I picked up this topic piece on another forum and found it relavent to this discussion because this is what top leaders do with talent when they have it. "They involve them in decisions for the benefit of thr organization".
All organizations have top performers, specialists, geniuses - call them what you want. One thing is common: they are integral to their organization's success. Top managers learn how to surround those people with what they need and want to succeed, while making sure the rest of the organization hums along smoothly.
TT has made his choice at coach without consulting Favre - or the rest of us. I don't think anyone is arguing that he should have. But Favre has been a top-level qb, a top performer, for Green Bay - and still has a few more years, by all accounts. He still qualifies as a "top performer" who has earned the right to have his needs addressed. Not necessarily catered to, but at least considered. I see nothing wrong with TT and his new coach having a heart-to-heart sit down with Favre about where the team is going; what concessions can and will have to be made to get in some better talent; and whether it is even realisitc to believe those moves can get the dysfunctional product we saw on the field back on track within Favre's window of a couple of years.
Favre has set his conditions for returning: that he play for a team that intends to contend for championships. If TT can't convince Favre to return, then TT better be able to tell the rest of Packer Nation what we can expect from his leadership in return for letting Favre walk away.