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As much as I want to skewer our fans for selling the tickets to the other side's faithful, part of me has to wonder how much of it has to do with necessity, namely with our economy being trash for average citizens.
I didn't know average citizens could afford to even go to games any more, I think ya need to make more then just average to afford it, specially a family of 4 or more
I'd bet most of those Detroit fans reside in the UP, 2.5 hour drive, 1.5 if ya live on the south end, my main thrill use to be listening to Detroit fans whine when they fail to get TV broadcast here when the Packs playing, course now since streaming, I hear less of that.
now with the resurgent Lyons I have to put up with there rowdiness, urrrrrrrrrrr
Palmy - "Very few have the ability to truly excel regardless of system. For many the system is the difference between being just a guy or an NFL starter. Fact is, everyone is talented at this level."
You still floating around this year again @Bogey, or you got a home base we can find you at?
Hey BF! Sorry didn’t see this yesterday. I do move around the lower and upper concourses a lot, but my HQ is Fan Assistance 109 located oddly enough at Section 109. Hope I see you this season.
The Packers lunatic fringe is more visible because of sheer numbers. The Packers have one of the largest fan bases in all of sports. If the fringe percentage is the same as with other teams, then we end up with larger volumes of nut jobs. - JustJeff
We've already seen both of them in four games with this roster. I think we should've expected that. It doesn't take away the sting of being owned. After all, on your home field, in primetime, against a divisional foe, to lose and get dominated so completely... That hurts. But we will grow from it. Stuff like this will teach the young ones about how to build up their toughness and tenacity and work through the hard times.
At this point, we are somewhere around 15th - 20th best team. On any given week, we could win, especially against lower teams. And on any given week, we will struggle against the top teams. Maybe even pull off a surprise upset. But I do think that's a realistic view of the 2024 Packers.
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When the Lions drafted Jack Campbell this year, a lot of people insisted they picked him too high. Maybe way too high. But you know what, he was a perfect draft pick for them. He might only be an above average professional athlete. But he embraces the tenacity of what their program wants. They picked the right guy for their team.
Green Bay can learn from that. They look at pure athletes and draft those. I know they look for the right locker room guys too. But do they know the team identity ON THE FIELD that they want to build? We want the right locker room guys AND the right on the field guys. I'd like to hear Guty and MLF talk more about that in the months to come. If they learn one thing from the Lions, I hope it's that.
The Lions are going to contend for the NFCCG this year. They are doing it better than virtually everybody else.
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Palmy - "Very few have the ability to truly excel regardless of system. For many the system is the difference between being just a guy or an NFL starter. Fact is, everyone is talented at this level."
if a Lions fan can come from Detroit on a thursday, packers fans should be able to come from Milwaukee.
Packers need to institute a policy where if you dont attend say 4 of 8 home games, you lose your tickets. This would allow people who actually want to go to move up the line, and people could still sell 4/5 games a year if they wanted to.
if a Lions fan can come from Detroit on a thursday, packers fans should be able to come from Milwaukee.
Packers need to institute a policy where if you dont attend say 4 of 8 home games, you lose your tickets. This would allow people who actually want to go to move up the line, and people could still sell 4/5 games a year if they wanted to.
I like that rule. And it can easily be tracked now with the Ticketmaster Transfer system.
The rule should be you must attend at least 50% of your season tickets or your season ticket rights will be forfeited.
if a Lions fan can come from Detroit on a thursday, packers fans should be able to come from Milwaukee.
Packers need to institute a policy where if you dont attend say 4 of 8 home games, you lose your tickets. This would allow people who actually want to go to move up the line, and people could still sell 4/5 games a year if they wanted to.
I like that rule. And it can easily be tracked now with the Ticketmaster Transfer system.
The rule should be you must attend at least 50% of your season tickets or your season ticket rights will be forfeited.
They will never do it though.
Nope, they won't.
The bottom line is the ticket is sold and the seat is filled with a brat eating, beer swilling, money spending football fan. That's all that really matters.
The waiting list is great for PR and all but nothing lasts forever. The Packers know this. Eventually the suck will return to Green Bay and that list will dry up. The organization will do nothing to help expedite the erosion of the waiting list.
The waiting list is great for PR and all but nothing lasts forever. The Packers know this. Eventually the suck will return to Green Bay and that list will dry up. The organization will do nothing to help expedite the erosion of the waiting list.
The Milwaukee ticketholders will dump their tickets quickly if/when the team sucks again. In the 1980s tickets could be had for free on the corner of Lombardi Ave in the minutes before the game. Most of the Milwaukee ticketholders only have them to sell for profit, and when they can't do that anymore they will dump them.
The waiting list is great for PR and all but nothing lasts forever. The Packers know this. Eventually the suck will return to Green Bay and that list will dry up. The organization will do nothing to help expedite the erosion of the waiting list.
The Milwaukee ticketholders will dump their tickets quickly if/when the team sucks again. In the 1980s tickets could be had for free on the corner of Lombardi Ave in the minutes before the game. Most of the Milwaukee ticketholders only have them to sell for profit, and when they can't do that anymore they will dump them.
so then people drove to Lambeau and got free tickets during the dark years? news to me, went often and never had anyone handing me tickets, and the Packers have had a waiting list for season tickets since the day after Vince Lombardi was hired for goodness sakes, there was a huge sale of season tickets when they where cheap in the 1950's, and the waiting list has kept building ever since.
