I don't care to honor Favre for his actions the last SIX years of his career - the three years before retirement and the three years seeking revenge. He had a long pattern of trying to be the de facto GM of the team. He stated he likely would not come back if Sherman were fired. His reason? He didn't want to learn a new playbook (keeping in mind he was making $12,000,000 cap based money, seems to be part of the deal to me). He stated on Greta that Thompson "lied" to him about keeping Wahle and/or Rivera, interviewing (hiring) Mariucci, and the particulars of the Moss negotiations (i.e. the Favre brokered free agent deal). The last time I checked, re-signing players, hiring coaches, and signing free agents is the GM's job. Then, in 2009, during an interview, Favre was asked what the centerpiece of his "mistrust" (i.e. hate) of Ted Thompson was, and Favre said it was the drafting of two QB's and "closing the door on him". That second pick was Matt Flynn, the likely starter in Seattle, while Brohm was the QB of the Las Vegas Locomotives last year. So, to wrap up, that was trying dictate coaches (and their playbooks), re-signing players, negotiating free agents, and signing off on the draft so "doors aren't closed". Again, de facto GM.
And Thompson didn't knuckle under. Which led Favre to quit. And when that door was closed, he was on the phone to the Vikings the very next week. And no sign of returning, that is until the off season work was over, camp invites went out, fiscal matters were settled (i.e. Favre's cap space allocated), and the front office went on their yearly July vacations, that Favre announced he was coming back. It was purposeful to put the Packers in the most dangerous position fiscally and a leverage point to get his outright release. Why? So he could "stick it" to the Packers, which he spent two years trying to do. Of course, he ultimately failed.
So, simply, all this background for six years pushed the envelope beyond tolerance for me.
But that's not the main issue of continued irritation. I can let the water go under the bridge and move on. I was a Packer fan before Favre, and I'm one after he's gone. I don't need Favre cutting ribbons at grocery store openings and waving to people at parades to make the past or the future meaningful. The irritation is with those who live in their pink sky/purple grass world where Favre was the greatest QB ever, single handedly saved the franchise and won the Super Bowl. The primary issue is how they deem to control the narrative with their fantasy land conceptions, to a point where they point their righteous fingers at those who had their tolerance shattered by six years of bulls#!t. They either never cared to know about Favre's struggles against the team, or didn't care. They maintain their pink sky/purple grass fantasy lands at all costs.
So my first mission is always to try and establish the narrative in the REAL WORLD, where the sky is blue and the grass is green, and Favre is properly regarded as the 15th, 16th, 17th-ish best QB of all time, his downside fully included with his upside (like his very high INT % when taken against peers), and recognizing that he was a PART of some very special times for Packer Nation. If THEN, with real world facts, you say that your tolerance was not broken by all that Favre did, I have no fight. It's a personal value judgement just like any other - like comparing shades of blue. But WILL NOT be taken to task by people who have vaulted Favre onto a level of his own, above even the Montanas and Bradys and Grahams and P Mannings, and give exclusive credit to him for any and all Packer success. If those people have have poured their Packer Fandom all into Favre and are now left without orientation in honoring the TEAM unless Favre is categorically honored regardless of what he did, that's not my problem. I gave proper credit where credit was due to everyone in the organization along the way. Just because Favre burned his legacy doesn't mean I can't enjoy the past, present, and future with him down in Mississippi, the #4 on the back of a punter, and the name Favre not in the Ring of Honor. If he really wants to be honored, then let's see some regret. If he has no regret, I really don't have much honor to squeeze out either. Seems to be a fair tradeoff. It's not up to me, or other whose tolerances were broken when Favre burned his legacy, to try and make something out of the ashes.