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<blockquote data-quote="PackAttack12" data-source="post: 908166" data-attributes="member: 11933"><p>I've said for years and some have laughed at me, it's not hard to give common courtesy or a heads up to your star quarterback on things that are developing.</p><p></p><p>You get rid of Alex Van Pelt without letting Rodgers know (it was very public that he liked him a lot). You release Kumerow the very day after Rodgers praises him, you draft his replacement and let him find out that you're doing so from the mouth of Roger Goodell on live television (Gute admittedly stated that was a mistake, a year later of course), you hire LaFleur with zero input whatsoever from Rodgers, Murphy reportedly tells him not to be the problem when Rodgers has always been the solution for this franchise. Releasing Jordy. Releasing Cobb.</p><p></p><p>Just a few examples of where a little bit of respect and common courtesy of giving Rodgers a heads up (again...not giving him personnel authority, just a heads up or a simple conversation) could have avoided any controversy and you don't even get this point in the first place.</p><p></p><p>And once again...I'm not absolving Rodgers from this. For all I know, he's been a pain in the ***. But what I do know is that he won the MVP this past season. He kept his mouth shut last offseason and thought to himself I need to go out there and respond with my play.</p><p></p><p>So yeah. If Gute came to Rodgers initially and didn't offer an extension, but a simple restructure, then I understand the frustration from Rodgers. His current contract makes it such that the Packers can move on from him after 2022 for virtually no penalty if I am understanding his dead cap hit correctly. And really can move on fairly painlessly next year.</p><p></p><p>So we can talk all day long about "well Rodgers is under contract for three more years", but in reality, that's far from a given and Rodgers knows that he could potentially be a lame duck quarterback this season. Instead of leaving his fate in the hands of the Packers, he's trying to create more security for himself.</p><p></p><p>If either of you had the leverage in your profession to try to negotiate an extension for yourself, knowing that your employer could get rid of you in a year if they wanted to, would you not explore that opportunity? Every single one of you would.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PackAttack12, post: 908166, member: 11933"] I've said for years and some have laughed at me, it's not hard to give common courtesy or a heads up to your star quarterback on things that are developing. You get rid of Alex Van Pelt without letting Rodgers know (it was very public that he liked him a lot). You release Kumerow the very day after Rodgers praises him, you draft his replacement and let him find out that you're doing so from the mouth of Roger Goodell on live television (Gute admittedly stated that was a mistake, a year later of course), you hire LaFleur with zero input whatsoever from Rodgers, Murphy reportedly tells him not to be the problem when Rodgers has always been the solution for this franchise. Releasing Jordy. Releasing Cobb. Just a few examples of where a little bit of respect and common courtesy of giving Rodgers a heads up (again...not giving him personnel authority, just a heads up or a simple conversation) could have avoided any controversy and you don't even get this point in the first place. And once again...I'm not absolving Rodgers from this. For all I know, he's been a pain in the ***. But what I do know is that he won the MVP this past season. He kept his mouth shut last offseason and thought to himself I need to go out there and respond with my play. So yeah. If Gute came to Rodgers initially and didn't offer an extension, but a simple restructure, then I understand the frustration from Rodgers. His current contract makes it such that the Packers can move on from him after 2022 for virtually no penalty if I am understanding his dead cap hit correctly. And really can move on fairly painlessly next year. So we can talk all day long about "well Rodgers is under contract for three more years", but in reality, that's far from a given and Rodgers knows that he could potentially be a lame duck quarterback this season. Instead of leaving his fate in the hands of the Packers, he's trying to create more security for himself. If either of you had the leverage in your profession to try to negotiate an extension for yourself, knowing that your employer could get rid of you in a year if they wanted to, would you not explore that opportunity? Every single one of you would. [/QUOTE]
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