Because it has to be discussed (Bret Favre)
Posted: May 6th, 2009, 6:02 pm
I despise Bret Favre. Most importantly, I never disliked him before the summer of 2008. He was annoying with his I-need-to-be-loved/will-I-won't-I routine every off-season down the stretch, but it didn't lead me to hate him. Now I hate him.
In May of 2008, after announcing his retirement in March, he informed the Packers that he really was retired and had no intention of coming back. The Packers then began to prepare for the 2008-2009 season with Aaron Rogers at the helm. Of course, as we all know, the moment Favre was out of the spotlight, he decided he wanted to play again and, with "secret" media leaks and comments from his family, built up a buzz that tried to cast the Packers as villains who turned their backs on him. He cried his way out of Green Bay and onto New York where...wait for it...he played like a 39 year old quarterback who isn't capable of leading a successful team.
Then he retired--after months of speculation. Again. And then, yet again, with the spotlight off him, he decided he wanted to play. He asked the Jets to release him so that he could sign with another team. That other team is the Minnesota Vikings. He has no interest in playing elsewhere because this isn't about playing football or winning games or being a good teammate. It's about using another franchise to "get back" at the team that he thinks wronged him (in Favre's world, playing a better QB and looking out for the franchise's best interest is wrong). The worst part is that he thinks he's entitled to get back at the Packers.
Bret Favre has proven himself to be more narcissistic and bratty than T.O and Chad OchiCinco combined. At least those guys are honest about their selfishness. More importantly, at least they back up, to a certain extent, their attitudes. Favre's a drugstore cowboy acting like an American hero who, in reality, is the epitome of what's wrong with much of American professional sports. He's an awful teammate who has no interest in anyone but himself. I hope the Vikings sign him, not because I dislike the Vikings, but because, at this point, I want Bret Favre's career to end in embarrassment and that's exactly what will happen. He deserves to be remembered as the petulant brat he is and not the guy who led the Packers to a Super Bowl title.
In May of 2008, after announcing his retirement in March, he informed the Packers that he really was retired and had no intention of coming back. The Packers then began to prepare for the 2008-2009 season with Aaron Rogers at the helm. Of course, as we all know, the moment Favre was out of the spotlight, he decided he wanted to play again and, with "secret" media leaks and comments from his family, built up a buzz that tried to cast the Packers as villains who turned their backs on him. He cried his way out of Green Bay and onto New York where...wait for it...he played like a 39 year old quarterback who isn't capable of leading a successful team.
Then he retired--after months of speculation. Again. And then, yet again, with the spotlight off him, he decided he wanted to play. He asked the Jets to release him so that he could sign with another team. That other team is the Minnesota Vikings. He has no interest in playing elsewhere because this isn't about playing football or winning games or being a good teammate. It's about using another franchise to "get back" at the team that he thinks wronged him (in Favre's world, playing a better QB and looking out for the franchise's best interest is wrong). The worst part is that he thinks he's entitled to get back at the Packers.
Bret Favre has proven himself to be more narcissistic and bratty than T.O and Chad OchiCinco combined. At least those guys are honest about their selfishness. More importantly, at least they back up, to a certain extent, their attitudes. Favre's a drugstore cowboy acting like an American hero who, in reality, is the epitome of what's wrong with much of American professional sports. He's an awful teammate who has no interest in anyone but himself. I hope the Vikings sign him, not because I dislike the Vikings, but because, at this point, I want Bret Favre's career to end in embarrassment and that's exactly what will happen. He deserves to be remembered as the petulant brat he is and not the guy who led the Packers to a Super Bowl title.
