Charles Woodson signed a one year deal with the team that originally drafted him, the Oakland Raiders. Charles tenure in Green Bay can be summed up best, in one word... Classy. His work ethic... classy. His locker room presence... classy. His off the field charity work... classy. His on the field performance... classy and stupendous. I may even go so far as to say, HOF First year ballot when he does decide to hang-up the cleats. But that's my Green Bay pride showing I'm sure. Regardless, there's a bronze bust waiting for #21 (or#24) in Canton when he retires, no matter what year he gets elected. Hopefully #21 and as a Packer.
I'm sorry the Packers couldn't get a deal done with Charles. If I had my druthers he'd have finished out his career a Packer. But the guys that make those descisions have won a Super Bowl and have the best record in the NFL for the past three years. I coached little league baseball for one year in 1977... and I didn't stay at a Holiday Inn... I'll leave the personel desicions to the guys who's paycheck depends on it and let my dismal 12th out of 12 teams coaching debut speak for itself.
Though Charles left many, many wonderful and lasting memories with me, my favorite one was his inspirational locker room speach he gave the team when he found out President Obama was going to go to Chicago if his fav team, the Bears won.... "Check this, the president don't wanna watch us go to the Super Bowl... guess what... guess what... We'll go see him!"
Keep it classy Charles
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