LT..C'mon Man..
You're dropping all these "hints" and innuendo that Favre is a liar and didn't have the balls to come out and say what he wanted...
Well...what about the ball-less wonder, Ted Thompson...?
He led Favre to believe that he was listening to him, going to sign some free agent help...Moss...Marriucci?
Ted the Snake knew that he couldn't outright cut or trade Favre too early because the Packer fans would've burned him in effigy (and maybe for real), so he lied to Favre and pissed him off til' finally he couldn't take it anymore...
I think Favre tried to work with Ted, but Ted didn't have the balls to tell him the truth so he told him what he wanted to hear, but went on with his own plan which frustrated Favre to no end..which is what TT REALLY wanted to do. He wanted Favre to leave on his own.
Favre, being under contract, didn't have to many options BUT to retire. When he said, I don't think I have anything left to give...(TO THE PACKERS), should have been the next sentiment. But Favre has too much CLASS to come right out and say it, and Ted the Snake was getting what he wanted all along, so he wasn't going to say anything. And to top it off, he knew that to some (fools), Favre would look like the bad guy instead of him....
And the rest is, as they say, history...