OK, so I don't have an account over at the Vikings forums, and they are lucky too because I would tear that little **** head a new one if I did. He claims to live an hour outside of Chico, Ca. Well ***** I LIVE IN CHICO and have most of my LIFE! I have been a Packers fan tried and true since I "discovered" football and really started to appreciate and understand the game. It was 1994 and I was 8-9ish. Yeah, Favre was already here but I am FAR from a recent "Rodgers convert". I was VERY happy when he got drafted to us, and am proud that he is from my home town. I would still be super fan of his even if he was from Podunk, IA. I have heard NOTHING BUT THE OPPOSITE of what this guy is talking about. He is simply stupid.
1) My good friend from high school, Renny, was the head chef/cook at the Gooneybird restaurant here in town. He said that Aaron and his girl and brother came in to eat fairly often. Never once did he say that he never left a tip. Ever. Don't you think the cook, who hears ALL of the wait staff's complaints would know if Rodgers didn't leave a tip?
2) He takes pictures. I KNOW he does. My appartment manager had a second job for a while as a salesman at Ashley furniture depot. He saw me wearing my Rodgers jersey and said "Hey, I've got something to show you!" and he pulls out his cell phone and there it is: Him (Vott is his name.) and Aaron Rodgers smiling at the camera. Also, a couple of my customers have said they have bumped into him and one of them is a HUGE Raiders fan. He said "Hey Aaron, I just want to say that I was happy to see you win that Super Bowl, even though I am a Raiders fan." and Aaron was very kind, said thank you and shook his hand.
3) The statement that Chico is googoo for Rodgers is just false. I will admitt that the population of Packers fans has grown since 2005, and mainly in 2009-forward there has been a bigger boom. Hell, when I was in junior high and high school I swear there was like 100 Packers fans at most. Now there ARE more but MOST people are 49ers and Raiders fans. During the playoff game last season between the Packers and 49ers, my wife and I walked from our house down to her parent's house (about 150 yrds.) and we had 2 or 3 cars drive by, heckeling us. I was getting text and facebook heckled through out that game too by locals and near-locals.
4) Rodgers' aunt, Cassie, cuts my wife's hair, my mother and father in law's hair too. I have asked her to call Aaron before and let me talk to him. Mostly as a joke, but somewhat serious too haha. She is very kind and does not come out and tell people to screw off. She simply says "Oh, he isn't available right now." and so on.
5) Rodgers spends a majority of his time in San Diego. He comes up to Chico for about 2-3 weeks during the summer to see his family and train with his brother and a local gym (although Jordan is now a Jaguar so maybe not so much anymore?) However, everyone has off days, bad days, and has a breaking point. Maybe he had just been swarmed by 50 really annoying people, and then 1 genuine guy comes up to him to ask for a photo, and just say "thanks for doing a great job." and he just slips up and assumes that it will be ANOTHER *******. There is/was one story circulating around town that someone was trying to buy him drinks at a bar and he starting yelling at the person sending drinks over. What I have since heard is that Rodgers was on a date with his GF and was trying to have a nice time and repeatedly asked the gentleman to stop, but the drunk persisted until it reached a limit that Rodgers had to step in and say something.
Just my opinion of course.
