OFFICIAL BRETT THE LIVING LEGEND THREAD

[Bossman641]

I think they should erect a 4" statue of him outside Lambeau. That seems proper.

[Fritz]

It won't happen as soon as you're saying, I don't think, Kiwon, but I think you've got the essentials correct. My guess is that it'll happen after your timeline but before he's eligible for the Hall of Fame.

Ah, families. We love Uncle Brent, even though he up and joined up with the McCoys. Just keep him away from the flowering nieces.

[ThunderDan]

Brett Favre is retired last time I understood his status. End of that.

Hmmmmm..... I thought that was the deal in 2008 and 2009.

[ThunderDan]

Different discussion....

This is my expectation, the Packers will kiss Favre's butt in 2011 and make up with him, Favre will proclaim that he was never 'anti-Packers' and by 2012 that his number will be retired and he'll have a statue of himself erected (no pun intended) at Lambeau in a huge ceremony.

Your thoughts.... Is the timing off? Would this look like another upstaging of A-Rod?

I think this is a tuff one.

It won't happen this year. And I think BF won't be able to call TT and say sorry. So I think that kind of pushes it off until the HOF year. Then one side or the other will have to take the initiative to get it done. With TT's lack of ego I bet it will be the Packers that eventually hold out the olive branch to BF.

[easy cheesy]

I think they should erect a 4" statue of him outside Lambeau. That seems proper.

The adoring minions could leave Vicodin tabs at its base in tribute..... lol at "erect"

[easy cheesy]

Ted Thompson is a world champion.
Mike McCarthy is a world champion.
Aaron Rodgers is a world champion.
The Packers are world champions.

And ole Bert is a creepy pervert.

It's a storybook ending. I told you so Woody.

***sigh*** I just love storybook endings....

[Patler]

Different discussion....

This is my expectation, the Packers will kiss Favre's butt in 2011 and make up with him, Favre will proclaim that he was never 'anti-Packers' and by 2012 that his number will be retired and he'll have a statue of himself erected (no pun intended) at Lambeau in a huge ceremony.

Your thoughts.... Is the timing off? Would this look like another upstaging of A-Rod?

The Packers will ignore Favre in 2011. They now have two new "faces of the franchise" in Rodgers and Mathews. They have a whole new team of heroes from the Super Bowl season. To resurrect the Favre matter in the upcoming season would be a disservice to the group that achieved a Super Bowl victory. They deserve the limelight for the coming season. Favre does not. Any celebrations, promotions, fanfare should focus on the Super Bowl win.

The simple fact is, the Packers don't need Favre right now. They will never need him as much as they thought they would three years ago when they offered him the post-retirement contract. The Super Bowl win, the play of Aaron Rodgers and Fvare's own words and actions took care of that. The Packers will give Favre his day, but it won't be for a few years. The Packers won't allow it to distract from what the team did last season. They will probably try to do it before his induction at Canton, but they might just wait until that same year, depending on what the team does between now and then. If the team has a bad season, the following year might be a good time to give Favre his day.

[get louder at lambeau]

The Packers will ignore Favre in 2011. They now have two new "faces of the franchise" in Rodgers and Mathews. They have a whole new team of heroes from the Super Bowl season. To resurrect the Favre matter in the upcoming season would be a disservice to the group that achieved a Super Bowl victory. They deserve the limelight for the coming season. Favre does not. Any celebrations, promotions, fanfare should focus on the Super Bowl win.

The simple fact is, the Packers don't need Favre right now. They will never need him as much as they thought they would three years ago when they offered him the post-retirement contract. The Super Bowl win, the play of Aaron Rodgers and Fvare's own words and actions took care of that. The Packers will give Favre his day, but it won't be for a few years. The Packers won't allow it to distract from what the team did last season. They will probably try to do it before his induction at Canton, but they might just wait until that same year, depending on what the team does between now and then. If the team has a bad season, the following year might be a good time to give Favre his day.

Patler nailed it as usual. My bet is year 4 after he stays away they retire #4.

[Scott Campbell]

If ever we needed a dynasty....................

[woodbuck27]

With all this to the side:

The current and ongoing rancor of some Packer and NFL fans against Brett Favre. The petty or sensational reports of some possible bad feelings that Aaron Rodgers feels for Favre. Whether or not there is still bad blood between Packer Management and Favre.

I see it thus:

Favre is clearly on record as being long past any bad feeling over his being replaced as our QB and traded to the Jets. See his interview after his final league game as a NY Jet. Favre is on record as saying that he feels there is no problem wit Ted Thompson and Mike McCarthy. Favre wanted to be an NFL starting QB. He rejected a $20 Million dollar$ offer to retire as a Packer to pursue his hopes of another Super Bowl and came close with the Vikings of again getting to 'the Show' two years after the Packers traded him.

He retired again and should have remained retired after his sensational first season as a Minnesotas Viking. That's just my opinion and I hope for Favre hindsight is 20-20.

Brett Favre always speaks fondly of Packer fans and his time in Green Bay and being a Green Bay Packer. He was on record as believing that the Green Bay Packers would win last seasons Super Bowl. There are reports that he tried to congratulate certain current members of the Packer organization or offer his congratulations for winning the Super Bowl.

