Should we retire it one game and unretire it the next for a season, then mutually retire it with the Vikings? Then brutally beat the Vikings that game, and tell them BACK OFF4 is ours, causing rioting and splitting of the Packers fandom again?
Maybe when Mike Holmgren is enshrined into the Packer HOF this year he'll put in a good word for Brett. He is forever the coach that tamed and shaped the raw gunslinger into a champion. Favre has to show some grace to TT and kiss & make up instead of being forever pissed at him.
I wrote that part in jest. And as I mentioned before that, I agree with Packers management that the number should be retired in a year or two.I disagree. It would be a sad reflection on Packer fans as a whole as being immature, vindictive, petty and unforgiving. There's something to be said for being the better man, even as a fanbase.
I think it's worth noting that Reggie White repeatedly stressed that one of the important factors that led him to signing with Green Bay was the presence of Favre. Would he have signed with a Favre-less Packers?
Technically sure. But Rodgers is an honest man, and he would still be lying even if "technically" it was the truth. Here is a link to a shortened version of the E:60 interview with Rodgers.
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I thought it was where god told him to go....
Let's be real, he went where they offered him the most money. I don't think Favre changes much one way or another in his decision.
I don't think White was lying when he emphasized the role Favre played in his decision. Certainly money was a big part, but winning a potential championship was important too. Would White have looked at Majik, Ty Detmer, Mark Brunell and Ken O'Brien at that time and thought "Man, with these QBs, we really have a shot at a SB in a few years"?I thought it was where god told him to go....
Let's be real, he went where they offered him the most money. I don't think Favre changes much one way or another in his decision.
I don't think White was lying when he emphasized the role Favre played in his decision. Certainly money was a big part, but winning a potential championship was important too. Would White have looked at Majik, Ty Detmer, Mark Brunell and Ken O'Brien at that time and thought "Man, with these QBs, we really have a shot at a SB in a few years"?
Without Favre there, I think it's questionable that White signs with Green Bay.
What about the betrayal don’t you understand? Are you like some fans who are uninformed about it and want to stay that way? BTW, do you not realize that Favre retired of his own volition and about a month later was welcomed back and changed his mind again?His # should be retired, no question in it. Can't understand the betrayal that a lot of Packer fans feel, doesn't make the slightest sense to me. At this point it makes me feel annoyed at any packer fan that dislikes him. They're worse than the Viking fans who hated him because he played against them.
longtimefan, could you link to a source to back up your opinion that Favre called Rodgers after the Super Bowl to congratulate him? Not saying it didn’t happen, I’d just like to see the source.
What about the betrayal don’t you understand? Are you like some fans who are uninformed about it and want to stay that way? BTW, do you not realize that Favre retired of his own volition and about a month later was welcomed back and changed his mind again?
I thought it was where god told him to go....
Let's be real, he went where they offered him the most money. I don't think Favre changes much one way or another in his decision.
(Sorry to cherry pick the quote, Jack)IMO it is a contradiction to have a traitor in the Ring of Honor.
It is of course a team effort. My comments were not intended to exclude anyone else. I am just saying that when BF arrived, things began to change. That attitude and winning tradition has continued on ever since.Brunell/Hasselback/Rodgers/Flynn are some of the QBs we've developed since 1992... Plus Holmgren's coaching staff & Ron Wolf's scouting staff would've built a winning TEAM regardless... Favre became a special player, but Single Handedly made the team special? I think that honor belongs to Reggie White.
If it was indeed God, then God's voice sounds an awful like Sara White. I agree, it was the money and everything else is pure 'fluff' and qualification
But you did post this:It is of course a team effort. My comments were not intended to exclude anyone else. I am just saying that when BF arrived, things began to change. That attitude and winning tradition has continued on ever since.
That certainly looks like you are giving Favre the majority of the credit for the turnaround in Green Bay. That comment completely ignores the contributions of Harlan, Wolf, Holmgren, Holmgren's staff, and the rest of the talent Wolf acquired.The fact is that if he didn't come to the Packers there is a good chance that we would be just as bad of a team as we were before he came.
It was Holmgren that left a voicemail saying this is GOD, sign with Green Bay