Ted Thompson and the Favre Situation

[Scott Campbell]

To me, a lot of Favre's failure handling the retirement issue is due to the death of his father. Without Irv, I'm guessing Favre had a tough time finding someone to talk to about the issue from a fatherly viewpoint. Sure, he can get advice from Thompson or McCarthy or former players...but it isn't the same thing as having a talk with your dad, who understands YOU in an entirely different way than others do.

I was thinking the same thing the other day, though never got around to writing about it. And his dad would have had no agenda. And Big Irv seemed like a no nonsense sort of guy, and might have helped him avoid all this nonsense.

[Scott Campbell]

You forgot the John Deere tractor with the hedge hog.

What's a hedge hog?

[The Shadow]

Lombardi would have taken Favres call, put him on hold, then come back on the line and to tell him he'd been traded to Philadelphia!

Exactly right. Ringo him.

[packinpatland]

Lombardi would have taken Favres call, put him on hold, then come back on the line and to tell him he'd been traded to Philadelphia!

Exactly right. Ringo him.

If memory serves.......Lombardi did that AFTER he found out Ringo hired an agent.
Vince would have never let this whole mess get to the state it's in.

[Fritz]

You forgot the John Deere tractor with the hedge hog.

What's a hedge hog?

Oh - also known as a "brush hog." Sorry. Local parlance.