The good folks associated with the football team in Green Bay should get a camera and remember these last few weeks. Take some pictures, record some videos and pick up a few trinkets, because soon - very soon - Packers will no longer be the Kings of Sport in Wisconsin.

If a 1-5 record with a Hall of Fame quarterback at the helm isn't enough to prove that the Glory Days, Part II have come to an end, look at the team's management.

Bob Harlan considered by many as a man worthy of sainthood, has long promoted the fact that the team is publicly-owned, and doesn't have a deep-pocketed owner calling the shots.

That's great for keeping a team around, but it's also one of the biggest reasons that the Packers' ship has sunk. It was Harlan who promoted Mike Sherman to the job of Executive Vice President and General Manager of the team while allowing him to keep his title as head coach, as well. Feel free to debate Sherman's worth at either of those titles.

It was Harlan, also, who waited four years before realizing that this experiment was a total failure. Never mind the fact that the signing of Joe Johnson or punter B.J. Sander's high draft position should have been enough of a sign, but nonetheless, Harlan waited.

Harlan then hired Ted Thompson to salvage what was left, and boy oh boy, has that turned out to be a great move by the Green and Gold. Letting your two best offensive linemen go, while failing to find adequate replacements to protect your aging star quarterback all show that a team's player-personnel department are in good hands.

Harlan, Thompson, and Sherman have fostered an atmosphere where there is no accountability. Nobody's job - not even walking penalty flag Ahmad Carroll - seems to have been in jeopardy, and not once have we seen players getting angry, fired up, or upset about a 1-5 start.

How many times can people hear that there's "plenty of football left to play" before something finally turns the tide? Winning teams build depth at positions so when injuries like the ones plaguing the Packers happen, there is a contingency plan.

None of this has happened in Green Bay. How patient will fans be when they have to wait another 30 years between Super Bowls (laugh all you want, but it's already been almost a decade since Favre & Co. beat New England at the Super Dome)?

The time is soon coming, that the high and mighty Packers will be surpassed by an up-and-coming Milwaukee Bucks squad that seems to have a pretty good handle on drawing young talent. The Brewers, with a new owner, have suddenly let it be known that they don't plan on being whipping boys for the rest of baseball, let alone in their own state by a fan base so blinded the past ten years.

Even the minor league Wave and Admirals have had more success than the Packers in recent years, and seem poised to do so for the foreseeable future. Colleges like Marquette, UWM and Wisconsin (listed alphabetically, mind you) have made trips deep into the NCAA Tournament, and the Badger football team is looking the BCS straight in the eye.

Bob Harlan was successful because he hired Ron Wolf, who had the football brains to hire Mike Holmgren. Those two had enough savvy to work together and identify talent, while holding that talent accountable for their shortcomings.

Wolf and Holmgren made Harlan look like a genius, and made it possible for Harlan to get legislation passed allowing the redevelopment of Lambeau Field. Since the project completed, the so called "Lambeau Mystique" has all but vanished, as the Packers have slumped off the home turf on the losing end of things far too frequently.

But when it came time for Harlan to make lightning strike twice, he failed miserably. And now, the Packers will get the chance to know what its like to be looked down upon by their sporting brethren in Wisconsin.

There's plenty of blame to go around with this mess, but like most instances, this problem starts at the top.