I'll extend it more: I'm old enough to remember the Bart Starr coaching era in Green Bay. I'm also old enough to remember Bart Starr the football player. I was in the press room the day Starr was named coach of the Packers.
Bart Starr, the QB, to me, is still the best QB the Packers have produced to date. Aaron is likely to surpass him, but Bart has 5 NFL championships, and 2 Super Bowl MVP's. No one has surpassed those marks, the only real mark that matters if you understand football. (The rest is just for fantasy football freaks).
Bart Starr the Coach and GM was a near-total disaster. His record speaks for itself.
I was one of the people at Lambeau booing my guts out at Bart Starr the coach and how dumb some of teams played.(Great offense, no defense).
I think it was sometime in the late 80's or early 90's, the Packers honored one of the late '60's championship teams and, of course, Bart was part of it and said he would be there. When the Packers fired Starr, he was very bitter. He felt the team was only another season away from winning, but regardless, he was fired. So there were many years when there was a strain between the Packers and one of their all-time greats. It took several years before Bart was welcomed back to Green Bay.
Fast-forward to the day the Super Bowl team was honored. I was fearing, deeply fearing, the fans would boo their guts out at Starr the coach and ruin the day. But the fans matured. When Bart was introduced, there was a standing ovation. Time had healed the wounds.
The same is true with Favre. That is what maturity is. You understand the problem, but realize that nothing good is going to result from holding a grudge. Brett will also realize one day holding a grudge is pointless.
I'm older than probably 95% of you here, and trust me, holding a grudge is pointless.
And that is why I ask the fans, like they did with Bart Starr, to grow up and move on.[/quote]