BillyVance 35 #1 October 6, 2009 Nice job Brett Favre, you beat your old team. "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wolfriverjoe 1,523 #2 October 6, 2009 Quote Nice job Brett Favre, you beat your old team. Yeah, the one he quit when he quit for the first time."There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 35 #3 October 6, 2009 Quote Quote Nice job Brett Favre, you beat your old team. Yeah, the one he quit when he quit for the first time. Don't recall it that way. Packers wanted to go with Rodgers as the starter. They didn't agree on that. Well maybe he did quit. I dunno."Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wolfriverjoe 1,523 #4 October 6, 2009 Quote Quote Quote Nice job Brett Favre, you beat your old team. Yeah, the one he quit when he quit for the first time. Don't recall it that way. Packers wanted to go with Rodgers as the starter. They didn't agree on that. Well maybe he did quit. I dunno. The Packers needed to know if he was coming back or retiring, and needed to know before the draft in order to know what they were going to need for picks. In a moving and emotional press conference he announced his retirement, saying "I just can't do it anymore". He made the decision. He could have come back, but chose not to. The Packers took him at his word, even offering an opportunity to change his mind. After the draft, they had made firm plans for how they were going to operate "post-Farve". Then he changed his mind. The Packers refused to screw over Aaron Rodgers after all the planning and preparation he had done, and Farve went to the national media to whine and cry. And then the fight began"There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 35 #5 October 6, 2009 Quote Quote Quote Quote Nice job Brett Favre, you beat your old team. Yeah, the one he quit when he quit for the first time. Don't recall it that way. Packers wanted to go with Rodgers as the starter. They didn't agree on that. Well maybe he did quit. I dunno. The Packers needed to know if he was coming back or retiring, and needed to know before the draft in order to know what they were going to need for picks. In a moving and emotional press conference he announced his retirement, saying "I just can't do it anymore". He made the decision. He could have come back, but chose not to. The Packers took him at his word, even offering an opportunity to change his mind. After the draft, they had made firm plans for how they were going to operate "post-Farve". Then he changed his mind. The Packers refused to screw over Aaron Rodgers after all the planning and preparation he had done, and Farve went to the national media to whine and cry. And then the fight began I dunno... seems like the team planned to go ahead with Aaron Rodgers and not let Brett compete. clipped from game summary: "Favre was clearly uncomfortable this week with all the attention on this reunion, trying to downplay the significance and stumbling through denials that his main motivation to unretire last year was revenge on general manager Ted Thompson for not letting him come back and compete for his old job with Rodgers." And the fact that the Packers made a deal with the Jets that if Brett signed with the Vikings, the Jets would have to give up some draft picks to the Packers. Brett went where he was wanted. Period."Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wolfriverjoe 1,523 #6 October 6, 2009 Yes, sort of. He could have come back as starter if he hadn't retired in the first place. After he retired, the Packers took him at his word that he was done. They even asked if he was sure he didn't want to come back right before the draft. They then made their decisions based on his being retired. Rodgers was the starter. Letting him come back after that point would have really screwed up their long term plans, and would have driven Rodgers away. And he was their only real backup to Farve (and who knew how many more seasons Farve was going to play?) They weren't willing to let him change his mind after that point. They weren't willing to let him play "I'm leaving. No wait, I want to play. No, now I'm leaving. No, I'm staying", which wouldn't be fair to the rest of the team. And yes, I'll agree that he went to the Vikings to stick it to Ted Thompson. The bullshit with his interview with Greta Van Sustren and how they "wouldn't let him come back and compete for the starting position" was (IMO) whining that they wouldn't let him change his mind. The Vikings took him because he (even at 39, even with no training camp) was better than the other QBs they had. I'm curious how much his last minute apppearance at the Vikings training camp affected the morale of the team (especially the other quarterbacks). One more thing - It was very interesting to find out how many folks around here were Packer fans and how many were Brett Farve fans. I'll bet you can guess which camp I fall in from the way I'm posting "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 35 #7 October 6, 2009 Quote I'll bet you can guess which camp I fall in from the way I'm posting It was your screen name that gave it away. "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
