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Originally posted by channtheman
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To be a proper endless thread, we will eventually have to stop discussing Favre at all. The thread needs to wander off and cover the world economy or scuba diving or something. -
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FAVRE WATCH WON’T END WITH A PRESS CONFERENCE
Posted by Tim MacMahon on January 8, 2009, 2:09 p.m.
The annual Brett Favre retirement watch will not end with a press conference. Favre told ESPN’s Ed Werder that if he decides to retire, he will do so outside of the public eye.
“I’m an emotional guy, and I’m sure people are tired of seeing me get emotional,” he said. “People would probably say, ‘Oh, here he goes again.’ I think it would just be better for me to just thank the Jets, and I sincerely mean that. It was well worth what I invested. But I’m going to just quietly step away if that’s what happens.”
It does seem fitting to hold only one teary retirement press conference per career, and Favre fired that bullet last year in Green Bay before later changing his mind.
The will-he-or-won’t-he-retire drama will last at least several weeks, though. According to Favre, Jets general manager Mike Tannenbaum will call him in a month to discuss his possible return to the Jets. Favre isn’t sure whether he’ll have a decision made by then.
“I have the ability to turn it off just like that,” he said. “I don’t feel I have anything else to prove. Do I have to redeem myself for the last five games? No. I could be trying to do that until I’m 60 years old. There is nothing left out there for me from that standpoint. I’m disappointed with the last five games, sure, but I know I did everything I could have.”Comment
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Maybe, but we can keep it going with a John Deer vs Club Cadet debate for a while.Originally posted by KYPack--
Imagine for a moment a world without hypothetical situations...Comment
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OK, but we need to throw Snapper in the debate then too. Isn't that the mower of choice for Favre? Which I never understood.....while he was with GB, why didn't JD approach him to be their spokesperson....I mean, the colors were right.....Originally posted by Guiness
I myself have a JD lawn tractor....and like it alot.Comment
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You guys are shooting your other-topics load far too soon. The way Favre seems to be - see boldface part of quote above - it may be months before he decides (for the moment) whether to retire or not. If this thread is going to be the gobstopper of threads, it needs to work the Favre angle much longer. And Favre seems willing to accommodate.Originally posted by packers11"The Devine era is actually worse than you remember if you go back and look at it."
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Herein lies the answer to the whole thing. He didn't play well, he acknowledges it. He did everything he could......it wasn't enough."I’m disappointed with the last five games, sure, but I know I did everything I could have.”
It's OK to retire, honest Brett.Comment
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I think he did that last year, though, too. Acknowledged his disappointment in that last interception, disappointment in the last game, but said he'd done all he could.
Cue up that record, Brett. So far it's sounding the same."The Devine era is actually worse than you remember if you go back and look at it."
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This go round should be a little different for Brett. He needs surgery on that tendon if he wants to keep playing. He has to get that going real quick here if he expects to play next season.
I think Brett was legit last year. He was burned out like crazy after last season and felt like hanging 'em up. Then spring rolled around and he felt like playing.
If he does that this year, the train will have left the station. The Jet's, the Bears, the Vikes, nobody can take him on with as far behind as he'll be.
Brett really is selfish and crazy. It's not an act or thought out, he's the same old self-centered wild man we all know. This year it may not work out for him. Even after all this shit he's put the world thru, I feel sorry for BLF. He's just a Peter pan who can't help himself.Comment
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Is Brett Favre still alive?"Never, never ever support a punk like mraynrand. Rather be as I am and feel real sympathy for his sickness." - WoodbuckComment
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Maybe Brett has a little bit of Yogi in him......
"I never blame myself when I'm not hitting. I just blame the bat and if it keeps up I change bats.... After all, if I know it isn't my fault that I'm not hitting, how can I get mad at myself?"
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He'll be retired by the end of February."Greatness is not an act... but a habit.Greatness is not an act... but a habit." -Greg JenningsComment
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He'll be unretired by the end of June.Comment
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I don't think he put the world "thru" anything. He did what he felt he had to do by playing in 2008. I won't knock him for that.Originally posted by KYPack
Anyway, everyone loved Peter Pan, right?
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New info on Favre. Apparently now he won't make his decision for a month.
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"I'm not going to make any excuses," he said. "If I'm going to play, then I have a responsibility to play at a high level, and I just didn't get it done. I tried to be the best leader I could be, do all the right things and, as I look back, I have no regrets."
Frank was from Hoboken. Hoboken is near the Meadowlands. The Jets play in the Meadowlands. Favre played for the Jets...........I'm not Kevin Bacon, can't come up with three more......
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