Meant to block quote those first two lines.

Something definitely going on there. He tweaked the reporters and took a jab at team communications. Everything he missed is voluntary and he cannot be condemned for it. I just hope he comes in and has another pro bowl year this year….we really need him.

…but…
You cannot blame the media entirely for the fiasco that is the Brett Farve saga. Brett IS, after all, the one that has come out in media interviews announcing his intentions the last 2 years and then promptly flip-flopped on them later.

Green Bay did not push Brett out. They got on a plane and flew out to Brett’s house to ask him specifically if he wanted to play the next year. They gave him a month to think about it, but also let him know that they needed plan their draft accordingly. Farve took that month after the initial meeting and then decided he was going to retire.
The Packers drafted 2 QB’s and promoted Aaron Rodgers to starter. They began building their game plan around Rodgers, and moved on as an orginization for the greatness that was the Farve years.
Then Farve decided he wanted to play again. He had been given ample time to make a decision. He assured the team that he wanted to retire. He had held a press conference tearfully announcing his retirement. The team went through the impossible task of replacing a legend and moving forward. THEN Farve announces he wants to come back.

I have enjoyed loved watching Brett play through the years. Yes he is the all time picks leader, but that is to be expected from the all time passing / passing yards / touchdown leader isn’t it? He has been exciting and fun, but most of all when you watch him on the sidelines he seems to really have a lot of fun playing the game. He actually enjoys himself and the game, and that kind of joy and optimism is infectious to the rest of the team.

I’d love to see him come back for another year and make a run for a SB. After all the joy he has brought me as a football fan over the years, I’d love to see him go out a champion (I just wish Jarred Allen didn’t get to come along for the ride).

BUT…. the retired/not retired saga has been a media circus BECAUSE of Farve’s actions, not in spite of them.

If I remember he was pretty quiet for a while last year. Then all of a sudden we kept hearing about him throwing the ball around, trying to get some reps in, then he wanted to automatically take over the starting job. It was like the same thing last year. If Brett really doesn’t want to play, then he should jsut come out and say it: “Seriously I’m done with football. I’m not playing football. I don’t want to play anymore.” But he doesn’t say that. You know why? Because he loves the attention. Brett needs to just face the facts: his time is over. He needs to move on.

You can get to the point where you know things aren’t on the up-tick, and know that SOMEthing needs to change. And a New York Minute after you take that step back, you start to missin’ what you took that step back FROM. Trouble is, there are some things you take a step back from that require others to make other plans (Aaron Rodgers), and you can’t expect folks to keep a spot open for you. Doesn’t mean you won’t take it hard when you aren’t exactly invited back. Human nature to feel that way, even though it ain’t realistic to expect the world to change on account of how you feel about things.

I always thought that Favre was BETTER than folks said, when he was a loose cannon in Atlanta, and I always thought his success in Green Bay was more about Brooks, Freeman, Chewie, and Reggie White than it was about him. He had the complete tool kit as a QB, but that counts for little in terms of championships without dominant play from the guys making the catches. He threw into a LOT of doubleteams, and a fair percentage of his HOF numbers are the result of great catches that 99.99997385% of the rest of the human species couldn’t have made.

And Favre still has as much of the toolkit as he needs. Still moves well, and understands the game. Time will tell on the long ball. Smellway pretty much lost the ability to make the insane run right throw deep left play, but his total grasp of the game was enough. But Favre’s a waste of time if you don’t have a dominant pair of wideouts who’ll let you get away with throwing at the doubleteam.

No garbage TV, if they don’t keep score or if its not animated I’m not interested.

I just see a guy who’s wishy-washy about retirement. What did I miss, KC Fanatic?