Favre made mistakes. Brett Favre is human. Therefore not perfect. (-:

As a Packer fan it's not my place to wonder if Favre's number will be retired as a Green Bay Packer. Whether he will enter the HOF as a Packer but that seems logical. I don't care if there is ever a monument erected to honor his time as a Packer.

I just know this. I will applaud whatever honour he does receive. In my 50 plus years as a Packer fan. He was the most exciting Green Bay Packer I ever saw wear the Green and Gold. He gave me plenty as a fan to cheer for. He sometimes disappointed me.

I'm a forward thinking person and knowing it's never about any one person and as a loyal Packer fan that it's all about this:

GO PACK GO !

[woodbuck27]

Woody, do you really think that ol' Brent could come back and "light it up"? Man, I wish you were the GM of an NFL franchise, so we could find out and so Ted could hose you outta some picks!

If I was an NFL team manager I'm not sure it would be worth my frustration trying to work out any deal with Ted Thompson. Ted's shrewd and if anyone plays his cards close to his chest it's TT.

GO PACK GO!

[Lurker64]

If I was an NFL team manager I'm not sure it would be worth my frustration trying to work out any deal with Ted Thompson. Ted's shrewd and if anyone plays his cards close to his chest it's TT.

GO PACK GO!

Have you actually met the man? From everything I've heard, he's one of the best people in the business to deal with, he won't show you his cards but he's neither duplicitous nor manipulative. The sheer number of draft day trades he's pulled off speaks to the fact that actual NFL team managers don't mind dealing with him.

[woodbuck27]

Have you actually met the man? From everything I've heard, he's one of the best people in the business to deal with, he won't show you his cards but he's neither duplicitous nor manipulative. The sheer number of draft day trades he's pulled off speaks to the fact that actual NFL team managers don't mind dealing with him.

I havn't met Ted Thompson. When I say he's shrewd I don't mean any insult. I have seen TT as a manager that is hard to figure out. I'm a Packer fan. As a fan I sometimes have certain hopes and wishes. I personally felt that he might have offered more of a dynamic response. That's not Ted Thompson.

Let's just set it down as a pseudo or virual reality personality conflict and certainly nothing in a real sense. I enjoy and get along very well with normal people. I'm finding out here that Ted Thompson is a pure gem as a person of impecable quality and deportment. So if I met Ted Thompson it would change my life as an inspirational experience. (-:

GO Ted Thompson !

[Patler]

Favre is clearly on record as being long past any bad feeling over his being replaced as our QB and traded to the Jets. See his interview after his final league game as a NY Jet. Favre is on record as saying that he feels there is no problem wit Ted Thompson and Mike McCarthy.
Brett Favre always speaks fondly of Packer fans and his time in Green Bay and being a Green Bay Packer. He was on record as believing that the Green Bay Packers would win last seasons Super Bowl. There are reports that he tried to congratulate certain current members of the Packer organization or offer his congratulations for winning the Super Bowl.

Woodbuck;

Perhaps you have forgotten the exchange with Peppers after the last Bears/Vikings game? In case you have, here is a good summary of the then-existing situation and Favre's unsolicited comment to Peppers:

If Brett Favre tries to pull the “no hard feelings” card when talking about the Packers a few years down the road, don’t believe him. There are times when it seems the guy wants Green Bay to lose as badly as he wants to win. After all, he did make it a point to join their biggest rival after he retired several times. Now, Favre is wishing Packers opponents well. After a game in which he left with a concussion and watched his Vikings get demolished by the Bears, Old Man Brett talked to Julius Peppers. Among the things he told the defensive end was, “go beat the Packers in a couple weeks.” They also exchanged compliments in case it turns out to be Brett’s last game and all that boring stuff, but talk about sour grapes.
When they beat Minnesota, the Bears clinched the NFC North title. The Vikings are completely out of the playoff race now with a 5-9 record, but the Packers remain on the bubble at 8-6. It would be one thing if a Green Bay loss benefited the Vikings in some way, but that isn’t the case at all. Favre simply wants the town that showed him 16 years of unconditioned commitment to suffer at all cost.

There was nothing for MN to gain from the Bears beating the Packers.
There was nothing for Chicago to gain from the Bears beating the Packers, except eliminating the Packers.
There was no reason for Favre to even mention it at that time except for his deep seeded desire to see the Packer organization fail.

I for one have not believed what Favre tells the media for a long time, from before he left Green Bay. He says what is in his best interest to say. The comment made to Peppers, a personal comment not meant for the media, is a better indicator of his true feelings than is a comment made to reporters that he hoped GB would win the Super Bowl.

Favre's image took a tremendous blow last season. He is trying to repair it, I suspect. However, the unplanned, off-the-cuff comment to Peppers indicates he still holds great resentment for the Packers, still wants to see them fail. I suspect the Packers' Super Bowl win hurt/disappointed him as much as it did for most Steeler fans.

Eventually, Favre's number will be retired officially in a ceremony during a Packer game, and his name will be added to those on the stadium ring. Eventually, the animosity will subside for Favre, the Packers and fans, but that special relationship between the Packers and Favre will never return.

[AtlPackFan]

God, is this thread still around???