GakkofNorway
Cheesehead
After the game against New England there has been a lot of frustration. However this frustration hasn't been directed towards the team, which played awful. It has been directed towards our young second year QB.
He came into the game in the 2nd quarter and didn't exactly impress.
Some statements on this forum has frustrated me a lot.
1. He hasn't earned the right to tell his teammates when they don't do their job and isn't showing leadership, and he hasn't earned the right to refuse talking to the media.
As the QB of a team you are the catalyst of the offense. No matter what you say, the QB is always the team's leader on offense. If Aaron Rodgers as the leader on offense can't get in his teammates face when they clearly doesn't do their jobs, how is he supposed to lead the team? I'd be more concerned about his leadership abillities if he hadn't reacted, patted his teammates on the shoulder and said "you did your best".
Someone might think he showed it in the wrong way, but nobody except the players on the field knows what exactly went on, and as far as I know he was known for great leadership qualities in college and I haven't heard any rumours of grumbling in the team after what happened. I am glad he showed leadership and told his teammates what he thought of their performance, because it was anything but good. These guys are professional athletes, this is their job and they get payed more than a lot to do it, if they can't deal with their leader getting angry at their dismal perfomance they should quit. If people in usual jobs perform this bad they are usually fired.
When it comes to not talking to the media I think he had good reason for not wanting to talk to them. He showed extreme toughness playing a quarter with a broken leg. Think about it, would you feel like talking to the press after getting into a game, getting the most playing time you've had in your career in a game that was getting out of hand with the Patriots defense totally dominating and don't live up to the expectations of outplaying a future HOF QB, and in addition breaking your leg to end your season alltogether? I would have been concerned what would have come out of his mouth if he had indeed talked to the media after that.
2. He's a bust.
This is just ridiculous, how many QBs come into their first game dominating? Not many, and especially not against a Pats defense on the roll. Carson Palmer is looking pretty good now, how did he do his first game? How about Rex Grossman? QB is probably the most difficult position in the NFL and most players need time to adjust, so do Aaron Rodgers. Unfortunatly for Rodgers he will by many Packersfans be compared to Brett Favre, a comparison he probably won't ever match, therefore he is bound to be looked upon as a "failure" by many fans. We won't get another Brett Favre and it's not fair for any player to be expected to perform like him, deal with it.
He came into the game in the 2nd quarter and didn't exactly impress.
Some statements on this forum has frustrated me a lot.
1. He hasn't earned the right to tell his teammates when they don't do their job and isn't showing leadership, and he hasn't earned the right to refuse talking to the media.
As the QB of a team you are the catalyst of the offense. No matter what you say, the QB is always the team's leader on offense. If Aaron Rodgers as the leader on offense can't get in his teammates face when they clearly doesn't do their jobs, how is he supposed to lead the team? I'd be more concerned about his leadership abillities if he hadn't reacted, patted his teammates on the shoulder and said "you did your best".
Someone might think he showed it in the wrong way, but nobody except the players on the field knows what exactly went on, and as far as I know he was known for great leadership qualities in college and I haven't heard any rumours of grumbling in the team after what happened. I am glad he showed leadership and told his teammates what he thought of their performance, because it was anything but good. These guys are professional athletes, this is their job and they get payed more than a lot to do it, if they can't deal with their leader getting angry at their dismal perfomance they should quit. If people in usual jobs perform this bad they are usually fired.
When it comes to not talking to the media I think he had good reason for not wanting to talk to them. He showed extreme toughness playing a quarter with a broken leg. Think about it, would you feel like talking to the press after getting into a game, getting the most playing time you've had in your career in a game that was getting out of hand with the Patriots defense totally dominating and don't live up to the expectations of outplaying a future HOF QB, and in addition breaking your leg to end your season alltogether? I would have been concerned what would have come out of his mouth if he had indeed talked to the media after that.
2. He's a bust.
This is just ridiculous, how many QBs come into their first game dominating? Not many, and especially not against a Pats defense on the roll. Carson Palmer is looking pretty good now, how did he do his first game? How about Rex Grossman? QB is probably the most difficult position in the NFL and most players need time to adjust, so do Aaron Rodgers. Unfortunatly for Rodgers he will by many Packersfans be compared to Brett Favre, a comparison he probably won't ever match, therefore he is bound to be looked upon as a "failure" by many fans. We won't get another Brett Favre and it's not fair for any player to be expected to perform like him, deal with it.
