Stop It Already!

I direct that to Brett Favre.

Either announce unambiguously you want to play again with the Packers, somewhere else, or confirm you really are retired. You have stood up in front of the glare of the klieg lights explaining your glorious and inglorious moments and you broke down when announcing your retirement, so why now skulk about?

I was saddened by your announcement to resign, I thought you had another good year in you and the management could have done their off-season work with an eye to stock up in such a way to complement you and keep the Packers viable in the future years. You are now becoming what I consider the likes of Terrell Owens, Randy Moss, Johnny Estrada, Latrell Sprewel, et al a cancer to team morale.

Dennis Krause said it well in a discussion with Bill Michaels today on WTMJ. The Green Bay Packers existed before you came to town and will carry on even after you have gotten off your fence in Kiln Mississippi.

I was saddened by your decision to call it a career, but am really starting to look forward to Aaron Rodgers.

Who Should Let Brett Go?

I picked up on this Yahoo Sports article: Let it go Packers fans, Brett Favre should not come back by Clifton Brown of The Sporting News:

Listening to the speculation since Favre retired has been fascinating. It seems harder for people to let go of Favre than it is for Favre to let go of football. Whenever he talks, people are looking to get some inkling he is considering a comeback. Obviously, many people can’t conceive of a football season without No. 4 playing for the Packers. One of my college buddies is a huge Packers fan. The last time I spoke to him, he sounded like he needed a therapist.

Source: Let it go Packers fans, Brett Favre should not come back – Clifton Brown for Yahoo Sports Who should let Brett go? Most speculation I hear is how Brett is putting feelers out to teams other than the Packers. Brett is done playing football and I accept that, I was hoping for one more year based on his and the team's success this year but it is not to be.

Most Packer fans I know (and living only 30 minutes drive from Lambeau Field I knew a few) are over Brett's retirement. I think what Cliff is reacting to is not the fan so much as the reporters. A common observation was how the sports media had obsessed over Brett's retirement for the last four years or so and now he is retired they obsess over the possibility of his comeback. In fact, there are two stories on Yahoo before Cliff's about how Brett may come out of retirement if the Packer's suffer a number of injuries and need a quarterback.

My Thoughts on Brett's Retirement

You know it had to happen, you just did not think it would happen now and are shocked when it does happen.

One thing I feel for certain. Coach McCarthy & GM Thompson may not have been pushing Brett out the door, but from day one you could tell they were not going to bend over backwards to keep him around. I can understand this, after all they knew Brett was at the end of his QB career and to tie the future of the Packers to Brett would not be a good idea.

I do believe the talk about Moss. In hindsight I wish Randy would have come to town I believe Vince's legacy would have returned to Green Bay had the Packers had Randy Moss. No one believed Andre Rison was a model citizen or was going to be a Packer for more than one season, but his coming to Green Bay was critical to the Packer's getting to and winning Super Bowl XXXI. It would have been a lot better way to leave with Brett hoisting the Vince Lombardi trophy than the way it ended.

Thanks Brett!