digitaldean
07-12-2008, 08:29 PM
http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/8339456
Just a couple excerpts, but please read the whole story to get the context of it all...
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Favre first indicated to a Packers employee that he was having second thoughts about his retirement on March 26, FOXSports.com has learned. That was only 20 days after Favre proclaimed he was "not up to the challenge" during his retirement news conference.
On the night of March 27, Favre told McCarthy that he wanted to return. McCarthy then arranged for a private jet that would take him and Packers general manager Ted Thompson from the NFL owners meeting in Palm Beach, Fla., to Hattiesburg, Miss., for an April 1 meeting with Favre to finalize the deal.
"He mentioned several things where you could tell there's always indecisiveness," Thompson said. "He's wondering if he made the right decision. I think that's normal."
But less than 48 hours later, Favre called McCarthy to say he would remain retired after discussing the situation extensively with wife Deanna. "Closure" was even a term Favre used in his conversation with McCarthy, a source said.
"He said he appreciated all the planning we were going to do," McCarthy said. "But he felt that at this point, he had reached a point of closure, to use his words, and he was going to stick with his initial decision.
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Favre's "itch" to play had again returned in earnest by June 14, when he spoke with Packers offensive line coach James Campen, a friend who has served as an unofficial liaison between the quarterback and the team. During a June 20 conversation, Favre again approached McCarthy with the possibility of a comeback. McCarthy, though, was once again unable to secure the "100 percent" commitment he was seeking.
McCarthy said he had a phone conversation with Favre on June 20, and the quarterback sent a clear message: "Give me my helmet or give me my release."
Even then, McCarthy said when he asked Favre if he was ready to make a 100 percent commitment to football — an issue Favre had brought up in his retirement news conference — the answer still was no.
"That always seemed to be the one thing that he had to come to grips with," McCarthy said.
Just a couple excerpts, but please read the whole story to get the context of it all...
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Favre first indicated to a Packers employee that he was having second thoughts about his retirement on March 26, FOXSports.com has learned. That was only 20 days after Favre proclaimed he was "not up to the challenge" during his retirement news conference.
On the night of March 27, Favre told McCarthy that he wanted to return. McCarthy then arranged for a private jet that would take him and Packers general manager Ted Thompson from the NFL owners meeting in Palm Beach, Fla., to Hattiesburg, Miss., for an April 1 meeting with Favre to finalize the deal.
"He mentioned several things where you could tell there's always indecisiveness," Thompson said. "He's wondering if he made the right decision. I think that's normal."
But less than 48 hours later, Favre called McCarthy to say he would remain retired after discussing the situation extensively with wife Deanna. "Closure" was even a term Favre used in his conversation with McCarthy, a source said.
"He said he appreciated all the planning we were going to do," McCarthy said. "But he felt that at this point, he had reached a point of closure, to use his words, and he was going to stick with his initial decision.
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Favre's "itch" to play had again returned in earnest by June 14, when he spoke with Packers offensive line coach James Campen, a friend who has served as an unofficial liaison between the quarterback and the team. During a June 20 conversation, Favre again approached McCarthy with the possibility of a comeback. McCarthy, though, was once again unable to secure the "100 percent" commitment he was seeking.
McCarthy said he had a phone conversation with Favre on June 20, and the quarterback sent a clear message: "Give me my helmet or give me my release."
Even then, McCarthy said when he asked Favre if he was ready to make a 100 percent commitment to football — an issue Favre had brought up in his retirement news conference — the answer still was no.
"That always seemed to be the one thing that he had to come to grips with," McCarthy said.