Originally Posted by
Patler
Woodbuck; I don't know how to say this diplomatically, so I will be blunt, with apologies. I find your recent response to be extremely strange, based on your earlier statement.
I am not the least bit emotionally involved with the Favre matter. I merely responded to your allegation that Favre was beyond his initial hurt feelings. I think the facts indicate differently and I explained why. I was not derogatory in my comments about Favre. I merely stated the facts as I saw them. If that paints Favre in a bad light, so be it, but that is not my intention.
Is it unusual that Favre feel negatively toward the Packers? I doubt it, and nearly said so in my initial response to you. However; it is a strange acknowledgment coming from you. After all, it was you who argued that he, Favre, was not feeling animosity, that he had gotten over his hard feelings and now wished the Packers well. Now you seem to be supporting my interpretation, not your own initial argument.
While I think his continued animosity is not necessarily unusual, I am not ready to say it is common. Three years is a long time. Grieving tends to subside significantly by then. Generally, if it hasn't, it is an indication that a person may need some help sorting through their feelings and emotions. Hurt feelings should heal faster than that. Not that you ever get over it completely, but it should no longer consume you. I fear that Favre is still consumed by his anger. I see no other reason for him to encourage Peppers to beat GB as he did, when he did. I said at the time that it happened that it was a odd thought for him to have at that time. It was an odd subject for his conversational prioritization with Julius Peppers, on the last day they are likely to meet on the field as competitors. His desire to see the Packers fail was an unusually high priority three seasons after his departure from GB.
For some reason you remain emotionally hinged to Favre, to the point that you ignore many negative facts, no matter how blatant. I have never understood how any fan can so emotionally attach themselves to an athlete that they put them on god-like pedestals, and continually ignore their negative sides.