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Message: <blockquote data-quote="neilfii" data-source="post: 369506" data-attributes="member: 3821">I would have to go with the decision to take the Packers public and sell shares -- making the World Champion Green Bay Packers the FANS' TEAM.  No other team in the League will ever feel toward "their" team the way Packer fans feel toward THEIR team and that, to me, makes all the difference in the world.The decision to hire Lombardi was monumental and he was perhaps the greatest coach in the history of the game, but I am not certain there would have been the Lombardi legend were it not for Bart Starr.  Likewise, I am not certain Bart Starr would have been what he was without Lombardi.  I don't think any one person can or should define the team; though we have had some legendary players, coaches, and management.If I had to choose something besides the decision to sell shares and make the team public, I would have to go with winning Super Bowl I.  Other teams have won the Super Bowl.  Other teams have won more Super Bowls, but NO team other than the World Champion Green Bay Packers can EVER lay claim to winning the inaugural Super Bowl.</blockquote>

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