Stay Classy Green Bay
by PackApologist on May 13, 2011 1:00 AM CDT
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PrintFile this one in the Ron Burgundy thumbs up file. Yesterday it was announced that the Packers are sending Al Harris a Super Bowl ring. I was hoping that the Pack would do something like this because Al Harris deserved it. Sure he really didn't play a down for our Super Bowl run, but that's not really important if you think about it. Going into the year the Packers were counting on Harris, and the only reason that he wasn't our nickel and saving us from disappointments from Lee and Underwood, or the nightmare of a full year of Jarett Bush at nickel, is the sudden emergence of Sam Shields.
Really this move reminds me of what the Colts did for Edgerrin James a couple years ago. Here is a long time player who is part of the family and loses his spot due to the cold nature of the business. It wasn't personal and there is still plenty of respect and love between the two sides. Sometimes that's just the way things go in the NFL. The classy teams find a way to make small gestures though and make sure the guys who give to the organization stay a part of the family for many years. It looks like Murphy, Thompson, and company are trying to make sure that one of long time fan favorites knows that he's always welcome here....good call and stay classy guys!
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I don't think they'll give Kampman one...
He wanted to leave, and I don’t think he was on the roster in 2010.
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No...more complicated than that
He was put on the Physically Unable to Perform list early in the year. That meant he was shut down till midseason and didn’t count against the 53 man roster. When midseason rolled around (I believe it’s week 6) he had to move on to the 53 man roster or be cut.
Basically the Packers didn’t have room for him because by the time he was going to come off the PUP Shields was doing pretty well and Harris’ only spot would be dimeback / special teams. The Packers didn’t want to put him in that role and instead gave him a chance to play a more prominent position elsewhere in the league.
by PackApologist on May 13, 2011 11:35 AM CDT up reply actions
The PUP ended after wk 6
The Packers then had 3 week exemption to determine what to do w/ him. He practiced w/ the team during that time and reports were he was doing good but wasn’t the same since the injury yet. So they had to decide to put him on the 53 roster or waive him prior to or right after the sk 9 game. They chose to release him. Technically, I believe he was on the 53 roster on an exemption, but not positive.
You've been Stroh'd™!!!
My god...
…you are using PERIODS!!!!! You didn’t use one exclamation point!
by TheSwish on May 16, 2011 12:41 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
About time
to let that go, I’d say.
Oh, and on this site,
just call him Stroh. :)
"It's a great day to be great, baby!"
"Here I am, brain the size of a planet,
and they ask me to pick up a piece of paper.
You call that job satisfaction?
'Cause, I don't."
THE BEARS STILL SUCK!
I was reminded
of the old story about Lombardi going home and getting into bed with cold feet.
Marie: God, your feet are cold!
Vince: Around the house, dear, you can just call me Vince. lol.
"It's a great day to be great, baby!"
"Here I am, brain the size of a planet,
and they ask me to pick up a piece of paper.
You call that job satisfaction?
'Cause, I don't."
THE BEARS STILL SUCK!
by NorthStarr on May 18, 2011 12:19 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Honestly if they thought he was anything like what he was, I am pretty sure he would have had his job back . This is one of those instances where the players best was behind him. He wasn’t worth the money and they didn’t need him.
The Green Bay Packers...Putting bad coaches out of their misery since 2010
Good. Happy for him, I hope he wears it with pride! Maybe he can come back and retire as a Packer too then.
The Green Bay Packers...Putting bad coaches out of their misery since 2010
That's what I would expect
This is one man who should be in the Packer family for a long time. Personally I hope he is one of those Packer alums who shows up for plenty of events for years to come.
by PackApologist on May 13, 2011 10:39 AM CDT up reply actions 3 recs
i completely agree i hope to see that too. i loved watching him play for the eagles before they got him too
That trade was a steal! I was so pumped to hear he was heading to gb. He deserved the ring. I hope he is happy to get it. Has anybody heard his response yet?
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by Marcus Allen Krause on May 13, 2011 6:53 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Excellent news.
I was hoping this would happen, and I’m exceedingly proud it did.
by osc630 on May 13, 2011 8:35 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Yay.
To be completely honest, I was never entirely happy with Al’s bump-and-thump approach, because sufficiently big receivers could beat him.
Nevertheless, there is no doubt at all that he was a big part of the team personality that led to last season’s success. He played full-out for many seasons, and fully deserves a ring.
He got the ring...
…and he’s going to score.
13.
by Wiedmann on May 14, 2011 12:03 PM CDT reply actions 6 recs
HE IS GONE!
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by OBrienSchofieldismyHero on May 16, 2011 2:15 PM CDT up reply actions
Outstanding
Al Harris definatly deserves a ring
Packers over the Bears, Illini over the Badgers...
by SpaceGhost34 on May 14, 2011 4:13 PM CDT via mobile reply actions 1 recs
Obvious though?
I thought any player who was part of the team, including IR and even the practice squad got rings, and thus Harris having been on the team for quite a few weeks before leaving the IR and getting traded with be given a ring.
I mean, I think it’s cool and all, and obviously deserving because he’s been a part of this team for so many years, I just thought the ring was a foregone conclusion from the start?
150 rings..
NFL payes for that many. Packers can distribute them however they see fit… If they want more it costs the team…
You've been Stroh'd™!!!
Yeah, over at ESPN, there were a few non-Packers fans somehow acting like this was a bad move, like it somehow diminished the importance of a Super Bowl ring. I was like, “You know that every SB-winning team just gives away tons of rings to people, not just players and coaches, right?” It would be a bigger story if they didn’t give him a ring.
Though, when everyday of the lockout we are reminded of the greed at play in the NFL, it is nice to know that your organization at least has some class left.
by Packers3485 on May 15, 2011 12:01 AM CDT up reply actions
Most organizations give them to office personnel among others
I think its an option within the organization if those not normally receiving rings can order them. Does an executive secretary really deserve a SB ring?
He’s actually underrated, but that’s another can of worms…
HEY. He/she was DAMN good at answering phone calls!
by msc32887 on May 16, 2011 6:18 PM CDT up reply actions 3 recs
Someone else in that office was off to a great season
and then they blew their ACL, which allowed the secretary to step up and finish out the stretch…
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by OBrienSchofieldismyHero on May 16, 2011 6:28 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
I think it was carpal tunnel not an ACL.
by Wisfan on May 17, 2011 9:02 PM CDT up reply actions 3 recs
Actually
it was the assistant to the traveling secretary that tore their rotator cuff.
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by OBrienSchofieldismyHero on May 17, 2011 9:07 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
Ugh and remember that freak Stapler incident?
Once in a blue moon type injury.
by PhoenicianPakFan on May 18, 2011 12:00 AM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
I have never seen that happen before
and frankly, I don’t ever want to see it again.
(by the way, I just rec’d the subthread)
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Donna Noble has left the library. Donna Noble has been saved.
by OBrienSchofieldismyHero on May 18, 2011 12:25 AM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
Assistant to the traveling secretary is a real position?
"Perhaps it was the Noid who should have avoided me." Mayor Adam West
by insertscreenname on May 19, 2011 4:32 AM CDT up reply actions
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