It's just not as bad a call as it was when the whole idea seemed to be to punish Jacke. That would have been petty and vindictive. This is merely short-sighted and ungrateful. Harlan said there would be no exceptions to the exclusions. Howard was only the most valuable player in the Super Bowl, while Jacke was the team's leading scorer and hero of the game that provided home-field advantage throughout the playoffs.
Different teams do things different ways.
They're not part of the team right now. It's too bad Harlan is getting blamed for this growing dignity deficit, because it clearly wasn't his idea. He's just too polite to say so. A long time ago, he turned over football decisions to Ron Wolf and Mike Holmgren. A few more lame decisions like this one and the Packers shouldn't have to worry about the burdens of acting like champions.