History in the making?

[HarveyWallbangers]

Agree with Lurker. Thompson is still going to get about 3 years to prove himself.

[The Gunshooter]

I think it was Favre's posse filling his head with $hit that caused all this.

[Bretsky]

Agree with Lurker. Thompson is still going to get about 3 years to prove himself.

And he should; overall he's done a good job so far rebuilding the talent around QB and now he's got his boy for the signature stamp. Should be interesting to see how it all turns out

[Zool]

I think it was Favre's posse filling his head with $hit that caused all this.

Others have speculated that its a word that sounds a lot like posse.

[Freak Out]

Blame Canada.

[boiga]

I disagree with most of you, I guess.

I really think it was more McCarthy than Ted. McCarthy was they guy in June who decided that if Brett wasn't 100% committed they couldn't let him back. He was also the guy who decided he couldn't impose Brett's "negative state of mind" on the locker room.

Even though he wasn't particularly supportive, Ted never forced Brett out. All the hard decisions to not let Brett back on the team were made by McCarthy.

[GrnBay007]

Maybe "Plan B" was not really in place.

How well did management really know Favre?


Packers never thought Favre would report

August 5, 2008 7:37 PM

Posted by ESPN.com's Kevin Seifert

GREEN BAY, Wis. -- One of the more interesting comments to come out of Green Bay on Tuesday was Packers coach Mike McCarthy's admission that he was surprised Favre followed through with his request for reinstatement.

"I never thought he truly was going to play," McCarthy said. "I thought he was emotionally driven for other reasons. But he was very convincing last night and again this morning that he wants to play. He's thought about all the other possibilities and options but that's what he wants."

McCarthy took responsibility for misjudging the situation. Indeed, for much of the summer it appeared the Packers believed -- or at least hoped -- that the issue would simply go away. McCarthy and other members of the organization figured Favre would come to his senses, decide he wasn't ready to re-commit his life to the game and remain in retirement. They never thought Favre would actually travel to Green Bay and report for training camp.

McCarthy said Favre still "has a lot going on in his head," but the coach now believes that Favre absolutely wants to play football in 2008. When the Packers examine how this situation unraveled, they will have to focus extensively on how and why they misjudged Favre's intentions.

[Harlan Huckleby]

I don't understand this poll. The answer is obviously YES. Can't blame Sherman for this one.

[boiga]

Maybe "Plan B" was not really in place.

How well did management really know Favre?

At this point, I'm not sure how well Favre knows Favre. As of yesterday he wanted to play for GB but could not commit to playing for GB. I can understand how dealing with those kinds of mixed signals from a star player would be hellish for any management team.

I would still argue that the onus was mostly on McCarthy, though. It is his job to size up the players and he failed here.