Comments on The Blog That Yost Built: My Take on the Favre Situation

I have been a Packer fan since 1960 and have seen ...

2008-07-27T22:50:00.000-05:00

I have been a Packer fan since 1960 and have seen many things...but none as classless as Favre's narcistic, ego driven, "me..me..me" position. THE TEAM should always take precident, read LOMBARDI...would Vince have ever tolerated such self-serving position as Favre is taking?...when Jim Ringo thought he was more important than the team...he was gone in a matter of days...Bret, please retain what little class you have left...retire...leave with dignity...if this continues, even one day more...my memories of No. 4...will be of a selfish individual, who couldn't let go, even if it means hurting his team, his fans, and his legacy(?)...end the nightmare...you retired 3x...enough...begone...

My hope is the same as yours. I'm keeping my finge...

2008-07-19T00:51:00.000-05:00

My hope is the same as yours. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that Favre will have a sit-down with TT and MM this weekend while he's in Green Bay and they can figure out their differences and come to an arraignment to keep him as a Packer. Rodgers at least claims he'd be cool with it...

If Kobe Bryant and the Lakers could figure things out, I have no doubt that Favre and the Packers can kiss and make up--especially if Favre and Thompson are willing to check their egos at the door.

This is a tough one, Tim.I think both sides have c...

2008-07-16T10:20:00.000-05:00

This is a tough one, Tim.
I think both sides have created this mess, and are embarrassing themselves.
I know that there are a legion of Favre fans, including you and John Madden- and he is an incredible QB-but his tact was all wrong. He is acting like the spurned HS prom queen now. The Packers obviously want to move forward and should trade him instead of parading a ton of deceptions to the public. It's a tough business and apparently they want their cake and ice cream also. It's ethically wrong to not allow him to play elsewhere, but as long as he agreed to a contract, he is obligated to that. Management has all of the leverage, no matter what talk show Favre goes on next.
Obviously GB doesn't want this guy to come back and haunt them, so, like Barry Sanders, they would rather let him rot- either on the bench or at home- until the contract is up or he is traded. (Sanders really screwed the lions in that they didn't even have a chance to draft a RB for the next season.) The danger is, he will become a poison rather than the sterling leader he has always been.
My hope is, he comes to his senses and shuts his mouth, goes to camp and then wins back the job by default. His trade value would rise and GB could still maintain their place as a NFC power, and Favre can continue his career elsehere. I also hope that Favre's ego and his mouth are not trying to write checks his body can't deliver. That would be the ultimate tarnish on one of the greatest QB's in modern football history.