The guy retired. The team moved on, the offense changed, and the team friggin started adjusting to the new guy.

you simply cannot underestimate how important that is. If he never retired, the offense would have never changed, A-Rodg would have stayed a backup, and this whole hoopla would be avoided.

Fuckin’ Favre. Every year it gets worse. Just watch, next year he’ll report to training camp, and then sit out the first practice because he’s “not sure” what he wants to do.

maybe Brett didn’t contact the media himself (that would involve him actually making a decision) but he sure has had his agent, his mom, his brother, etc. contact the media on his behalf. Do you think that all of these people did this without his consent? Do you think that Brett doesn’t know that his agents convenient “leaks” would start a media firestorm? What about Brett’s contact with his local reporter saying that all of this was “just a rumor” and that the media circus was “unnecessary?” And then his reporter (his longtime friend) writes a piece bashing Thompson. Brett is having intermediaries do his dirty work for him. And when he finally talks for himself he goes to Greta Van Sustern who asked him zero challenging questions. She didn’t ask him once about his double flip-flop at the end of March. Didn’t press him when he gave the weakest 100% commitment known to man. Didn’t ask him why the Packers should allow him out of his contract when he publicly stated that Javon Walker should honor his contract. Just one softball after another. You can’t tell me that Favre bears no responsibility for this. This has nothing to do with Brett changing his mind. It has to do with his timing and how he thinks that he operates under a different set of rules than everyone else.

but how did someone outside his circle get information on his desire to return if only people inside his circle knew of his desire? I’ll buy the “just a rumor” reasoning but fail to see how mgmt betrayed him (prior to turning him down recently, that is). Brett needs to realize that he is the QB and not the GM. He is allowed (I would even say expected) to have input on personnel decisions but if the GM decides to go another way and it pays off, how can he claim he was betrayed? Last years team was not great solely because of Favre. TT’s construction of the team was pretty important, as was McCarthy’s coaching. Getting Randy Moss wouldn’t have made us a better team last year and would have slowed Jennings development. He wouldn’t have won us the NFC Championship game.

Bottom line is that Favre is concerned about doing what it takes to win while he is playing with no concern for the future while TT is concerned with what is in the best long-term interests of the team. I can’t blame Favre for thinking that, he is a player and that is what they think about: whats good for them. TT realizes that the Packers will continue to play games after Favre is retired and doesn’t want us to be pathetic for years to come simply to keep one player happy. If Brett is in a no win situation with the public it is one that he put himself in. And frankly, I think the Packers are the one’s in a no win situation.