5 stages of grieving. Where are you?

[wpony]

hi i am 1 and 4 together denial and wont watch tv to confim it till I am ready just putting it on DVR to watch it when I am ready.

[Bretsky]

Bumping what was a pretty good thread when we all heard the announcement

I've finally reached stage 5

[gbgary]

Brett who?







stop! stop!


just kidding!!

[packinpatland]

I'm at stage 6.......my first thought when I read the initial announcement was 'Oh sh*t......please tell me this isn't happening'......getting to #5 was a big hurdle....I didn't want to have to do any back pedaling.

[The Shadow]

I am looking forward to the future.

[Brando19]

I'm ok right now. All these stupid rumors about Brett returning w/a different team make my stomach feel weird. I'm sure come September when the Packers play Minnesota, I'll be sad again. That being said...I'm glad when the Packers season is over I won't have to worry about whether our QB is coming back or not.

[Kiwon]

Bumping what was a pretty good thread when we all heard the announcement

I've finally reached stage 5

I was thinking of doing this a couple of days ago.

I think there will be several people who are at stage 5 right now who will go through the cycle again once the pre-season and season starts.

Fans might revisit stage 1 if A-rod gets knocked out early via injury or takes a sack when Brett would have escaped or thrown the ball away.

Life without #4 as a leader will be tough for the players as well.

Farve was the face, heart, and soul of the Packers for so long. It will be just plain strange to see him missing from the field.

[packers11]

so are we all back to #1???

[oregonpackfan]

so are we all back to #1???

If someone is "brought back to life" such as Favre's alleged coming out of retirement, then there is no stage of grieving. Wouldn't that make sense?

[MJZiggy]

so are we all back to #1???

Is #1 sick of listening to a bunch of ladies overanalyze everything anyone says or Favre does relating to this topic, picking apart everything he says (well, he didn't say it was a FALSE rumor). I sai it before. This place sounds like a bunch of high school girls trying to figure out if a boy really does like their friend (and then, like, HE said....)

Anyone ever think that maybe he actually sent that supposed message to Mort saying he's not coming back and Mort simply didn't report it to keep the circus around him going a little longer?

[GBRulz]

Is #1 sick of listening to a bunch of ladies overanalyze everything anyone says or Favre does relating to this topic, picking apart everything he says (well, he didn't say it was a FALSE rumor). I sai it before. This place sounds like a bunch of high school girls trying to figure out if a boy really does like their friend (and then, like, HE said....)

Anyone ever think that maybe he actually sent that supposed message to Mort saying he's not coming back and Mort simply didn't report it to keep the circus around him going a little longer?

I can see these comments coming from a guy, but come on Z...I expect better from you!!

[Scott Campbell]

Is #1 sick of listening to a bunch of ladies overanalyze everything anyone says or Favre does relating to this topic, picking apart everything he says (well, he didn't say it was a FALSE rumor). I sai it before. This place sounds like a bunch of high school girls trying to figure out if a boy really does like their friend (and then, like, HE said....)

Anyone ever think that maybe he actually sent that supposed message to Mort saying he's not coming back and Mort simply didn't report it to keep the circus around him going a little longer?

I can see these comments coming from a guy, but come on Z...I expect better from you!!

Oh, this is good. They're breaking ranks. The holy sisterhood is in jeapordy.

[woodbuck27]

Stage five.

I respect his decision.

I had already considered the fact that stopping now---after the season he had in 2007---was pretty close to going out on top. Many things that could have gone either way went right in 2007. The odds were very unfavorable that he would do better in 2008---in terms of stats, wins, or playoff accomplishments.

Just about everything---in terms of young player development, injuries (to himself or to teammates), competition in the NFC and NFC North, etc.---would have to go right again in 2008 for Favre to match or improve upon the career-bests or career near-bests in numbers and team wins that he had in 2007. The odds don't favor that, especially when he's a year older.

I think the sour ending in January hit Favre so hard that he did not want to come back with the knowledge that the odds strongly favor another ending like that, or even worse, in 2008. Not because the team is bad or anything like that, but because even with the pieces in place, there is still only one team out of 32 that stays helathy enough all season long and catches the right breaks at the right time to claim the trophy. There is no inevitibility in winning it all---just ask the Pats. ()

Also, the forearm nerve injury he suffered in Dallas was very similar to the one he suffered in the Pats game in 2006. He has a chronic dislocation problem in his left shoulder, the ankles, the forearm, and also the concussion in '06. I think he believed he was playing on borrowed time in terms of injuries. He had nothing left to prove, so he walked away while he still could.

We've heard it before from retiring coaches who say that after a while the losses hurt much more than the wins bring joy, and then it's time to stop. Favre felt this way, and decided to stop while he still had his health.

Now it's time for the Aaron Rodgers era to begin. Love ya Brett, but I'm ready.

That was a fine post and thorough evaluation to acceptance the_idle_threat.

Maybe Favre needs to read it?

[woodbuck27]

Is #1 sick of listening to a bunch of ladies overanalyze everything anyone says or Favre does relating to this topic, picking apart everything he says (well, he didn't say it was a FALSE rumor). I sai it before. This place sounds like a bunch of high school girls trying to figure out if a boy really does like their friend (and then, like, HE said....)

Anyone ever think that maybe he actually sent that supposed message to Mort saying he's not coming back and Mort simply didn't report it to keep the circus around him going a little longer?

I can see these comments coming from a guy, but come on Z...I expect better from you!!

Yup. Too much emotion fr. 'a cool gal '.

TT ?

[texaspackerbacker]

I, too, am in Stage Five, Acceptance.

I didn't take long in Denial; I basically skipped Stages 3 and 4, Bargaining and Depression; My anger also wasn't/couldn't have been directed at Favre who has done so much for so many Packer fans, It also wasn't/couldn't be at Thompson--who also has done a lot of good in a relatively short time, and who basically represents the status quo--something I place great store in a lot of contexts. My anger is directed at the God damned media which I see as very possibly responsible for PUSHING Favre into retirement, and which I tend to hate in a lot of contexts for the harm they do.

I tend to flip-flop back and forth between Stage 5 Acceptance and Stage 2 Anger whenever the old wounds are stirred up by this unretirement talk.