Yeah, I said it. And I'll put it another way: Brett Favre loves media attention so much that he's willing to make himself look like a total fool to get it. Brett Favre is one of sports' responses to Britney Spears, those doofuses from "The Hills", and anyone else who does whatever they can to get attention. The long, drawn out saga that was Favre's will he/won't he retire before last season was just a preview of what we'd be treated to this season: Favre retiring - filing papers and everything - and now deciding he wants to play. This is after the Packers went through the entire off season planning to be without him. Favre is selfish and a drama queen.
When he retired in March, Don Banks said it was right on time. Favre would avoid the embarrassing scenes of other players who stayed past their prime (football players include, recently, Jerry Rice and Emmett Smith; feel free to make your own list). Favre would go out on a high - not an Elway high, of course, but a high nonetheless. It's a good way to leave: to go out on your own terms after a season that cemented your trip to the Hall of Fame. He retired with a tearful press conference and wall-to-wall coverage on ESPN and at SI. Wonderful. Good job, old boy. Enjoy your golden years, the adulation of millions of people, and key to the city of Green Bay.
And then he ruined it. He made noises about coming back. Everybody and their brother saw this coming after last year's debacle. Favre doesn't care about the Packers; he only cares about himself. He is selfish. He is manipulative. He cultivated a persona in the media - being a straight shooter, a good, salt of the Earth guy - that is now shattered. His real persona - that of a drama queen of the first order - is now evident. It's sad, really.
I have a solution. Brett Favre should have gone home quietly after his end of season press conference. He should have talked over his feelings and options with his wife, his kids, his agent, his friends, and the Packers. He most definitely SHOULD NOT have had a press conference to tearfully announce his retirement in March only to change his mind in June. He should not have manipulated people that way. If he thought he might get the itch to play again, he should've kept quiet and reported to camp to see how he felt. If he realized he couldn't go, he would've retired then and had his jersey retired the next day.
But no. Favre the drama queen can't do that. He needs the attention. He thrives on it. All of the media people - John Madden, every single NFL writer - who adore him could have broadcast/written all the glowing tributes that seem so out of place now. Also, Brett Favre wouldn't be known as a drama queen.
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I hope we don't have to go through another teary retirement speech after next season.
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Yeah... Lombardi was a Drama Queen too, for coming out of retirement. So was Reggie White. Packer hall of fame tackle Forest Gregg came out of retirement FIVE times... buncha Drama Queens.
Sarcasm aside... this blog, and this whole line of thought seems to come from slack-jawed, in-bred, mouth-breathers who can't look at the situation objectively. People who have been bitter and jealous about Favre for over 15 years, and FINALLY have something bad to say about him that can catch on even though it is total spin and tripe, and they are wetting themselves in glee.
Favre decided to unretire. BFD! It's happened SOOOO many times before... including the icons I mentioned above... and it's never been a big deal like this. Lombardi decides to un-retire, he is released and goes to the Redskins. Reggie decides to un-retire... he is released and plays for the Panthers. Favre decides to un-retire, and they WON'T Release him.
The Packers are holding a mans career hostage. He decided to come back, and there is nothing wrong with that. They have moved on, and there is nothing wrong with that. Where there IS something wrong, is that they want to hold him hostage. If they don't want him, they NEED to release him! If he isn't good enough to play for the Pack, then surely he isn't good enough to make another team THAT scary... but if he IS that scary, then he needs to be playing. Either way... this ALL comes down to the packers. Favre is under contract for 3 more years. His contract includes his right of trade approval. What that means, is that the packers have only two options... release him or play him. The fact that they will do NEITHER represents a breach of contract, and something reserved for the evil coporate teams... not a team with a reputation as a fan-owned team of the people. The Packers have made this disgusting... not Favre. The Packers have been Drama queens, not Favre. Favre has done everything right... it is the packers who have refused to follow the two options they have under the contract.
Ted Thompson should be fired. The fact that some suit with the organization for a few years can breach the contract and destroy the good name and legacy of possibly THE most important person in the organizations history is a disgusting shame. Add the fact that he offers Ryan Grant a contract barely over the league minimum... the BEST RB in the league from the time he started to the end of the season, and they are offering him peanuts. Ted Thompson has turned the one team that was a family into a business... and a poorly ran, unethical business at that.
Thompson should be fired. Favre should be released or played. And all this "Drama" would go away. Favre is not responsible for the drama. There would be no drama if the Packers acted ethically. They acted sleazy... and thus there is a LOT of drama.
Boo to Ted Thompson. Boo to Naxself. Boo to anyone that would take corporate jerkwads side in unethical management style over a player who just wants to play. A player that holds EVERY major passing record in NFL history, 3 MVP awards, a superbowl trophy, and has NEVER missed a game in over 15 years. A player who just may be the most important player in NFL history.
This blog was total tripe.
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Q Ol: You should have written a blog!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Q Ol:
The only thing around here pathetic is you, and I must say you are quite pathetic at that. You are the one living in the past who is slack jawed, you dumb MFer. You just can't take the thought of not seeing "your special man" Brett Favre. The thought of not being able to see him run around the field pumping his fists like a giant baboon, scares the hell out of you. Go the F*** home and take that selfish jerk Favre with you!
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What a mature, intelligent, argument you make ther GBfan! It's hard to believe somebody as smart, deep, and complex as you has the opinion you have!
Oh wait... I guess most of the people on your side of this debate are at that level of maturity and intelligence I've noticed. Too bad one of them if GM of the Packers.
Q Ol
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Oops. I meant "Is GM". My typing is on par with some peoples rational thinking skills.
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Q OI
The one thing that you, and everybody else that seems to think that Brett is perfect and TT is a jerk, seems to want to ignore is that up until last night, Brett was retired and had not asked for reinstatement. You talk about coming out of retirement happening so many times before. True, but Favre didn't. I don't recall Reggie White, before unretiring, saying "do you still like me", "will you please beg me to come back" "I assume you put everything on hold waiting for me to change my mind". Favre expressed a desire to come back prior to the draft and the Packers were ready to welcome him back with open arms, but oops, Favre changed his mind. Had Favre been a man and submitted his reinstatement papers in a timely manner instead of playing games and letting other people talk for him, this whole situation would be completely different. Perhaps you need to practice some of your "rational thinking skills".
NoTTBasher
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Q QI: Thank you for creating a profile just to comment on my blog. I'm honored.
That said, I'm impressed you managed to take both the high road and the low the road in your response. If the blog is tripe, don't respond. If you think I'm a "slack jawed, in-bred [sic] mouth breather" I can't possibly be worth the time it takes to write a 7 paragraph response. Everything about your post is contradictory. And that's before you missed the point.
My point is that Brett Favre is manipulating the situation to keep the media attention on him. He loves that fact that ESPN News, a few minutes ago, led with an update about him rather than the 2 giant trades that happened yesterday (Teixeira and Artest). He needs the attention. He craves it. If he truly was as humble and down-home as people would like to believe, he would've done what I said in the post: go home and quietly consider his future. Be honest with the Packers: tell them he's 50-50 on returning. Don't bilk everyone with a tearful press conference, as you want everyone to prove they love you.
Brett Favre is the needy girlfriend who wants you to pay attention to her no matter what. She's not above manipulation or crocodile tears. Neither is Favre.
NoTTBasher: good points.
naxself
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