of the Super Bowl XXXI team," We were just farts in the wind."
After winning a Super Bowl anything less than a repeat diminishes if it doesn't approach negation of the following season.