At this point, we could lose for 30 years and there would still be people getting on that list.
if a Lions fan can come from Detroit on a thursday, packers fans should be able to come from Milwaukee.
Packers need to institute a policy where if you dont attend say 4 of 8 home games, you lose your tickets. This would allow people who actually want to go to move up the line, and people could still sell 4/5 games a year if they wanted to.
I like that rule. And it can easily be tracked now with the Ticketmaster Transfer system.
The rule should be you must attend at least 50% of your season tickets or your season ticket rights will be forfeited.
Would really love for this to be the case. Gold package, if you sell both your tickets, lose your season tickets. Green, sell 3 or 4+ and lose your season tickets. Just pisses me off that they only have them to make a profit and maybe attend 1 game.
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Palmy - "Very few have the ability to truly excel regardless of system. For many the system is the difference between being just a guy or an NFL starter. Fact is, everyone is talented at this level."
so then people drove to Lambeau and got free tickets during the dark years? news to me, went often and never had anyone handing me tickets, and the Packers have had a waiting list for season tickets since the day after Vince Lombardi was hired for goodness sakes, there was a huge sale of season tickets when they where cheap in the 1950's, and the waiting list has kept building ever since.
I grew up 6 blocks north of Lambeau. My brother and friends got in for free, or like $5, all the time in the 80s. This was when some games were still played in Milwaukee, so the whole Milwaukee ticket holders thing doesn't apply to that era. I was too young, and by the time I was old enough it was the Holmgren years.
Would really love for this to be the case. Gold package, if you sell both your tickets, lose your season tickets. Green, sell 3 or 4+ and lose your season tickets. Just pisses me off that they only have them to make a profit and maybe attend 1 game.
once the lean years return, it will turnover quickly. The oldtimers are going away. The guys and gals that would sit thru gory to see the return of the glory, they're dying off off or can't make many of the cold games anymore. Many of those tickets were passed down to fans that only know winning. I don't think many are made of the same mettle, metal, medal? lol.
anyway, once it's not the cool place to be and they have to pony up 4-6K every year for their group of tickets they can't really sell I think the list will turnover a lot quicker. The last game I was at, Dallas last year, a group in front of us "season ticket holders" were the most clueless fans i've been by yet and i've been going to games since the 80's. (not a season ticket holder). They were there for the party, not the game.
we all like to party too, though not nearly as hard as I did in the 90's LOL, but we still were there for the game. This group couldn't hardly have cared less, it was just the place to be.
Would really love for this to be the case. Gold package, if you sell both your tickets, lose your season tickets. Green, sell 3 or 4+ and lose your season tickets. Just pisses me off that they only have them to make a profit and maybe attend 1 game.
once the lean years return, it will turnover quickly. The oldtimers are going away. The guys and gals that would sit thru gory to see the return of the glory, they're dying off off or can't make many of the cold games anymore. Many of those tickets were passed down to fans that only know winning. I don't think many are made of the same mettle, metal, medal? lol.
anyway, once it's not the cool place to be and they have to pony up 4-6K every year for their group of tickets they can't really sell I think the list will turnover a lot quicker. The last game I was at, Dallas last year, a group in front of us "season ticket holders" were the most clueless fans i've been by yet and i've been going to games since the 80's. (not a season ticket holder). They were there for the party, not the game.
we all like to party too, though not nearly as hard as I did in the 90's LOL, but we still were there for the game. This group couldn't hardly have cared less, it was just the place to be.
Fans getting tickets now have been waiting for 30-40 years. People who signed up at the end of the gory years are just now getting offers. And back in the early 90s the list was only 10,000 or so strong. The list now is almost at 150,000, but the number of tickets turning over hasn't increased. I think it is high time that process is sped up.
Palmy - "Very few have the ability to truly excel regardless of system. For many the system is the difference between being just a guy or an NFL starter. Fact is, everyone is talented at this level."
I wait every single year for my postcard with my new number. Sometimes it’s exciting; sometimes it’s disappointing. I was lucky that Grandma put my name in when I was young. Even waiting a few more years would have placed me a lot higher. A quarter-century ago was right around the Brett Favre era, and the team was finally doing well again.
According to a report in 2019, there were about 137,000 names now on the waitlist. And with as few as only 750 tickets changing hands some years, you can join the waitlist the day you are born and still not have a chance if you live to be 100.
Why has been the Packers offense been soooo inept at times this year? The best answer is probably Matt Lafleur. Tied for second is Jordon Love, injuries, offensive line, young team.
What is the meaning of inept person?
adjective. without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit: He is inept at mechanical tasks. She is inept at dealing with people. generally awkward or clumsy; haplessly incompetent.
Harsh? He was out coached IMO the entire first half of the Lions game.
First half possessions
1. after int, 3 plays and a FG
2. 3 plays -11 yards and a punt
3.3 plays , 7 yards and a punt
4. 1 Play interception
5. 3 plays, 3 yards and a punt
6. 5 plays 16 yards and a punt. 1st down may have been via penalty if i remember correctly
7. 4 plays and end of half.
Tough to watch as a fan and yes, very INEPT!!!!
Probably spoiled watching the last 30 years but I am a Packer fan and expect better. I am 53 years old and do remember the late 70's and all of the 80's too, so I am not that spoiled. I don't want that again. MLF has to be better in general.
